Landscape Management

Certificate in Applied Science

17 Credit Hours

The Landscape Management certificate is ideal if you want to take courses in a specific area of landscape maintenance and management. The objective of this certificate is to create confidence and professionalism in the landscaper and nursery worker by broadening his or her horticultural knowledge and increasing exposure to modern techniques and materials used in landscape management.

Major Requirement

HRT 101	Introduction to Horticulture	3
Lec: 2 Lab: 3 Credit:3 This course covers the basic principles of horticulture as it relates to commercial production.Learn More

HRT 106	Ornamentals	2
Lec: 1 Lab: 3 Credit:2 This course is a survey of ornamentals that can be grown in local gardens. Emphasis is on form, texture, size, color, blooming season, culture, and botanical and common names. Plant materials include ground covers, vines, grasses, palms and some shrubs.Learn More

HRT 107	Woody Ornamentals	2
Lec: 1 Lab: 3 Credit:2 This course is a survey of deciduous and evergreen ornamentals that can be grown in local gardens. Emphasis is on form, texture, size, color, blooming season, culture, and botanical and common names.Learn More

HRT 108	Annuals and Perennials	2
Lec: 1 Lab: 3 Credit:2 This course is a survey of herbaceous plants, both annual and perennial, that can be grown in local gardens. Emphasis is on form, texture, size, blooming season, color, culture, and botanical and common names.Learn More

HRT 241	Turf Management	3
Lec: 2 Lab: 3 Credit:3 This course is a study of the identification, use, culture and maintenance of turf grasses. Emphasis is on installing and managing turf in residential, commercial and public areas.Learn More

HRT 254	Landscape Maintenance	2
Lec: 1 Lab: 3 Credit:2 This course is a study of the methods and procedures used in an overall approach to the maintenance of annuals, perennials, turf, shrubs and trees in a large-scale area.Learn More

HRT 171	Landscape Business Techniques	3
Lec: 3 Lab: 0 Credit:3 This course explores ownership and operation of a landscape business. Topics include basic business procedures, finance, employee benefits and license requirements with emphasis on business start-up procedures.Learn More

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Admission into this program requires qualifying scores on SAT, ACT or TTC’s placement test. High school graduation is not required if you are at least 18 years old.