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Horticultural Sciences

 

 

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Landscape Contracting Option
Degree Program
Professional Landcare Network Accreditation
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For more information:
Mark Kuster
Landscape Design Instructor
(815) 280 -2400
Fax: (815) 280-6650
Email: mkuster@jjc.edu
 


There is an A.A.S. degree (AG650) offered in this program.  Select a course below to find out more.

 

AG650
HORTICULTURE
Landscape Contracting Option

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Career Program

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

   

Hours

General education requirements (Must include the following):

15

 

ENG 101 Rhetoric  

 

SPCH 101 Principles of Speech  
  and nine hours outside of the Ag/HORT Department  
Major Core Requirements 48
  ACCY 100 Introduction to Accounting  

 

AGRI 103 Agriculture Economics  
  AGRI 115 Intro to Microcomputer Skills in Agriculture  
  AGRI 126 Introductory Soils  
  HORT 150 Intro to Agricultural Mechanization  
  HORT 160 Principles of Horticultural Plants  
  HORT 250 Landscape Plans  
  HORT 251 Landscape Layout and Design  
  HORT 253 Landscape Construction  
  HORT 254 Summer Supervised Occupational Experience  
  HORT 255 Supervised Occupational Experience Program  
  HORT 260 Turf Management I  
Major Core Electives

5

  (Select with approval of adviser from the list below):  
  AGRI 129 Agricultural Computations  
  HORT 100 Introduction to Horticulture  
  HORT 161 Herbaceous Plants I  
  HORT 162 Woody Ornaments  
  HORT 163 Evergreens, Vines and Groundcovers  
  HORT 164 Herbaceous Plants II  
  HORT 185 Arboriculture  
  HORT 223 Pathology  
  HORT 243 Entomology  
  SPAN 120 Basic Occupational Spanish  
  SPAN 121 Spanish for Landscaping Personnel  

Total


68


A suggested guide for the student planning employment in landscape contracting after two years of college:
 

First Year

First Semester   Second Semester  
Math/Science 3 AGRI 115 3
ENG 101 3 AGRI 103 3
HORT 160 4 HORT 150 3
SPAN 120/ SPAN 121 3 SPCH 101 3
ACCY 100 3 Social Science 3
Total: 16 Total: 15

Summer Session
     

HORT 254

6
   


Second Year

First Semester   Second Semester    
HORT 243 3 HORT 251 3
HORT 250 4 HORT 255 9
Elective* 3 HORT 253 3
Elective* 3    
HORT 260 3    
Total: 16 Total: 15
*Selected with approval of adviser  

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