environmental Horticulture Degree

Degree: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Program Description:

This associate-degree program allows you to enter the fastest-growing branch of agriculture. Horticulture is both an art and a science, a broad field that encompasses the development, growth, distribution, care and maintenance, and use of many types of plants from fruits and vegetables to shrubs, trees, and grass.

Work as a landscape manager, have a business as a landscape contractor, manage landscape-design and installation projects; work as an arborist or in the interiorscape maintenance or design-and-installation industries. Become a turfgrass manager, garden center operator, greenhouse production specialist, nursery manager, or golf course assistant. Work in plant, seed, chemical, or equipment sales. Work at a public garden or as a city horticulturalist. The field continues to expand for Environmental Horticulture graduates.

The College has its own arboretum, and students gain unique hands-on experiences by planting large-scale trees using heavy equipment. Students also have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology by planting cloned trees. The College maintains a close working relationship with industry professionals, such as golf-course managers, University of Georgia county extension agents and researchers, growers, equipment manufacturers, local landscape companies, and garden centers.

If you want to grow a career and keep up with current industry practices, this is a program where you can put down roots.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook:

• Nursery and Greenhouse Managers: O*Net
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers: O*Net

Program Admission Requirements

1. Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores.
2. Be at least 16 years old.
3. Present appropriate test scores, or present an official transcript documenting college-level English and mathematics with grades of “C” or better.
4. Complete a program conference sheet with advisor prior to admission.
5. No provisional and/or special admission allowed in the program.

Curriculum Overview:

General Core Courses (30 Credit Hours)

Fundamental Occupational Courses (32 Credit Hours)

(Completion of ONE of the following specializations is required)

SPECIALIZATON 1 – HORTICULTURIST (33 Credit Hours)

SPECIALIZATION 2 – LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT (33 Credit Hours)

SPECIALIZATION 3 – PLANT PRODUCTION (33 Credit Hours)

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