Turf and Ornamental Horticulture

Applied Agriculture

A.A.S. Degree (G)

As a student in the Turf and Ornamental Horticulture program, you will learn the fine art of creating a finished landscape plan and maintaining woody and herbaceous landscape plants and turfgrasses, while at the same time learning to safely operate a variety of equipment. This program will provide both hands-on skills and classroom experiences to ensure your success in this field. Graduates will be prepared to work in various industries such as golf courses and athletic fields, greenhouse and nursery operations, garden centers, or lawn care businesses. Students who want to become successful entrepreneurs will develop business and customer service skills.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Demonstrate professional behaviors that satisfy workplace expectations and include adherence to safety and environmental concerns related to the field.
  2. Demonstrate basic management functions to include environmental controls, scheduling, production, pest control, and nutrient management of turf and ornamental plants.
  3. Cultivate and maintain golf course landscapes.
  4. Apply business principles and strategies to the turf and ornamental horticulture industries.
  5. Explain the importance of environmental factors such as soil and water management to the turf and ornamental horticulture industries.
  6. Apply basic installation and maintenance techniques for irrigation systems.
  7. Design and install a finished landscape plan, using native plant materials when possible.
  8. Examine current agricultural issues and topics.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101Composition I

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

Select 2 course(s) from:

POL 111Political Science

3

PSY 100Human Relations

3

PSY 121General Psychology

3

SOC 111Sociology

3

Program/Major Courses

AGS 101Soil Science

3

AGS 102Agricultural Science

3

AGS 104Introduction to Agribusiness Management

3

AGS 105Principles of Plant Growth

3

AGS 123Turfgrass Maintenance Practices

3

AGS 136Turf Equipment Operations

3

AGS 203Plant Identification and Cultivation

3

AGS 232Turf and Horticulture Work Experience

3

AGS 243Irrigation & Athletic Field Maintenance

3

AGS 244Landscape Plans and Construction

3

AGS 250Greenhouse Crop Production

3

Program/Major Support Courses

AGS 225Agriculture Seminar

3

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

SCI 206Pesticide Principles and Applications

3

Select 1 course(s) from:

BIO 140General Biology

4

BIO 150Biology I

4

BIO 151Biology II

4

CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

Select course from:

GIS 101Introduction to GIS

3

SPA 133Using Beginning Spanish

3

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1

AGS 101Soil Science

3

AGS 102Agricultural Science

3

AGS 105Principles of Plant Growth

3

AGS 123Turfgrass Maintenance Practices

3

ENG 101Composition I

3

Semester 2

MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3

ENG 102Composition II

3

AGS 104Introduction to Agribusiness Management

3

AGS 136Turf Equipment Operations

3

AGS 203Plant Identification and Cultivation

3

Semester 3

AGS 232Turf and Horticulture Work Experience

3

Semester 4

Elective
Social Science Elective

3

CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application

3

SCI 206Pesticide Principles and Applications

3

AGS 244Landscape Plans and Construction

3

 

SPA 133Using Beginning Spanish

3

Or

GIS 101Introduction to GIS

3

Semester 5

AGS 243Irrigation & Athletic Field Maintenance

3

Elective
Science Elective

4/3

AGS 250Greenhouse Crop Production

3

Elective
Social Science Elective

3

AGS 225Agriculture Seminar

3

Approved Electives

Select two (2) social science electives.

POL 111Political Science

3

PSY 100Human Relations

3

PSY 121General Psychology

3

SOC 111Sociology

3

Select one (1) science elective.

BIO 140General Biology

4

BIO 150Biology I

4

BIO 151Biology II

4

CHM 100Basic Chemistry

3

CHM 110General Chemistry

4

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 64 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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