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.
- Demonstrate professional behaviors that satisfy workplace expectations and include adherence to safety and environmental concerns related to the field.
- Demonstrate basic management functions to include environmental controls, scheduling, production, pest control, and nutrient management of turf and ornamental plants.
- Cultivate and maintain golf course landscapes.
- Apply business principles and strategies to the turf and ornamental horticulture industries.
- Explain the importance of environmental factors such as soil and water management to the turf and ornamental horticulture industries.
- Apply basic installation and maintenance techniques for irrigation systems.
- Design and install a finished landscape plan, using native plant materials when possible.
- 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:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Graduation Requirements
Core Courses
Select 2 course(s) from:
Program/Major Courses
| AGS 101 | Soil Science | 3 |
| AGS 102 | Agricultural Science | 3 |
| AGS 104 | Introduction to Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| AGS 105 | Principles of Plant Growth | 3 |
| AGS 123 | Turfgrass Maintenance Practices | 3 |
| AGS 136 | Turf Equipment Operations | 3 |
| AGS 203 | Plant Identification and Cultivation | 3 |
| AGS 232 | Turf and Horticulture Work Experience | 3 |
| AGS 243 | Irrigation & Athletic Field Maintenance | 3 |
| AGS 244 | Landscape Plans and Construction | 3 |
| AGS 250 | Greenhouse Crop Production | 3 |
Program/Major Support Courses
| AGS 225 | Agriculture Seminar | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
| SCI 206 | Pesticide Principles and Applications | 3 |
Select 1 course(s) from:
Select course from:
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
Semester 2
| MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| AGS 104 | Introduction to Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| AGS 136 | Turf Equipment Operations | 3 |
| AGS 203 | Plant Identification and Cultivation | 3 |
Semester 3
| AGS 232 | Turf and Horticulture Work Experience | 3 |
Semester 4
| Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
| SCI 206 | Pesticide Principles and Applications | 3 |
| AGS 244 | Landscape Plans and Construction | 3 |
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| SPA 133 | Using Beginning Spanish | 3 |
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| GIS 101 | Introduction to GIS | 3 |
Semester 5
Approved Electives
Select two (2) social science electives.
Select one (1) science elective.
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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