Sustainable Urban Landscapes Associate in Science and Certificate of Achievement
This curriculum is designed to investigate the current trends and provide practical experience in sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance. Students will use technology, materials and methods that enhance the urban landscape with minimal input of labor and materials while reducing negative environmental impacts. Students entering the landscape industry, those already employed but seeking upgraded skills, and those wishing to transfer to four-year degree programs will benefit from the curriculum. Graduates are employed by landscape contractors, landscape architects and designers, public agencies, or are self-employed.
Courses
- BUS 110 — Introduction to Business
- BUS 111 — Entrepreneurship: Starting and Developing a Business
- BUS 125 — Business Law: Legal Environment of Business
- OH 102 — Xeriscape: Water Conservation in the Landscape
- OH 120 — Fundamentals of Ornamental Horticulture
- OH 130 — Plant Pest Control
- OH 140 — Soils
- OH 150 — Landscape Architecture I
- OH 170 — Plant Materials: Trees and Shrubs
- OH 180 — Plant Materials: Annuals and Perennials
- OH 190 — Business Management for Turf and Horticulture
- OH 220 — Landscape Construction: Concrete and Masonry
- OH 221 — Landscape Construction: Irrigation
- OH 235 — Principles of Landscape Irrigation
- OH 250 — Landscape Water Management
- OH 255 — Sustainable Urban Landscape Principles and Practices
- OH 260 — Arboriculture
- OH 263 — Urban Forestry
- OH 266 — Science in Practice for Arboriculture
- OH 290 — Cooperative Work Experience Education