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Programs of Study 2
Environmental Horticulture
www.lwtech.edu/horticulture
ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE
102-105 CREDITS
Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Program Mission: The Environmental Horticulture AAS
degree provides students with knowledge and skills
needed for jobs with nurseries, greenhouses, landscape
firms, garden centers, and park departments.
Students learn plant identification, plant propagation,
sustainable landscape practices, soil science, practical
pruning and botanical concepts. Through time spent
in practical hands-on training, students will learn to
propagate, seed, transplant, design landscape plans, and
maintain a variety of plants. Students will participate in
an industry based training experience.
The classroom setting includes individual and small
group instruction with a hands-on focus of horticultural
practices. The program emphasizes a sustainable
approach to horticultural principles. A diverse population
of students enjoys working in a 1200 sq. ft. state-ofthe-art
growing facility.
Environmental Horticulture AAS degree graduates will:
be prepared to obtain various positions in the field
of horticulture
be prepared for Washington State Nursery and
Landscape Association Certified Professional
Horticulturists exams
demonstrate professional knowledge of horticultural skills
demonstrate critical thinking, teamwork,
communication, intercultural appreciation, and
technical and information literacy skills
meet Social Science, Humanities, Written
Communication, and Quantitative Reasoning
distribution area outcomes
Lake Washington Institute of Technology does not
offer every course each quarter. It is the student’s
responsibility to consult the Class Schedule and work out
an individual schedule with an adviser or counselor. Any
developmental coursework a student may be required to
complete may increase the program length.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
HORT 111 Botany ........................................5
HORT 112 Intro to Hand Tools. ............................1
HORT 113 Propagation ...................................5
HORT 115 Plant ID Fall. ...................................4
HORT 116 Fall Horticulture Lab. ...........................3
HORT 121 Soils...........................................4
HORT 122 Pruning. .......................................2
HORT 123 Integrated Pest Management. ..................4
HORT 125 Plant ID Winter. ................................4
HORT 127 Winter Horticulture Lab. ........................3
HORT 131 Landscape Design and Drafting. ................6
HORT 132 Survey of Landscape Materials. .................2
HORT 134 Nursery Retailing. ..............................1
HORT 135 Plant ID Spring. ................................4
HORT 137 Spring Horticulture Lab. ........................4
HORT 211 Intro to Bidding and Estimating. ................1
HORT 212 Sustainable Lawn Care. .........................3
HORT 215 Introduction to Greenhouses. ...................4
HORT 216 Greenhouse Operations ........................3
HORT 217 Summer Horticulture Lab. ......................3
HORT 225 Career Exploration .............................3
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE – 1 CREDIT
First Aid Elective may be taken from any IFAD course(s)
* ELECTIVES – 12-15 CREDITS
Up to 15 additional credits of which all must be in college-level
courses as defined by the technical institute or as accepted as fully
transferable as defined by the state system.
ACADEMIC CORE REQUIREMENTS – 20 CREDITS
Written Communication. .......................5
Humanities. ...................................5
Quantitative Reasoning. ........................5
Social Science. .................................5
TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS ...................... 102-105
* Student should consult a faculty adviser.
See page 15 for a list of all applicable courses for each of the
categories listed above.
Programs of Study
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