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APPLIED SCIENCE PROGRAMS 191
residential and commercial operations. Graduates should be prepared to take
the North Carolina Pesticide Applicator’s Examination and the North
Carolina Certified Plant Professional Examination.
Because the use of computers is integral to this curriculum, some courses
are delivered in an online format.
Landscape Gardening (A15260)
Associate in Applied Science Degree Program
Course Hours
Per Week
Semester
Hours
Class Lab Credit
FIRST SEMESTER (Fall)
ACA-115 Success & Study Skills 0 2 1
ENG-111 Expository Writing 3 0 3
LSG-111 Basic Landscape Techniques 2 0 2
LSG-121 Fall Gardening Lab 0 6 2
MAT-120 Geometry & Trigonometry 2 2 3
PSY-118 Interpersonal Psychology 3 0 3
10 10 14
SECOND SEMESTER (Spring)
COE-111 LSG Co-op Work Experience I 0 10 1
ENG-114 Prof Research & Reporting 3 0 3
HOR-134 Greenhouse Operations 2 2 3
HOR-142 Fruits & Vegetable Production 1 2 2
HOR-160 Plant Materials I 2 2 3
LSG-122 Spring Gardening Lab 0 6 2
TRF-110 Intro Turfgrass Culture & ID 3 2 4
11 24 18
THIRD SEMESTER (Summer)
COE-121 LSG Co-op Work Experience II 0 10 1
HOR-114 Landscape Construction 2 2 3
HOR-164 Horticulture Pest Management 2 2 3
HOR-257 Arboriculture Practices 1 3 2
HOR-260 Plant Materials II 2 2 3
LSG-123 Summer Gardening Lab 0 6 2
7 25 14
FOURTH SEMESTER (Fall)
COE-131 LSG Co-op Work Experience III 0 10 1
HOR-112 Landscape Design I 2 3 3
HOR-235 Greenhouse Production 2 2 3
HOR-268 Advanced Propagation 3 3 4
LSG-231 Landscape Supervision 2 6 4
*** Optional Elective (see below) *** *** ***
9 24 15
ELECTIVE LIST
HOR-265 Adv. Plant Materials 1 2 2