2004-2005 COLLEGE CATALOG - Luzerne County Community ...

HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
Program of Studies Leading to the A.A.S. Degree
The curriculum is designed to allow each student the ability to develop strength and depth
in a career area track: General Horticulture, Landscape Design and Construction and Floral
Design/Interior Landscape. The program provides the student the unique opportunity to
acquire hands-on skills as well as related theory. Career opportunities include wholesale/
retail flower sales and management, landscape design, greenhouse and nursery production,
landscape construction, floral design, industry/government horticulturists, and horticulture
equipment/chemical sales.
First Year
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.
HRT 101 - Fundamentals of Horticulture 3 ENG 101 - English Composition 3
BIO 121 - General Biology I 4 CHE 111 - Fundamentals of Chemistry 3
MAT 105 - Intermediate Algebra or HRT 102 - Horticulture Soils 3
MAT 121 - College Algebra 3 HRT 105 - Woody Plants I 3
HRT 104 - Herbaceous Plants 3 HRT Elective 3
*HRT Elective 3 15
16
Summer HRT 290 Internship 3 or 4 Total 3/4
Second Year
First Semester Sem.-Hrs. Second Semester Sem.-Hrs.
ENG 261 - Technical Comm. HRT Elective 3
HRT 115 - Plant Insects and Diseases 3 HRT Elective 3
HRT Elective 3 HPE Elective 1
CIS 110 - Intro. to Micro. Comp. 3 Social Science Elective 3
HRT Elective 3 HUM/HIS Elective 3
15 13
Landscaping Design and Floral Design/
General Horticulture Construction Interior Landscape
HRT 106 HRT 203 HRT 106 HRT 214 HRT 107 HRT 113
HRT 107 HRT 205 HRT 107 HRT 216 HRT 109 HRT 205
HRT 109 HRT 214 HRT 113 HRT 220 HRT 111 HRT 214
HRT 111 HRT 216 HRT 201 HRT 222
HRT 113 HRT 220
HRT 201 HRT 222
HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM
Communications ....................................... 6 credits (ENG 101 and ENG 261)
Humanities or History Elective ............... 3 credits
Social Science .............................................. 3 credits
Mathematics ............................................... 3 credits (MAT 105 or higher)
Science .......................................................... 7 credits (CHE 111, BIO 121)
Computer Information Systems .............. 3 credits (CIS 110)
Horticulture ....................................... 36/37 credits (HRT 101, 102, 104, 105, 115, 290)
Health and Physical Education or
EMS 207 .................................................... 1 credit
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Total 62 credits
144