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Term Effective:
Fall 2005
Description:
The Environmental Horticulture: Nursery Management Career Certificate program prepares students to advance to management positions in nurseries that propagate, grow and market plants for use in the home, business or the landscape. The program provides a solid foundation in plant knowledge and nursery and garden center environments, as well as computer applications and management skills. These skills and knowledge equip students to embark on a successful and rewarding career in the nursery industry. The program emphasizes hands-on learning and most courses incorporate lab activities that apply knowledge and skills in realistic settings.
The Horticulture: Nursery Technician Certificate program is designed as the most advanced level in the Nursery program. Students who have completed the Horticulture: Nursery Technician Competency Certificate will have fulfiled a portion of the Horticulture: Nursery Management Career Certificate.
The Horticulture industry, which involves the growing, selling, planting and servicing of plants and landscapes for human environments, is one of the fastest growing industries in America. The landscape industry in California is one of the state's largest industries. University studies have consistently found this dynamic, growing sector represents over $12 billion in sales and 130,000 employees. In addition, designed and maintained landscapes cover more than 1.6 million acres in California.
The landscape and nursery industry in Sonoma County has expanded dramatically in the last decade. Retail nurseries and full-service garden centers have seen substantial increases in sales from previous years, and new wholesale and retail nursery businesses are flourishing.
This industry-wide expansion has been accompanied by an increase in the demand for employees with the skills to operate, supervise and manage nursery operations. Men and women who possess nursery management skills find employment in full service garden centers, wholesale nurseries, and other entrepreneurial enterprises. Representative job positions include propagator, grower, inventory controller, field foreperson, field superintenent, general manager, sales manager, nursery or greenhouse manager, plant doctor, marketing director, shift supervisor and shipping foreperson. Students completing the Nursery Management Career Certificate are well prepared for rapid advancement within their chosen occupation.
This program of study is also available as an Associate degree major option. For more information see the Agriculture Department website.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Environmental Horticulture: Nursery Management Certificate program are:
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Complete 34.5 units from
- Environmental Horticulture: Nursery Management Requirements
Environmental Horticulture: Nursery Management Requirements - complete 34.50 units |
AGRI 60 | Soil & Plant Nutrition | 3.00 |
AGRI 70 | Integrated Pest Management | 3.00 |
HORT 50.1 | Introduction to Horticultural Science | 1.50 |
HORT 50.2 | Horticulture Industry & Careers | 1.50 |
HORT 54 | Plant Materials: Summer/Fall | 3.00 |
HORT 55 | Plant Materials: Winter/Spring | 3.00 |
HORT 65 | Horticulture Workplace Practices | 1.50 |
HORT 66 | Garden Center Operations | 1.50 |
HORT 70 | Plant Propagation | 3.00 |
HORT 71 | Nursery Production | 3.00 |
HORT 72 | Greenhouse Production | 3.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| Course | Description | Units |
AGBUS 2 | Agricultural Computer Applications | 3.00 |
AGBUS 7 | Agricultural Economics | 3.00 |
AGBUS 60 | Agriculture and Wine Business Management | 3.00 |
AGBUS 61 | Agricultural Marketing | 3.00 |
AGBUS 62 | Agricultural Sales and Communication | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| Course | Description | Units |
AGRI 99I | Agriculture Occupational Work Experience Internship | 0.50-8.00 |
HORT 93 | Landscape Drafting and Design | 3.00 |
Any course from the HORT 50 series |
Any course from the HORT 60 series |
Any course from the HORT 70 series |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 1.50 units from the following:
| Course | Description | Units |
BOT 162.1A | Intro to MS Word for Win, Level 1, for Office Professionals | 0.50 |
BOT 162.3A | Intro to MS Excel, Level 1, for Office Professionals | 0.50 |
BOT 162.6 | Integrating MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Access, & Excel | 0.50 |
CIS 101A | Personal Computers for New Users | 1.00 |
CIS 105A | Introduction to Macintosh | 1.50 |
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Term Effective:
Fall 2005
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
Term Inactive:
Spring 2007
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