Associate in Applied Science Degree - HORT.AAS.V04

The Horticulture program meets the needs of students entering the horticulture industry as well as those presently employed who wish to continue their professional growth. Besides providing horticultural knowledge and skills, the program emphasizes the business and management proficiencies necessary to compete successfully in the horticulture industry. This degree typically is not designed for transfer.

Technical courses (9 courses)
Credit hours: 32

• AGRC 1254 - Basic Soils
• AGRC 1263 - Soil Fertility
• HORT 1014 - Fundamentals of Horticulture
• HORT 1023 - Plant Propagation  
• HORT 1133 - Plant Diseases and Insects
• HORT 1144 - Landscape Plants 
• HORT 1154 - Landscape Layout and Design
• HORT 1173 - Greenhouse Operations  
• HORT 1234 - Turf Management

Work-Based learning (1 course)
Credit hours: 3

• * HORT 2423 - Internship Experience

General Education (5 courses)
Credit hours: 16

• * ECON 1553 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• * MATH 1113 - Tech Math I
• * BIOL   1514 - General Biology

      CHOOSE TWO (2) communications courses from the following four options

• * ENGL 1413 - Fundamentals of Writing
• * ENGL 1613 - English 1
• * ENGL 1623 - English II
• * SPCH 1553 - Introductory Speech

Business and Languages (4 courses)
Credit hours: 12

• BSNS 2143 - Human Relations in Business 
• BSNS 1553 - Introduction to Business
• COSC 1513 - Introduction to Information Processing
• SPAN 1503 - Conversational Spanish

Minimum credit hours required for completion - 63

* Course has prerequisite.

Horticulture A.A.S.—Suggested course sequence

For course sequence information, contact student services at (815) 802-8500 or e-mail studentservices@kcc.edu.

Advanced Certificate in Horticulture -- HORT.CRT.V56 

The advanced certificate in Horticulture meets the needs of students entering the horticulture industry as well as those presently employed who wish to continue their professional growth.

Required courses (9 courses)

• AGRC 1254 Basic Soils 
• AGRC 1263 Soil Fertility 
• HORT 1014 Fundamentals of Horticulture 
• HORT 1023 Plant Propagation 
• HORT 1133 Plant Diseases and Insects 
• HORT 1144 Landscape Plants 
• HORT 1154 Landscape Layout and Design
• HORT 1173 Greenhouse Operations
• HORT 1234 Turf Management  

Minimum credit hours required for completion – 32

* Course has prerequisite.

Horticulture Advanced Certificate program—Suggested course sequence

For course sequence information, contact student services at (815) 802-8500 or e-mail studentservices@kcc.edu.