The Landscape Design and Contracting concentration prepares students for careers in the design-build profession for residential, commercial, and public properties. Landscape designers and contractors create, build, and manage landscape projects and work in close collaboration with other design and contracting professionals. Students will develop skills to provide environmental solutions, creating projects that minimize the impact on the environment.
They also acquire skills to manage multifaceted projects of all scales, including site design, estimating of job and labor costs, construction methods and techniques, plant selection and care, as well as business management skills. Experiential learning opportunities lead to projects allowing our students to work with clients and realize built works prior to graduating. Additionally, students are required to complete an internship, furthering their learning opportunities. This concentration is fully accredited by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP).
Effective Fall 2022
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| AGRI 192 or 292 | Orientation to Agricultural Systems Transfer Seminar | 1 | |
| BUS 150 or CS 110 | Business Computing Concepts and Applications Personal Computing | 3-4 | |
| CHEM 107 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3A | 4 |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | 3A | 4 |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| MATH 125 | Numerical Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | 1B | 1 |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Electives | 2-3 | ||
| Total Credits | 33 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |
| CON 131 | Graphic Communications for Construction | 2 | |
| CON 261 | Construction Surveying | 3 | |
| HORT 221 | Landscape Plants | 4 | |
| HORT 231 | Landscape Graphics Studio | 4 | |
| HORT 232 | Principles of Landscape Design | 4 | |
| HORT 487 | Internship | 3-6 | |
| LAND 120 | History of the Designed Landscape | 3 | |
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | |
| Electives | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 33-36 | ||
| Junior | |||
| AREC 202 or ECON 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | 3 |
| HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | 3 | |
| HORT 335 | Landscape Structures | 4 | |
| HORT 336 | Landscape Grading and Drainage Studio | 4 | |
| HORT 370 | Landscape Irrigation | 1 | |
| HORT 465 | Landscape Estimating | 3 | |
| SOCR 370 | Climate-Smart Irrigation Principles | 2 | |
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Spanish1 | 5 | ||
| Electives | 1 | ||
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Senior | |||
| BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | 2 | |
| BSPM 303B | Entomology Laboratory: Horticultural | 1 | |
| HORT 341 | Turfgrass Management | 3 | |
| HORT 431 | Planting Design Studio | 4A | 4 |
| HORT 432 | Intensive Landscape Design Studio | 4B,4C | 5 |
| HORT 464A | Arboriculture | 3 | |
| HORT 479 | Professional Landscape Practices | 2 | |
| Business Electives2 | 3 | ||
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |
| Electives | 4 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 125-128 | ||
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| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 1 | ||||
| Orientation to Agricultural Systems | |||||
| Transfer Seminar | |||||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | ||||
| Business Computing Concepts and Applications | |||||
| Personal Computing | |||||
| HORT 100 | Horticultural Science | X | 3A | 4 | |
| MATH 117 | College Algebra in Context I (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 118 | College Algebra in Context II (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| MATH 125 | Numerical Trigonometry (GT-MA1) | X | 1B | 1 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CHEM 107 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (GT-SC2) | X | 3A | 4 | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
| SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| ACT 205 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 | |||
| CON 131 | Graphic Communications for Construction | X | 2 | ||
| HORT 221 | Landscape Plants | 4 | |||
| HORT 231 | Landscape Graphics Studio | X | 4 | ||
| SOCR 240 | Introductory Soil Science | X | 4 | ||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CON 261 | Construction Surveying | 3 | |||
| HORT 232 | Principles of Landscape Design | X | 4 | ||
| HORT 487 | Internship | 3-6 | |||
| LAND 120 | History of the Designed Landscape | 3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| HORT 221 must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 16-19 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
| Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| Principles of Microeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3C | ||||
| HORT 322 | Herbaceous Plants | X | 3 | ||
| HORT 335 | Landscape Structures | X | 4 | ||
| HORT 465 | Landscape Estimating | 3 | |||
| Elective | 1 | ||||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 336 | Landscape Grading and Drainage Studio | X | 4 | ||
| HORT 370 | Landscape Irrigation | 1 | |||
| SOCR 370 | Climate-Smart Irrigation Principles | 2 | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |||
| Spanish | 5 | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| BSPM 302 | Applied and General Entomology | X | 2 | ||
| BSPM 303B | Entomology Laboratory: Horticultural | X | 1 | ||
| HORT 341 | Turfgrass Management | X | 3 | ||
| HORT 431 | Planting Design Studio | X | 4A | 4 | |
| HORT 464A | Arboriculture | X | 3 | ||
| Electives | 4 | ||||
| HORT 465 and HORT 487 must be completed by the end of Semester 7. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 17 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| HORT 432 | Intensive Landscape Design Studio | X | 4B,4C | 5 | |
| HORT 479 | Professional Landscape Practices | X | 2 | ||
| Business Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 1C | 3 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 13 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 125-128 | ||||