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Hrs Per Week: |
Sem Hrs: |
| Prefix No |
Course Name |
Class |
Lab |
Clin/Exp |
Credit |
| HOR 101 |
Pract Greenhouse Skills |
1.0 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers general principles and applications of greenhouse operations. Topics include greenhouse materials, production, sales, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify common greenhouse plant materials, demonstrate customer service skills, demonstrate propagation practices, and understand greenhouses and related structures. This is a certificate-level course. |
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| HOR 102 |
Pract Nursery Skills |
1.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers general principles and applications of nursery operations. Topics include nursery materials, production, sales, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify common nursery materials, demonstrate nursery propagation practices, and understand field and container stock production. This is a certificate-level course. |
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| HOR 103 |
Pract Landscape Skills |
1.0 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers general principles and applications of landscape operations. Topics include landscape materials, design, installation, maintenance, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify common landscape plant materials, demonstrate design principles, and understand installation and maintenance techniques, tools, and equipment. This is a certificate-level course. |
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| HOR 104 |
Pract Grounds Skills |
1.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers general principles and applications of grounds management operations. Topics include turf management, grounds maintenance techniques, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to identify tools and equipment, demonstrate the safe use of tools and equipment, and understand turfgrass and grounds maintenance principles. This is a certificate-level course. |
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| HOR 107 |
Controlled Work Exp I |
0.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course provides experience in a controlled work
environment. Emphasis is placed on integrating classroom learning with
related work experience in greenhouse production and sales and landscape
winterizing techniques. Upon completion, students should be able to
demonstrate employable skills and satisfactorily perform work-related
competencies. This is a certificate-level course (Greenhouse and Grounds
Maintenance only). |
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| HOR 108 |
Controlled Work Exp II |
0.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course provides experience in a controlled work environment. Emphasis is placed on integrating classroom learning with related work experience in spring seasonal landscape installation and maintenance and commercial plant production. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate employable skills and satisfactorily perform work-related competencies. This is a certificate-level course (Greenhouse and Grounds Maintenance only). |
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| HOR 109 |
Controlled Work Exp III |
0.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course provides experience in a controlled work environment. Emphasis is placed on integrating classroom learning with related work experience in landscape and grounds maintenance. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate employable skills and satisfactorily perform work-related competencies. This is a certificate-level course (Greenhouse and Grounds Maintenance only). |
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| HOR 112 |
Landscape Design I |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers landscape principles and practices for
residential and commercial sites. Emphasis is placed on drafting, site
analysis, and common elements of good design, plant material selection,
and proper plant utilization. Upon completion, students should be able to
read, plan, and draft a landscape design. |
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| HOR 114 |
Landscape Construction |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course introduces the design and fabrication of landscape structures/features. Emphasis is placed on safety, tool identification and use, material selection, construction techniques, and fabrication. Upon completion, students should be able to design and construct common landscape structures/features. |
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| HOR 124 |
Nursery Operations |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers nursery site and crop selection, cultural
practices, and production and marketing methods. Topics include site
considerations, water availability, equipment, irrigation, fertilization,
containers, media, and pest control. Upon completion, students should be
able to design and implement a nursery operation and grow and harvest
nursery crops. |
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| HOR 134 |
Greenhouse Operations |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers the principles and procedures involved in
the operation and maintenance of greenhouse facilities. Emphasis is placed
on the operation of greenhouse systems, including the environmental
control, record keeping, scheduling, and production practices. Upon
completion, students should be able to demonstrate the ability to operate
greenhouse systems and facilities to produce greenhouse crops. |
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| HOR 160 |
Plant Materials I |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers identification, culture, characteristics,
and use of plants. Emphasis is placed on nomenclature, identification,
growth requirements, cultural requirements, soil preferences, and
landscape applications. Upon completion, students should be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the proper selection and utilization of plant
materials. |
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| HOR 162 |
Applied Plant Science |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course introduces the basic concepts of botany as they
apply to horticulture. Topics include nomenclature, physiology,
morphology, and anatomy as they apply to plant culture. Upon completion,
students should be able to apply the basic principles of botany to
horticulture. |
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| HOR 164 |
Horticulture Pest Management |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers the identification and control of plant
pests including insects, diseases, and weeds. Topics include pest
identification and chemical regulations, safety, and pesticide
application. Upon completion, students should be able to meet the
requirements for North Carolina Commercial Pesticide Ground Applicators
license. |
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| HOR 166 |
Soils & Fertilizers |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers the physical and chemical properties of
soils and soil fertility and management. Topics include soil formation,
classification, physical and chemical properties, testing, fertilizer
application, and other amendments. Upon completion, students should be
able to analyze, evaluate, and properly amend soils/media. |
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| HOR 168 |
Plant Propagation |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course is a study of sexual and asexual reproduction of
plants. Emphasis is placed on seed propagation, grafting, stem and root
propagation, micro-propagation, and other propagation techniques. Upon
completion, students should be able to successfully propagate ornamental
plants. |
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| HOR 225 |
Nursery Production |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers all aspects of nursery crop production.
Emphasis is placed on field production and covers soils, nutrition,
irrigation, pest control, and harvesting. Upon completion, students should be able to produce a
marketable nursery crop. |
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| HOR 260 |
Plant Materials II |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
| Prerequisites: None |
| Corequisites: None |
| This course covers important landscape plants. Emphasis is placed on identification, plant nomenclature, growth characteristics, culture requirements, and landscape uses. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the proper selection and utilization of plant materials. |
