Landscape Architecture
Certificate of Achievement
Career/Technical (Major Code: 02611)
Designed to provide skills and training to students in landscape architecture. The field requires two distinct areas of knowledge, one based on a solid background in the horticultural sciences and the other based on design theory backed by an ability to express designs graphically in a professional manner. The program will train students for entry-level employment in local landscape architecture firms, allow students to start their own landscape design/construction businesses, or allow transfer to a four-year institution with the eventual goal of becoming a licensed landscape architect.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Certificate student will analyze a potential landscape design site, solicit input from the site’s owner, and implement the ideas and improvements into working drawings for the eventual installation of a landscape design project.
- Certificate student will perform a site analysis by identifying the assets and liabilities of the site and making suggestions for improvement to better enhance the sites functionality, uses, and beauty.
Gainful Employment
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Students who complete this program will have acquired the necessary analytical tools to successfully secure gainful employment in the field of study.
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| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Major Courses | ||
| LA 104 | LANDSCAPE GRAPHICS AND PLANTING DESIGN | 3 |
| LNT 105 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - TREES * | 3 |
| or LNT 109 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - SHRUBS | |
| or LNT 113 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - HERBACEOUS PLANTS | |
| or LNT 119 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION: XERIPHYTIC PLANTS | |
| LNT 120 | LANDSCAPE DESIGN I | 4 |
| LNT 122 | LANDSCAPE DESIGN II | 4 |
| Complete 6 units from electives | 6 | |
| Common Core courses for Landscape and Nursery Technology | 16 | |
| Total Units | 36 | |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Electives | ||
| ARCH 115 | GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS | 3 |
| LA 200 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER-AIDED LANDSCAPE DESIGN | 3 |
| LNT 128 | SPRINKLER DESIGN | 3 |
| LNT 131 | LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING AND ESTIMATING | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Common Core | ||
| LNT 100 | PLANT AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE | 4 |
| LNT 105 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - TREES ** | 3 |
| or LNT 109 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - SHRUBS | |
| or LNT 113 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION - HERBACEOUS PLANTS | |
| or LNT 119 | PLANT IDENTIFICATION: XERIPHYTIC PLANTS | |
| LNT 124 | LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION | 3 |
| LNT 134 | INTRODUCTION TO SOIL SCIENCE | 3 |
| LNT 136 | INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Total Units | 16 | |
- *
Students may select any of the plant identification classes in the required courses to total 3 units.
- **
Students may select any of the plant identification classes in the common core courses to total 3 units. (A plant identification course taken under the "required courses" area cannot be used to satisfy this common core requirement.)