Retail Nursery and Plant Production
Certificate of Achievement
Career/Technical (Major Code: 02824)
Designed to provide students with the skills needed for working in retail and wholesale nurseries, or for owning and operating their own nursery. Students who successfully complete the degree are eligible for positions such as retail nursery sales, retail nursery management, wholesale nursery growing, greenhouse management, and wholesale of horticultural products. Students completing this degree have proven a knowledge of plant identification, cultural requirements, plant propagation, and pest control.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Graduates of this program will be able to plan, organize, and develop a budget for the floral arrangements for convention or business event.
- Graduates of this program will understand the different requirements of planning the floral needs of funerals for varied ethnic cultures.
Gainful Employment
The U.S. Department of Education requires colleges to disclose a variety of information for any financial aid eligible program that “prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.”
Students who complete this program will have acquired the necessary analytical tools to successfully secure gainful employment in the field of study.
For more information regarding the data provided for this program and what it means to you as a student, please feel free to visit our SWC Gainful Employment website at: www.swccd.edu/gainfulemployment.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Program Requirements | ||
| BIOL 100 & BIOL 101 | PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY | 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 143 | FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY OPERATIONS: TREE AND SHRUBS PRODUCTION | 1 |
| LNT 146 | PLANT PROPAGATION | 1.5 |
| Select 4 units of the following: | 4 | |
| OCCUPATIONAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION I | ||
| OCCUPATIONAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION II | ||
| OCCUPATIONAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION III | ||
| OCCUPATIONAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION IV | ||
| Select 7 units from electives | 7 | |
| Common Core courses for Landscape and Nursery Technology | 16 | |
| Total Units | 36.5 | |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Electives | ||
| LNT 70 | PRINCIPLES OF PRUNING FRUIT TREES AND VINES | 1 |
| LNT 75 | POND DESIGN, INSTALLATION, AND CARE | 1 |
| LNT 128 | SPRINKLER DESIGN | 3 |
| LNT 138 | FLORAL DESIGN I | 3 |
| LNT 148 | HORTICULTURAL BUSINESS PRACTICES | 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.)