Landscape Horticulture - Merced College

Landscape Horticulture from Merced College is a Campus Associate Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. Program Description The Landscape Horticulture Program at Merced is designed to meet the need for trained personnel in a broad range of occupational opportunities involved with or related to the Landscape Industry. The Merced College Landscape Unit includes greenhouses, a lath house, a spacious growing grounds and modern head house for potting. Facilities available to the Landscape Unit include a large school farm, laboratories, classrooms, and a beautifully landscaped campus. These facilities provide excellent opportunity for study and practice in the production and use of ornamental plants both for sale and for use in the landscape. The Landscape Horticulture student receives well-rounded training in his field by being exposed to Tree and Plant Identification, Landscape Design, Construction and Maintenance, and finally, Nursery and Garden Center Practice. All courses deal with the entire range of activities within that particular area such as landscape uses of plants, plant propagation, basic irrigation and sprinkler systems. The legal aspects of the field are covered in the Landscape Construction and Installation course when local codes and state requirements for licensing are taught. Career Opportunities Enjoyable and profitable employment is waiting for qualified Merced College graduates who become proficient in propagating, growing, installing, and caring for ornamental plants. The increase in leisure time with the related increase in employment and high earnings, have created an everexpanding demand for plant material. The Associate in Arts Degree is earned upon satisfactory completion of the 19-unit core in addition to the graduation requirements. Program Student Learning Outcomes A. Given an area to be landscaped and customer parameters, plan a workable landscape design including the bid and customer presentation. B. Demonstrate the ability to perform the hands on skills and abilities to build/construct various projects related to the landscape industry. These will include, but not be limited to, carpentry, electrical, plumbing and irrigation, concrete, site preparation, and bid and job estimation. C. Identify and select the most appropriate plants and trees with the decision based on the environment conditions, plant haracteristics and customer preferences. D. Faced with either a hypothetical or actual problem dealing with planting or sprinkler/irrigation systems and the appropriate references, determine a solution to the problem. View more details on Merced College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.