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Program Title:

 Landscape and Horticulture Careers 
Award Type: Associate in Applied Science Degree 
Award Name, Number and Location: Landscape Design and Construction (BP) 
Award Description: This program of study leading to a degree gives the student a basic landscape/horticulture education the first year. The second year focuses on landscape design and landscape construction. The design area will include courses in drafting and graphics, residential design, estimating, presentation techniques and computer drafting. The construction area includes courses in blueprint reading, estimating, surveying, landscape installation and specialized hardscape construction. 
Career Opportunities: Students completing this area of study will have employment options as landscape designers or construction specialists with design/building firms or landscape construction businesses. 

Technical Studies Required:

48 Credits
LNDC1110 Introduction to Landscape/Horticulture 1
LNDC1120 Landscape Plants - Trees 4
LNDC1151 Insects and Diseases of Landscape Plants 3
LNDC1190 Landscape Plants - Shrubs 4
LNDC1202 Herbaceous Plants I 4
LNDC1231 Nursery Operations 2
LNDC1235 Landscape Operations 2
LNDC1242 Plant Biology 4
LNDC1271 Soil Science 3
LNDC2110 Introduction to Landscape Construction 2
LNDC2120 Landscape Construction I 4
LNDC2131 Landscape Construction II 3
LNDC2160 Landscape Design I 4
LNDC2171 Landscape Design II 3
LNDC2241 Landscape Equipment Operation 3
MATH1000 Prealgebra 2

General Education Required:

15 Credits
COMM2050 Interpersonal Communication 3
CPLT1100 Essential Computer Applications 3
ENGL2121 Writing and Research 4
or
ENGL2125 Technical Writing 3
PHIL2100 Critical Thinking 3
SOCI2100 Introduction to Sociology 3

General Education Electives:

3 Credits
Hennepin Technical College`s 2000-level general education courses, with one area of exception, meet the guidelines of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC). The excepted area contains courses in computer literacy. Although students may apply up to three computer literacy credits toward satisfying the general education requirements for an A.A.S. degree, the computer literacy credits do not meet the MnTC guidelines and may or may not be accepted for general education transfer by other Minnesota colleges.

Technical Studies Electives:

6 Credits
LNDC1131 Arboriculture I 3
LNDC1141 Nursery Propagation and Production 3
LNDC1160 Greenhouse Operation and Management 2
LNDC1166 Greenhouse Crop Production - Fall 3
LNDC1176 Greenhouse Crop Production - Winter 3
LNDC1210 Herbaceous Plants II 2
LNDC1220 Integrated Pest Management 2
LNDC1250 Bedding Plant Production 3
LNDC1900 Specialized Lab 1-4
LNDC2180 Design Flower Beds 2
LNDC2210 Interior Foliage Plants 2
LNDC2220 Turf Culture and Management 3
LNDC2261 Professional Gardening 3
LNDC2271 Landscape Computer Design and Applications I 3
LNDC2280 Landscape Computer Design and Applications II 3
LNDC2335 Landscape Construction Internship 1-4
 

Total Associate in Applied Science DegreeCredits 72

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