Horticulture Industries - Nursery Operations Option

This program is available at the Springfield - Leffel Lane location.

The Horticultural Industries program provides basic preparation for careers in the landscape and turfgrass industries. The campus grounds, including a greenhouse facility and a one-hole golf course, act as a working laboratory to give students practical training. Clark State students can specialize in nursery operations. Landscape plant materials, landscape installation, and plant propagation are areas emphasized leading to careers in the garden-center and nursery industries.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of an Associate of Applied Science degree in the Nursery Operations option, a graduate will be able to:

Identify plant nutrient deficiencies and describe corrective measures.
Identify major plant pests, including weeds, insects, and diseases and describe corrective measures.
Develop a written agricultural business plan.
Locate and use current information in solving technical and critical thinking problems.
Demonstrate effective employability skills.
Identify common landscape plant materials.
Demonstate the proper care of established plants in the landscape.
Write clearly and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats.
Speak clearly and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats.
Use critical thinking and problem solving to draw logical conclusions.
Use numerical data to solve problems, explain phenomena and make predictions.

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Outcomes and Curriculum

Upon completion of an Associate of Applied Science degree in the Nursery Operations option, a graduate will be able to:

Identify plant nutrient deficiencies and describe corrective measures.
Identify major plant pests, including weeds, insects and diseases and describe corrective measures.
Develop a written agricultural business plan.
Locate and use current information in solving technical and critical thinking problems.
Demonstrate effective employability skills.
Identify common landscape plant materials.
Demonstrate the proper care of established plants in the landscape.
Write clearly and accurately in variety of contexts and formats.
Speak clearly and accurately in a variety of contexts and formats.
Use critical thinking and problem solving to draw logical conclusions.
Use numerical data to solve problems, explain phenomena and make predictions.

Course	Title	Credits
Fall
AGR 1100	Ag Survey and Professional Development	4
AGR 1300	Soil Science	4
AGR 1750	Precision Agriculture	3
ENG 1111	English I	3

Spring
AGR 1150	Plant Science	4
AGR 2004	Co-op Experience in Nursery Ops Part I	1
AGR 2150	Herbaceous Plant Materials	3
ENG 1112	English II
or ENG 2211	Business Communication	3
MTH 1200	Technical Math for Agriculture	3
--	Arts & Humanities Elective*	3

Summer
AGR 2005	Co-op Experience in Nursery Ops Part II	1

Fall
AGR 2100	Woody Plant Materials	4
AGR 2601	Weed Science	3
AGR 2700	Ag Business Management	4
ACC 1000	Accounting Concepts	3
--	Social & Behavioral Science Elective*	3

Spring
AGR 2300	Plant Propagation	4
AGR 2450	Irrigation Systems	3
AGR 2602	Plant Pathology	2.5
AGR 2603	Plant Insect Pests	2.5
AGR 2850	Agricultural Capstone Seminar	3

	Total credit hours	64

* At least one must be a global awareness (GA). Select from social/behavioral sciences or arts/humanities courses identified in the Catalog as General Education for technical programs.

A complete listing of humanities and social science electives is available in the College Catalog.

Academic Preparation

High school chemistry, biology, geometry, algebra, and keyboarding skills are strongly recommended.

Transfer Information

Students enrolled in Associate of Applied Science degree programs are preparing for employment upon graduation from the program. However, at some point many of these students are also interested in completing a bachelor's degree. A number of colleges or universities have designed bachelor's completion programs designed for students completing applied degrees. See the Transfer section of the catalog for more information.