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Landscape Contracting - Courses

This program prepares students to organize and execute the construction of landscape projects on private, commercial and public properties.

First Semester
Credits
ENVIRDES 335 Plants in Landscape
4
LANDCONT 112 Introduction to Landscape Design
4
NATRES&E 191F First Year Seminar
1
PLSOILIN 102 Introductory Botany
4
PLSOILIN 105 Soils
4
Total 17
Second Semester  (seven weeks)  
LANDCONT 104 Planting Design
3
LANDCONT 105 Landscape Drafting
2
LANDCONT 198 Internship (April-August)
4
PLSOILIN 101 Insects and Related Forms
2
PLSOILIN 103 Plant Science
1.5
PLSOILIN 111 Horticultural Plant Pathology
2
RES-ECON 141 Consumer Marketing for Horticulture
2
Total 16.5
Third Semester  
FOREST 232 Principles of Arboriculture
3
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OR
PLSOILIN 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management
4
LANDCONT 107 Land Form
4
MATH Based on Placement Exam Score
2-3
PLSOILIN 109 Insects of Ornamentals
3
PLSOILIN 113 Plant Pathology Lab-Horticulture
2
Total 14-16
Fourth Semester  
ENGLISH 120 English Composition
3
LANDARCH 294A Construction Materials
3
LANDARCH 294B Construction Materials Practicum
1
LANDARCH 297M Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting
3
LANDCONT 213 Small Property Design
4
PLSOILIN 255 Herbaceous Plants
3
Total 17
Grand Total 64.5-66.5
 
Note: courses listed in bold require a minimum grade of C for graduation.