Landscaping Certificate
Code: CERT.LAND
Students enrolled in the Landscape Certificate are exposed to the plants and construction materials utilized to transform a new or existing site for functional and/or aesthetic needs. Students study a site, prepare a plan, and implement a project on campus as one of the laboratory components. They demonstrate the design principles they have learned to resolve problems in the everyday world of landscaping (drainage, topography, exposure, sustainability, etc.).
Program Learning Outcomes
- Conduct a site analysis and family inventory analysis for a residential landscape site.
- Identify and propose solutions to the drainage and site problems that need to be rectified by the design.
- Develop conceptual, preliminary and final copy plans for the site.
- Formulate a functional and/or aesthetic group of plants and materials that best suits the environment and the client’s needs.
- Organize the various phases of implementing the design, from permits to final inspections.
Career Pathways
| Landscape Designer |
Landscape Crew Foreman |
| Grounds Supervisor |
Landscape Contractor |
Recommended Semester Sequence
First Semester
| HRT |
Restricted HRT Elective† |
3-4 |
Second Semester
| |
General Education Elective* |
3 |
| HRT-113 | Principles of Landscaping | 3 |
| HRT-204 | Landscape Graphics | 2 |
| HRT-233 | Landscape Plants and Materials II | 4 |
| HRT-235 | Landscape Analysis | 3 |
| INF-101 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
General Education Requirements
| |
General Education Elective* |
3 |
| WRT-101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Restricted Program Requirements
| HRT |
Restricted HRT Elective† |
3-4 |
| BUS-101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| DFT-107 | Drafting I | 3 |
| HRT-103 | Turf and Grounds Management | 3 |
| HRT-113 | Principles of Landscaping | 3 |
| HRT-103 | Turf and Grounds Management | 3 |
| HRT-204 | Landscape Graphics | 2 |
| HRT-233 | Landscape Plants and Materials II | 4 |
| HRT-235 | Landscape Analysis | 3 |
| INF-101 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 29-30 |
Total Credit Hours: 35-36
Specific Program Notes
Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.
Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.
*General Education Course List.
**Restricted HRT Elective: HRT-101, HRT-102, HRT-112, HRT-120, HRT-236.
Students enrolled in this program ARE NOT REQUIRED to successfully complete a course in basic algebra if indicated by Placement Testing.