2016-2017 Catalog

Horticulture, Land Systems, and Management - Horticulture (HLHCE)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Pathway to associate degree:  Horticulture, Land Systems, and Management - Horticulture Management (HLMHO)

Program location: Fort Omaha Campus

This option is a certificate of achievement that provides students the opportunity to move quickly into the industry and begin working at an entry level.

For more information about educational cost, median loan debt, and other important information related to this program, please visit our website at mccneb.edu/Academics/Programs-of-Study/Culinary-Arts-Hospitality-and-Horticulture/Horticulture-Land-Systems-and-Management.aspx.

Graduation Requirements

General education

13.5

Major requirements

37.0

Total credit hours required

50.5

General education requirements (13.5 credit hrs.)

Communications

English level I

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240Applied Mathematics

4.5

Natural sciences

HLSM 2430Plant Physiology

4.5

Major requirements for Horticulture (37.0 credit hrs.)

HLSM 1000Horticulture, Land Systems and Management Orientation

1.0

HLSM 1010Introduction to Horticulture

6.0

HLSM 1100Perennials: Culture and Identification

3.0

HLSM 1110Turfgrass Management

3.0

HLSM 1130Deciduous Trees: Culture and Identification

3.0

HLSM 1400Natural Systems and Sustainability

3.0

HLSM 2410Plant Propagation

3.0

HLSM 2420Plant Pathology

3.0

HLSM 2425Entomology

3.0

HLSM 2510Olericulture

3.0

HLSM 2610Floriculture Production

3.0

HLSM 2910Internship

3.0