Sustainable Landscape

Sustainable Landscape Certificate of Achievement

To achieve the Sustainable Landscape certificate of achievement program, students will learn skills for employment and prepares them for crew leadership roles within the landscape industry. It teaches the skills required for exam preparation for industry-recognized credentials leading to irrigation, tree care, landscape, landscape maintenance or nursery certification; which are embedded in the course work. The landscape industry is a fifty-eight-billion-dollar industry with job opportunities in landscape maintenance, urban forestry, irrigation management, landscape construction, and restoration. The certificate is also stackable. It allows students to complete a sixteen-unit core of courses in Sustainable Landscape. The student has the option to complete courses in the Landscape Arborist track for a more complete certification or complete the Ornamental Horticulture Certificate of Achievement. The classes can also be applied toward the Ornamental Horticulture Associate of Science degree or Plant Science, Horticulture emphasis AS-T degree. This certificate aligns with the CTE Model Curriculum Sustainable Landscape Certificate through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. Upon satisfactory completion of the listed requirements and filing an application for graduation with Admissions and Records, the student’s transcript will reflect completion of this certificate. To achieve the Sustainable Landscape certificate of achievement program, students will learn skills for employment and prepares them for crew leadership roles within the landscape industry. It teaches the skills required for exam preparation for industry-recognized credentials leading to irrigation, tree care, landscape, landscape maintenance or nursery certification; which are embedded in the course work. The landscape industry is a fifty-eight-billion-dollar industry with job opportunities in landscape maintenance, urban forestry, irrigation management, landscape construction, and restoration. The certificate is also stackable. It allows students to complete a sixteen-unit core of courses in Sustainable Landscape. The student has the option to complete courses in the Landscape Arborist track for a more complete certification or complete the Ornamental Horticulture Certificate of Achievement. The classes can also be applied toward the Ornamental Horticulture Associate of Science degree or Plant Science, Horticulture emphasis AS-T degree. This certificate aligns with the CTE Model Curriculum Sustainable Landscape Certificate through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. Upon satisfactory completion of the listed requirements and filing an application for graduation with Admissions and Records, the student’s transcript will reflect completion of this certificate. To Achieve the Certificate of Achievement: Upon completion of the required courses with at least a “C” or “P” (pass) grade in each course, the student will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement.

Program Learning Outcomes

• 1. Demonstrate managerial and leadership abilities in environmental horticulture classes for employment that will enhance opportunities and success in the horticulture industry in the 21st century

• 2 Master academic proficiency and demonstrate specific skills within environmental horticulture disciplines needed for employment.

• 3. Master skills needed for baccalaureate level education or obtain a certificate.

• 1. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with clients, assess a landscape for ecological and economic sustainability, measure and analyze a property, the soil and cultural conditions and installation methods for landscape productivity, construction and Irrigation.

• 2. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to: Evaluate, identify and utilize pertinent concepts of plant physiology, anatomy, nutrition, reproduction, cultural care, and pest control to solve horticultural problems under field, greenhouse or landscape conditions.

• 3. Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to: Select proper landscape and irrigation materials, tools and machinery and demonstrate their use in landscape industry operations.

Program Requirements