Agriculture/Environmental Horticulture
16 courses · College of the Desert · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
AGEH 001 Horticulture
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A general course in Environmental Horticulture with emphasis on nursery operations, landscaping, and turfgrass management. Topics include basic botany, cultural practices, propagation, structures and layout, pest management, planting, container gardening and houseplants, plant identification, turfgrass installation and care, and survey of career opportunities.
AGEH 001L Horticulture Laboratory
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- Lab Hours: 54
- Advisory
- Concurrent enrollment or prior completion of AGEH 001.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This laboratory is the companion of AGEH 001. It is intended to provide an introduction to basic horticultural skills as well as direct experience with horticultural operations. Included are: plant propagation, tree and shrub pruning, transplanting, nursery practices, landscape practices, and the use of pesticides and fertilizers.
AGEH 004 Turfgrass Management
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 36
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course introduces the basic turfgrass principles used in the maintenance of turfgrass areas. It covers the major factors in turfgrass management which control the quality of grass. Emphasis is placed on management practices used to produce a good turfgrass area in a desert environment.
AGEH 004L Turfgrass Management Laboratory
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- Lab Hours: 54
- Prerequisite
- AGEH 004 or concurrent enrollment.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This laboratory is intended to supplement AGEH 004 by providing laboratory and field experiences in turfgrass management subject areas.
AGEH 005 Ornamental Plant Identification
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 36, Lab Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- AG-EH 108L
This course first acquaints the student with the principles of plant taxonomy and the descriptive language necessary to discuss plants accurately. It then goes on to introduce 240 species of perennials, interior plants, vine, ground covers, and succulents for California's low elevation deserts. Each plant is covered with respect to its identification, growth habits, culture, use, and pests. (C-ID AG-EH 108L)
AGEH 008 Landscape Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 36, Lab Hours: 54
- Advisory
- AGEH 001.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course prepares students to enhance the function and aesthetic value of public and private landscapes by applying appropriate management skills and techniques. Topics include planting, pruning, irrigation, soil fertility, turf, pest management, weed control, and landscape management business practices.
AGEH 009 Landscape Planning & Design
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 36, Lab Hours: 54
- Advisory
- AGEH 001 or AGPS 005.
- Transfers to
- CSU
The study and implementation of the art and science of landscape design, including principles of design, the design process, drafting, graphics, and presentation methods. Project emphasis is placed upon residential and small commercial sites. Course includes introduction to computer landscape design software programs. Emphasis is placed on residential and commercial properties landscape designs.
AGEH 016 Arboriculture
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 18, Lab Hours: 54
- Advisory
- AGEH 001 or AGPS 005.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course addresses all aspects of tree care. Students learn the morphology, anatomy and physiology of trees. Topics include plant interactions with soil, air, water, and micro and macroorganisms; human intervention, including pruning, planting, climbing, fertilization, watering, pest control, vandalism and aesthetics. Class instruction prepares students for the International Arborists Certification Exam.
AGEH 020 Landscape Construction
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 18, Lab Hours: 54
- Advisory
- AGEH 001 or AGPS 005.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Covers the fundamentals of landscape construction, including soil preparation, paving and construction materials, hand and power tool use, turf and plant installation, plan reading, estimating and bid preparation.
AGEH 024 Advanced Turfgrass Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course uses the basic principles of turfgrass science learned in the introductory turfgrass management courses; those principles are applied to golf course maintenance procedures. Golf course operational procedures for the desert environment are emphasized.
AGEH 027 Turfgrass & Landscape Pest Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course provides current state of the art and science of turfgrass and landscape pest management. The course is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive knowledge of disease, insect, and weed pests. Emphasis is placed on how to identify pests, where and why they occur, the damage that they may cause, life cycles of pests; cultural, chemical and other control measures designed to keep pest damage to a minimum.
AGEH 030 Landscape Equipment
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 18, Lab Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course covers principles and practices in the maintenance, operation and selection of equipment and power units used in the horticultural field.
AGEH 034 Golf Course Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 54
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course involves the maintenance and operation of golf courses. It includes the study of equipment, scheduling of maintenance, and directing the staff in the maintenance of golf courses. Heavy emphasis is placed in developing a basic understanding of the turfgrass principles required to produce a championship golf course.
AGEH 046 Landscape Irrigation Systems
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lecture Hours: 36
- Advisory
- MATH 060.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course provides the students with information necessary to design, install, and maintain landscape irrigation systems. Plan reading, design, materials, equipment, installation, troubleshooting, and cost estimating are addressed.
AGEH 046L Landscape Irrigation Systems Lab
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- Lab Hours: 54
- Prerequisite
- AGEH 046 or concurrent enrollment.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This laboratory is intended to supplement the Landscape Irrigation Systems course (AGEH 046) by providing laboratory and field experiences in landscape irrigation subject areas.
AGEH 095A Environmental Horticulture Turfgrass Work Experience
- Units
- 1-5
- Hours
- Lab Hours: 270
- Transfers to
- CSU
This work experience course of supervised employment provides students the opportunity to connect academics to applied experiential learning in the workplace. It assists students in developing transferable employability skills, career awareness, learning industry culture, competencies and norms, and developing professional networks that support career mobility. To enroll, students must have a job or internship placement in a part-time or full-time capacity. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to five (1-5) units per semester based on the student's ability to meet the hours required per unit enrolled. Students must work 54 hours per unit earned. This Work Experience course is available to students whose job or internship placement is directly related to Environmental Horticulture Turf grass.