Environmental Horticulture & Design

Environmental Horticulture and Design 2019-2020

Environmental Horticulture & Design is a broad field encompassing the functional, aesthetic, and environmentally sound creation and care of our landscapes. Students learn to combine principles of environmental design, construction and maintenance practices for urban, rural and natural landscapes. The green industry is one of the largest employers in the United States.

The Environmental Horticulture & Design department offers an Associate in Science degree and two Certificates of Achievement. Students may also take courses in preparation for transfer to four-year institutions where they may continue their studies in horticulture, landscape architecture, and other related disciplines. We also encourage people currently working in the field to attend classes to supplement or update their knowledge and to work toward certification in the field. For the homeowner or the landscape professional, short courses from two to four weeks are available. More information can be found at the Environmental Horticulture & Design website at: foothill.edu/hort/

Program Learning Outcomes:

-Students will demonstrate skills necessary to design residential landscapes.
-Students will be able to identify plant material.

Career Opportunities:

Examples of career opportunities include: arboriculture, environmental management, historic garden and estate management, horticultural consulting and fine gardening, horticultural therapy, interiorscaping, landscape construction, landscape design, and park and golf course management.

Units Required

Degree Requirements:

-English proficiency: ENGL 1A, 1AH, 1S & 1T, or equivalent.
-Mathematics proficiency: MATH 105, 180, or any MATH course approved for Foothill GE Area V, Communication & Analytical Thinking.
A minimum of 90 units is required* to include:
-Completion of one of the following general education patterns: Foothill General Education, CSU General Education Breadth Requirements or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
-Core courses (43 units)
-Support courses (22 units)

*Additional elective course work may be necessary to meet the 90-unit minimum requirement for the associate degree.

NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a grade of "C" or better is required for all core and support courses used for the degree or certificates.

Additional Information:

NOTE: Partial or full general education waivers may be possible for people possessing an existing degree from an accredited institution or having existing college credits.

Core Courses (43 units)

HORT 10 Environmental Horticulture & the Urban Landscape (5 units)
HORT 15 Orientation to Environmental Horticulture (4 units)
HORT 21 Plant Materials I (3 units)
HORT 22 Plant Materials II (3 units)
HORT 30 Horticultural Practices: Soils (3 units)
HORT 40 Landscape Design: Graphic Communication (4 units)
HORT 52C Horticulture Practices: Plant Installation & Maintenance (4 units)
HORT 54A Landscape Construction: General Practices (5 units)
HORT 54B Landscape Construction: Technical Practices (3 units)
HORT 54C Landscape Construction: Irrigation Practices (3 units)
HORT 60B Landscape Design: Theory (3 units)
HORT 60C Landscape Design: Irrigation (3 units)

Support Courses (22 units)

Plant Material Specialization (2 unit minimum)
HORT 23 Plant Materials: California Native Plants (2 units)
HORT 24 Plant Materials: Ground Covers & Vines (2 units)
HORT 25 Plant Materials: Bamboos & Palms (2 units)
HORT 26 Plant Materials: Perennials & Annuals (2 units)
HORT 90Y Cacti & Succulents (1 unit)
HORT 90Z Ornamental Grasses (1 unit)

And Plant Production Specialization (8 unit minimum)
HORT 31 Horticultural Practices: Plant Propagation (3 units)
HORT 52E Horticultural Practices: Greenhouse & Nursery Management (3 units)
HORT 80A Environmental Horticulture Fall Skills (2 units)
HORT 80B Environmental Horticulture Winter Skills (2 units)
HORT 80C Environmental Horticulture Spring Skills (2 units)
HORT 80D Environmental Horticulture Summer Skills (2 units)

And Horticultural Electives (9 unit minimum)
HORT 45 Vectorworks for Landscape Designers (3 units)
HORT 52G Horticultural Practices: Turfgrass Management (3 units)
HORT 52H Horticulture Practices: Integrated Pest Management (3 units)
HORT 52M Urban Forestry (3 units)
HORT 54D Landscape Construction: Applied Practices (2 units)
HORT 54J Horticultural Practices: Insect Identification (2 units)
HORT 54K Horticultural Practices: Weed Identification (2 units)
HORT 54L Horticultural Practices: Disease Identification (2 units)
HORT 55A Green Industry Management: Business Practices (3 units)
HORT 60D Landscape Design: Planting (3 units)
HORT 60F Landscape Design: Process (3 units)
HORT 60G Landscape Design: Intermediate Computer Applications (3 units)
HORT 60J Sketchup for Landscape Designers (3 units)
HORT 60L Vectorworks 3-D (3 units)
SPAN 110 Elementary Spanish Conversation I (3 units)

And Short Course Specialization (3 unit minimum)
HORT 90A Container Plantings in the Landscape (1 unit)
HORT 90C Garden Ponds & Water Features (1 unit)
HORT 90D Herbs: Identification, Use & Folklore (1 unit)
HORT 90E Horticultural & Landscape Photography (1 unit)
HORT 90F Landscape Design: Basic Principles (1 unit)
HORT 90G Landscape Design Forum (1 unit)
HORT 90H Landscape Lighting (1 unit)
HORT 90I Landscape Sustainability Practices (1 unit)
HORT 90K Landscaping with Edibles (1 unit)
HORT 90L Plant Propagation: Basic Skills (1 unit)
HORT 90M Plant Nutrition & Fertilization (1 unit)
HORT 90N Plant Materials: Fall Color (1 unit)
HORT 90P Pruning: Basic Skills (1 unit)
HORT 90Q Residential Irrigation Systems (1 unit)
HORT 90S Sustainable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (1 unit)
HORT 90U Landscape Design: Perspective Sketching (2 units)
HORT 90V Sustainable Organic Gardening (1 unit)
HORT 90X Water Conservation in Landscape Design (1 unit)
HORT 91A Composting Theory & Techniques (1 unit)
HORT 91C Construction Cost Estimating (1 unit)
HORT 91E Community Gardening (1 unit)
HORT 91F Fine Gardening (1.5 units)

Industry Certification Courses (no minimum required; these courses may be used as support courses for the degree or certificate with approval of program director)
HORT 80E Landscape Certification: Common Core (2 units)
HORT 80F Landscape Certification: Softscape Installation (1 unit)
HORT 80G Landscape Certification: Hardscape Installation (1 unit)
HORT 80I Landscape Certification: Irrigation Installation (2 units)
HORT 80J Landscape Certification: Turf Management (1 unit)
HORT 80K Landscape Certification: Ornamental Maintenance (1 unit)

Certificate Requirements

Certificate of Achievement in Environmental Horticulture and Design

Units: 65

The certificate of achievement is awarded upon completion of the core and support courses. General education courses are not required.

Certificate of Achievement in Landscape Technician (18 Units)

HORT 80A Environmental Horticulture Fall Skills (2 units)
HORT 80B Environmental Horticulture Winter Skills (2 units)
HORT 80C Environmental Horticulture Spring Skills (2 units)
HORT 80D Environmental Horticulture Summer Skills (2 units)

And 10 units from the following:
HORT 10 Environmental Horticulture & the Urban Landscape (5 units)
HORT 15 Orientation to Environmental Horticulture (4 units)
HORT 21 Plant Materials I (3 units)
HORT 22 Plant Materials II (3 units)
HORT 23 Plant Materials: California Native Plants (2 units)
HORT 24 Plant Materials: Ground Covers & Vines (2 units)
HORT 25 Plant Materials: Bamboos & Palms (2 units)
HORT 26 Plant Materials: Perennials & Annuals (2 units)
HORT 30 Horticultural Practices: Soils (3 units)
HORT 31 Horticultural Practices: Plant Propagation (3 units)
HORT 40 Landscape Design: Graphic Communication (4 units)
HORT 45 Vectorworks for Landscape Designers (3 units)
HORT 52C Horticulture Practices: Plant Installation & Maintenance (4 units)
HORT 52E Horticultural Practices: Greenhouse & Nursery Management (3 units)
HORT 52G Horticultural Practices: Turfgrass Management (3 units)
HORT 52H Horticulture Practices: Integrated Pest Management (3 units)
HORT 52M Urban Forestry (3 units)
HORT 54A Landscape Construction: General Practices (5 units)
HORT 54B Landscape Construction: Technical Practices (3 units)
HORT 54C Landscape Construction: Irrigation Practices (3 units)
HORT 54D Landscape Construction: Applied Practices (2 units)
HORT 54J Horticultural Practices: Insect Identification (2 units)
HORT 54K Horticultural Practices: Weed Identification (2 units)
HORT 55A Green Industry Management: Business Practices (3 units)
HORT 60B Landscape Design: Theory (3 units)
HORT 60C Landscape Design: Irrigation (3 units)
HORT 60D Landscape Design: Planting (3 units)
HORT 60F Landscape Design: Process (3 units)
HORT 60G Landscape Design: Intermediate Computer Applications (3 units)
HORT 60J Sketchup for Landscape Designers (3 units)
HORT 90A Container Plantings in the Landscape (1 unit)
HORT 90C Garden Ponds & Water Features (1 unit)
HORT 90D Herbs: Identification, Use & Folklore (1 unit)
HORT 90E Horticultural & Landscape Photography (1 unit)
HORT 90F Landscape Design: Basic Principles (1 unit)
HORT 90G Landscape Design Forum (1 unit)
HORT 90H Landscape Lighting (1 unit)
HORT 90I Landscape Sustainability Practices (1 unit)
HORT 90K Landscaping with Edibles (1 unit)
HORT 90L Plant Propagation: Basic Skills (1 unit)
HORT 90M Plant Nutrition & Fertilization (1 unit)
HORT 90N Plant Materials: Fall Color (1 unit)
HORT 90P Pruning: Basic Skills (1 unit)
HORT 90Q Residential Irrigation Systems (1 unit)
HORT 90S Sustainable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (1 unit)
HORT 90U Landscape Design: Perspective Sketching (2 units)
HORT 90V Sustainable Organic Gardening (1 unit)
HORT 90X Water Conservation in Landscape Design (1 unit)
HORT 90Y Cacti & Succulents (1 unit)
HORT 90Z Ornamental Grasses (1 unit)
HORT 91A Composting Theory & Techniques (1 unit)
HORT 91C Construction Cost Estimating (1 unit)
HORT 91E Community Gardening (1 unit)
HORT 91F Fine Gardening (1.5 units)
SPAN 110 Elementary Spanish Conversation I (3 units)

Industry Certification Courses (no minimum required; these courses may be used for the certificate with approval of program director)
HORT 80E Landscape Certification: Common Core (2 units)
HORT 80F Landscape Certification: Softscape Installation (1 unit)
HORT 80G Landscape Certification: Hardscape Installation (1 unit)
HORT 80I Landscape Certification: Irrigation Installation (2 units)
HORT 80J Landscape Certification: Turf Management (1 unit)
HORT 80K Landscape Certification: Ornamental Maintenance (1 unit)

Control Information:
2019-2020 | Status: Approved | Modified: 2019-05-30 11:02:45 | Dept Code: HORT