College Credit Certificate - Landscape and Horticulture Professional
Previous Degree Required: HS Diploma
Eligible for Financial Aid: Yes
Delivery Method(s): On-Campus, Hybrid
Location(s): Melbourne
Additional Limited Access Application Process Required: No
Program Testing Requirements: Not Required
Academic Community: STEM
Program Code: LPCC
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code: 01.0605
Florida Department of Education CIP Code: 0101060504
Program Closure Notice:
The Landscape Horticulture A.S. degree and related certificates will close to new students effective Fall 2025. Current students are encouraged to meet with an advisor to plan remaining courses. The program will no longer accept students starting with the Fall Term 2025 application.
This certificate is associated with the A.S. Landscape and Horticulture Technology degree and offers a sequence of courses that provide coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills for a career in the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources career cluster. The program provides technical skill proficiency, competency-based applied learning that contributes to work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the landscape and horticulture sector within the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources career cluster. The program can also be used as a starting point by students looking to pursue a traditional four-year degree in agriculture, food and natural resources.
The content includes, but is not limited to: instruction in plant physiology and growth, plant nutrition and fertilization, plant classification and identification, pest control, pruning and shaping plants, maintenance of landscape plants, and employability and human relations skills.
This program also prepares for certification and licensure as an horticulture professional.
For student success and safety, it is highly recommended that applicants to this program are able to meet the following:
- Students are able to lift 25lbs or greater.
- Students are able to read and understand application labels, warning labels, disposal labels, and instruction labels for various horticulture chemicals.
- Students are able to identify different color codes.
- Students are able to access the plants, ground, and soil.
- Students are able to use various horticulture tools.
- Students are able to work outside in various weather conditions and for extended periods of time.
Refer to the College Credit Certificate overview page to find information about admission, graduation, general education and other requirements.
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Certificate Requirements
The Landscape Horticulture A.S. degree and related certificates will close to new students effective Fall 2025. Current students are encouraged to meet with an advisor to plan remaining courses. The program will no longer accept students starting with the Fall Term 2025 application.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Courses | ||
| ECO 2013 | Principles of Economics 1 (Macroeconomics) | 3 |
| HOSC 2010 | Horticulture 1 | 3 |
| HOSC 2011 | Horticulture 2 | 3 |
| IPMC 2323 | Soils and Application of Pesticides and Fertilizers | 3 |
| ORHC 1220 | Turf and Landscape Maintenance | 3 |
| ORHC 2251 | Nursery Operations and Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Learning Outcomes
- Manipulate plant growth and growth regulators on select plant species.
- Supports Core Ability: Think Critically and Solve Problems
- Demonstrate proficiency of Florida commercial fertilizer application laws, rules, and regulations (i.e. Chapter 576 FS, 576.021(1) FS, 576.045 (2) FS).
- Supports Core Ability: Model Ethic and Civic Responsibility
- Students will collect and identify a variety of plant species in an area(s) of choice.
- Supports Core Ability: Work Cooperatively