Horticulture

Certificate of Completion - Noncredit
2022-2023

View Program Map  

About the Program (Noncredit)

The Horticulture Department at Las Positas College offers short-term, tuition-free, noncredit courses and a skills program designed to provide students both educational and vocational opportunities. A certificate will not only validate participation in the program, but it will also enhance the opportunities to secure gainful entry-level employment. The program is open to all and specifically designed for students that have difficulty in a traditional classroom setting.

About the Certificate

This Horticulture program is a short-term (typically one year) noncredit program. It is a career technical education program designed to prepare students for work in entry level horticultural fields, such as nursery, garden center, or landscape maintenance employment. The program will also aid students in preparing for college level courses in Horticulture.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities include working in fields related to retail nurseries and garden centers, wholesale nurseries or plant growers, landscape maintenance with either landscape contractors or various public agencies, interior plantscaping and plant rentals, and urban agriculture.

Program Outcomes

• Upon completion of the Certificate of Completion in Horticulture, students are able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the field of horticulture and possible career opportunities.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Completion in Horticulture, students are able to identify plants and be able to select their proper care and maintenance.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Completion in Horticulture, students are able to demonstrate an understanding of the maintenance requirements for trees, vines, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and turf.
• Upon completion of the Certificate of Completion in Horticulture, students are able to demonstrate an understanding of propagation of plants by seed and vegetative cuttings.

  ---

Required Core: (128 Hours)
Units

Course	Hours
NHRT 201 Fundamentals of Horticulture	32
NHRT 202 Landscape and Garden Maintenance	32
NHRT 203 Nursery and Garden Center Practices	32
NHRT 204 Landscape and Garden Planning	32

Units

Units Category	Units
Total Hours	128

Updated: July 2022