Horticulture Degree Curriculum - Southwestern Illinois College

FIRST YEAR

Total Semester Credits: 16
Fall Semester
COURSE NUMBER COURSE DESCRIPTION CREDITS
ENG 101 Rhetoric & Composition I 3
HORT 102 Intro to Horticulture 3
HORT 112 Media and Fertility 4
HORT 132 Garden Center & Nursery Management 4
HES 151 Personal Health and Wellness OR  
HES 152 First Aid Medical Self Help 2
Total Semester Credits: 14-16
Spring Semester
COURSE NUMBER COURSE DESCRIPTION CREDITS
  Business or Math Selection 3-4
  Science Selection 4-5
HORT 152 Greenhouse Management 4
  Horticulture Elective 3
Total Semester Credits: 4
Summer Semester
COURSE NUMBER COURSE DESCRIPTION CREDITS
HORT 288 Supervised Intern Employment 4

SECOND YEAR

Total Semester Credits: 14-16
Fall Semester
COURSE NUMBER COURSE DESCRIPTION CREDITS
HORT 215 Horticultural Diagnostics 3
  Human Relations Elective 3
  General Education Elective 3
  Horticulture Elective 3
  Horticulture Elective 2-4

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Total Semester Credits: 13-17
Total Program Credits 61-67
Spring Semester
Course Number Course Description Credits
HORT 228 Computer-aided Landscaping 3
HORT 298 Horticulture Project 2
  Horticulture Elective 3
  Horticulture Elective 2-4
  Horticulture, Agriculture, OR General Education Elective 3

Horticulture Electives

HORT 120 Container Gardening 2
HORT 135 Turf Management 4
HORT 136 Identification & Use of Ornamentals 3
HORT 165 Floral Design 3
HORT 175 Home Gardening 3
HORT 195 Indoor Plant Culture & Gardening 3
HORT 226 Landscaping 3
HORT 235 Advanced Turf Management 3
HORT 237 Arboriculture 3
HORT 242 Fruit Production 3
HORT 252 Advanced Turf Management 3
HORT 262 Small Fruit Production 3
HORT 265 Advanced Floral Design 3
HORT 275 Grounds Maintenance 4
HORT 280 Vegetable Gardening 3
HORT 287 Supervised Intern Employment 2
HORT 288 Supervised Intern Employment-variable 4
HORT 289 Supervised Intern Employment-variable 2-6
HORT 299 Special Topics in Horticulture-variable 4-6
CAN 101 Cannabis Industry & Law 3
CAN 102 Medical Cannabis Use & Research 3
CAN 130 Cannabis Operations 3

Business or Math Selections:

ACCT 105 Basic Accounting Procedures 3
ACCT 106 Introduction to QuickBooks 3
BUS 101 Introduction to Business 3
BUS 102 Business Mathematics 3
BUS 205  Economic and Business Statistics (or MATH 191) 4
MGMT 201 Entrepreneur Basics 3
MGMT 213 Human Relations in the Workplace 3
MGMT 214 Principles of Management 3
MGMT 219 Small Business Management 3
MATH 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 203, 204, 213   4-5

Science Selections:

BIOL 100 General Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Genetics 4
BIOL 101 Principles of Biology I 4
BIOL 151 Plants & Society 4
CHEM 100 Chemistry in Everyday Life 4
CHEM 101 Introductory Chemistry 5
CHEM 105 General Chemistry 5



Prerequisites may be required for some courses. Refer to the Class Search link in eSTORM.