Academic Programs - Butte College

Associate in Science Degree in Environmental Horticulture

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Total Units: 60 - 64

Term 1

14.00 - 17.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AB 20: Careers in Agriculture, Environmental Science and Natural Resources	1.00	Meets Graduation Requirement.
Unit(s): 1.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 17.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 34.00 Total Course Hours: 51.00 This course is a study of the agriculture, environmental science and natural resources industries with a focus on career opportunities, self evaluation, and skills necessary for successful job procurement. Topics include job trends, resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, and the types of careers available in agriculture, environmental science, and natural resources.
	AET 30: Tractors and Crawlers	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course covers design principles, selection, maintenance, adjustment, and safe operation of wheel and crawler type tractors used in agriculture and in the construction industry. (C-ID AG-MA 108L).
	EH 20: Introduction to Environmental Horticulture	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introduction to environmental horticulture including nursery operations, landscaping, turf management and arboriculture. Topics include basic botany, cultural practices, propagation, structures and layout, pest management, planting, transplanting, container gardening, houseplants, plant identification, turfgrass installation and care, and a broad survey of the 'Green Industry' and other career opportunities.
	Area 1A Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00

	Area 2 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 5.00

	Graduation Requirement Choice (See GE Guide)	1.00

Term 2

13 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	AGS 20: Plant Science	3.00	Meets Area 5B/5C.
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introduction to plant science including structure, growth processes, propagation, physiology, growth medica, biological competitors, and post-harvest factors of food, fiber, and ornamental plants. (C-ID AG-PS 104).
	AGS 50: General Soils	4.00	Meets Area 5A/5C.
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 The study of soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Soil use and management including erosion, moisture retention, structure, cultivation, organic matter and microbiology. Laboratory topics include soil type, classification, soil reaction, soil fertility and physical properties of soil. (C-ID AG-PS 128L).
	Area 4 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00	Department recommends AGS 10.

	Area 6 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

Term 3

18.00 - 19.00 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units
	EH 26: Landscape Planning and Design	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU/UC Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is a study of the principles utilized in planning and designing residential, commercial, and public landscaped areas. Topics include the fundamentals of design, the design process, and client relations. Emphasis will be placed upon the selection and utilization of plants and non-plant materials included in landscape areas.
	EH 30: Irrigation Practices and Materials	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introduction to the materials, equipment, installation procedures, operation and maintenance of landscape irrigation systems and their components.
	Select one:	3.00
AGS-30: Ecology-Insect/Disease (3.00 units) EH-60: Principles of Pest Mgmt (3.00 units) EH-61: Plant Protection Materials (3.00 units) EH-62: Weed Science/Invasive Plants (3.00 units)
	Select one:	3.00
EH-23: Fall Plant Identification (3.00 units) EH-24: Spring Plant Identification (3.00 units)
	Area 1B/C Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00

	Area 3 Choice (See GE Guide)	3.00 - 4.00

Term 4

15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	EH 28: Turfgrass Management and Equipment	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introduction to establishing, maintaining and managing turfgrasses for sports athletic fields, golf courses, parks, cemeteries, and commercial and residential lawns. Emphasis is placed on identification of various turfgrass species, installation of proper irrigation, environmental requirements, and maintenance practices.
	EH 72: Landscape Business Management	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course covers the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in a management position for a landscape company, public/private park system, golf course and other 'Green Industry' operations. Emphasis will be placed on operational procedures of the business such as determining annual overhead, planning for recovery of that overhead, hiring and managing procedures of employees and determining 'true' profit. This course is also designed to encourage development of 'take-off' and bidding skills for the construction industry.
	EH 74: Irrigation System Design	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is a study of the design of irrigation and drainage systems. Emphasis will be placed on pipe sizing, friction loss calculations, pressure requirements, pumping stations, points of connection and backflow prevention devices. The students will learn mathematic equations/calculations used for proper design and installation.
	EH 99: Work Experience-EH	2.00
Prerequisite(s): Permission of Work Experience Education instructor and employment supervisor Unit(s): 0.50 - 8.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 0.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 0.00 Work experience is an experiential course where students apply what they have learned in the classroom to a work environment. The course offers students the opportunity to develop technical skills, explore possible career choices, build confidence, network with people in the field, and transition into the world of work. Work experience may include paid or unpaid employment. Students may earn one semester unit of college credit in this course for every fifty-one hours of work experience. Students may enroll in this course up to 8 unit(s) to complete the entire curriculum of the course. A maximum of sixteen units can be earned in work experience courses during a student???s enrollment with Butte College.
	Select one:	3.00
EH-38: Greenhouse Production (3.00 units) EH-70: Plant Propagation/Nursery Prac (3.00 units)
	Elective (any course numbered 1-99 or C1000-C1999)	1.00	Only necessary if the 60 units needed to graduate have not been completed. Consider taking a Cal-GETC General Education course. Visit www.assist.org to see options.