Landscape Design/Build

Landscape Design/Build Associate Degree

 

The Landscape Design/Build program prepares graduates for a wide range of careers with landscape design firms, landscape maintenance firms, materials wholesalers and retailers, commercial and private landscape facilities, and landscape contractors. Landscape Design/Build students learn plant selection, materials specification, landscape design, landscape construction estimating, and landscape maintenance procedures. Students in the program share common courses in surveying, soils, and drafting with other construction sciences students, giving the students a strong sense of the construction industry.

The Landscape Design/Build program provides students with a solid educational background in communication skills, math, computer literacy, operations, humanities, and behavioral sciences

Upon completion of the associate degree in Landscape Design/Build, the graduate will be able to:

• Assist with the preparation of contract/design documents and construction specifications.
• Assist landscape professionals with the management and implementation of construction processes.
• Select suitable herbaceous and woody plants and properly install them.
• Estimate residential landscape project costs by utilizing take-off and costing methods.
• Be able to read and interpret plans and drawings.
• Assist in the survey and stake out of the job site.
• Create manual and/or computer generated designs of landscape projects.
• Create presentation materials using a variety of graphic techniques.
• Assist in the maintenance of both commercial and residential landscapes.
• Assist in the construction of landscapes and outdoor environments.
• Assist in the design and installation of irrigation systems.
• Identify common pests, diseases and problems as they relate to the landscape.

Landscape Design/Build Associate Degree

COURSE		CR
Quarter 1
ARCH 110	Construction Drafting: Manual I (First Term)	2
ARCH 112	Construction Drafting: CAD I (Second Term)	2
ENGL 101	Beginning Composition	3
LAND 101	Landscape Principles	3
LAND 111	Survey of Landscape Industry	2
MATH 104	Intermediate Algebra	5
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		17
Quarter 2
BIO 125	General Botany	5
ENGL 102	Essay and Research	3
LAND 102	Residential Landscape Design	4
LAND 107	Landscape Maintenance	3
SPAN 100	Spanish for the Professions	3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		18
Quarter 3
LAND 152	Site Planning	4
HUM xxx	Humanities 111,112,113,151,152 or 224	5
LAND 105	Spring Landscape Plants	4
SURV 141	Basic Surveying	4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		17
Summer Quarter between 1st and 2nd year
LAND 291	Field Experience	4
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		4
Quarter 4
LAND 205	Autumn Landscape Plants	4
LAND 206	Landscape Graphics	4
LAND 207	Landscape Construction	4
LAND 201	Landscape Pest Control	3
ENVR 120	Environmental Aspects of Soils	5
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		20
Quarter 5
BMGT 111	Management	5
COMM 105	Speech (or)
COMM 110	Conference and Group Discussion	3
LAND 202	Planting Design	4
LAND 204	Turf Grass Management	3
LAND 203	Landscape Irrigation	3
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		18
Quarter 6
COMM 204	Technical Writing	3
LAND 108	Herbaceous Plants	3
LAND 222	Landscape Operations	4
SSCI XXX	Social Science 100, 101, 102, 105 or GEOG 240	5
xxx xxx	Technical Elective	1–5
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS		16–20
TOTAL DEGREE CREDIT HOURS		110

Technical Elective must be selected from the following list of courses:

ENVR 160	OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety and Health	1
CIT 101	PC Applications 1	3
ARCH 113	Architectural Drafting: CAD II	2
LAND 100*	Introduction to Landscape Profession	2
LAND 104	Specialty Gardens	3
LAND 106	Landscaping for the Home Gardner	3
LAND 109	Landscape Arboriculture	3
LAND 110	Landscape Computer Applications	3
LAND 117	Landscape Maintenance Laboratory	2
LAND 208	Interior Plants	3
LAND 209	Herbaceous Plants II	3
LAND 210	Evergreen Landscape Plants	4
LAND 217	Landscape Construction Laboratory	2
LAND 281	Sustainable Landscape Practices & Design	3
LAND 295/296/297	Special Topics	1–5

* Does not count for a Technical Elective