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Horticulture Technology Careers

Career/Program Overview

RCTC’s Horticulture Technology Careers program offers three major options:

1. Floriculture/Garden Center
2. Landscape, Golf Course, Grounds Maintenance   
3. Horticulture Science

The Horticulture Technology curriculum provides students with the general education and technical skills to meet the demand for employment opportunities in Landscaping, Golf Course & Grounds Maintenance, as well as in Floriculture and Garden Center businesses. Well trained personnel are needed to meet the customer demands for horticulture goods and services. Today’s customers of horticulture products and services are more knowledgeable and demanding. They seek quality products and numerous services. These demands are the basis of employment opportunities in Horticulture Technology Careers. Specialization and departmentalization have created an increased need for skillfully trained personnel. Many employment opportunities in horticulture allow for advancement in supervisory and managerial positions. Businesses of horticulture products or services require skilled employees and managers to be successful. Visit us at http://www.rctc.edu/program/hort/.

Curriculum-at-a-Glance

Depending on the option selected coursework may include; Plant Materials I and II, Greenhouse Operations and Management, Soil Science, Landscape Design I and II, Golf Course Field Operations, Plant Propagation, Introduction to Turfgrass Management, Floral Design and Integrated Plant/Pest Management.

For more detailed program information, refer to RCTC’s program course requirements at http://www.rctc.edu/catalog/programs/index.html.

Program/Degree Options

RCTC offers five program/degree options in Horticulture Technology Careers. Both a Diploma and Associate in Applied Science option is available in Floriculture/Garden Center Technician and also Landscape, Golf Course, Grounds Maintenance Technician. RCTC offers an Associate in Science degree in Horticulture Science that is transferable into the Environmental Horticulture (B.S.) degree at the University of Minnesota.

Program Start Date(s)

Students can enroll on a part-time or full-time basis. Some courses are prerequisites to advanced level coursework so preplanning is encouraged.

Career Opportunities/Information

The Horticulture Technology curriculum provides students with the general education and technical skills to meet the demand for employment opportunities in Landscaping, Golf Course & Grounds Maintenance, as well as in Floriculture and Garden Center businesses. Upon graduation and depending on the curriculum option, a student can perform in the following occupational areas: floral designer, grower, shop manager, garden center manager, technician, salesperson, greenhouse owner/operator or technician; horticulture equipment/supplies sales; public recreation grounds maintenance technician; golf course maintenance; grounds maintenance owner/operator; lawn care/landscape maintenance owner/operator, landscape construction, design, sales, equipment/materials sales; nursery field supervisor, nursery/garden center owner/operator, turf and sod grower or retailer.

Articulations/Accreditations

RCTC’s Horticulture Science Associate in Science degree has been established to transfer into the Environmental Horticulture bachelor’s degree program at the University of Minnesota. In 2003 RCTC’s program was selected as Minnesota’s Outstanding Post Secondary/Adult Agricultural Education program.

Rochester Community and Technical College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission: A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

For additional information on the most current list of RCTC program articulations see us at: http://www.rctc.edu/catalog/articulations/index.html

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