Program description
Horticulture
Today’s horticulture industry offers careers that go beyond landscaping and floral design. Associate degree graduates of horticulture programs can become natural area managers, arborists and owners and managers of sustainable farms as well as landscape designers and business owners.
Admission requirements
To qualify for unconditional admission to these programs, students must provide evidence that they have attained a certain level of knowledge in the arts and sciences through previous learning.
Evidence may be provided by observing the following procedures:
- Successfully complete the admission requirements.
- Submit either a high school transcript or a student profile report from the American College Testing (ACT) Program
International Students test scores required for placement in college level classes:
For the College’s academic college-level programs, students must verify their language proficiency by:
- a minimum score of 153 on the Language Skills section of the College of Lake County Academic Proficiency Test
- a minimum TOEFL score of 527 on the Paper Based Test, 197 on the Computer Based Test, 71 on the Internet Based Test
- ELI Accuplacer score of 320 or higher
- 6.0 – Academic Format – on the IELTS
- ELS Language Centers, Completing Level 112
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the website.
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First Semester
- Environmental Biology
- Chemistry for a Changing World
- Other Science or Math elective
- English Composition I
- Introduction to Horticulture
- Introduction to Soils
- HRT or AGR elective
Second Semester
- General Botany
- Job Readiness Skills
- Perennials, Annuals and Weeds
- Sustainable Landscape Management
- HRT or AGR elective
Third Semester
- Fundamentals of Speech
- Tree and Shrub Identification
- Entomology
- HRT or AGR elective
- Social Science Elective
Fourth Semester
- Plant Pathology
- Green Business and Entrepreneurship
- Horticulture Practicum
- HRT or AGR elective
- Humanities or Fine Arts elective
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the website for more information.
Tuition fees
Tuition Fees for Spring 2021 (per credit hour):
- In-district: $125.00
- Out-of-district: $322.00
- Out-of-state and international residents: $436.00
For more information about tuition fees, please visit the website.
Qualification
CLC Horticulture program offers Associate in Applied Science degrees in five specialty areas as well as six certificate options.
Career opportunities
Graduates of academic horticulture programs have become arborists, growers, retailers, landscape managers, landscape designers, turf managers, florists and floral shop owners, forestry experts, natural areas managers and public garden employees.
- Landscape Designer
- Landscape Contractor
- Natural Areas Manager
- Restoration Technician
- Grower/Production Manager
- Arborist
- Urban Forester
- Farmer
- Greenhouse As
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College of Lake County
The College of Lake County (CLC) is a comprehensive community college committed to equitable high-quality education, cultural enrichment and partnerships to advance the diverse communities it serves. CLC is located in Grayslake, Illinois, 45 minutes northwest of Chicago, Illinois. There...
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