Arboriculture & Landscape Management

Degree:

Associate Degree

Related Institute:

Institute of Forestry

This Program prepares you to perform as professional and business owners in tree and landscape planning, planting, and maintenance.

Associate of Applied Science / 60 Credits

This program prepares you to perform as a professional arborist and business owner in tree and landscape management.

In the classroom and in the field, your primary emphasis will be on the science of arboriculture and tree health, including best practices in tree surgery and care. Become an expert tree climber in our lab courses, where the tree canopy is your classroom. Learn how to properly plant, fertilize, and prune trees in the landscape.

Recognize common diseases and insects, as well as appropriate management strategies. Gain experience caring for the campus landscape—an integral part of the college’s identity. Experience a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on training in the areas of arboriculture, landscaping, and plant propagation.

Our graduates build a solid foundation to perform as trained technicians and managers for the planning, planting, and maintenance of trees and shrubs in the urban environment. Graduates are employed as tree surgeons, city arborists, landscape managers, and plant health care specialists. Many start their own businesses, while others work with tree care companies, landscaping firms, and tree nurseries. This program is a great pathway to a bachelor’s degree in Parks and Conservation Management or Forestry.

This program is accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF).

Program Details

Dendrology
Insects & Disease of Trees
Landscape Fundamentals & Interpretation
Geospatial Info Technology
Financial Accounting
Greenhouse-Turf Practice
Urban Forestry Issues

Arborist
City Forester
Grounds Superintendent
Landscape Contractor
Landscape Designer
Nursery Manager
Plant Health Technician
Pest Management Technician (for Insects and Diseases of Trees)
Utility Vegetation Manager
Turf Care Specialist
Park Manager

In the classroom and in the field, your primary emphasis will be on the science of arboriculture and tree health, including best practices in tree surgery and care. Graduates are employed as tree surgeons, city arborists, landscape managers and plant health care specialists throughout the US. Some start their own businesses while many work with established tree care companies, landscaping firms and tree nurseries. This program is a great pathway to a bachelor’s degree in parks, recreation and facilities management.

Learn how to properly plant, fertilize and prune trees in the landscape
Become familiar with common diseases and insects, as well as appropriate management strategies
Gain experience caring for the campus landscape – an integral part of the college’s identity
Students receive a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on training in the areas of arboriculture, landscaping and plant propagation. Our graduates build a solid foundation to perform as trained technicians and managers for the planning, planting, and maintenance of trees and shrubs in the urban environment.

Semester 1
ENG 101	Effective College Writing I	3
FOR 101	Intro to Forestry	3
FOR 110	Dendrology	3
FOR 120	Insects & Disease	3
FYS 101	First Year Seminar	3

Semester 2
ENG102	Effective College Writing II	3
FOR 130	Landscape Fundamentals	2
FOR 140	Arboriculture I	4
	Math Skills	3
	Social Science	3

Semester 3
FOR 295	AALM Extern or
MGT 101	Intro to Entrepreneurship or
MGT 200	Principles of Management	3

Semester 4
ACC 101	Financial Accounting	3
FOR 250	Arboriculture II	3
FOR 276	Ornamental Dendrology	3
GIS 201	Intro to GIS	3
	Elective	2-4

Semester 5
FOR 225	Greenhouse Turf	3
FOR 285	Urban Forest Issues	2
	Restricted Elective	2-4
	Business Elective	3
	Humanities	3