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Basic Landscape Design, Certificate of Achievement

Banner Code: 1_CM_BLSC

Control Number: 41020

Not Financial Aid Eligible


The Basic Landscape Horticulture certificate program is intended for those students who are limited by time constraints to a one-year program. Graduates with this certificate can find employment at the basic or entry level in grounds maintenance or as a park worker, gardener, or landscape designer.

Program Outcome

Communicate basic horticulture concepts to clients, contractors, and public agencies.

Review Graduation Requirements.

Course Title Units
Required Courses
HORT A111Landscape Drafting Techniques1
HORT A115Landscape Graphics3
HORT A285Introduction to Landscape Design3
HORT A287Planting Design2
Total Units9

Program Sequence

These sequences at Orange Coast College are curriculum maps for students to finish all requirements for the certificate. There may be advisories, prerequisites, or time requirements that students need to consider before following these maps. Students are advised to meet with an Orange Coast College Counselor for alternate sequencing.

Some courses in this program may be offered once per academic year.

Plan of Study Grid
Year 1
Semester 1Units
HORT A111 Landscape Drafting Techniques 1
HORT A285 Introduction to Landscape Design 3
HORT A287 Planting Design 2
 Units6
Semester 2
HORT A115 Landscape Graphics 3
 Units3
 Total Units9