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Environmental Horticulture, AAS


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102-105 CREDITS

Program Admission Dates: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

Program Mission: The Environmental Horticulture AAS degree provides students with knowledge and skills needed for jobs with nurseries, greenhouses, landscape firms, garden centers, and park departments.

Students learn plant identification, plant propagation, sustainable landscape practices, soil science, practical pruning and botanical concepts. Through time spent in practical hands-on training, students will learn to propagate, seed, transplant, design landscape plans, and maintain a variety of plants. Students will participate in an industry based training experience.

The classroom setting includes individual and small group instruction with a hands-on focus of horticultural practices. The program emphasizes a sustainable approach to horticultural principles. A diverse population of students enjoys working in a 1200 sq. ft. state-of-the-art growing facility.

Environmental Horticulture AAS degree graduates will:

  • be prepared to obtain various positions in the field of horticulture
  • be prepared for Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association Certified Professional Horticulturists exams
  • demonstrate professional knowledge of horticultural skills
  • demonstrate critical thinking, teamwork, communication, intercultural appreciation, and information literacy skills
  • meet Social Science, Humanities, Written Communication, and Quantitative Reasoning distribution area outcomes

Lake Washington Institute of Technology does not offer every course each quarter. It is the student’s responsibility to consult the Class Schedule and work out an individual schedule with an adviser or counselor. Any developmental coursework a student may be required to complete may increase the program length.

Program Requirements


Annual Course Sequence

The classes listed below are offered on a four quarter rotation and are not sequential; a student may start any quarter and should take the HORT classes in blocks as listed below.

Technical Elective - 1 Credit


First Aid Elective may be taken from any IFAD course(s)

General Electives - 12-15 Credits


Up to 15 additional credits of college-level courses as defined by the technical institute or as accepted as fully transferable as defined by the state system; courses should be selected with a faculty adviser.

Academic Core Requirements - 20 Credits


  • Written Communication 5 credits
  • Humanities 5 credits
  • Quantitative Reasoning 5 credits
  • Social Science 5 credits

Total Program Credits: 102-105


See Academic Core Requirements  for a list of all applicable courses for each of the categories listed above.

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