Landscape Design & Management Technology - LAND.COC

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The courses selected for the Landscape Certificate of Completion (COC) provide students a sampling of our Associate’s Degree in Landscape Design and Management. For many reasons including time constraints, or just wanting to discover if the Landscape program is the best fit, the COC track allows students to blend right in with our two-year degree students on a daily basis. Students may choose to enroll in our COC and discover they would like to complete our Associate’s Degree. The COC courses completed allow the student to blend directly into the Landscape Associate’s Degree program. The Landscape COC is a good choice for people who work in the landscape industry and have the opportunity to take some day and evening classes and would like to take some classes to bolster their knowledge and skills. Students, after consulting with their advisor, may choose alternative landscape courses, other than the posted COC landscape courses, to better fit their learning needs.

Upon the successful completion of the requirements for this program, a Certificate of Completion in Landscape Design and Management Technology from STCC will be awarded.

Student Learning Outcomes

Identify native and non-native trees commonly found in New England forests and built landscapes.
Perform sustainable pruning methods of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs.
Follow up to date planting practices to install trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
Perform basic soil texture, pH, and nutrient tests; evaluate results and write a recommendation for adjusting soil texture, pH, and nutrients.
Represent design ideas using plan views, elevations, cross sections, isometric views and one and two-point perspective views.
Propagate woody and herbaceous plants from seed, cuttings, division and grafting techniques.
Perform Integrated Pest Management strategies to control plant diseases and insect pest problems.

(LAND.COC) Curriculum

Semester 1

LAN-100 - Principles of Horticulture 2 credits
LAN-100L - Lab: Principles of Horticulture 1 credits
LAN-110 - Trees in Landscape 3 credits
LAN-110L - Lab: Trees in Landscape 1 credits
LAN-200 - Sustainable Landscape Practices 2 credits
LAN-200L - Lab: Sustainable Landscape Practices 1 credits

Select one:

CMP-106 - Computer Basics: Concepts & Applications 3 credits
ACC-101 - Accounting 1 4 credits
MGT-101 - Principles of Management 3 credits
BUS-105 - Introduction to Personal Finance 3 credits
LAN-210 - Shrubs in Landscape 3 credits

Total: 13-14 credits

Semester 2

LAN-120 - Turf Management 2 credits
LAN-120L - Lab: Turf Management 1 credits
LAN-230 - Plant Propagation 2 credits
LAN-230L - Lab: Plant Propagation 1 credits
LAN-250 - Sustainable Pest Management 2 credits
LAN-250L - Lab: Sustainable Pest Management 1 credits
EL-SCIL - General Lab Science Elective 4 credits (BIO 113 Recommended)

Total: 13 credits

Total (LAND.COC) Curriculum Program Credits: 26-27

Program Personnel

Name	Title	Office	Phone	Email
Thomas Smith	Professor/Coordinator	17/335	413-755-4642	tsmith@stcc.edu
John Wakelin	Professor/Department Chair	02/718	413-755-4194	JWakelin@stcc.edu