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Horticulture Technology A.A.S.
Horticulture Technology  A.A.S.

Horticulture Technology A.A.S.

  • ID:KSU10013
  • Level:Associate Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.

English Requirements

All undergraduate applicants must obtain one of the following:

  • TOEFL iBT: 71; Home Edition iBT: 71

  • Revised PBT: 18 (average score)

  • IELTS Academic and IELTS indicator: 6.0

  • Duolingo English Test (DET):100

  • PTE Academic and PTE Academic Online: 48

  • Completion of the Kent State University ESL Center Level 8 Intensive English program with a minimum of 3.75 out of 4.0 GPA

  • ELS Level 112 Intensive English Program completion

  • SAT: a minimum of 510 evidence-based reading and writing

  • ACT: a minimum of 21 in English

Course Information

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Horticulture Technology prepares students for careers in landscape management, turf management, urban forestry, nursery and greenhouse operations and related horticultural professions. The program emphasizes practical experience through hands-on training in outdoor labs. Students are required to complete an internship.

The degree program articulates with Kent State's Bachelor of Applied Horticulture degree.

The Horticulture Technology major comprises the following concentrations:

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Courses

Semester one

  • Horticultural botany

  • Introduction to horticulture

  • Destination kent state: first year experience

  • Kent core requirement

Semester two

  • Plant identification and selection i

  • Chemistry in our world (kbs)

  • Chemistry in our world laboratory (kbs) (klab)

  • Landscape construction

  • Landscape management

  • Kent core requirement

First summer term

  • Cooperative work experience in landscape management

Semester three

  • Plant identification and selection ii

  • Introduction to human communication (kadl)

  • Soil and horticultural management

  • Occupational regulations and safety

  • Irrigation design and maintenance

Semester four

  • Ecological principles of pest management

  • Environmental earth science (kbs)

  • Landscape design i

  • Technical elective

  • General elective

Minimum total credit hours: 60

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

  • First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

  • Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Student Health Insurance: 2313 $ USD per year

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