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Associate in Applied ScienceCurriculum Guide

Curriculum No. 333

Hort Sports Turf Management

CAREER OPPORTUNITIESStudents of Sports Turf Management have many career options following graduation. The majority of students find golf course careers as assistant superintendents who eventually move up to the golf course superintendent’s position. Others find work in a variety of other settings. Examples of employment areas include:

• Golf course maintenance• Professional sports field managers• Lawn maintenance• Sales and service

THE PROGRAMGoing green is what the field of Horticulture is all about – the earth, the balance of nature, creating a landscape with trees, plants and hardscape to enhance the beauty and the resources to complement our lives. In the Horticulture programs at Kishwaukee College, students learn all aspects of the various fields and practice in classrooms, in the College greenhouse, athletic fields and a 120-acre living laboratory: campus grounds.

Students in Sports Turf Management learn fundamentals of the field in the classroom setting and get the hands on experience in our outstanding intern program designed around a 10-week spring semester. Students have the opportunity to work in their chosen internship at the very beginning of the growing season on through the end of summer, from early April through mid-August. Sports Turf students have worked with golf course superintendents on both the local and national level. Others have worked in Minor League and Major League Baseball stadiums as interns.

Students in the Horticulture Program also participate in various symposiums, competitions, and workshops across the nation, as well as an extensive field studies programs, some that are international. There are ample scholarships to assist students with associated costs. Requires 70 credit hours.

The Horticulture Program is part of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster: The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources. For more information, visit www.careertech.org/career-clusters/

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Curriculum GuideCurriculum No. 333

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***Field studies: Offered Fall Semester only. A total of two (2) hours required from HOR 284, HOR 285, HOR 286, HOR 288 or HOR 289

ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION

DEPARTMENTMatt Ewert, Instructor815-825-9392mewert@kish.edu

STUDENT SERVICESAdvising815-825-9375

FIRST YEARFall SemesterHOR 101 Intro to Horticulture Related Occupations (1)HOR 103 Horticulture Science (3)HOR 112 Greenhouse Management I (3)HOR 122 Trees/Arboriculture (3)HOR 256 Turf and Lawn Management (3)HOR *** Field Studies (1)TMAT 100 Technical Mathematics (3)Spring SemesterHOR 105 Botany for Horticulture (3)HOR 106 Orientation to Horticulture Internship (1)HOR 146 Sustainable Perennials (3)HOR 196 Horticulture Internship (4)ENG 109 Intro to Technical Report Writing (3)

Humanities/Social Science Elective (3)

SECOND YEARFall SemesterAGT 215 Introduction to Soils and Fertilitzers (4)HOR 166 Landscape Design (3)HOR 231 Ornamental Shrubs Identification and

Culture(3)

HOR 281 Irrigation Function and Maintenance (3)HOR *** Field Studies (1)COM 100 Oral Communication (3)Spring SemesterHOR 128 Plant Propagation (3)HOR 141 Beginning Floral Arrangements (3)HOR 257 Sports Turf Management (2)HOR 258 Resource Mgmt for Horticulture (2)HOR 277 Bedding Plant Production (3)HOR 282 Equipment Maintenance (3)

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ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE (A.A.S.) DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 1. Complete specific course and program requirements for A.A.S. degree as outlined in the Career/Occupational Programs section of the

catalog. Each curriculum identifies the specific course requirements needed to complete an A.A.S. degree.2. Meet the residency requirement: a minimum of 15 credit hours in 100/200 level Kishwaukee College course work, applicable to the degree,

for each degree earned.3. Fulfill the grade point average requirement of an overall 2.000 GPA in all required and elective course work applicable to the specific degree

program requirement.4. Resolve any incomplete grades in Kishwaukee College course work applicable to the degree. 5. Apply for graduation in the Student Services office or through myKC.

Non-Discrimination/Affirmative Action PolicyIt is the policy of Kishwaukee College not to tolerate sexual harassment in any form nor to discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, creed, religion, national origin, disability status, or sexual orientation in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices. Kishwaukee College complies with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Director of Human Resources at Kishwaukee College: 815-825-9370.

Accessibility AssistanceIndividuals needing accommodations to access the courses, programs, services, or activities publicized in this catalog should contact the Disability Services Coordinator, Room A1317, regarding course accommodations or the office of a college staff member sponsoring the program, service, or activity for which there is accessibility concern. Voice: 815-825-2931.