My Academic Plan

First Semester

Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows.

Faculty Recommendations:

1. Irrigation I (HLT 150) AND Irrigation II (HLT 151) OR Plant Health Care (HLT 202).

2. Landscape Management (HLT 210). Offered Fall semester only at LC.

3. Turfgrass Management (HLT 242). Offered Fall semester only at LC.

Note to Student and Advisors: Students in this program must take EITHER HLT 150 Irrigation I AND HLT 151 Irrigation II, OR HLT 202 Plant Health Care AND HLT 208 Pesticide Safety and Use.

Before selecting which of these courses they wish to take, the student may want to consult with a Program Director or consider how these courses apply to their broader academic plans (ex. will the student be earning just this certificate, multiple certificates or an AAS? Which combination of these courses is most advantageous to the student achieving their goals as efficiently as possible). Students may elect to take all of these courses and used the extra 6 credits earned as Certificate and Elective credits toward an AAS degree.

To earn the AAS in Horticulture and Landscape Technologies students complete:
1. The 22 credit HLT AAS General Education Core, and
2. The 18-credit Floral Design or Horticulture certificate, and
3. 20-credits of Approved Electives, 10 of which must have an HLT or an FLD prefix (see Certificate and Elective Credits section of AAS Requirements). All courses in this certificate count towards either the Horticulture Certificate or these Approved Elective credits.

See a HLT Program Director or your Academic Advisor for guidance in selecting A.A.S. Electives.

Elective courses may be applicable to several certificates but credits count only once towards the AAS degree. If you are completing this and another certificate as part of an AAS program, you must complete at least 38 Certificate and Elective credits. These credits must include HLT 101, HLT 240 and MAT 107, MAT 108, or MAT 121 (or higher). They may include credits required by a specialty certificate offered by FRCC’s Horticulture and Landscape Technologies Program.

HLT Program Directors recommend that students enrolled in this certificate:
-  By completing HLT 150 irrigation I and HLT 151 Irrigation II in fall semester the student earns the Irrigation Technician certificate. They can then enter the workforce while finishing this certificate.
-  Complete the Horticulture certificate and/or HLT AAS degree.
-  Take the following courses as electives while completing a Horticulture certificate or HLT AAS degree: HLT 150 Irrigation I, HLT 151 Irrigation II, HLT 202 Plant Health Care, HLT 208 Pesticide Safety and Use, HLT 240 Introductory Soil Science.

Semester course offerings: HLT courses are offered only at the Larimer and Westminster campuses. Not all courses are offered every semester.

Second Semester

Courses should be completed in the order listed below. If you are unable to complete the entire semester list, complete as many courses in this sequence as your schedule allows.

Faculty Recommendations:

4. If HLT 202 has been taken, also take Pesticide Safety & Use (HLT 208) OR Landscape Management (HLT 210) offered Spring only at WC, OR Turfgrass Management (HLT 242) offered Spring only at WC.

5. Internship (HLT 280) OR Cooperative Education (HLT 287).