Welcome
The Horticulture & Turfgrass Management industry is very diverse and ever evolving. Despite the ever-changing industry, SCC has a long-standing reputation of providing students exceptional career and technical education, preparing them to enter the job place or transfer to a four-year university. The Horticulture & Turfgrass Management program combines classroom theory with hands-on experience in various settings throughout the Beatrice Campus, including a two-hole golf course. Successful completion of the program prepares students for a variety of careers, both indoors and outdoors, including landscape design and construction, greenhouse manager, nursery manager, and maintaining residential, golf course, and athletic field turf areas. If you have a love for being outdoors and plants, SCC’s Horticulture and Turfgrass Management program is right for you.Overview
Our curriculum has a great base of fundamental theory combined with various hands on experiences. We want our students to be able to understand the fundamentals, while gaining experiences to be functional horticulture or turfgrass managers. We use our SCC Beatrice campus as our living laboratory; students will assist in everything from landscaping central campus to mowing and setting up our very own golf course.
Horticulture: Pursuing a career in horticulture can take you down many different career paths. Students graduating from our program will have the knowledge and skills to succeed in many different careers, including landscape construction and installation, greenhouse manager, nursery manager, and many more.
Turfgrass Management: The turfgrass industry as a whole has a broad focus including home lawns, athletic fields, sports complexes, golf courses, and many others. Students completing our program have the opportunity to compete for jobs at over 700,000 athletic field facilities and over 15,000 golf courses in the United States alone. There is a very high demand for technically trained students to manage and maintain turfgrass areas on golf courses and athletic fields. Students wanting to start their own business will have the knowledge and ability to start their own commercial or residential lawn care company after completing our program.
Mission
The mission of the Horticulture & Turgfrass Management program is to teach students of diverse backgrounds how to learn and communicate through hands-on experiences involving knowledge and skills essential for careers in the multi-faceted horticulture and turfgrass industries.Employment Outlook
Types of jobs available:
- Golf course assistant
- Golf course spray tech
- Golf course irrigation tech
- Sports field manager
- Landscape construction
- Landscape installation
- Landscape maintenance
- Landscape sales
- Florist
- Greenhouse grower
- Groundskeeper
- Equipment salesperson
- Research technician
- Commercial pesticide applicator
- Conservationist
Starting Terms
All QuartersTake AGRI-1153 AGRI-2220 HORT-1130 HORT-1131 HORT-1133 HORT-1135 HORT-1215 HORT-1216 HORT-1242 HORT-2219 HORT-2265 HORT-2292;
Take AGRI-2291 AGRI-2901 HORT-1136 HORT-1154 HORT-1155 HORT-1239 HORT-2286;
Take HORT-2901 HORT-2290 HORT-2295 HORT-2296 HORT-2999 and 6 credits from the following HORT-1136 HORT-1154 HORT-1155 HORT-1239;
Take SPCH-1090 SPCH-1110 or SPCH-2810;
Take ENGL-1010 or ENGL-1110
Take 3 classes from the following 4 groups; #ARTS-1010 ARTS-1050 ARTS-1060 ARTS-2650 ARTS-2750 BIOS-1010 BIOS-1090 BIOS-1140 BIOS-2130 BIOS-2460 BIOS-2250 BIOS-2260 CHEM-1050 CHEM-1090 ENGL-1010 ECON-2110 ECON-2120 GEOG-1420 GEOL-1060 HIST-1000 HIST-1010 HIST-2010 HIST-2020 HIST-2100 HIST-2110 HIST-2960 HUMS-1100 HUMS-1200 MATH-1040 MATH-1050 MATH-1400 MATH-1600 MATH-2030 MATH-2170 BSAD-2170 MUSC-1010 MUSC-2750 MUSC-2800 MUSC-2870 PHIL-1010 PHIL-1060 PHIL-2610 RELS-2610 PSYC-1810 PHYS-1017 PHYS-1030 PHYS-1100 PHYS-1150 PHYS-1410 PHYS-2110 POLS-1000 POLS-1040 POLS-1080 POLS-1600 SOCI-1010 SOCI-1020 or SOCI-2150; #ANTH-1020 ANTH-1120 ARTS-2650 ARTS-2750 ECON-2110 GEOG-1420 GERM-1010 HIST-1000 HIST-1010 HIST-2010 HIST-2020 HIST-2100 HIST-2110 HIST-2960 HUMS-1100 HUMS-1200 MUSC-2800 POLS-1000 POLS-1040 POLS-1080 POLS-1600 SIGN-1010 SPAN-1010 SOCI-1010 SOCI-1020 or SOCI-2150; #ANTH-1120 BIOS-1010 BIOS-1090 BIOS-1140 BIOS-2130 BIOS-2460 BIOS-2250 BIOS-2260 CHEM-1050 CHEM-1090 ECON-1200 ECON-2110 ECON-2120 FSDT-1350 GEOG-1000 GIST-1000 GEOL-1010 GEOL-1060 MATH-1040 MATH-1050 MATH-1100 MATH-1150 MATH-1200 MATH-1300 MATH-1400 MATH-1600 MATH-2170 BSAD-2170 PHYS-1017 PHYS-1030 PHYS-1100 PHYS-1150 PHYS-1410 or PHYS-2110; #BSAD-1010 ECON-1200 ECON-2110 ECON-2120 ENGL-1110 FSDT-1350 GERM-1010 MATH-1040 MATH-1200 MATH-2030 PHIL-2610 RELS-2610 PHIL-1060 PSYC-1250 PSYC-1810 POLS-1000 SPAN-1010 SPCH-2810 THEA-1010 or THEA-1140;