Landscape Design Certificate of Achievement

The program of study for this certificate is designed to give students both broad and specialized training for entry-level employment or to add to their current capabilities to create a business in landscape design.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Apply elements and principles of design and analytical techniques to determine types and structures of plants used in a plant palette.
• Analyze sustainability techniques used in the design and construction of landscapes and gardens.
• Explain the roles and business practices of landscape designers and contractors.

Credit Toward Graduation. All credit that students earn in obtaining this certificate may also be applied toward satisfaction of the requirements for graduation from the College.

The minimum time for completion of this certificate is 3 semesters. Completion time will vary based on student preparation and number of classes completed per semester.

Course number	Course Title	Annual Sections	Annual Enrollment/ Completions
O H 50	Introduction to Environmental Horticulture	5	130/130
O H 56	Horticultural Machines	1	30/30
O H 76	Fall and Winter Plant Identification	2	60/60
O H 63	Soils	1	30/30
O H 75	Pest Management	1	25/25
O H 77	Spring and Summer Plant Identification	2	60/60
O H 65	Plant Propagation	1	25/25
O H 70A	Principles of Landscape Design	2	40/40
O H 60	Business Practices	1	25/25
O H 70B -	Advanced Principles of Landscape Design	1	25/25

This Certificate usually has 5-6 completions per year.

CTE (0109.10)

The program of study or this certificate is designed to give students both broad and specialized training for entry-level employment or to add to their current capabilities to create a business in landscape design.

The curriculum in Landscape Design is a 1.5-year course of study, planned so that graduates, depending upon their interests, abilities, and achievement, may qualify for employment in a wide variety of capacities. Positions that graduates may hold in private employment, or for which they may take civil-service examinations, landscape designer, horticultural or agricultural inspector, school or community garden coordinator, landscape restoration or landscape consultant. 

The curriculum in Landscape Design, is a 1.5-year course of study, planned so that graduates, depending upon their interests, abilities, and achievement, may qualify for employment in a wide variety of capacities. 

The course of study includes instruction in principles of landscape design and landscape construction, principles of environmental horticulture, plant identification, landscape horticulture, and business practices in the environmental-horticultural industry. Students who complete the curriculum receive the Landscape Design Certificate of Achievement.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
OH 50	Introduction to Environmental Horticulture	3	Y1/S1
OH 56	Horticulture Machines	3	Y1/S1
OH 60	Business Practices	3	Y1/S1
OH 63	Soils	3	Y1/S2
OH 75	Pest Management	3	Y1/S2
OH 76	Fall and Winter Plant Identification	4	Y1/S2
OH 77	Spring and Summer Plant Identification	4	Y2/S1
OH 70A	Principles of Landscape Design	3	Y2/S1
OH 70B	Advanced Principles of Landscape Design	3	Y2/S2
CMST 11	Basic Public Speaking	3	Y1 or Y2

BACCC submission as a new program since no record can be found of BACCC recommendation.

This program is unique to the Bay Area in that it trains people to work specifically in; and is designed around the needs of residences, businesses and public facilities in San Francisco. It also features full semester, for-credit classes, offered by primarily full-time instructors. All curriculum, certificates, and degrees are approved by our Horticulture Advisory. Since 1935 City College of San Francisco District has held program agreements with all other Bay Area Districts that offer Horticulture Programs. Programs at Mission College and CSM, in Horticulture and Floristry, have been eliminated. Programs at Canada and Merritt College have more of a residential focus.