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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Horticulture offers many different career opportunities, including landscape design, installation and maintenance, floral design, greenhouse, nursery or garden center management, and turf maintenance. Because of this diversity, the horticulture job market is excellent and is expected to remain good well into the future. Horticulture offers rewarding careers for individuals who enjoy working with people and plants, and who find satisfaction in enhancing our environment.
Many opportunities are available for people with an associate in applied science degree, although a few jobs are limited to individuals with a bachelor's degree or graduate training.
The Horticulture program at College of DuPage meets the needs of students entering the horticulture industry as well as those presently employed who wish to continue their professional growth. The program emphasizes the business and management proficiency necessary to compete successfully in the horticulture industry.
Horticulture program graduates may be employed as landscape or floral designers, managers of nurseries or garden centers, greenhouse growers, landscape crew foremen, or park district or golf course employees. People with a strong business aptitude can be successful owning and operating their own horticultural enterprise.
Some jobs in horticulture require physical strength and working outdoors in all kinds of weather. Some positions may be seasonal. Good written and verbal communication skills and basic mathematics skills are essential.
To arrange a tour of the program facilities, call 942-3806.
Judy Burgholzer, coordinator
K109E
942-3095
Business and Technology Division
IC 2026
942-2592
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The following files describe in detail the requirements for this program. They are portable document format (PDF) files that can be viewed and printed with free Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, you may download it here.
Please consult a faculty adviser listed below before beginning your coursework.
Degree
• Horticulture, Associate in Applied Science
When planning your coursework, use the Student Planning Worksheet. Degree information and the worksheet can be found on the following files:
[Horticulture, A.A.S. Degree, PDF file]
[Student Planning Worksheet, PDF file]
Certificates
• Horticulture
• Floral Shop Management
• Landscape Design and Construction
• Greenhouse Management
• Landscape and Turf Maintenance
• Nursery and Garden Center Management
Information on the certificates listed above can be found on the following file:
[Certificates, PDF file]
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FACULTY ADVISERS
If you are considering this program as an area of study, consult with a faculty adviser in this field. To send an e-mail, click on the name of the adviser you wish to reach:
Location Phone Judy Burgholzer, coordinator K 109E 942-3095 Julia Fitzpatrick-Cooper K 109C 942-2526
If you are unable to contact a faculty adviser, messages may be left with the Business and Technology Division, IC 2026, 942-2592; at 942-3806; or e-mail Elizabeth Britt.
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