Landscape and Lawn Management, A.A.S.

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(Code 1660)

MCC offers an Associate in Applied Science in Landscape & Lawn Management in partnership with Michigan State University. This program combines horticulture and business courses to prepare students for careers in the landscape and nursery industry.

Prerequisite courses may apply to this program.

General Education Requirements

Written Communication

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

ENGL 100 - Freshman English I 3 credit
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 credit

Oral Communication

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

COMM 210 - Speech 3 credit
COMM 220 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credit

Laboratory Science

Both of the following Laboratory Science courses:

AGRI 102 - Introduction to Crop Science 3 credit
BIOL 110 - Botany 4 credit

Mathematics

One of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses:

MATH 102 - Mathematical Investigations 4 credit
MATH 159 - College Algebra 4 credit
MATH 180 - Precalculus 5 credit
MATH 190 - Elementary Statistics 3 credit
MATH 250 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 4 credit
MATH 251 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II 4 credit

Social Science

Two of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses (from two different disciplines):

ANTH 260 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit
ECON 215 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credit
ECON 216 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credit
HIST 250 - United States History to 1865 3 credit
HIST 251 - United States History Since 1865 3 credit
POLI 240 - American Political System 3 credit
PSYC 120 - General Psychology 3 credit
SOCI 230 - Sociology 3 credit
SOCI 235 - Social Problems 3 credit

Humanities and Fine Arts

Two of the following Michigan Transfer Agreement Recommended Courses (from two different disciplines and only one may be a foreign language):

ENGL 195 - Introduction to Literature 3 credit
ENGL 200 - American Thought & Literature I 3 credit
ENGL 201 - American Thought & Literature II 3 credit
ENGL 220 - English Literature from the Beginning to 1798 3 credit
ENGL 221 - English Literature from 1798 to Present 3 credit
ENGL 265 - Introduction to Film 4 credit
FREN 120 - Elementary French I 4 credit
FREN 121 - Elementary French II 4 credit
GERM 101 - German I 4 credit
GERM 102 - German II 4 credit
MUSI 101 - Music Appreciation 3 credit
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credit
PHIL 221 - Philosophy of World Religions 3 credit
PHIL 222 - Bioethics 3 credit
SPAN 130 - Elementary Spanish I 4 credit
SPAN 131 - Elementary Spanish II 4 credit

Program Requirements

CMIS 101 - Computer Literacy 3 credit
ENGL 101 - Freshman English II 3 credit
MGMT 235 - Small Business Management 3 credit
OR
MGMT 237 - Concepts of Management 3 credit

Plus three of the following:

ACCT 105 - Accounting for Small Business 3 credit
ACCT 246 - Tax Accounting 3 credit
BUSN 200 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit
MRKT 234 - Retailing 3 credit
MRKT 248 - Promotion & Advertising 3 credit

Note:

Landscape & Lawn Management Program = minimum of 24 Michigan State University credits is required

Required MSU courses

AT 293 - Placement Training/ Internship 3 credit
CSS 210 - Fund. of Soil Science 3 credit
CSS 202 - World of Turf 2 credit
CSS 202L - World of Turf Lab 1 credit
ENT 111 - Basics of Applied Entomology 2 credit
HRT 211 - Landscape Plant Identification I 3 credit
HRT 212 - Landscape Plant Identification II 3 credit
HRT 213 - Landscape Maintenance 2 credit
INDS 265 - Landscape & Turf Business Operations 2 credit
PLP105 - Fundamentals of Applied Plant Pathology 2 credit

MSU Electives

Elective credits as necessary to earn a minimum of 60 credits (100 level or above). If needed, electives MUST be selected from this list.

AT 291 - Turf & Ornamental Production Applications and Weed Biology 1 credit
HRT 111 - Landscape Design 3 credit
HRT 218 - Irrigation Systems for Horticulture 3 credit
HRT 290 - Independent Study in Hort 1-4 credit
HRT 475 - Study Abroad 4 credit minimum

Note:

*Minimum of 60 unduplicated credits (100 level or higher) required.

Note

A Landscape and Lawn Management Certificate is also available.