Horticulture and Landscape Management

Course Title: Horticulture and Landscape Management
Course Instructor: John Perry
Number of Credits: 3 each Semester
Semesters Offered: 4-Semester Program
Prerequisite: None
Eligible Grade Levels: 11th & 12th
Dual Credit: Ivy Tech Community College – 12 Credits
  • Horticultural and landscape knowledge and skills
  • Hands on experience solving agricultural and landscape scenarios
  • Identify common horticultural plants and understand their best uses
  • Practice horticultural skills and learn new agricultural techniques in production greenhouse
  • Activities occur in the landscape lab, in the adjacent greenhouse, and outdoors
  • Students may also participate in FFA or SkillsUSA events

Dual Credit Information for 2022-23

Dual credit offerings are subject to change at the discretion of postsecondary partners, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, The Indiana Department of Education, or the Indiana Office of Career and Technical Education.

Course Number Course Name Credit Amount College
AGRI 116 Survey of Horticulture 3 Credits Ivy Tech Community College
AGRI 105 Plant & Soil Science 3 Credits Ivy Tech Community College
AGRI 102 Agribusiness & Farm Management 3 Credit Ivy Tech Community College
AGRI 115 Natural Resources Management 3 Credit Ivy Tech Community College

Academic Standards for Success

  • Read and comprehend science and technical texts within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 11-CCR independently and proficiently.
  • Use vocabulary skills, context, roots, prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words.
  • Conduct short as well as more sustained research assignments and tasks to answer a question (including a self-generated question), test a hypothesis, or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
  • Solve problems based on understanding the properties of shapes, such as triangles and circles, and the spatial relationships between angles and lines.
  • Solve abstract and practical problems by applying and adapting a variety of strategies. Monitor progress and evaluate answers in terms of questions asked.
  • Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

Area 31 Eligibility Statement

Read the Eligibility statement here.

NOTE: Required prerequisites include the successful completion of Algebra I and English 10 for academic credit.