Horticulture (HRT) at Virginia Western Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- HRT 100 - Introduction to Horticulture
- Introduces commercial horticulture industry with emphasis on career opportunities. Examines equipment, facilities, and physical arrangements of production, wholesale and retail establishments. Surveys individual areas within horticulture industry.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 106 - Practical Horticulture
- Provides practical experience in landscape construction equipment operations and maintenance.Laboratory 2 hours per week.
1 credits - HRT 110 - Principles of Horticulture
- Introduces concepts of plant growth and development. Covers horticultural practices, crops and environmental factors affecting plant growth.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 115 - Plant Propagation
- Teaches principles and practices of plant propagation. Examines commercial and home practices. Provides experience in techniques using seed-spores, cuttings, grafting, budding, layering and division.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 121 - Greenhouse Crop Production I
- Covers commercial practices related to production of floriculture crops. Considers production requirements, environmental control and management, and cultural techniques.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 125 - Chemicals in Horticulture
- Emphasizes basic chemical principles and their application to horticulture. Introduces principles of inorganic and organic chemicals. Studies chemical activities of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, and growth regulators.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 126 - Home Landscaping
- Studies current approaches to improving home landscapes. Emphasizes planning, proper implementation, and landscape maintenance.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 127 - Horticultural Botany
- Studies taxonomy, anatomy, morphology, physiology, and genetics of plants as applied to identification, propagation and culture.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 130 - Introduction to Sustainable Farming
- Familiarizes students, through lecture and demonstration, with small-scale food production by gardening. Covers the basics of composting and organic vegetable gardening using sustainable farming methods.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 161 - Hydroponics
- Introduces students to the topic of water and nutrient relationships as they relate to soilless media for plant production. Examines plant/water relationships and optimum nutrition.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 198 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 201 - Landscape Plants I
- Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Part I of II.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - HRT 202 - Landscape Plants II
- Studies landscape use of plants. Considers ornamental value, growth habit, identification, and limitations. Part II of II.Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
3-4 credits - HRT 205 - Soils
- Teaches theoretical and practical aspects of soils and other growing media. Examines media components, chemical and physical properties, and soil organisms. Discusses management and conservation.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 207 - Plant Pest Management
- Teaches principles of plant pest management. Covers morphology and life cycles of insects and other small animal pests and plant pathogens. Lab stresses diagnosis, chemical and non-chemical control of specific pests, and pesticide safety.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 225 - Nursery and Garden Center Management
- Covers aspects of nursery management, including culture, plant handling, and facilities layout. Discusses aspects of garden center management, including planning and layout, purchasing, product selection, marketing, merchandising, and display.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 226 - Greenhouse Management
- Discusses the theoretical and applied practices of managing a greenhouse facility. Emphasizes greenhouse construction and design, environmental control, energy conservation, and related topics.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 227 - Professional Landscape Management
- Focuses on basic practices and techniques involving landscape management. Includes development of a year-round management calendar and preparation of bid and contract proposals.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 231 - Planting Design I
- Applies landscape theory and principles of drawing to the planning of residential and small scale commercial landscape designs.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 232 - Planting Design II
- Applies landscape theory and principles of drawing to the planning of large scale landscape designs.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 233 - Landscape Drawing Applications
- Applies theories of landscape design and drawing to actual design projects and tasks. Emphasizes drawing techniques and use of advanced media in applications. Includes hard line, free-style, and computer-assisted landscape drawing in simple landscape drawing applications.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 235 - Landscape Drawing
- Teaches students the use of drafting equipment. Emphasizes drawing techniques and use of media. Includes hard line and free-style landscape drawing.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 245 - Woody Plants
- Studies identification, culture, and uses of woody plants in landscaping. Includes deciduous and evergreen, native and cultivated shrubs, trees and vines. Teaches scientific and common names of plants.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
2-3 credits - HRT 246 - Herbaceous Plants
- Studies identification, culture and uses of herbaceous plants in landscaping. Includes perennials, biennials, common bulbs and annuals. Teaches scientific and common names of plants.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
2-3 credits - HRT 247 - Indoor Plants
- Studies identification, culture, and uses of indoor plants in interior landscaping. Includes tropical, subtropical and non-hardy temperate plants. Teaches scientific and common names of plants.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3-4 hours per week.
2-3 credits - HRT 259 - Arboriculture
- Studies the techniques of tree care. Covers surgery, pruning, insect and disease recognition and control, fertilization, cabling, and lightning rod installation.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 260 - Introduction to Floral Design
- Teaches skills required for the composition of basic table arrangements. Includes the history of design styles, identification of flowers and green, identification and use of equipment, and conditioning and handling of flowers.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 266 - Advanced Floral Design
- Teaches skills required for composition of traditional floral designs and contemporary floral designs. Includes use of exotic florals to create arrangement styles such as Japanese, European and Williamsburg.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 269 - Professional Turf Care
- Covers turf grass identification selection, culture, propagation, and pest control. Surveys commercial turf care operations and use of common equipment.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 275 - Landscape Construction and Maintenance
- Examines practical applications of commercial landscape construction techniques, and materials used. Covers construction, planting, and maintenance.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 285 - Management of a Horticultural Business
- Studies the business and selling practices which relate to wholesale and retail horticultural businesses including garden centers, greenhouses, nurseries, and flower shops. Examines planning and layout, suppliers, merchandising, maintenance, and display of horticultural items.Lecture 2 hours, Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits - HRT 290 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 296 - On-Site Training
- Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HRT 297 - Cooperative Education
- Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-6 credits - HRT 299 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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