Landscape Contracting

2-year Associate Degree

Program Advisor: Mike Davidsohn, MLA

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The landscape contracting curriculum develops a foundation around three primary areas: landscape design, horticulture, and landscape construction/business.

The goal of the landscape contracting program is to prepare students to become crew leaders, project supervisors, and estimators, as well as to hold other managerial positions. This is done by developing a student's skills in these areas: design, estimating, installation, and management. The program is offered through the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning and administered through the Stockbridge School of Agriculture.

This program prepares students with the horticultural, design, and construction background to organize and execute the installation of landscape projects on private, commercial, and public properties.

Courses in bold require a minimum grade of C.

FIRST SEMESTER (FALL)

STOCKSCH 105 Soils  4

STOCKSCH 108 Introductory Botany  4

STOCKSCH 192F First Year Seminar  1

LANDCONT 112 Introduction to Landscape Design  4

SUSTCOMM 335 Plants in Landscape  4

Credit Total  17

SECOND SEMESTER (SPRING)

Courses for First Seven Weeks Only, Followed by Internship

STOCKSCH 101 Exploring the Wonders and Applications of Entomology  2

STOCKSCH 111 Introductory Plant Pathology  2

LANDCONT 105 Landscape Drafting  2

LANDARCH 297C Design Studio III  3

LANDCONT 198Y Landscape Contracting Internship (April-August)  4

Credit Total  13

THIRD SEMESTER (FALL)

STOCKSCH 109 Insects of Ornamentals  3

STOCKSCH 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management  4 (even years)

or NRC 232 Principles of Arboriculture  3 (odd years)

LANDCONT 107 Land Form  4

MATH 100/101/104 Course Based on Math Placement Exam Score  3

Credit Total  13-14

FOURTH SEMESTER (SPRING)

STOCKSCH 234 Irrigation and Drainage  3

or STOCKSCH 255 Herbaceous Plants  3

LANDCONT 213 Small Property Design  4

LANDARCH 294A Construction Materials  3

LANDARCH 294B Construction Materials Practicum  1

LANDARCH 297M Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting  3

ENGLWRIT 111/112 Course Based on Writing Placement Exam Score  3-4

Credit Total  17-18

Grand Total 60-62