The Stockbridge Associate Degree Curriculum

Our associate degree curriculum is designed in cooperation with industry professionals to quickly deliver the minimum specialized knowledge needed to gain employment in the associated field. After two years, graduates can seek immediate employment, or start their own businesses as entrepreneurs. As such, the associate degree curriculum has limited choice and flexibility.

Students seeking a more flexible curriculum, with access to a wide range of elective courses, should apply directly to a Stockbridge bachelor program. Our bachelor programs are designed to allow students to discover new areas, and then tailor their course work to best reflect their individual academic interests and career objectives.

All Stockbridge associate degree students start together each Fall in two introductory Stockbridge courses—Introductory Botany and Soils—where they get to know each other in a small school environment. From there, class sizes get smaller as students take specialization courses within their major.

Every associate degree program includes an internship—a work-and-learn experience in which you can earn both money and academic credit, in the summer after your first year. With a Stockbridge Internship, you’ll graduate with field experience on your resume, and a relationship with at least one employer central to your major.

• Arboriculture and Community Forest Management
• Landscape Contracting
• Sustainable Food & Farming
• Sustainable Horticulture
• Turfgrass Management