Stockbridge Two-Year Associate Degree Programs

Arboriculture and Community Forest Management

Arboriculture and Community Forest Management is the sustainable care of trees and shrubs in residential and community settings. This major prepares graduates for careers in residential, commercial, municipal, and utility arboriculture, as well as the non-profit sector. Students will learn how to plant, prune, fertilize, cable, and remove trees, pest and disease management, plant health care, and quantify the benefits that trees provide, as well as the risks they present. The curriculum prepares students for arborist certification exams.

Landscape Contracting

Students learn the fundamentals of design and the process to execute the construction of landscapes on private, commercial, and public properties. A strong horticultural foundation is used to support the construction and design portions of the curriculum while an overlying theme of sustainability ties them together. Students learn in a rigorous lecture and laboratory environment to prepare them for this most rapidly growing area of the green industry.

Sustainable Food and Farming

Students learn the complexities of farming and pursue careers in farming, education, and/or advocacy. During the educational experience, they acquire a basic knowledge of both plant and soil sciences while gaining specialized training in techniques of plant and animal production and management. This major also offers a degree of flexibility in designing a personal program of study.

Sustainable Horticulture

Sustainable Horticulture students prepare for careers in greenhouse crop production, nursery crop production, and horticulture opportunities at parks, recreational areas, tourist attractions, and historic sites. Sustainable and environmentally sound methods of selecting, producing and utilizing landscape plants are emphasized. Students choose elective courses to enrich their studies and to design their own course of study, including vegetable and herb production, sustainable agriculture, and pest management. In this way, students learn a wide variety of skills for application in the diverse horticulture industry.

Turfgrass Management

Through such courses as turfgrass physiology and management, weed management, insect management, plant pathology and disease management, soil science, irrigation, and business management, students are provided with the technical training necessary for professional careers in the dynamic turf care industry. The skills acquired can be applied to the management of athletic fields, golf courses, parks, and home lawns.