Nursery Production & Management
Production of ornamentals. Covered site selection, development, financing, niche marketing, and personnel and labor management for retail and wholesale nurseries.
Commercial Greenhouse Management
Production of floral crops. Topics included construction and operation, regulating and controlling the environment, management and marketing, and cultural practices.
Plant Propagation
Principles, practices, and techniques for sexual and asexual propagation. This included propagation by seed, cutting, grafting, budding, layering, Biotechnology, and tissue culture.
Plant Pathology
Covered causes of plant diseases along with how to diagnose and best control or prevent disease.
Plant Physiology
Principal life processes in higher plants and their inluences on environmental factors. Agricultural and economic significance of these processes.
Garden Science
Growth and care of common garden plants, including indoor and outdoor ornamentals and fruits and vegetables. Introduced home landscaping and container gardening.
Entomology
Survey of major classes of arthopods emphasizing species of economoic and bilogical importance relative to production agriculture and urban environments.
Soil Science
Nature and properties of soils. Application of science and technology to management of soils and its role in the environment.
Accounting
Analysis, recording, and reporting of business transactions. Analysis of financial statements. Budgets and methods to measure performance of a company.
Business Law
Legals principles of business transactions. Procedures to resolve disputes. Emphasis on laws regarding contracts and sales agreements.
Spanish
Oral, written, and reading practice of the Spanish language. Preparation to conduct conversations in Spanish.