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COURSE CODE: 8034

Horticulture Science

SCED Code: 18052
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: Yes
CTSO: FFA
Non-Traditional?: F

This course prepares students for postsecondary educational career programs and entry-level positions in the horticulture industry. Instruction includes industry safety standards, the applied science of plant production, greenhouse operation and management, landscape design, and the turfgrass industry. Students will use plant and soil science to propagate and cultivate horticultural crops in a greenhouse and/or land lab. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Notes

Competencies within this course ensure compliance with the National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendments Act (Public Law 116-7). Through this legislation, students are provided opportunities for leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

Class Size Regulation

The Virginia Administrative Code regulates the class size for this course. For additional information, see 8VAC20-120-150, "Maximum class size," or contact the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at cte@doe.virginia.gov.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Agribusiness Systems
  • Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
  • Sales Managers
  • Economists
  • Farm Labor Contractors
  • Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Farm and Home Management Educators
  • First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Environmental Service Systems
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  • Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
  • Pest Control Workers
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Food Products & Processing Systems
  • Biochemists and Biophysicists
  • Food Scientists and Technologists
  • Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
  • Food Processing Workers, All Other
Natural Resources Systems
  • Microbiologists
  • Forest and Conservation Workers
  • Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Forest and Conservation Technicians
  • Conservation Scientists
  • Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
  • Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Plant Systems
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • Floral Designers
  • Soil and Plant Scientists
  • Farm Labor Contractors
  • Food Scientists and Technologists
  • Biochemists and Biophysicists
  • Economists
  • Agricultural Technicians
  • Food Science Technicians
  • Biological Technicians
  • Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Farm and Home Management Educators
  • First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
  • Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
  • Tree Trimmers and Pruners
  • Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other
  • First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
  • Retail Salespersons
  • Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
  • Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
  • Agricultural Workers, All Other
Power, Structural, & Technical Systems
  • Agricultural Engineers
  • Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Agricultural Equipment Operators
  • Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
  • Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Pathway Occupation
Science & Mathematics
  • Chemists
  • Microbiologists
  • Technical Writers
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