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Courses that meet the American Horticulture Therapy Association’s academic requirements.

A total of twelve (12) semester credits are required. Three core required courses and a minimum of three (3) semester credits in one individual subject area.

These courses can be taken through NC State University as a non-degree studies student (NDS) or through AG*IDEA. AG*IDEA is a consortium of universities that share online course content. See this page for how to get enrolled in an AG*IDEA course. NC State Course Descriptions.

Core Requirements:

  • Introduction to horticulture

    • NCSU course: HS 201, World of Horticulture
      • Offered online in the Fall and 10-week Summer semester
      • Offered face to face in the Fall and Spring semesters

  • Plant propagation

    • NCSU course: HS 203, Home Plant Propagation
      • Offered online in the Spring semesters

  • Pest and disease plant management

    • Possibly NCSU course: ENT 212, Basic Entomology
      • Offered online in the Spring 
      • Need to verify that this course will count
    • Possibly AG*IDEA Course:  Introduction to Entomology
      • Offered online in the Spring and Fall semesters
      • Need to verify that this course will count
    • Possibly AG*IDEA Course: Management of Horticulture Insects
      • Offered online in the Spring semester
      • Need to verify that this course will count
    • Possibly AG*IDEA Course: Entomology and Pest Management
      • Offered online in the Summer semester
      • Need to verify that this course will count
    • Possibly AG*IDEA Course: Biological Control of Pests
      • Offered online in the Spring semester
      • Need to verify that this course will count

Individual subject area –

a minimum of three (3) semester credits:

  • General plant pathology

    • NCSU course: HS 315, Principles of Plant Pathology
      • Offered face to face in the Fall semester
    • AG*IDEA Course: Plant Pathology
      • Offered online in the Spring semester

  • Greenhouse production/management

    • AG*IDEA Course: Advanced Greenhouse Crop Production
      • Offered online in the Spring semesters

  • Nursery production/management

    • NCSU course: HS 550 Environmental Nursery Production
      • This is a graduate-level course. An undergraduate, plant science-related degree is required to take this class
      • Offered in the Fall semester of odd years.

  • Landscape design

    • NCSU Course: HS 250, Home Landscape Design
      • Offered online in the Summer II semester

  • Floral Design

    • NCSU Course,
      • 2022 HS 495-007 (2 hr credit), 8 weeks 10/14-11/2, Fridays 1:30-4:15)
      • 2023 HS 275-001 (3 hr credit) Fall Semester, Fridays 1:30-4:15)

  • Plant materials

    • NCSU Course: HS 202, Home Plant Identification
      • Offered online in the Fall semester
    • AG*IDEA Course: Herbaceous Plants
      • Offered online in the Fall semester

  • Soils

    • NCSU Course: HS 200, Soil Science
      • Offered online in the Fall and Spring semesters

This list was compiled by Dr. Helen Kraus, Director of Undergraduate Training, NC State Department of Horticultural Science, March 30, 2022

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