25. Advanced Diploma of Horticulture
25.1. Course objectives
25.2. Career opportunities
25.3. Course outline
This course is a two-year full-time, or equivalent part-time, course offered at the Burnley campus at the University. The course is designed to provide vocational outcomes in the area of arboriculture, nursery management, landscape construction, and parks and gardens management.
The Advanced Diploma of Horticulture has as its objectives that graduates are able to:
successfully organise, operate and develop a business plan;
recognise alternatives and opportunities, and have a capacity for imaginative thinking, sound judgement, problem-solving and decision-making;
act ethically in their approach to the performance of duties relevant to industry standards;
perform a leadership role within their industry and community;
communicate effectively with employees, employers, clients and professional services in their industries.
Graduates will be able to find employment as landscape contractors, garden designers, sports turf supervisors, nursery production managers, arborists, parks and gardens supervisors, and nursery propagators.
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 202-151 Information Technology and Communication | 12.5 | |
| 207-151 Plant Biology | 12.5 | |
| 207-153 Horticultural Science | 12.5 | |
| 207-158 Horticultural Practices I | 12.5 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 207-152 Soil Management | 12.5 | |
| 207-154 Horticultural Technology | 12.5 | |
| 207-155 Horticultural Practices II | 12.5 | |
| 208-161 Financial Management for Resource Ind I | 12.5 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Second year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 207-252 Horticultural Management I | 12.5 | |
| 207-263 Advanced Plant Biology | 12.5 | |
| 207-319 Plant Protection | 12.5 | |
| One of | ||
| 207-251 Plant Technology | 12.5 | |
| 207-258 Sports Turf Management | 12.5 | |
| 207-269 Vegetation Management | 12.5 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 207-253 Horticultural Management II | 12.5 | |
| 207-265 Plant Management and the Environment | 12.5 | |
| 208-269 Managing Staff | 12.5 | |
| One of: | ||
| 207-254 Horticultural Project Management | 12.5 | |
| 207-261 Landscape Design and Graphics | 12.5 | |
| 207-333 Amenity Tree Assessment and Management | 12.5 | |
| Year long subject | ||
| 202-051 Industry Placement# | 0 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
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