Programs

Hospitality Management is the management of any business that supplies food, drink, or accommodations for those away from home. This includes hotels, motels, holiday parks, restaurants, cafes and other related industries that deal with tourism and leisure. Hospitality Management, including the Food Service Industry, is one of the fastest growing occupations in the world. The Food Service Industry is seeking those with a culinary and hospitality education to meet the complex demands of the 21st century.

This program is designed to prepare students for a career in the horticulture industry that includes ornamental nurseries and greenhouses, landscape design and construction, lawn and tree care, golf course management, sod production, retail garden centers, florists and interiorscapes.

Aptitudes

Individuals in this field must enjoy planting, building, constructing, painting, lettering, designing, and working with their hands. Individuals should like to operate all types of power equipment and landscape tools and be able to make and carry out decisions. Individuals must be able to work with people and plants in an outdoor setting.

Outlook

The horticulture industry in Illinois is widespread, playing a critical role in the environment by providing a vast array of landscape products and services. The horticulture industry represents one of the fastest growing service-related occupations in Illinois. Future employment is open for qualified individuals.

Career and Transfer Education Options

These are career and technical education programs. Some of the courses may not transfer to four-year institutions.
For those interested in pursuing a certificate or degree, the following two career-laddering options are available:

• Associate in Applied Science in Horticulture - Floriculture Specialty (62 hours)
• Associate in Applied Science in Horticulture - Ornamental Specialty (62 hours)
• Basic Certificate - Floral Design (18 hours)
• Basic Certificate - Greenhouse (18 hours)
• Basic Certificate - Landscape & Turf (21 hours)

Baccalaureate Transfer Option

Guaranteed Transfer Agreement

Richland Community College and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have formed a cooperative relationship through a guaranteed transfer agreement. Any student who has completed the prescribed Guaranteed Transfer Agreement at RCC (with the required 2.50 GPA and foreign language requirement) and submits required application and supporting documentation will automatically be admitted to UIUC at the junior level in the prescribed field of study in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES).

• Associate in Science in Horticulture: U of I transfer (61 hours)

For Further Information

For additional information, contact Continuing and Professional Education at Richland Community College, Room SC08, or (217) 875-7211, ext. 240.

You may also contact David McLaughlin, Agribusiness and Horticulture Program Director, in the Horticulture Building, (217) 875-7211, ext. 562, or by e-mail dmclaugh@richland.edu, for additional information or for information about possible transfer opportunities.

Richland provides up-to-date, high-quality courses and programs in business and business-related fields for transfer or employment. Students will learn how companies, corporations, entrepreneurs, farmers, nonprofits, governments, stock markets and consumers keep the money flowing in the U.S. and the economies of the world. Students will become familiar with how to track and account for revenues and expenses and how to project profits and financial losses.

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