EXPECT OPPORTUNITY.

The Horticulture Technology program offers training for a variety of rewarding career opportunities.

From landscape design to urban forestry and more!

Check out all your options at:

www.rctc.edu/program/hort

Go Green. Go RCTC• RCTC has invested $4.5 million into

a state-of-the-art horticulture center which includes more than 23,000 feet of classroom, lab and greenhouse facilities.

• Experience national and international applied and service learning opportunities.

• Numerous Program Options: golf course, landscape, floriculture and urban forestry diplomas and degree options.

• Robin Fruth-Dugstad, RCTC Horticulture Instructor, was one of four Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty to receive the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award.

• In 2003 RCTC’s horticulture technology program was selected as Minnesota’s Outstanding Post Secondary/Adult Agricultural Education program.

Program OptionsHorticulture Technology AAS (60 credits)

Floriculture/Garden Center Diploma (54 credits)

Landscape/Golf Course/Grounds Maintenance Diploma (54 credits)

Horticulture ScienceAS (60 credits)

The Horticulture program offers training for environmental careers in the green industry. Working with plants and people offers the following exciting and rewarding career opportunities.

• Landscape Design, Installation, & Maintenance

• Golf Course Field Operations• Turf and Landscape Management• Tree Care and Urban Forestry• Greenhouse Operations and

Management• Interior Plantscape Design,

Installation, & Maintenance• Retail and Wholesale Sales

Opportunities• Urban Farming • Floral Design

HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY

VISIT USThousands of people visit our campus each year. You should too! www.rctc.edu/previewday Get there.

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Service learning opportunitiesVisit the Horticulture Technology Facebook page to view photos from the service learning opportunities RCTC horticulture students have participated in since 2001. In 2001, RCTC initiated a service-learning based course in world horticulture. World horticulture offers an innovative curriculum that brings students to various environments to apply horticultural theory while gaining local knowledge. In Hawaii (2001, 2003 and 2009), RCTC horticulture students had a chance to study Hawaii’s unique crop and agricultural industry; in the Amazon (2007), students learned to identify plants that local tribes use for food and medicine; in Costa Rica (2005), students toured and worked in a living ecosystem laboratory.

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HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY

Admission PolicyAll persons of age shall be eligible for admission to Rochester Community and Technical College and its programs regardless of age, color, creed, disability, gender, national origin, marital status, race, religion, sexual orientation, status with regard to being a public assistance recipient, or veteran status. The student may have to meet additional criteria for admission to specific majors. Post-secondary options students will be admitted to a program major on a space-available basis.

Visit usFor more information or to arrange a tour of the campus, visit us at:

www.rctc.edu/previewdayor call the UCR Welcome Center listed at right.

ClubsStudents at RCTC have an opportunity to participate in a variety of clubs. Horticulture students specifically may be interested in Horticulture Club and the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America (GCSAA) Club.

More Info?

Rochester Community and Technical CollegeHorticulture Technology Program

851 30th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN 55904 Welcome Center 507.285.7557

www.rctc.edu

PROGRAM WEBSITE www.rctc.edu/program/hort

FACEBOOKfacebook.com/RCTCHort

The RCTC Foundation has a number of scholarships for horticulture students. Visit rctc.edu/foundation/html/scholarships.htm.

HORTICULTURE

851 30th Avenue SERochester, MN 55904507.285.7557 or 1.800.247.1296

www.rctc.eduwww.rctc.edu/social

Articulations/accreditationsRCTC’s Horticulture Science Associate in Science degree has been established to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program. RCTC is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission: A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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RCTC is a Member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, a University Center Rochester Partner and an equal opportunity employer/educator.