Sustainable Agriculture Certificate (SGC)

2025-2026 Agriculture and Food Services Pathway

Certificate, STEM and Business Division

Recommended Course Selection Sequence

Course Number	Title	Credits	Course Offered	CAS Option	CAS NC	CAS Credit
HRT122	Fundamentals of Plant Health	3	Spring only	X
ACC110	Small Business Computerized Accounting	1	Online only
ACC105	Accounting Essentials	2	Online only
BUS100	Introduction to Business	3		X
	OR
PRO100	Introduction to the Professional Portfolio	1
	AND
HIS Elective	HORTICULTURE ELECTIVE	2
ENT200	Applied Entrepreneurship	3
ITR200	Internship	2
	OR
HIS Elective	HORTICULTURE ELECTIVE	2
	OR
EVS106	Organic & Sustainable Food Production	3	Spring only
HRT205	Greenhouse Crop Production	3	Spring only

Total Credit Hours: 20

 

Program Notes

• Open Admissions

• Stackable credential

Campus Information

• Lynn based

Additional Graduation Requirements

• Cumulative CLGPA at or above 2.0
• Communications and Mathematics Proficiencies required to graduate
• Submit your intent to graduate form at: www.northshore.edu/registrar

Advising Notes

This degree is designed upon completion to prepare a student for entry level employment in the horticulture or landscape field.

 

For students interested in continuing their education in the horticulture field; all courses in this certificate count towards the Horticulture Degree.

 

All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based off the official program of study the student is enrolled in.