Sustainable Horticulture Certificate (SHC)

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
CMP101	Composition 1	3		X
BUS120	Computer Applications for Business	3		X
HRT110	Plant and Soil Science	3	Spring only	X
HRT122	Fundamentals of Plant Health	3	Spring only	X
MGT102	Principles of Management	3		X
	OR
MKT101	Principles of Marketing	3		X
EVS ELEC	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE	3
	OR
HRT Elective	HORTICULTURE ELECTIVE	3
PRO100	Introduction to the Professional Portfolio	1
ITR200	Internship	2
HRT Elective	HORTICULTURE ELECTIVE	3
	OR
OPN-ELECTIVE	Open Elective	3		X

Total Credit Hours: 24

 

Program Notes

• Open Admissions

• Stackable credential
• Day or evening program
• This certificate program is intended for students with prior horticulture experience, gained through a vocational/technical high school or related employment.

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

1. This certificate is intended to prepare a student upon completion with the knowledge and skills for entry-level employment in the horticultural industry.
2. Program electives enable students to focus on applied science courses that align with individual educational and career goals in the horticulture field.
3. For students interested in continuing their education in the horticulture field, all courses in this certificate count towards the Horticulture Associate Degree.
4. Courses are presented in the recommended sequence to follow.
5. All student degree audits for graduation purposes will be based on the official program of study the student is enrolled in.