Therapeutic Horticulture Option
This option is available within the Horticulture major at the following location:
- Corvallis
As a Therapeutic Horticulture student, you will acquire the skills and knowledge needed to design healing and adapted gardens and to provide therapy programs that improve the quality of people’s lives. Our curriculum stresses effectively treating such clients as senior citizens struggling with physical or cognitive issues, individuals with developmental disabilities, and at-risk youth with the restorative powers of gardens, landscapes, and greenspaces.
As a horticultural therapist, you'll help treat patients with significant health or emotional problems through the healing influence of nature. Horticultural therapy is practiced throughout the world in a wide diversity of settings and cultures, including mental health settings, physical rehabilitation, vocation services, corrections, long-term care and hospice, special education programs, and youth and community services. Memory can be improved through learning a gardening process, coordination can be strengthened by planting, and connections can be made between the earth and those with emotional and mental disabilities.
Graduates of the Therapeutic Horticultural option may become Registered Horticultural Therapists, Community Garden Coordinators, and Rehabilitation Program Coordinators.
Active Learning
As a Therapeutic Horticulture student, you'll attend some of your classes at Legacy Healthcare System in Portland in their award-winning therapy gardens. By working closely with patients in their renowned Horticultural Therapy program, you will enhance your patient care skills while gaining real world experience.
Option Code: 632
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Find, interpret and integrate data and theory from horticultural systems and sciences, and related disciplines.
- Assess horticultural systems, diagnose horticultural problems and recommend solutions, and create novel systems based on data and theory from horticultural sciences and related disciplines.
- Comprehend and demonstrate how horticultural sciences integrate with contemporary social, economic, political and environmental issues.
- Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication.
- Confirm coursework requirements for Professional Registration by the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA).
- All course work must have a passing grade of C– or above or a pass for a pass/fail course.
- An AHTA approved and supervised 480-hour internship is also required for Professional Registration by the AHTA.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Plant Materials | ||
Select two courses from the following: | 2-4 | |
LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS I: DECIDUOUS HARDWOODS AND CONIFERS | ||
LANDSCAPE PLANT MATERIALS II: SPRING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS | ||
TEMPERATE TREE FRUIT, BERRIES, GRAPES, AND NUTS | ||
HERBACEOUS ORNAMENTAL PLANT MATERIALS | ||
SYSTEMATICS AND ADAPTATION OF VEGETABLE CROPS | ||
Ecology | ||
HORT 318 | ^APPLIED ECOLOGY OF MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS | 3 |
Technology | ||
HORT 380 | SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN | 3 |
Horticultural Communication | ||
HORT 318 | ^APPLIED ECOLOGY OF MANAGED ECOSYSTEMS | 3 |
HORT 407 | SEMINAR | 1 |
HORT 411 | HORTICULTURE BOOK CLUB | 1 |
Capstone | ||
HORT 481 | HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION CASE STUDIES | 4 |
Horticultural Science and Technology | ||
Select two courses from the following: | 6-8 | |
HONEY BEE BIOLOGY AND BEEKEEPING | ||
ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING | ||
PERMACULTURE DESIGN AND THEORY: CERTIFICATE COURSE | ||
PRINCIPLES OF TURFGRASS MAINTENANCE | ||
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES: MAINTENANCE, CONSERVATION, RESTORE | ||
URBAN FORESTRY | ||
FLORICULTURE AND GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS | ||
LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES | ||
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE | ||
PLANT NURSERY SYSTEMS | ||
ADVANCED PERMACULTURE DESIGN TOOLS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE | ||
Horticultural and Social Sciences | ||
GRN 267 | Professional Therapeutic Horticulture at PCC | 3 |
GRN 268 | Therapeutic Horticulture Strategies at PCC | 2 |
GRN 269 | Therapeutic Horticulture Skills I at PCC | 2 |
GRN 270 | Therapeutic Horticulture Programming at PCC | 2 |
GRN 271 | Therapeutic Horticulture Skills II at PCC | 2 |
GRN 272 | Therapeutic Gardens at PCC | 3 |
PSY 201 | *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
PSY 202 | *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
PSY 350 | HUMAN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
PSY 381 | ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 |
Select two additional courses from the following: | 7-8 | |
INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT | ||
ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT | ||
ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING | ||
BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR | ||
PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | ||
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION | ||
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | ||
HEALTH, ILLNESS AND SOCIETY | ||
SOCIOLOGY OF AGING | ||
WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES | ||
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY | ||
SOCIOLOGY OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE | ||
Ecology and Sustainability Ecosystems Courses | ||
Meets Synthesis requirements. Each course must be from a different department. | ||
Contemporary Global Issues | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
*NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
*ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
*HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS | ||
*WORLD FOOD CROPS | ||
*ISSUES IN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION | ||
*GLOBAL CRISES IN RESOURCE ECOLOGY | ||
*SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
*GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION | ||
*POLLINATORS IN PERIL | ||
*SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
*FORESTS, WOOD, AND CIVILIZATION | ||
*BIODIVERSITY: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONSERVATION | ||
Science, Technology and Society | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
*INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SYSTEMS: LOCAL TO GLOBAL | ||
*CONTENTIOUS SOCIAL ISSUES IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE | ||
*HUMAN ECOLOGY | ||
*FUNGI IN SOCIETY | ||
*SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING | ||
^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES | ||
*GENES AND CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURE: VALUE AND RISK | ||
*AGROFORESTRY | ||
*CONSENSUS AND NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
FOOD LAW | ||
*SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
*INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY | ||
*INTRO TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED DESIGN | ||
*PESTS, PLAGUES AND POLITICS | ||
*ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES | ||
*HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY | ||
ISSUES IN NUTRITION AND HEALTH | ||
*ENERGY ALTERNATIVES | ||
*SCIENTIFIC REASONING | ||
SCIENCE AND POLITICS | ||
^WORLD SOIL RESOURCES | ||
*SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT | ||
Total Credits | 66-73 |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Option Code: 632