Diploma - Landscape Technician (Co-op)
- 2 years
- Duration
- 33,963 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Niagara-on-the-Lake / Canada
- Location
Program description
Do you enjoy working outside, have an eye for design, and want to improve the landscape in your community?
You will be well-equipped as a Landscape Technician graduate to plan, design, and develop beautiful and sustainable landscapes for residential and commercial clients. This program will begin in September.
Highlights
- Campus functions as an outdoor living lab, providing unique opportunities for practical learning.
- Indoor heated workshop, as well as horticultural yard, with safe equipment training on large and small power equipment.
- The design studio environment is ideal for gaining a theoretical understanding of landscape design.
- Gain experience by participating in community landscape design/construction projects and completing a co-op work term.
- Graduating students are in high demand.
- With an additional year of study, graduates can earn a co-op diploma in greenhouse or horticulture fields.
Program structure
Term One
- Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
- Horticulture Practices and Operations
- Nursery Management
- Landscape Graphics and Design
- Plant Science I
- Mathematics for Horticulture
- Language and Communications
Term Two
- Evergreen Ornamentals
- Horticulture Entomology
- Plant Science II
- Landscape Design Build
- Greenhouse Production Science
- Advanced Communications for Horticulture
Term Three
- Co-op Work Term
Term Four
- Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials
- Turf and Weed Management
- Landscape Construction Installation
- Landscape Design and Projects
- Sustainable Urban Arboriculture
- Pest Management
Term Five
- Sustainable Landscape Management
- Advanced Landscape Construction
- Landscape Costing and Estimating
- Advanced Landscape Design
- Horticulture Business and Sales
- Architectural Green Spaces
- Advanced Urban Arboriculture
Price
Level One
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,814.45 CAD
- Material Fees - 205.00 CAD
- Level Total - 9,194.45 CAD
Level Two
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 886.45 CAD
- Material Fees - 20.00 CAD
- Level Total - 8,081.45 CAD
Level Three
- Co-op/Work terms have no tuition cost, however the co-op fee(s) in previous terms covers administration of this term.
Year One Total - 17,275 CAD
Level Four
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,508.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 140.00 CAD
- Level Total - 8,823.95 CAD
Level Five
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 608.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 0.00 CAD
- Level Total - 7,783.95 CAD
Year Two Total - 16,607 CAD
Estimated Program Total - 33,883 CAD
Requirements for applicants
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
- English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
- Biology – Grade 11 (C) or (U) or Grade 12 (U)
- Chemistry – Grade 11 (U) or Grade 12 (C) or (U)
- Mathematics – any Grade 12 (C) or (U)
Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
You will be required to provide proof of one or more of the following:
- Niagara College Mature Student Test for English
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level (Ontario High School Curriculum)
- ACE English (Academic Upgrading)
- International Credential Assessment for studies outside of Canada
If English is your subsequent language, Niagara College (for the purposes of admission to standard non-competitive programs) will also accept these English Language Test Scores
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - 169 – No skill under 162
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test** 6.0 – No individual band under 5.5.
- Duolingo Language Test - Overall score of 105+, with no individual score under 95
- Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test - Paper-based: 500, Computer based: 173, iBT: 79, Minimum: 20 Writing, 20 Speaking
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) - 46+, with no individual skill under 36
- Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test - 60 – No individual band under 50.
- Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP) - Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%
About the university
Niagara College, with campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, is conveniently located in the center of the Niagara Region, only minutes away from one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. The college is home to more than 130 cutting-edge academic programs.
All of our campuses are home to state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods, including small class sizes, cutting-edge research, and real-world application.
These courses put students in an interactive and technologically advanced learning environment. Our grads are well-versed in multiple cultures, quick learners, and risk takers who push the envelope of what's possible in business in Niagara, Canada, and beyond.
Why Niagara College?
- 130+ certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and Bachelor's Degree programs
- 600+ credit, vocational and general interest courses
- We care about you and want you to succeed - employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills and knowledge possessed by NC graduates.
- Building a sustainable future
- More than seven thousand students per year participate in cooperative education, field placements, internships, learning enterprises, apprenticeships, clinical placements, course-based research, and fieldwork in about one hundred different academic disciplines.
