Horticulture Therapy Certificate

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Horticulture Therapy Certificate 9 Semester Hours; Curriculum: 0412 Chair: Mary DeNotto, 847-635-1857 or maryd@oakton.edu
Courses for Preparation:	Credit Hours
HTC 100 Essentials of Horticulture for Horticultural Therapists	3
HTC 101 Health Through Horticulture: Using Plants for Therapeutic Outcomes	4
HTC 110 Horticultural Therapy Application and Practicum	5
Total Semester Credit Hours for Certificate:	12
For more information, contact Amelia Simmons at htcertificate@chicagobotanic.org or 847-835-8293.

Special Notes:
Oakton Community College offers a Horticulture Therapy Certificate (HTC) in partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Attend classes at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois, for this new 12-credit hour certificate and internship program. Students will learn to articulate the unique benefits of horticultural therapy; analyze critical HT issues; integrate HT into other treatment modalities; and design and facilitate HT activities for individuals and groups.

Essentials of Horticulture for Horticultural Therapists
HTC 100 (3 credit hours)
Course provides introduction to horticulture required for understanding of horticultural therapy. Content includes plant classifications and structure, plant growth and development, and appropriate soil composition for indoor and outdoor plants.

Health Through Horticulture: Using Plants for Therapeutic Outcomes
HTC 101 (4 credit hours)
Course provides instruction in the history and theoretical framework of horticultural therapy, examination of horticultural therapy programs in a range of settings, design of a barrier-free therapeutic garden, and delivery of horticultural therapy skills.

Horticultural Therapy Application and Practicum
HTC 110 (5 credit hours)
Course continues the study of horticultural therapy. Students develop a mobile plant cart program; plan a renovation of indoor space for horticultural activities; generate a proposal for an income-generating horticultural therapy program; and complete a pre-vocational training program proposal. Course offers residential instruction for delivery of activities designed in HTC 101 and includes a peer review component.

Prerequisites: A baccalaureate degree in a health or human sciences field; coursework or documented work experience/ professional training in group therapy, disabling conditions, therapeutic skills, or teaching and learning. Basic computer and Internet proficiency is recommended.

Complete the online application at www.chicagobotanic.org/school/certificate/hort.php.
Information about registration at Oakton Community College will be included in your
acceptance letter from Chicago Botanic Garden.

For more information, contact Amelia Simmons at htcertificate@chicagobotanic.org or 847.835.8293.

Itemization of Costs:
(2011-2012 Academic Year)
Tuition and fees are subject to change without notice.

District Residents
Application Fee = (A one-time fee)	$25.00
Student Activity Fee = ($2.60 per credit hour x 12 credit hours)	$31.20
Construction Fee = ($2.00 per credit hour x 12 credit hours)	$24.00
Tuition for district residents = ($91.00 per credit hour x 12 credit hours)	$1,092.00
Registration Fees = (Charged each semester. 1 semester x $15.00)	$15.00
Course Fees =	$0.00
Books = (An estimate would be $125.00 per course. $125.00 x 3 courses)	$375.00
Graduation Fee = (A one-time fee)	$25.00
Total Cost of Program for a district resident =	$1253.20

Meet with an Academic Advisor if you Know the Program You Want to Study:
If you know which academic program(s) in which you are interested, make an appointment with an Oakton Academic Advisor. Note, program information will not be provided over the telephone.

Advising and Counseling Center
Room 1130
Des Plaines Campus
1600 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
847.635.1741

Enrollment Center
Room A100
Skokie Campus
7701 North Lincoln Avenue
Skokie, Illinois 60077
847.635.1400

Oakton’s Advising and Counseling Center created its own form to be used for program research: “Degree/Certificate Estimate Worksheet.” This is the only form which will be completed by Oakton Academic Advisors.

Meet with a Career Counselor if You are Undecided:
If you have not made a decision about the career you want to pursue, make an appointment with a Career Counselor in Oakton’s Career Services. Career Services does not offer walk-in career counseling or career counseling via the telephone.

Career Services is located in Room 1125 on the Des Plaines Campus and career counseling is provided within the Enrollment Center, Room A100 on the Skokie Campus.

Career Services
Des Plaines Campus
1600 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
847.635.1735

Enrollment Center
Skokie Campus
7701 North Lincoln Avenue
Skokie, Illinois 60077
847.635.1400

Starting and Ending Dates:
Oakton cannot provide the dates that the "training" will begin and end. Many factors can impact the number of semesters a student will need to complete a certificate or associate degree. Factors include the semester in which the student begins his or her studies (fall, spring or summer), the number of courses for which a student enrolls per semester, course prerequisites, or placement into developmental English, reading and/or mathematic courses. The exact number of weeks a specific student would take to complete a specific program varies significantly.

Typically, the Fall semester begins the last week in August and ends mid December. The Spring semester begins the second week in January and ends mid May. The Summer term begins the first or second week in June and ends the last week of July.

Placement Tests and Prerequisites can Impact the Number of Credit Hours Required:
While this page has noted the number of credit hours for a certificate or associate degree, we are unable to state the number of developmental courses that may be required.

Students who wish to enroll in a math or composition course or other courses with math or composition prerequisites must take English and math placement tests (or present appropriate ACT/high school or college transcript data) to meet course prerequisites. In addition, full-time students will be required to take English and math placement tests (or present appropriate ACT/high school or college transcript data) to assist in educational planning and advising.

Placing into developmental courses or needing to complete other required course prerequisites may increase the number of credit hours for any given student. Some registration restrictions may occur based on placement test results.

An exit test is given at the end of each developmental English and English for the Non-Native Speaker course. The results of this exit test are used to determine the next English course placement. Advancement through English for developmental and Non-Native Speaker courses is determined by skill level, not by a predetermined sequence.