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Prairie Horticulture Cerfificate (PHC) Streams 

To obtain your Certificate, complete the required number of core courses, together with the courses specified for a particular stream, and maintain an overall weighted average of 60%; a total of nine courses equivalent to 360 hours (36 credit weights) represents the minimum requirement.

Fruit and Vegetable Production Stream

Required Courses:

  • Applied Botany (U of S)
  • Soils for Horticulture (U of S)
  • Postharvest Handling of Food Crops (U of M)

and at least three of:

  • Integrated Plant Management (U of M)
  • Safework/Pesticide Application (ACC)
  • Basics of Horticulture Marketing (Olds)
  • Basics of Horticulture Business Management (Olds)

and at least two of:

  • Vegetable Production (U of M)
  • Fruit Production (U of S)
  • Propagation (Olds)

PLUS an Open Elective course (if necessary) to meet the minimum requirements.

 Greenhouse Crop Production Stream

Required Courses:

  • Applied Botany (U of S)
  • Soils for Horticulture (U of S)
  • Greenhouse Crop Production (Olds)
  • Greenhouse Structures and Environments (Olds)

and at least three of

  • Integrated Plant Management (U of M)
  • Safework/Pesticide Application (ACC)
  • Basics of Horticulture Marketing (Olds)
  • Basics of Horticulture Business Management (Olds)

and at least one of

  • Indoor Landscaping (U of S)
  • Propagation (Olds)

PLUS an Open Elective course (if necessary) to meet the minimum requirements.
Landscaping and Arboriculture Stream

Required Courses

  • Applied Botany (U of S)
  • Soils for Horticulture (U of S)
  • Woody Landscape Plants (U of M)
  • Arboriculture (U of M)

and at least three of

  • Integrated Plant Management (U of M)
  • Safework/Pesticide Application (ACC)
  • Basics of Horticulture Marketing (Olds)
  • Basics of Horticulture Business Management (Olds)

and at least two of

  • Landscape Design (Olds)
  • Landscape Construction (Olds)
  • Indoor Landscaping (U of S)
  • Turfgrass Production and Management (ACC)
  • Herbaceous Landscape Plants (U of S)

 PLUS an Open Elective course (if necessary) to meet the minimum requirements.

 Nursery Crop Production Stream

Required Courses

  • Applied Botany (U of S)
  • Soils for Horticulture (U of S)
  • Nursery Crop Production (ACC)
  • Propagation (Olds)

and at least three of

  • Integrated Plant Management (U of M)
  • Safework/Pesticide Application (ACC)
  • Basics of Horticulture Marketing (Olds)
  • Basics of Horticulture Business Management (Olds)

and at least one of

  • Woody Landscape Plants (U of M)
  • Landscape Design (Olds)
  • Landscape Construction (Olds)

 PLUS an Open Elective course (if necessary) to meet the minimum requirements.

Open Elective Courses

  • Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (U of S)
  • Floral Design (U of S)
  • Field Production of Floral Crops (Olds)
  • Human Resource Management (ACC)
  • OR any course from another elective stream

>> Download the PHC Handbook.pdf for course descriptions.

PHC is co-operatively offered through a consortium of four Western Canadian educational institutions: Assiniboine Community College (Brandon, Manitoba), Olds College (Olds, Alberta), the University of Manitoba, and the University of Saskatchewan. You may apply for admission through your home institution and once admitted, register for any courses offered. All courses taken from participating institutions are treated as if they had been taken from the home institution.

To Apply, download the Application Form.pdf, follow the guidelines, complete it and mail it to our office. Please be sure to include the admission fee and any applicable transcripts.

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Questions?

Email certificates.admin@usask.ca or call 306.966.6488

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