Degree and Certificate Outcomes

LAT – Landscape Technology Outcomes

AAS - Environmental Landscape Management Technology AAS Degree

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Assess and change professional practices using an understanding of current environmental and sustainable issues.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communicate effectively using verbal, written and/or graphic skills, individually or as a member of a team.
  • Communication
Maintain or monitor environmental sites following accepted professional standards.
  • Professional Competence
Identify and investigate problems, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate methods of reasoning to develop creative and practical solutions to landscape issues.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

AAS - Landscape Technology AAS Degree

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Communicate effectively using verbal, written and/or graphic skills, individually or as a member of a team.
  • Communication
Assess and change professional practices using an understanding of current environmental and sustainable issues.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
Identify and investigate problems, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate methods of reasoning to develop creative and practical solutions to landscape issues.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Install or maintain landscape elements in accordance with professional standards.
  • Professional Competence

AAS - Landscape Technology: Design AAS Degree

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Communicate effectively using verbal, written and/or graphic skills, individually or as a member of a team.
  • Communication
Assess and change professional practices using an understanding of current environmental and sustainability issues.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
Think critically to solve problems in the landscape.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Design residential landscapes in accordance with professional standards.
  • Professional Competence

ACERTP - Arboriculture Less Than One-Year Career Pathway Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Use the ISA and ANSI industry standards and best practices in arborist tree climbing.
  • Professional Competence
Identify common trees found in Oregon in planted landscapes.
  • Professional Competence
Practice standard arboriculture techniques to manage trees in an urban area.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence

ACERTP - Landscape Technology Entry Level Career Pathway Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Use computational skills to solve problems in the landscape industry.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Install or maintain plantings in accordance with professional standards.
  • Professional Competence
Understand current environmental and sustainability issues.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility

ACERTP - Landscape Service Technician Less Than One-Year Career Pathway Certificate

Degree Outcomes Core Outcomes
Use computational skills to solve problems in the landscape industry.
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Professional Competence
Install or maintain plantings and irrigation in accordance with professional standards.
  • Professional Competence
Assess landscape practices using an understanding of current environmental and sustainability issues and modify individual professional practices.
  • Community and Environmental Responsibility
  • Professional Competence