Horticultural Technology Management

Bachelor of Technology Degree

The Horticultural Technology Management program is designed to produce versatile graduates prepared for a wide range of entry-level and middle management positions in the extensive green industry on Long Island and beyond. The horticultural green industry is a diverse conglomerate of growers, retailers, designers, installers, and maintenance personnel serving public and private gardens, homeowners, golf courses, parks and recreational facilities.

Through a selection of required and elective courses in the concentration, students will become progressively more specialized and advanced in their chosen area of interest. The Horticultural Technology Management program has a common business and horticulture core which serves as the foundation for the two concentrations in the program.

The two major concentrations are: General Horticulture and Landscape Development. Each concentration offers a sequence of courses that build upon a strong foundation in the discipline and draws from a multi-disciplinary array of course work in Horticulture, Business and the Arts and Sciences.

The broad scope of courses allows students to experience various phases of horticultural operations as well as business procedures and practices. The mix of horticulture and business maximizes their employment opportunities and career choices. Graduates of this program may develop careers owning and operating their own businesses, propagating plants, designing interior and exterior landscapes, managing golf courses, estates, public gardens and garden centers.

Horticultural Technology Management (BT) Program Outcomes:

This major has two concentrations: Landscape Development and General Horticulture.

General Horticulture (BT) Program Outcomes:

• Graduates will receive a strong foundation in science and master skillsets utilizing traditional and cutting edge techniques.
• Graduates will demonstrate diverse knowledge and skills required to perform professionally in today’s complex multi-disciplinary environment.
• Graduates will exhibit the knowledge necessary to understand horticulture from an historical perspective, as well as current and future trends of industry.
• Graduates will have learned specific professional skills addressing the science and art of growing and utilizing cultivated plants to beautify, enhance and restore private and public landscapes, and become familiar with ever-changing industry procedures, practices and techniques.
• Graduates will have learned specific professional skills addressing resume development, self-promotion and job search skills in order to successfully compete in the current job market.

Landscape Development (BT) Program Outcomes:

• Graduates will receive a strong foundation in design, and master skillsets utilizing traditional and cutting digital techniques.
• Graduates will demonstrate diverse knowledge and skills required to perform professionally in today’s design environment.
• Graduates will exhibit the knowledge necessary to understand design from an historical perspective, as well as current and future trends of industry.
• Graduates will have learned specific professional skills addressing resume development, self-promotion, job search skills, industry procedures and practices and presentation techniques.
• Graduates will have created a portfolio of work, which will meet industry demands in order to successfully compete in the current job market.

Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.