Bachelor of Technology – Landscape Contracting

B.T. Landscape Contracting
Bachelor of Technology – Landscape Contracting

(SED Program Code: 31386; SUNY Application Curriculum Code: 1946

Degree Requirements

To receive the Bachelor of Technology degree in Landscape Contracting, the candidate must complete 126 hours with a minimum of 71 credit hours of major field requirements, 21 credit hours of technical requirements and electives, and 34 credit hours of additional liberal arts and science courses that include selections from eight of the SUNY Board of Trustees-mandated General Education categories. The major field credit requirements include an off-campus semester internship which accounts for 15 of the required credit hours. The minimum grade point average required for successful completion of the degree is 2.00.

A. MAJOR FIELD REQUIREMENTS – total 71 credits

A1. Required Lower-Division Major Field Courses – 32 credits. The following courses or acceptable equivalents must be completed.:

Code	Name	Credits
AGEN 112	Surveying and Land Measurement	2
AGSC 111	Introduction to Soil Science	3
AGSC 186	Entomology	3
AGSC 281	Plant Pathology	3
BIOL 116 or BIOL 101	Botany I General Biology	3
ORHT 121	Woody Plant Materials	3
ORHT 122	Environmental Design I	3
ORHT 223	Environmental Design II	3
ORHT 160	Landscape Contracts	1
ORHT 161	Landscape Graphics	2
ORHT 221	Landscape Construction	3
ORHT 282	Arboriculture	3

A2. Required Upper-Division Major Field Courses - 33 credits. The following
courses must be completed at SUNY Cobleskill:

Code	Name	Credits
AGRN 335 or AGRN 350 or AGRN 362	Agricultural Chemicals Plant Nutrition Applied Plant Physiology	3
ORHT 377	Integrated Pest Management	3
ORHT 335	Irrigation	3
ORHT 360	Advanced Landscape Contracts	3
ORHT 444	Landcadd	3
ORHT 443	Landscape Firm Management	3
ORHT 450/451	Landscape Internship	15

A3. Required Additional Lower-Level Major Field Elective Credits – Select 6 credits to be completed at SUNY Cobleskill

Code	Name	Credits
ORHT 113 and/or ORHT 114	Horticulture Field Experiences	1
ORHT 141 and/or ORHT 242	Nursery Management 1 and/or II	3
ORHT 172	Management of Horticulture Businesses	3
ORHT 200-210	Plant Science Occupational Experiences	1
ORHT 215	Interior Plantscapes and Maintenance	3
AGRN 121	Soil/Water Conservation	3
RECM 222	Turfgrass Management	3

B. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ELECTIVES – total 21 credits

B-1. Required Lower-Division Technical Courses – 9 credits

Code	Name	Credits
CITA 110 or CITA 112	Microcomputer Applications Spreadsheets & Database	3
BADM 137	Professional Selling	3
BADM 134	Principles of Marketing	3

B-2. Lower-Division Technical Electives - Select 6 credits to be completed.

Code	Name	Credits
BADM 223	Business Law	3
ACCT 101	Financial Accounting	3
AGBU 107	Agriculture Business Operations	3
AGEN 151	Basic Welding	2
AGBU 103	Agricultural Economics	3
AGEN 122	Small Engine Repair	3
AGEN 121	Turf and Grounds Care Equipment	3

B-3. Upper-Division Technical Electives – Select 6 credits to be completed.

Code	Name	Credits
ORHT 325	Environmental Design III	3
ORHT 321	Herbaceous Plant Materials	3
ORHT 356	Plant Propagation	3
ORHT 421	Landscape Plants: Assoc/Uses	3
AGRN 313	Soil Fertility	3
AGRN 338	Weed Identification/Control	3
AGRN 494	Plant and Soil Diagnostics	3
BADM 315	Entrepreneurship	3
BADM 349	Strategic Management for Quality	3
ORHT 322	Herbaceous Garden Design	3
BADM 310	Human Resource Management	3

C. LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS - total 34 credits

Code	Name	Credits
ENGL	English (include ENGL 101 Composition)	6
PHED	Physical Education	1
MATH 111	College Algebra (or higher)	3
CHEM 101or higher	Chemistry	3
ECON 123 or ECON 124	Micro or Macro Economics	3
	American History or Western Civilizations or World Cultures electives (2 different categories	6

	Arts or Humanities elective	3

	Additional Liberal Arts and Science Electives as needed to meet Board of Trustees Requirements	9