Landscape Development

Associate in Applied Science Degree

This program is intended to prepare students for the professional world of landscape contracting and landscape design. The Landscape Development program trains students in: landscape drafting, landscape graphics and design, landscape plans, planting plans, landscape construction, landscape surveying, computer-aided design, plant materials, and professional landscape practices.

Graduates are trained landscape horticulturists prepared to begin a career in the landscape contracting profession.

Typical Employment Opportunities

Landscape Designer
Landscape Technician
Landscape Consultant
Landscape Inspector
Landscape Contractor
Landscape Maintenance Proprietor
Landscape Construction Supervisor
Landscape Planting Supervisor

Landscape Development (AAS) Program Outcomes:

Graduates will receive a strong foundation in design, and master skill sets 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.

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.

Urban Horticulture and Design | Dr. Jonathan Lehrer | horticulture@farmingdale.edu | 934-420-2711

Fall 2026

Subject to revision

College Requirement	(1 credit)
FYE 101 First Year Experience*	1

Liberal Arts and Sciences	(22-24 credits)
EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing	3
EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature	3
Oral Communication (GE)	3
Bl0 192 Botany	4
BIO 198 Entomology OR
BIO 290 Entomology II	3-4
Mathematics (by Advisement)	3-4
Students are required to take 3 credits in one of the following General Education competency areas: Humanities, World Languages, Social Science, World History and Global Awareness, US History & Civic Engagement	3
Required:Horticulture	(40 credits)
HOR 200 Herbaceous Plants I

HOR 204 Herbaceous Plants II	3
HOR 110 Horticulture I	3
HOR 111 Horticulture II Growth and Development of Cultivated Plants	3
HOR 112 Soils: The Foundation of Life	3
HOR 127 Horticulture Seminar	1
HOR 131 Landscape Drafting I	3
HOR 133 Landscape Drafting II	3
HOR 207 Landscape Plans I	3
HOR 211 Woody Plants I	3
HOR 212 Woody Plants II	3
HOR 219 Landscape Construction	3
HOR 220 Landscape Plans II	3
HOR 238 Turfgrass Culture	3
HOR 371 Landscape CAD I	3

Total Credits

62-65

Curriculum Summary

*FYE 101 First Year Experience is required for all first time full time students

Degree Type: AAS
Total Required Credits: 62-65

Please refer to the General Education, Applied Learning, and Writing Intensive requirement sections of the College Catalog and consult with your advisor to ensure that graduation requirements are satisfied. As a part of the SUNY General Education Framework, all first-time full time Freshman at Farmingdale State College (FSC) beginning Fall 2023, are required to develop knowledge and skills in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ). Students will be able to fulfill this requirement at FSC by taking a specially designated DEISJ course that has been developed by faculty and approved by the DEISJ Review Board. DEISJ-approved courses may meet other General Education Knowledge and Skills areas and/or core competencies and thus be dually designated. DEISJ-approved courses may also earn other special designations such as those for Applied Learning or Writing Intensive.

Technical Electives

HOR 107 The Plant Science of Cannabis (3 Credits)
HOR 134 The Production of Cannabis I (3 Credits)
HOR 230 The Production of Cannabis II (3 Credits)