The Horticulture Undergraduate program offers four study options: Horticultural
Science, Landscape Horticulture with Design, Horticultural Production
and Marketing, and Public Horticulture. Detailed descriptions of these
options are available in the Horticulture
Undergraduate Program page. Depending on the program, students are
prepared for production of horticultural crops, management of horticultural
enterprises, genetic improvement of plants, plant propagation and growth
techniques, horticultural crop marketing, design, construction, installation,
and maintenance of landscapes, and careers in public horticulture such
as curators, educators, and botanical garden specialists.
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture offers the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.),
Master of Science (M.S.), and Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.), a nonthesis degree. Areas of concentration
include plant physiology, plant genetics and breeding, cell physiology and molecular biology, environmental
and production horticulture, and horticultural marketing. The goal of the graduate program in horticulture
at Purdue is to prepare students for professional careers in basic or applied plant science emphasizing food
or ornamental crops.
The core of the landscape architecture program at Purdue University is a
four-year design sequence that allows students to develop abilities in
problem solving, analytical thinking, and communication skills. Three
fundamental tracks run through our curriculum: design, technical, and
plant materials. First-year students enter the Pre-landscape
Architecture program and learn basic art, graphic communication, and
design skills. Based on performance in their first year, students may be
admitted into the Professional Landscape Architecture program. In their
second year, skills are honed and increasingly challenging projects
test the students' ability to apply their knowledge. Third-year students
complete larger scale projects and focus on more diverse and
technically difficult concepts. Between the third and fourth years,
students enter a co-op program wherein students are placed in
professional offices for a minimum period of forty weeks. Office
locations are nationwide. Fourth year students focus on 'real-client' projects in urban
and regional design, and the professional practice of Landscape
Architecture.
