1. Enterprise/Production Horticulture: Preparation for careers in the commercial production and marketing of horticultural crops and/or products as an owner-operator or employee of a horticultural production and marketing firm concerned with production of any of the major horticultural commodities including nursery and landscape, turf, vegetables, floriculture, Christmas trees, or fruit and nut crops.

2. Garden/Landscape History and Design: Preparation for careers pertaining to the design and implementation of unique, aesthetically pleasing, horticulturally sound gardens and landscapes as an employee or owner-operator of a design firm, landscape nursery, or garden center.

3. Turf and Landscape Management: Preparation for positions as managers and superintendents at golf courses, athletic facilities (fields) and amusement or memorial parks or as an owner-operator or employee of a landscape consulting or maintenance firm.

4. Public Horticulture: Preparation for positions at arboreta, botanic gardens, zoological gardens, schools and other organizations in the public sector as managers, curators, propagators, or educators.

5. Restoration and Low-Impact/Low-Input Horticulture: Preparation for positions as consultants to or managers or owner-operators of businesses that design, develop, restore and/or maintain "natural" landscapes.

6. Sustainable Horticulture/Agriculture: Preparation for those interested in sustainable or organic horticultural production and management practices.