Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems
CAREER EXPLORATION
This page is designed for you to explore and learn about career options both directly and indirectly related to this major. Review Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems career options by reading about sample experiential learning and job titles as reported and held by current students and alumni, as well as graduate programs where Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems alumni have studied.
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SAMPLES OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – POSITION TITLES
(May include but is not limited to: internship, co-op, research, practicum, and clinical experiences)
Agronomy Student Intern
Future Managers Intern
Grower Intern
Sports Turf Training Program Intern
US Open Golf Tournament Intern
SAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE UCONN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Jacobsen Company
Longwood Gardens
Oakmont Country Club
Pine Valley Gold Club
Toro Company
TPC River Highlands
Turnberry Gold Club
United States Golf Association
Whistling Straits Golf
SAMPLES OF RECENT UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Zero to five years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Assistant Sports Turf Manager
Assistant Superintendent
Athletic Field Assistant
Business Development Coordinator
Cheese Making Assistant
Farm Manager
Floral Designer
Garden Care Manager
Garden Shop Associate
Golf Course Superintendent
Greenhouse Manager
High School Science Teacher
High School Vocational Agriculture Teacher
Horticultural Sales Associate
Horticultural Therapist
Lab Support Technician
Micropropogation Manager
Organic Grower
Plant Maintenance Specialist
Program Manager
Sod Production Manager
Specialist, Integrated Pest Management
Sports Turf Technician
Territory Manager
Thermal Backfill Technician
Turf Technician
Viticulturist
SAMPLES OF EXPERIENCED UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Six or more years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Botanical Garden Curator
Diagnostician
Director of Horticulture & Park Operations
Division Manager
Extension Educator
Greenhouse Specialist
Grounds Manager & Field Specialist
Head Grower
Horticulturist
Lecturer
Owner/Operator Varsity Field Services
Plant Breeder
Soil Scientist
Vice President of Nursery
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF WHERE THEY WORK
Ali’s Nurseries and Landscaping
Ballek’s Garden Center
Barton Farms
Beckett Farms
Beltane Farm
Brown University
Canterbury Horticulture
Casella Organics
Cathy T’s Landscape Designs
Championship Turf Services
Crop Production Services
Fairview Country Club
FarmTek
Floral Design by Justine
Flowers, Etc.
Garden Barn
Greens Farms Academy
Herbal Products
Hollow Brook Golf Club
inTerra Innovation, Inc.
Invasive Plant Control, Inc.
John Rich Landscaping
Keneally Farm
Madison Square Park Conservancy
Monrovia Nurseries
Pfizer
Pine Hollow Country Club
Pomperaug Golf Club
Prides Corner Farms
Regional District 7
Richter Park Golf Course
Riverside Nursery Garden Center & Florist
Rocky Hill High School
Smithsonian Institute
Spectra by Comcast Spectacor
Sprigs and Twigs, Inc.
Summer Hill Nursery
Sunset Nurseries, Inc.
The Creek
The Gardener’s Center & Florist
Theraplant LLC
Tilcon Connecticut, Inc.
Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Triumvirate Environmental
University of Connecticut
Vernon Public Schools
Vineyard Golf Club
Wake Forest University Greensboro
Winterberry Gardens
Yale University Golf Course
Yard Group Landscaping, LLC
Zlotnick Construction, Inc.
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE DEGREES PURSUED
Agronomy
Horticulture
Hydrologic Sciences
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED
University of California Davis
University of Connecticut
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