The program is offered by . The objectives are to train students in the experimental method and to prepare students for handling major projects after graduation or for entering a doctoral program.
All graduates will be able to:
To prepare students to enter the many and varied professions of horticulture and/or its related fields, the program provides students with:
- Advanced knowledge and skills necessary to function as a creative and professional practitioner, communicator, educator, or investigator in the field of horticulture.
- Intellectual means of identifying and assessing the interactions among the many issues associated with horticulture and society at large.
- Skills and intellectual means of contributing new knowledge to the profession of horticulture.
Career
- Federal and state agricultural laboratories
- Extension agents
- Management positions in allied and agricultural industries
- Teaching positions
- Technical positions