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