Undergraduate Majors
The Department of Horticulture and Crop Science offers three undergraduate majors:
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Plant Systems (choose your own specialization)
- Professional Golf Management
Undergraduate Minors:
An Agronomy minor is useful for students in Agriculture and Biological Sciences who plan to seek employment in areas of agronomic crop production, marketing, management, etc., where decision making requires a basic understanding of plant growth and crop production. Students taking this minor will gain insights into the environmental, genetic, and cultural factors that influence crop productivity. Such insights will enable the student to anticipate crop response under specific production regimes and environmental influences.
Minor courses sheets:
A Horticulture minor is useful for students with an interest in gardening or who plan to seek employment in areas of fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crop production, marketing, management, etc., where decision making requires a basic understanding of plant growth and development as well as fundamental techniques for growing plants. Students taking this minor will gain insights into the environmental, genetic, and cultural factors that influence plant productivity. Such insights will enable the student to anticipate plant response under specific production regimes or environmental conditions.
Minor courses sheets:
A Turfgrass Management minor is useful for students who expect to have positions that require: overseeing the management of grounds (for example public or private lawns, sports, or recreational areas, or golf courses (greens and fairways).
Minor courses sheets:
This minor is no longer offered - A Landscape Management minor is useful for students who plan to seek employment in areas where knowledge of landscape plant identification and cultural requirements, landscape design principles, as well as a basic understanding of plant growth and development are required for decision making.
Students currently finishing this minor please refer to these minor courses sheets:
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