In addition, soil science students are welcomed into the research programs of faculty members, so that they receive sufficient training to qualify for Graduate School, should advanced degrees be desired. The turfgrass management area of concentration will prepare you for a career as a golf course superintendent or a sports field manager. Superintendents are responsible for all aspects of maintaining a golf course at optimal playing conditions. Activities include mowing, fertilizing, insect and weed control, irrigation, and beautification of the landscape. Nearly all our students seek careers as golf course superintendents.
Demand is high and jobs are available nationwide.
If your emphasis is agronomy , you will spend most of your time in Sturgis Hall. One of the newer campus buildings, Sturgis Hall contains some of the finest teaching and research facilities on the entire campus. These laboratories are designed for teaching and research in plant breeding, physiology, and genetics, as well as soil chemistry, microbiology, physics, fertility, mineralogy, and classification. If your emphasis is in the horticultural sciences , you will spend most of your time in Julian Miller Hall. In this building, laboratory facilities are available for research and teaching in tissue culture, post harvest physiology, plant growth and development, carbohydrate metabolism, seed physiology, stress physiology, classical and molecular genetics, plant nutrition, and food processing.