The Plant and Soil Science degree program provides you with the knowledge and skills you need for a career in the production and management of plants and soils for food, fiber, forage, oil, recreation, landscaping, and the enhancement of the human environment. Graduates have the technical and scientific skills as well as the communicatio, computational, leadership, and interpersonal capabilities necessary to function effectively as professionals.
Careers are as diverse as they are challenging.
Each area of emphasis prepares you for specific professional opportunites. Areas of Emphasis Students pursuing a Plant and Soil Science degree may choose from the following areas. Graduates develop a broad range of diagnostic skills making them ideally suited for positions in the emerging crop consulting industry and a wide range of agribusinesses as well as in the area of crop farm management. Horticulture Enterprise Management emphasizes a diverse horticultural production background as well as proficiency in business skills. Horticultural Science emphasizes an in-depth study of the basic sciences in conjunction with a broad knowledge of horticulture.