The Tropical Horticulture curriculum is designed to provide students a well rounded background in horticultural science with special emphasis on the production of tropical and subtropical crops. The program offers a wide selection of courses, each providing the student with both the theoretical and the hands-on approach to learning the subject matter. In addition to these speciality areas, the Tropical Horticulture curriculum is based on a solid core of traditional horticultural courses where students learn basic horticultural techniques such as grafting, pruning, pest management, and cultivating crops that are of economic interest in the tropics. Graduates from this program are highly skilled in managing, producing and marketing of horticultural crops of plants.
Graduates take positions in production, management and marketing of horticultural crops.
Hort 481 2. Biol 150, Biol 153, Chem 124, Chem 125, AgBus 110, Math 104 or above.