Ornamental Hor ticulture The curriculum in Ornamental Horticulture is designed to offer students opportunities to acquire basic skills in plant identification, plant production, landscaping and business management. The curriculum will prepare the majors for immediate employment in nurseries and greenhouses as wholesalers and retailers and in teaching fields. Additionally, the majors will be prepared for successful entry into graduate programs and graduate study. The Plant Science curriculum is designed to prepare students for professional career opportunities in fields related to crops and soil sciences, and horticulture. Areas of concentration in the curriculum include crop science, environmental soil science, and horticulture.
Students basically follow the same curriculum during the first two years.
Students selecting the crop science or the environmental soil science option will take courses in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, genetics, physics, botany, and related sciences. The program options and course electives allow the program to be tailored to individual needs and specific areas of crop science and environmental quality and protection. Students selecting the horticulture option utilize a cross-disciplinary approach to the production of horticultural crops, which is studied in the context of the entire ecological system. Core courses provide students with the basic knowledge required to specialize also in ornamental horticulture. Above all, the curriculum in Plant Science is designed not only to provide students with sound foundations in scientific based crop science, environmental soil science and horticulture options, but is also intended to prepare them for entrance into a graduate program.