Horticulture - Michigan State University

Horticulture from Michigan State University is a Campus Bachelor Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. Horticulture is the science and art concerned with the culture, marketing, and utilization of high?value intensively cultivated plants. Horticultural crops are diverse, including both annual and perennial species, both food and ornamental plants, and plants grown both outdoors and in controlled environments. Horticultural foods and food products, flowers, and landscapes sustain and enrich our lives. The primary horticulture discipline areas include floriculture, landscape horticulture, olericulture (vegetables), and pomology (fruits). Graduates with a major in horticulture may enter a broad range of challenging and rewarding professional careers in production, management, marketing, education, consulting and service industries, or research. In addition, graduates frequently become entrepreneurs or obtain employment in horticultural business enterprises (e.g., commercial production operations, landscape design/build and maintenance companies, nurseries, retail flower shops, or fruit and vegetable markets). Graduates may also pursue careers in nontraditional areas that require a knowledge of horticulture such as secondary education, the publication industry, or international development. The academic study of horticulture is by its nature highly integrative. The undergraduate program combines scientific knowledge, knowledge of technology, and problem?solving skills for application in various professions related to horticulture. Students in horticulture study such diverse fundamental disciplines as physical science (chemistry), biological sciences (botany, genetics, plant physiology, entomology, and plant pathology), environmental science (soil science), and business (economics, management, and marketing). Communication and computer skills are also cultivated within the horticulture curriculum. Students complete one of three concentrations: Horticultural Science , Sustainable and Organic Horticulture, or Horticulture Landscape Design, Construction, and Management. In all concentrations, students obtain hands?on experiences through laboratory exercises in the greenhouses, in the horticulture gardens, or at the Horticulture Teaching and Research Center. Field trips expose students to successful horticultural businesses, industries, and support services within Michigan. Students may gain professional work experience through internships, independent study, and part?time employment in research and extension programs within the Department of Horticulture. View more details on Michigan State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.