Horticulture
(including fruit and vegetable management, golf course management, greenhouse and nursery management, horticultural science, landscape management, landscape design, and sports turf operations management.)
A major in horticulture opens up a diverse field with various career options. Students will be developing a broad foundation by taking courses in horticulture, botany, chemistry, soils, mathematics, economics, a foreign language, entomology, plant pathology, plant physiology, genetics, and business. In addition, students will complete an internship requirement for graduation.Job opportunities are found in management, landscape design, and horticulture science.
Related career titles
Arborist
Buyer
Club manager
Community garden coordinator
Consultant
Cooperative extension agent
Floral designer
Fruit and vegetable production manager
Garden center manager
Golf course manager
Greenhouse manager
Grounds maintenance worker
Horticulturalist
Horticultural therapist
Irrigation technician
Landscape designer
Nursery manager
Plant breeder
Plant pathologist
Research technician
Sales and marketing manager
Specialty crop production manager
Technical representative
Related horticulture links
K-State Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation
http://www.hfrr.k-state.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx
American Horticultural Society
https://ahsgardening.org
American Society for Horticultural Science
http://www.ashs.org
AmericanHort
https://www.americanhort.org/
Botanical Society of American
http://www.botany.org
American Forest Foundation
https://www.forestfoundation.org
American Society of Plant Biologists
http://www.aspb.org
American Forests
http://www.americanforests.org
American Horticulture Therapy Association
http://www.ahta.org
Society of American Florists
http://www.safnow.org
USDA Forest Service