Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

This program is designed to provide students with a background in production of various horticultural crops and/or urban landscape management. Students can learn about many facets of horticulture, including horticultural crop production (floral crops, woody landscape plants, fruits or vegetables). Students can enroll in courses highlighting production and management of horticultural crops that are economically significant to Idaho and the nation. Students can select courses to help them specialize in a particular career path. An internship is also available, providing insights into professional horticulture careers. Courses in a plant science, soils, biology, and entomology further enhance the knowledge needed for a professional career in horticulture. Students enrolled in this option can prepare for careers in management and operation of commercial greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, vineyards, and vegetable farms. This option is also flexible enough to enable students to pursue science-oriented careers or advanced degree studies. Students can also focus on urban landscape management. They have the opportunity to focus on managing and maintaining the various components of urban landscapes including trees, shrubs, herbaceous plantings, and turf grass. Majors can specialize in landscape maintenance and golf and sports turf management. This option also ties in directly to the minor in arboriculture and urban forestry. The package of courses will prepare students for positions in landscape maintenance and tree and turf management within the growing green industries in the Northwestern United States and nationally.

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Students who have no previous work at the post-secondary level must have at least a 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from a secondary school. Students must also meet the criteria for admission to university level study in their home country. Students must have any one of the following as proof of English competency - TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 525 on the paper test or 70 on the internet based test; completion of the University of Idaho American Language and Culture Program (ALCP); SAT critical reading with a minimum score of 500; IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.0; Cambridge CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) with a pass; Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) with a pass; Cambridge International 'O' Levels with a pass; MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with a score of 74. English proficiency demonstration is waived for any applicant who has a previous degree at an accredited U.S. institution or who have taken English classes at U.S. institutions and passed those classes or students from countries where English is the native language and/or the official language for academic instruction.

Kualifikasi

Sarjana (S1)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

University Of Idaho

Nama jurusan

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences