Plant Sciences B.S.

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The Plant Sciences major prepares you for professional careers in horticulture, with flexible requirements, and a central focus on sustainability. You’ll have a wide range of career options, including agricultural consultant, arborist, botanist or plant biologist, greenhouse manager, plant farmer, irrigation specialist, landscape designer, lawn care specialist, nursery manager, turfgrass manager, and much more.

The major in Plant Sciences, offered by the Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, prepares undergraduates for professional careers in the many public and private sectors of horticulture. After successful completion of the major, students are awarded a degree in Plant Sciences in one of three options: turfgrass management, ornamental horticulture and sustainable crop production. Graduates of this program pursue careers ranging from landscape contractor, golf course superintendent, director of parks, botanical gardens or arboreta, garden center or floral shop proprietor, plant propagator, nursery production manager, vegetable or fruit grower, lawn service manager or technical representative for seed, equipment, and chemical companies, to name just a few of the opportunities available. Other graduates enter graduate school and pursue careers in research and education at public and private institutions. The unifying theme of the major is the development of sustainable culture and use of plants for amenity or food.

Graduates can meet the standards of several certification organizations. Students in the ornamental horticulture option qualify for certification with the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association and the International Society for Arboriculture. Graduates of the turfgrass management option qualify for certification as turfgrass managers or turfgrass specialists with the American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops, and Soils, Ltd. of the American Society of Agronomy. These same graduates also meet the requirements for registration with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

The department manages over 50 acres of turfgrass, horticulture, and agronomy farms for teaching, research, and outreach. The C. Richard Skogley Turfgrass Center is the oldest turfgrass research/teaching program in the U.S. The department also maintains a 15,000 square foot controlled environment greenhouse complex for hands-on learning and research. These facilities are closely allied with the URI Botanical Gardens and E.P. Christopher Arboretum.

The Plant Sciences degree requires a total of 120 credits: 29-30 credits of pre-professional natural sciences that all majors must take including PLS 150, PLS 200, PLS 215, PLS 216, 250, PLS 255, BIO 101, BIO 103, BIO 102, BIO 104, CHM 103, CHM 105 (or CHM 101 and CHM 102) or their equivalent; 30 credits in concentration courses; and 15 credits of supporting electives approved by a faculty advisor which are specific to the interests of the student.

التخصصات

  • Ornamental Horticulture
  • Sustainable Crop Production
  • Turfgrass Management

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College of the Environment and Life Sciences

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دوام كامل (120 ساعات معتمدة)

رسوم التسجيــل
US$35,804.00 سنوياً

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تاريخ البدء

4 سبتمبر 2024

مكان عقــد الدورة

University of Rhode Island

Kingston Campus,

75 Briar Lane,

KINGSTON,

Rhode Island,

2881, United States

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You are a first-year applicant if you are graduating from secondary school and have never enrolled in college, or if you have attended secondary school and college during the same time period (dual enrollment) or have taken some college-level courses during secondary school.

Admission to the University of Rhode Island is competitive, and each candidate receives individual consideration.

English Proficiency Requirements:

All international applicants whose first language is not English must provide proof of English language proficiency. English language proficiency may be demonstrated by one of the following:

Duolingo English Test (DET): minimum score of 105

TOEFL iBT: minimum score of 79

IELTS: minimum score of 6.5

Cambridge English: Advanced: 176-184

Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 53

Eiken Test of English: completion of level Pre-1

Application Deadlines: June 1 (Fall Semester); December 1 (Spring Semester)

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