• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

The fruit and vegetable management major is one of six majors in the integrated plant sciences bachelor's degree program.

Fruit and vegetable management offers specialization in the science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits, small fruits, and vegetables. Students will learn the most efficient and sustainable management practices, including state-of-the-art production systems, for the diverse fruit and vegetable crops produced in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Strengths of the program

Benefit from advising and counseling services that are provided by the faculty, allowing students to receive individual guidance. Students have opportunities to be involved in research projects and work in research labs with faculty mentors. Learn from professors who are experts in genetic engineering, reproduction physiology, postharvest handling, plant culture, computer technology, water quality, and plant impacts on people. Benefit from the experiences and knowledge of more than 40 faculty members who are associated with the Department of Horticulture. Gain hands-on experience in first-rate laboratories, computer facilities, greenhouses, field plots, and a production orchard — all available to WSU horticulture students. Learn from world-recognized authorities in horticulture, many of whom have traveled widely to study international agriculture, cropping systems, small farms, and sustainable agriculture.

Featured courses All the majors in the Integrated Plant Sciences degree program — including fruit and vegetable management — share a common set of core courses. All students will take a year of chemistry, a year of biology, and a statistics course, in addition to the core courses specified for the degree and major.

Suggested strengths, interests, and preparation

• Enjoy growing and using plants to benefit humanity • Desire to know about cultivated plants and their dynamic responses to the environment • Desire to develop strategies to optimize horticultural practices and find applications for biotechnology • Desire to explore the nutritional, physical, and psychological interdependence among people, plants, and gardens • Plans to enter graduate school in the plant sciences

Careers With the prominence and importance of environmental issues, the job market has expanded for fruit, vegetable, and environmental horticulturists as research workers, extension specialists, teachers, professors, and scientists. Careers in some of these areas require education beyond the bachelor’s degree.

Horticulturists enjoy rewarding careers as production superintendents, marketing managers, inventory controllers, buyers, landscape maintenance specialists, landscape supervisors, interior plantscapers, bedding plant producers, education coordinators, and research and extension technicians and assistants.

Other possible careers include growers, farm managers, field personnel, brokers, shippers, warehouse and storage operators, handlers, processors, consultants, producers, and advertising and promotion specialists.

WHERE YOU'LL FIND JOBS

These positions are found in such various organizations as garden centers, nurseries, greenhouses, maintenance firms, florists, seed producers, bedding plant companies, bulb producers, wholesale distributors, handling and transportation firms, botanical gardens, schools and colleges, city parks, and arboretums.

Horticulturists are also employed by fruit and vegetable farms, vegetable seed companies, marketing and promotional organizations, produce firms, grading and packing businesses, storage operations, and manufacturers of production and harvest machinery, fertilizers, and agricultural chemicals.

所属院系

中国学生入学要求

课程信息

学制：全日制(120 学分)

学费：US$25,702.00 (¥ 166,392) /年

开学时间：2022八月23日, 2022一月10日, 2022八月22日

申请截止日期：15-Nov-22

留学地点：Washington State University370 Lighty Student Services Building,PULLMAN,Washington,99164, United States