AS Horticulture (Potomac State College, Keyser) at West Virginia University

Horticulture is the science of production, processing, and marketing of fruit, vegetable, greenhouse and nursery crops. Students will study physiology, culture, harvest, quality control, sales and utilization of horticulture crops.

Faculty: WVU Potomac State College - Applied Sciences  |  Duration: 60 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

60-credit-hour curriculum combining general education foundations with major courses including General Biology 1, General Biology 2, Survey of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry 1, Survey of General Organic Biological Chemistry 2, Principles of Animal Science, Introductory Agricultural and Agribusiness Economics.

Career pathways

The program prepares students to become employed as orchard managers, vegetable farmers, greenhouse managers, landscape contractors, golf course managers, park horticulturists, seed and supply representatives, and state and federal nursery inspectors.

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