Students: Undergraduate Programs: Majors and Minors

Horticulture
Find your green thumb - and major in plants.

Horticulture is a major in plants, from fragrant flowers to tasty vegetables to every pretty indoor and outdoor plant in between. Horticulture students can focus on turf management (you'd specialize in grass for golf courses, recreational areas and home lawns), floriculture and woody ornamentals (in other words, you'd major in plants that make people happy and their gardens beautiful) or fruit and vegetable production and management (what better job is there than studying in what you eat?). Plus, majoring in Horticulture means your career options range from management to production to marketing at places like Disney World, the Augusta National Golf Club or McCorkle Nurseries.

Sound like your kind of plant degree? Check out more info below or go ahead and apply now to study Horticulture.

What Can I Study?

Visit the course plan below for a typical course sequence for a Horticulture major. You will determine the right classes for your interests with the help of your advisor.

• Horticulture (4-Year Course Plan) (pdf)

The UGA Bulletin has more information about required classes and available electives for the horticulture major.

Additional Opportunities

Pre-professional opportunities:
See a list of our Pre-professional opportunities.

Study Abroad:
Thailand: Cultural, Social, and Environmental Sustainability, France: French and European Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Internships:
Congressional Agricultural Fellowship, Cooperative Extension Internship, Emerging Scholars Internship, Georgia Farm Bureau Legislative Internship, Rural Caucus Legislative Internship, Winegrowers of Georgia Internship

Clubs:
Ag Hill Council, AGHON (Honorary), Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, Alpha Zeta (Honorary), CAES Ambassadors (Honorary), Collegiate 4-H, Collegiate FFA, Collegiate FFA (Tifton campus), Horticulture Club, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS), Pi Alpha Xi (Honorary), Pre-Vet Club, Sigma Alpha Sorority, Student Government Association

High School Programs:
Georgia Plant Science Scholars Program, Weekend in the Classic City, Young Scholars Internship Program