Plant Science - Mercer County Community College

Plant Science from Mercer County Community College is a Campus Associate Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. The Plant Science program prepares students for the junior year of study at a college or university offering such fields as horticulture, botany, conservation, environmental science, ecology, and forestry. Horticulture students who plan to pursue a baccalaureate degree should elect this alternative. Facilities to support the program include wellequipped biology and chemistry laboratories, a modern greenhouse complex, and an extensive woody plants collection throughout the 292-acre West Windsor Campus. Occasional field trips to Longwood Gardens, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Marquand Park, and elsewhere offer additional opportunities for specialized study of plant specimens. Successful graduates of the program will be able to: explain the structures and processes related to plant growth and function; identify common insects, diseases, and woody plants found in our region; understand key environmental issues as they relate locally, nationally, and globally; exhibit profciency in the laboratory and in the field by using standard equipment and measurement and observation techniques that allow one to gather, analyze, and interpret qualitative and quantitative data; transfer and successfully pursue a baccalaureate degree in a related feld. View more details on Mercer County Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.