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Graduate Program Overview

Graduate Program Overview. Graduate Programs. Degrees offered : M.S. and Ph.D. Students can focus on a wide range of areas of specialization representing the width and breadth of horticulture sciences.

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Graduate Program Overview

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  1. Graduate Program Overview

  2. Graduate Programs • Degrees offered : M.S. and Ph.D. • Students can focus on a wide range of areas of specialization representing the width and breadth of horticulture sciences. • Programs of study and research projects are planned on an individual basis by the student and advisory committee

  3. Current graduate enrollment: 21 students 14 M.S. students 9 Ph.D. students Who Are Our Graduate Students?

  4. Where Do Our Graduate Students Come From? • Domestic (2/3) Southeast - 11Northeast - 2 West – 1 • International (1/3) India (2) Chile Taiwan Bahamas Costa Rica Turkey Foreign 33% Domestic 67%

  5. Gender and Age Distribution Gender • 62% are female • 38% are male • Almost half are 30-yrs or older Male (5 MS, 3 PhD) Female (9 MS, 4 PhD) Age - years 34+ (19%) 22-25(24%) 30-33 (29%) 26-29 (28%)

  6. Horticulture Graduate Faculty • 21 faculty located at the 3 campuses and other locations • Represent diverse areas of expertise: • ornamentals, floriculture, pomology, vegetables, nuts, physiology, breeding, genetics, postharvest, stress, nutrition, molecular biology, tissue culture, sustainable production, plant conservation

  7. Laboratories, plot land and greenhouses at the Athens, Tifton, and Griffin campuses State Botanical Garden Field research centers Federal research labs and facilities UGA research facilities International opportunities Collaborations with industry Facilities Available

  8. Beyond Academics • Horticulture Graduate Student Association • Horticulture Journal Club • Monthly coffees • Departmental cookout

  9. Program Goals • Provide specialized study in the discipline and commodity areas within the horticultural sciences • Produce future generations of horticulturists

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