Careers

Students working in the field

CHATS Major

Business, government agencies, primary producers and farm service organizations need people with a broad understanding of food production issues and skills in Agronomy, Horticulture and Turfgrass Sciences. With a B.Sc. (Agr.), you'll get an interdisciplinary education and specific training to qualify you for leadership in the agrifood industry, in consulting companies and government agencies, or for graduate studies, including:

  • Agronomist (Private or Government)
  • Pest Management Advisor
  • Teacher
  • Research Technician
  • Commodity (Crop) Extension Specialist
  • Foreign Service
  • Entrepreneur
  • Crop Production Manager
  • Graduate Student
  • Farmer
  • Agricultural Product Sales Representative/ Manager
  • Government Regulator
  • Commodity Trader
  • Agricultural Credit Manager
  • Scientist
  • Horticulturalist
  • Golf Course Manager/ Superintendent
  • Turfgrass Specialist
  • Government Agency Representative
  • Gardening Specialist
  • Floriculture Specialist
  • Greenhouse Manager

Organic Agriculture Major

  • Government Advisor
  • Food Inspector
  • Organic Certification Officer
  • Organic Marketing Coordinator
  • Farmer
  • Greenhouse Manager
  • Crop Specialist
  • Organic Agriculture Consultant
  • Agricultural Researcher

Plant Science Major

Applied Plant Science

  • Agronomist
  • Crop Production Manager
  • Entrepreneur
  • Extension Specialist
  • Government Regulator
  • Graduate Student
  • Greenhouse Manager
  • Grower
  • Horticulturalist
  • Pest Management Advisor
  • Research Technician
  • Sales Representative/ Manager
  • Turfgrass Specialist/Golf Course Manager

Botany

  • Conservation Biologist
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Ethnobotanist
  • Graduate Student
  • Government Regulator
  • Policy Developer
  • Research Technician

 

 

 

Plant Biotechnology

  • Government Regulator/Specialist
  • Graduate Student
  • Product Development and Bio-safety Testing 
  • Research Technician
  • Scientist in Government
  • Scientist in the Biotechnology and Agri-food Industries

 

 

Plant Environmental Sciences

  • Conservation Biologist
  • Environmental Consultant
  • Field Botanist
  • Government Biologist
  • Graduate Student
  • Invasive species Biologist
  • Park Naturalist
  • Rare and Endangered Species Biologist
  • Research Technician
  • Restoration Specialist
  • Wetland/Forest Ecologist