Plant Sciences
CAREER EXPLORATION
This page is designed for you to explore and learn about career options both directly and indirectly related to this major. Review Plant Sciences career options by reading about sample Experiential Learning and Job titles as reported and held by current students and alumni, as well as graduate programs where Accounting alum have studied.
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SAMPLES OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – POSITION TITLES
(May include but is not limited to: internship, co-op, research, practicum, and clinical experiences)
Agronomy Intern
Agricultural Worker
Farm Intern
Research Assistant
Laboratory Assistant
CAHNR Tour Leader
Landscaper
Seed Producer, Vegetable Grower
SAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE UCONN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Field Manager
Assistant Extension Educator
Field Service Technician
Flower Shop Owner
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Plant and Greenhouse Specialist
Invasive Aquatic Plant and Soil Testing Research Assistant
SAMPLES OF RECENT UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Zero to five years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Field Manager
Assistant Extension Educator
Field Service Technician
Flower Shop Owner
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Plant and Greenhouse Specialist
Invasive Aquatic Plant and Soil Testing Research Assistant
SAMPLES OF EXPERIENCED UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Six or more years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Farm Owner
Grower and Research Associate
Senior Scientist
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Director of Teaching and Learning in the Life and Physical Sciences
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF WHERE THEY WORK
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Potted UP
Vineyard Golf Club
Found Forest Farm
University of Connecticut
Farm to Institution New England
Garden Club of America
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE DEGREES PURSUED
PhD Ecology
PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD Plant Sciences
PhD Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
Master of Science (M.S.), Plant Sciences
M.S., Botany
M.S., Sustainability Science& Natural Resources
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Cornell University
Penn State University
University of Connecticut
University of Kentucky
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Wesleyan University
Queens College
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