Eastern Oklahoma State College, Academics, Agriculture, Horticulture Department

Neil Enis, Department Chair
Horticulture

Eastern Oklahoma State College
Wilburton, Oklahoma 74578
PHONE: 918.465.1775
FAX: 918.465.4480
EMAIL: nenis@eosc.edu

LOCATION: Baker Hall #204

Departmental Scholarships

There are three primary branches of horticulture:

Ornamental Horticulture
The production and marketing of plants for aesthetic value. This area includes fields such as floriculture, landscaping, and interior plantscaping.

Olericulture
The production and marketing of vegetable crops.

Pomology
The production and marketing of fruit and nut crops.

HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Horticulture is one of the most rapidly growing fields of the decade. Due to increasing population and environmental awareness, the demand for skilled personnel to manage our natural resources is ever-increasing. Horticulture is an area of agriculture concerned with the production, care, and marketing of high-value food and aesthetic crops requiring intensive management practices.

Eastern's Horticulture Department offers
the following degree.

Horticulture (Associate in Science)

Degree plans and course descriptions

Full Time Faculty and Course/Class Pages

Neil Enis

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities in horticulture include plant production, marketing, research, teaching, cooperative extension, horticulture therapy, landscape maintenance, golf course superintendents, athletic field management, park managers, and sales and field representatives for the many companies providing services to the agriculture industry.

Students with a good background in agriculture or the biological sciences and chemistry who enjoy working with plants will find horticulture to be a rewarding career. Students at Eastern have the opportunity not only to study theory, but to experience hands-on learning in our 2,400 square-foot greenhouse and 20 acres on our college campus.

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