The Department's Mission is to: prepare students for horticulture-related professions and businesses; strengthen the competitive position of Michigan's horticultural industries; improve the quality and the availability of horticultural products; promote the use of plants and food for improving the environment and for personal enrichment; and make new discoveries in the plant sciences.

The College of Agriculture at Montana State University in Bozeman delivers high quality educational programs and is a leader in research. These dynamic research programs are conducted throughout Montana with Bozeman-based and agricultural research center-based faculty and staff.

The Food Science and Engineering Unit includes multiple academic and extension programs in the following areas: Agricultural Systems Management; Biological Engineering; Food Science; Hotel and Restaurant Management; Nutritional Sciences;

The Thompson School offers Associate Degree programs in Animal Science, Business Management, Civil Technology, Community Service and Leadership, Restaurant Management, Forest Technology, Nutrition, and Horticultural Technology. Additionally, each program offers specialization within its area of study.

Plant Biology Specialization: agronomy, anatomy, cell and molecular biology, ecology, entomology, freshwater and marine biology, genetics, horticulture, mycology and pathology, phycology, physiology, systematics.

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Rutgers' interdisciplinary Department of Nutritional Sciences emphasizes (1) both undergraduate and graduate education, (2) research into basic issues of nutrition, and (3) public service that uses research results to improve the nutritional habits, general health, and overall well-being of the populace.

The Department traces its roots to the academic field of Agricultural Economics. The department is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and extension education, in basic and applied research, in continuing education and in international service.

4The long-standing mission of the Department of Horticultural Science is to discover, interpret and transfer knowledge for the purpose of improving the productivity, value and use of horticultural crops; contributing to a quality environment; and educating students.

The Departmental programs in undergraduate and graduate instruction, research, and extension have a three-fold mission: to improve agricultural productivity; to manage wisely the soil resources; and to maintain environmental quality.