Education

UVI Approves Degrees Dance, Music Performance and Theater, Aquaponics and Horticulture; Covid Policy Updated

The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees during its regular quarterly meeting on Saturday voted to establish a bachelor of science degree program in aquaponics and a bachelor of science degree program in horticulture.  The board also voted unanimously to approve a new academic degree major in dance, music performance, and theatre. UVI said the bachelor of science degree program in horticulture is designed to provide students interested in horticulture with the requisite knowledge to support their interests and career goals. Horticulture is a growing field of employment with a 14 percent job increase in 2022. Students will be required to complete 120 credit hours plus two credits of physical education, including general education coursework, UVI said. Fifty-five credit hours in required horticulture courses, including plant pathology, general horticulture, and tropical horticulture, and eight credits in elective horticulture courses, including tropical agroecology, for...