Plant and Soil Sciences
Course Information
Below is a list of undergraduate and graduate courses that are offered, as well as the number of credits for each course.
Undergraduate courses
Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Term |
PLSC100 | Plants and Human Culture | 3 | Spring |
PLSC101 | Botany I | 3 | Fall |
PLSC104 | Botany I Laboratory | 1 | Fall |
PLSC128 | The Science of Wine | 1 | Spring |
PLSC140 | People and Plants: Feast or Famine | 3 | Fall |
PLSC145 | Introduction to Sustainable Food Systems | 3 | Fall |
PLSC151 | Introduction to Crop Science | 3 | Spring |
PLSC154 | Topics in Production and Management of Ornamental Plants | 1 to 6 | |
PLSC170 | Soils and Sustainability | 3 | Spring |
PLSC201 | Botany II | 4 | Spring |
PLSC204 | Introduction to Soil Science | 3 | Fall |
PLSC205 | Introduction to Soil Science Laboratory | 1 | Fall |
PLSC211 | Fall Ornamental Landscape Plants | 3 | Fall |
PLSC212 | Spring Landscape Plants | 3 | Spring |
PLSC214 | Indigenous Woody Plants of the Eastern United States | 4 | Spring |
PLSC218 | Fermentation Sciences (C/L ANFS218) | 3 | Spring |
PLSC270 | Biotechnology: Science and Socioeconomic Issues (C/L APEC270) | 3 | Spring |
PLSC300 | Principles of Animal and Plant Genetics (C/L ANFS300, ENWC300) | 3 | Spring |
PLSC302 | Vegetable Science | 4 | Fall |
PLSC303 | Introductory Plant Pathology | 4 | Spring |
PLSC305 | Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition | 3 | Spring |
PLSC309 | Wetlands | 3 | Fall |
PLSC310 | Animal and Plant Genetics Laboratory (C/L ANFS310, ENWC310) | 2 | Spring |
PLSC334 | Urban Forestry | 3 | Fall of even years |
PLSC354 | Plant Ecology | 3 | Spring |
PLSC364 | Plant Science and Sustainable Food Systems Internship | 1 to 6 | Fall |
PLSC399 | Teaching Experience | 1 to 2 | Fall, Spring |
PLSC401 | Agronomic Crop Science | 3 | Spring of even years |
PLSC402 | Landscape Management | 3 | Fall |
PLSC405 | Environmental Forensics and Society | 3 | Fall |
PLSC410 | Introduction to Plant Physiology | 3 | Fall |
PLSC411 | Molecular Plant Pathology | 3 | Fall |
PLSC412 | Ecosystem Ecology | 3 | Fall |
PLSC419 | Soil Microbiology | 4 | Spring of odd years |
PLSC421 | Nonpoint Source Pollution | 3 | Spring |
PLSC430 | Urban Ecology | 3 | Fall of odd years |
PLSC435 | Plant Developmental Biology | 3 | Fall of even years |
PLSC438 | Fate/Transport Soil Contaminants | 3 | Spring |
PLSC439 | Plant-Contaminant Interactions | 3 | Fall of even years |
PLSC445 | Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients | 3 | Fall |
Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Term |
LARC103 | Representation 1: Landscape Drawing | 3 | Fall, Spring |
LARC150 | Representation 2: Digital Design Communication | 3 | Spring |
LARC172 | Introduction to the Landscape Architecture Profession | 2 | Fall |
LARC202 | History of Landscape Architecture: Pre-History to Early 20th Century | 3 | Fall |
LARC222 | Introduction to Surveying (C/L CIEG222) | 3 | Fall |
LARC230 | Introduction to Construction Materials and Methods | 3 | Spring |
LARC232 | Foundations of Landscape Architecture | 3 | Spring |
LARC233 | Studio 1: Foundations | 4 | Fall |
LARC250 | Studio 2: Design Process | 4 | Spring |
LARC303 | Advanced Digital Representation | 3 | Spring |
LARC330 | The Built Environment Studio | 3 | Spring |
LARC332 | Landscape Architecture Symposium I | 1 | Spring |
LARC333 | Landscape Architecture Symposium II | 1 | Fall |
LARC343 | Site Engineering | 3 | Spring |
LARC350 | Studio 3: Urban Design | 5 | Fall |
LARC351 | Studio 4: Regional Design | 5 | Spring |
LARC364 | Landscape Architecture Internship | 1 to 6 | Fall, Spring |
LARC431 | Urban Hydrology and Drainage Design | 3 | Spring |
LARC433 | Studio 5: Advanced Design | 5 | Fall |
LARC440 | Professional Practice | 3 | Spring |
LARC442 | Stormwater Management for Sustainable Development | 3 | Fall |
LARC450 | Ecological Planting Design Studio | 3 | Fall |
LARC455 | Theory & Research Applications in Landscape Architecture | 1 | Fall |
LARC456 | Studio 6: Senior Design | 6 | Spring |
Graduate courses
Plant and Soil Sciences (PLSC)
Course Number | Course Title | Credits | Term |
PLSC601 | Agronomic Crop Science | 3 | Spring of even years |
PLSC603 | Soil Physics (C/L BREG603) | 3 | Fall |
PLSC604 | Plant Taxonomy | 3 | Spring of odd years |
PLSC608 | Environmental Soil Chemistry (C/L CHEM608) | 3 | Spring |
PLSC611 | Molecular Plant Pathology | 3 | Fall |
PLSC612 | Ecosystem Ecology | 3 | Fall |
PLSC619 | Soil Microbiology | 4 | Spring of odd years |
PLSC621 | Nonpoint Source Pollution | 3 | Spring |
PLSC630 | Urban Ecology | 3 | Fall of odd years |
PLSC635 | Plant Developmental Biology | 3 | Fall of even years |
PLSC636 | Plant Genes and Genomes | 3 | |
PLSC639 | Plant-Contaminant Interactions | 3 | Fall of even years |
PLSC640 | Field Methods in Soil-Water-Air | 3 | Fall |
PLSC643 | Watershed Hydrochemistry | 3 | Fall of odd years |
PLSC645 | Biogeochemical Cycling of Nutrients | 3 | Fall |
PLSC800 | Current Topics in Plant Science | 1 to 3 | Fall, Spring |
PLSC802 | Professional Development | 1 | Spring |
PLSC811 | Current Topics in Microbiology | 1 | Spring |
PLSC865 | Seminar | 1 | Fall, Spring |
PLSC868 | Research | 1 to 9 | |
PLSC869 | Master's Thesis | 1 to 6 | |
PLSC874 | Topics in Molecular Biology (C/L ANFS 874) | 1 | |
PLSC964 | Pre-Candidacy Study | 3 to 12 | |
PLSC969 | Doctoral Dissertation | 1 to 12 |