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 descriptions for Plant Science (PLSC) courses

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

Course descriptions for Landscape Architecture (LARC) courses

 

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  

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FOR PLANT SCIENCE (PLSC) COURSES