Courses
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2025 Fall Class Courses
Core Upper Division Requirements
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Course Course Name Instructor PLS3004C Principles of Plant Science Riggs HOS4918 Capstone Planning Nunez, Merchant, Cruz STA2023 Introduction to Statistics 1 Staff SWS3022 Introduction to Soils in the Environment Bonczek SWS3022L Introduction to Soils in the Environment Lab Enloe BCH3023 Elementary Organic and Biological Chemistry Moore PLS3223
PLS3223L
Plant Propagation & Lab Alvarez, Wilson, Thetford AGR3303 Genetics Riggs, Babar, Wang HOS4304 (Physiology Option 1) Horticultural Physiology Nunez PLS4941 Practical Work Experience Alvarez / Liebowitz PLS4950 Plant Science Capstone Liebowitz Approved Electives (Chose from Approved Electives Categories Below)
Natural Systems and Agroecosystems | Minimum 3 credits
Course Course name Instructor ALS3153 Agricultural Ecology Weeks HOS3281C Organic and Sustainable Crop Production Zhao Plant Production Systems | Minimum 6 credits
Course Course name Instructor Field Production Focus ORH3222C Turfgrass Culture Kruse Controlled Environment Focus ALS4210 Controlled Environment Plant Production Zhang / Watson ORH3253C Introductory Nursery Management Moore PLS4242C (skills) Micropropogation of Horticultural Crops Vendramme Medicinal Plant Interest HOS2002C Introduction to Medicinal Plants Nadakuduti Field Production Focus FRC3212 Introduction to Citrus Culture and Production Chapparo FRC3252 Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Chapparo FRC3274 Tree and Small Fruit Production Williamson HOS3020C (Skills) Principles of Horticultural Crop Production Williamson, Zhao, Merchant HOS3281C (Skills) Organic and Sustainable Crop Production Zhao HOS4332C Principles of Post-harvest Horticulture Brecht, Ritenour PLS3800C Vegetable Production Rathinasabapathi Plant Pests and Disease | Minimum 6 credits
(We recommend at least one pest and one pathogen class, and recommend adding weeds if interested in field production/landscapes.)
Course Course name Instructor Pathogens PLP3002C Principles of Plant Pathology Richter Weeds PLS4601C (Skills) Principles of Weed Science Macdonald Field Skills, Lab Skills and Information Skills | Minimum 6 credits
(If you take the classes in above categories with "Skills" designations, those fulfills credits for this category, and free up credits to apply to any of the approved electives)
Course Course name Instructor Field Skills LDE3410C Residential Landscape Design Hansen Laboratory Skills ENY2890C Using Insect Research to Understand the Nature of Scientific Engagement (CURE course) Affiliate ENY4823 Molecular Biology of Insects and Nematodes Affiliate PLP4653C Basic Fungal Biology Smith Information Skills ALS3200C AI in Agricultural and Life Sciences Dias BSC4434C Introduction to Bioinformatics Crécy-Lagard PLS4105 Genome Editing and Plant Biotechnology Begcy STA3100 Programming with Data in R Su and others SWS4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science Lin