Recommended Electives
Explore recommended courses and electives below. Work with your Major Professor and Advisory Committee to create the best program of study.
Plant Breeding/Genetics/Genomics Courses
- PBGG (HORT) 8102. Horticulture Plant Genomics (This is a new course title)
- FANR (BINF) (GENE) 8140. Functional Genomics
- HORT (ECOL)(PBGG) 8390. Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
- PBGG (CRSS) (HORT) (PBIO) 8871. Genome Analysis and Comparative Genomics
- PBGG (CRSS) (HORT) (PBIO) 8872. QTL Mapping and Discovery
- PBGG (CRSS) (HORT) 8873. Biotech Breeding
- PBGG (CRSS) (HORT) 8874. Genomic Selection
- PBGG (CRSS) (HORT) (PBIO) 8875. Genome-wide Association in Plants
- PBGG (CRSS) 8880. Plant Quantitative Genetics and Molecular Breeding
- PBGG 8900. Emerging Topics in Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics
- PBGG 9980. Graduate Internship in Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics
- PBGG 9990. Supervised Teaching Practicum in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics
- PBIO(GENE)(PATH)(BCMB)(MIBO). 8960 Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi
Plants and Their Environment Courses
- Hort (CRSS) 4430/6430. Plant Physiology
- CRSS 4450/6450. Crop Physiology
- PATH 6280-6280L. Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases
- HORT 8104. Advanced Plant Physiology
- HORT 8150. Growth and Development
- PATH 8240-8240L. Plant Nematology
- PATH 8290-8290L. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
- PATH 8350. Plant Virology
- PATH 8400. Host-Pathogen Interactions
- PATH 8910. Genetics of Host Plant Resistance to Disease
Bioinformatics Courses
- BINF 6003. Introduction to Computer Programming for Biologists
- STAT 6385E. Statistical Foundations of Clustering and Classification Methods
- BINF (BCMB). 4005/6005. Essential Computing Skills for Biologists
- BINF 8210. Computational Methods in Bioinformatics
- BINF 8211. Advanced Methods for Biological Data Analyses
- BINF 8441E. Statistical Inference for the Life Sciences
- BINF 8950. Systems Biology
- PBIO (BIOL). 4550/6550 Concepts in Bioinformatics and Omics
- GRSC (BINF) 8015. Biological Data Management
- BINF 8150. Introduction to Deep Learning in Biology
- BINF 8160. Single Cell Analysis and Bioinformatics
- ADSC 8160. Applied Microbiome Bioinformatics
- PBIO(BINF). 8300 Plant Synthetic Biology
- GENE(BINF). 8940 Applied Genome Analysis
- BINF 8750. Data Visualization
Biochemical and Molecular Genetics Courses
- PBIO(CRSS) 4500/6500. Introduction to Gene Technology (recommended for students without a strong background in molecular biology)
- BCMB 8010. Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I
- GENE 8921. Essential Techniques in Molecular Genetics
- GENE 8930. Advanced Molecular Genetics
Remote Sensing and Plant Phenotyping Course
- CRSS 4030/6030-4030L/6030L. Sensors in Precision Agriculture
- CRSS 4070/6070. UAV Technology for Crop Sciences
- CRSS 4150/6150-4150L/6150L Principals of Remote Sensing for Agriculture Sciences
- CRSS 4280/6280. Programming Precision Agriculture
- HORT 4710/6710. Plant Phenotyping Technologies
AI and Data Science Courses
- CSCI 4380/6380. Data Mining
- CSCI(PHIL) 4550/6550. Artificial Intelligence
- CSCI 4360/6360. Data Science and Applied Machine Learning II
- CSCI (STAT) 6375. Foundations of Data Science
- AESC 4200/6200. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture: Principles and Applications
- ECSE 4420/6420. Deep Learning
- CSCI 4370/6370. Database Management
- STAT 4360/6360. Statistical Software Programming
- PBIO(PATH) 8250. Experimental Design and Analysis in Field Plant Biology
- CSCI (ARTI) 8950. Machine Learning
- STAT 8090. Statistical Analysis of Genetic Data
- ENGR 8990. Advanced Topics in Engineering – Machine and Computer Vision for Engineers
Professional Development Courses
- ALDR 7500E. Leading Team and Organizational Development
- GRSC 7770E. Graduate Teaching Seminar
- CRSS 7990. Supervised Teaching Practicum in Crop and Soil Sciences
- GRSC 7800. College Teaching and Student Learning
- GRSC 7900. Designing Courses for Significant Learning
- GRSC 7950. Developing an Academic Teaching Portfolio
- PBIO 8200. Grant Writing with a Focus on Plants and Microbes
- PBIO 8820. Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology Seminar
- GRSC 8550. Responsible Conduct of Research
- PBIO 8920. Explaining Your Science
- EDHI 9010. Academic Programs in Higher Education