Registration Guidelines

Course Prefixes

• All courses excluded from credit toward a degree are 200 & 300 level undergrad courses (all work & exams must be completed and a letter grade assigned) or courses approved to be taken by advisor (but not to count towards the degree) and should use the prefix "E."
• All 400 level undergrad courses for which credit toward the graduate degree has been sought and approved should use the prefix "G."
• All courses taken "not for credit" - The final exam is not taken but all other work must be completed, a grade of "S" or "U" is assigned. Should use the prefix "N."

Core Curriculum

Core curriculum for all students in the program includes a course from each of the four tracks. Currently, required courses are:

• Plant Physiology (16:765:502)
• Advanced Plant Systematics (16:215:507)
• Plant Molecular Biology (16:765:513)
• Principles of Plant Pathology (16:765:531)
• Introduction to Plant Biology (16:765:501)

All core courses are to be taken during the students first two years of matriculation, when the courses are offered.

The "Core Seminar in Plant Biology I & II" should be taken concurrently with the appropriate core classes.

Additional Courses

The additional track required course is expected to be taken in the second or third year:

Seminar in Plant Biology is also required. Students are expected to take the seminar class in the beginning of their studies.

Any deviation from this must be approved in writing by the student's advisor and the program director.

Ph.D. students enrolling in the program during a given Fall semester will take the written qualifying exam as a group, at the end of the second year of a student's entry into the Ph.D. program.

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