Certificate in Plant Disease

This is one of two 15-credit, post-baccalaureate graduate certificates that provide training to students and working professionals. This certificate and the Certificate in Crop Breeding and Biotechnology may be paired for the pre-existing professional master’s in plant science.

CERTIFICATE IN PLANT DISEASE

Requirements

15 credits

Students cannot use more than 4 credits of 400-level courses on a Certificate Program of Study.

Prerequisites

  • BS in Crop Science, Plant Sciences, Plant Biotechnology, or related degree or:
  • Junior status and coursework including coursework in:

An introductory plant pathology course

Botany or an introductory plant biology course

A soil science course

A statistics course

Course Work:

  • Pesticides (3 credits)
    • LRES 507 Environmental Risk Assessment (environmental toxicology)
  • Plant Disease (Take 2; 6 credits)
    • AGSC 450/5XX Plant Disease Control- spring odd years, 3 credits, prerequisite BIOM 421
    • PSPP 565 / AGSC 455 Plant-Pathogen Interaction – spring even years, 3 credits, prerequisite BIOB 160
    • PSPP 524 Advanced Plant Pathology- fall odd years, 3 credits
  • Mycology (3 credits)
    • BIOM 523 / BIOM 423  Mycology, fall even years, 3 credits, prerequisite introductory biology course
  • Elective course (3 credits):
    • PSPP 642 Structural and Functional Genomics, fall odd years
    • BIOM 441 Eukaryotic Pathogens (4 credits, lab), spring, prerequisite BIOM 360; recommend BCH 380
    • BIOM 435 / MB 530 Virology (3 credits) fall, prerequisite  BIOM 360 or BIOB 375 or BIOH 320 or BCH 380 or BCH 442 or BCH 444R
    • BIOM 541 Microbial Genetics (3 credits) spring, prerequisite BIOM 360; recommend BCH 380
    • PSPP 516 Research Design and Analysis (3 credits) fall, prerequisite STAT 401

Professional Development:

  • PSPP 594 Seminar  (1 credit)
  • PSPP 575 Professional Paper  (2 credits)