Winter 02/Spring 03 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Winter 2002 and Spring 2003; however, some (or all) may not be offered in either term.  The courses that are offered in Spring link to the Schedule of Classes.  Winter offerings are on the Winter Session site.  Classes with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Plant Sciences (PL S)  Department Info

PL S 120 -- Microcomputing Applications  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the use of microcomputers in word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, networks and other areas.
Typical structure:  1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  ABE 120; ABE is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 130 -- Plant Biology  (4 units)
Description:  Introduction to plant growth, development, reproduction, and evolution; the economic and ecological importance of plants. Intended for majors in all fields of biology.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 195B -- Agriculture As a Science  (1 unit)
Description:  Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons, usually in a small group setting. Designed to give students insight into the concepts and practices which typify different academic disciplines, and introduce students to the methods and standards of the discipline for discovering new knowledge, the values which characterize the field of study, advances in the field, impact on society, and career opportunities.  This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Identical to:  PL P 195B, ENTO 195B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 197A -- Genetic Engineering  (1 unit)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Prerequisite(s):  open to students in the Horizons Unlimited Summer Program.
Identical to:  PL P 197A.
Usually offered:  Summer.

PL S 210 -- Cultivated Plants and Their Environment  (2 units)
Description:  The response of plants to light, water, carbon dioxide, nutrients, temperature, weeds, insects, and diseases. The distribution, characteristics, growing requirements and uses of plants.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 215 -- Introductory Commercial Ornamental Horticulture  (2 units)
Temporary course:  offered during Spring 2003 only.
Description:  This course will serve as an introduction to the commercial ornamental plant industry in the southwestern US and northern Mexico. Students will become familiar with ornamental crops, their physiological requirements, their environmental constraints, and their production systems.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, MCB 181R.

PL S 217 -- Hydroponics  (3 units)
Description:  Greenhouse environment and basic plant requirements including: site selection, heating and ventilation, sanitation. Basic principles of hydroponic systems; preparing greenhouse for planting; transplant production; planting, cultural procedures and maintenance; product harvest.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 270 -- Golf and Sports Turf Management  (3 units)
Description:  [Taught alternate years beginning 2000] Course will address specialized cultural management practices and relevant construction principles for golf course and sports turf fields. Students will develop organizational strategies used for maintenance of the above areas.
Typical structure:  1 hour laboratory, 3 hours lecture.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 299 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 305 -- Weed Science  (2 units)
Description:  Principles of controlling agronomic and horticultural weeds. Emphasis on weed biology and crop-weed competition in relation to chemical, mechanical, cultural and biological control strategies.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, PL S 360, SWES 200. ECOL 302 is recommended.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 306 -- Crop Science and Production  (3 units)
Description:  An examination of the fundamental aspects of plant science as applied to crop production. Laboratory exercises will be field-oriented and will involve several field trips.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, SWES 200.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 312 -- Plant Genetics  (4 units)
Description:  The principles of heredity as they apply to all living organisms, with an emphasis on plants, from molecular to populations with laboratory experience and problem solving.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or MCB 182; CHEM 103A, CHEM 104A.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 330 -- Prop I; Sexual and Asexual Reproduction  (3 units)
Description:  Principles and practices of plant propagation by seed and asexual methods, including use of growth regulators, rooting media and misting systems. Physiological basis of propagation methods will be emphasized.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); PL S 130, MCB 181R.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 339 -- Nursery Systems Management  (3 units)
Description:  Principles and practices of nursery operations: control of environmental factors and cultural practices involved in nursery production of plants.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, SWES 200.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 340 -- Introduction to Biotechnology  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the basic concepts and techniques used in the analysis and improvement of biological organisms by genetic engineering.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or MCB 181R.
Identical to:  MCB 340, MIC 340.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 354 -- Landscape Horticulture  (3 units)
Description:  Horticulture practices which influence performance of woody plants in urban situations. Installation, establishment and maintenance of plants in the landscape.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, SWES 200.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 355 -- Turfgrass Management  (3 units)
Description:  Species adaptability, growth and development, establishment and cultural practices affecting use.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or MCB 181R.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 360 -- Principles of Plant Physiology  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of water relations, mineral nutrition, photosynthesis, respiration, growth and development of plants.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or MCB 181R and MCB 181L; CHEM 103A, CHEM 103B. CHEM 241A and CHEM 241B recommended.
Identical to:  MCB 360.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 361 -- Principles of Plant Physiology Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  Laboratory exercises in plant physiology.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, PL S 360.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  MCB 361.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 392 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 393 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 394 -- Practicum  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 217.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 399 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 403 -- Citrus Production  (3 units)
Description:  Cultural practices used in citrus production and the physiological basis for those practices. Taught in Yuma, AZ.
Prerequisite(s):  basic biology knowledge, consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 405 -- Weed Science  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of controlling agronomic and horticultural weeds. Emphasis on weed biology and crop-weed competition in relation to chemical, mechanical, cultural and biological control strategies.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, SWES 200; Concurrent registration, PL S 360.
May be convened with:  PL S 505.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 406 -- Fundamentals of Crop Science  (1 unit)
Description:  Develop an understanding of the basic principles associated with crop production systems. Fundamental agronomic concepts and practices will be presented. Taught at Maricopa Ag Center.
May be repeated:  for a total of 1 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 407 -- Turfgrass Pest Management  (1 unit)
Description:  Field and Laboratory identification of pathogens, arthropod, weed & vertebrate pests-practical tips for the efficient management of turfgrass pests.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 408 -- Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture  (3 units)
Description:  Physical and biotic environment of crops in relation to crop culture, production, and geographical distribution; relations among the human population, crop productivity, and man's environment.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 410 -- Cell Biology  (3-4 units)
Description:  The molecular basis of the structure and function of animal, plant and prokaryotic cells with emphasis on experimental analysis. Honors section available.
Prerequisite(s):  MCB 181R, MCB 181L, MCB 182, MCB 462A or MCB 460; recommend MCB 320 and Concurrent registration, MCB 411.
Identical to:  MCB 410; MCB is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 415 -- Principle Plant Breeding  (3 units)
Description:  Application of the principles of genetics, botany and statistics to the improvement of plants.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); PL S 312 or ECOL 320.
May be convened with:  PL S 515.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 428L -- Microbial Genetics Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Laboratory associated with lecture course on Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); ECOL 320, PL S 312 and PL P 428R.
Identical to:  PL P 428L; PL P is home department.
May be convened with:  PL S 428L.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 428R -- Microbial Genetics  (3 units)
Description:  Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages.   This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing.
Identical to:  PL P 428R; PL P is home department.
May be convened with:  PL S 528R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 450 -- Developmental Plant Anatomy  (4 units)
Description:  Structure, function, and development of vascular plants.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130 or MCB 181R.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
May be convened with:  PL S 550.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 455 -- Turfgrass Science: Environmental Stress  (3 units)
Description:  Environmental interactions of turfgrasses. Adaptability to and cultural amelioration of environmental stress. Pesticide/nutrient fate and management practices to protect the environment.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 130, PL S 355, PL S 360.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 465 -- Vegetable Physiology  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the growth, development and maturation of vegetable crops with special emphasis on postharvest processes. Designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students with some prior knowledge of plant biochemistry and physiology.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360 or BIOC 460.
May be convened with:  PL S 565.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 472 -- Systematic Botany  (4 units)
Description:  Evolutionary relationships and characteristics of seed plants: systems of classification; acquisition of skills to identify members of almost 50 families, collection and identification of local flora.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 6 hours laboratory.
Identical to:  ECOL 472; ECOL is home department.
May be convened with:  PL S 572.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 473 -- Recombinant DNA Methods and Applications  (4 units)
Description:  Relevant techniques for the isolation, purification and cloning of genes in E. Coli hosts. Eucaryotic lambda genomic DNA clones will be characterized by restriction mapping, hybridization analysis, and sequence analysis.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA) or the former upper-division writing proficiency requirement (UDWPE); BIOC 462A or MCB 460; Concurrent registration, MCB 411.
Identical to:  MCB 473; MCB is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 475 -- Physiology of Crop Production  (3 units)
Description:  Plant processes, modifications, and environmental interactions in relation to growth of crop plants, with emphasis on recent advances and research techniques.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 475A -- Physiology of Plant Production under Controlled Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Controlled environment agriculture is the most effective technique to maximize crop yield and to produce high quality products with limited amounts of resources and minimal impact to the environment. Students will learn the major environmental factors affecting plant growth and development under controlled environment and will understand interactions between plants and their microenvironments. Lectures cover critical controlled environment issues and practices of plant production in greenhouse, plant production factory, tissue culture vessels and postharvest storage, with an introduction to the current research status in these areas.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  PL S 575A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 480 -- Medicinal Plants  (3 units)
Description:  Historical and cultural aspects of plants and medicine, therapeutic uses of plants, psychoactive and food plants, contribution of medicinal plants to modern medicine, future of medicinal plants.
Identical to:  ARL 480.
May be convened with:  PL S 580.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 491 -- Preceptorship  (1-8 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 491H -- Honors Preceptorship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 492 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 493 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 493L -- Legislative Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees. Participating programs include but are not limited to: architecture, economics, English, geography and regional development, history, hydrology, journalism, management, management information systems, marketing, political science, psychology, public administration, secondary education, sociology, statistics, and urban planning. Students in other programs are eligible and should consult the department head or, in the case of the James E. Roger's College of Law, the dean, for appropriate arrangements.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 496D -- Plant-Insect Interactions  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 5 times (maximum 6 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENTO 496D.
May be convened with:  PL S 596D.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 497A -- Weed Science For The Practitioner  (1 unit)
Description:  In depth exploration of Weed Science topics that are most relevant to practicing professionals (e.g., farmers and pest control advisors) who have a working knowledge of the basic principles of weed management. Selected topics include: the effect of weed life cycles on weed management strategies; the pest threshold concept and its application to weeds; the nature of plant leaf surfaces and the use of adjuvants; movement of herbicides in plants; postemergence spray properties that increase herbicide efficacy; soil-herbicide interactions; and diagnosing herbicide problems in the field.
Prerequisite(s):  working knowledge of the basic principles of weed management.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 505 -- Weed Science  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of controlling agronomic and horticultural weeds. Emphasis on weed biology and crop-weed competition in relation to chemical, mechanical, cultural and biological control strategies. Graduate-level requirements include a literature review and research project.
May be convened with:  PL S 405.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 508 -- Crop Ecology  (3 units)
Description:  Physical and biotic environment of crops in relation to crop culture, production, and geographical distribution; relations among the human population, crop productivity and man's environment.
Prerequisite(s):  MCB 181R, MCB 182.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 515 -- Principle Plant Breeding  (3 units)
Description:  Application of the principles of genetics, botany and statistics to the improvement of plants. Graduate-level requirements include participation in computer-aided exercises in simulated recurrent selection.
May be convened with:  PL S 415.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 528L -- Microbial Genetics Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Laboratory associated with lecture course on Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages. Graduate-level requirements include the DNA sequence of an entire operon from any one of a variety of bacteria and additionally analyze one product from the operon using several GCG protein analysis programs. Also extra exam questions.
Identical to:  PL P 528L; PL P is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 528R -- Microbial Genetics  (3 units)
Description:  Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages. Graduate-level requirements include a DNA sequence of an entire operon from any one of a variety of bacteria and additionally analyze one product from the operon using several GCG protein analysis programs. An extensive exam.
Identical to:  PL P 528R; PL P is home department.
May be convened with:  PL S 428R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 539 -- Methods in Cell Biology and Genomics  (3 units)
Description:  In-depth, practical and theoretical analysis of novel, experimental methods that advance our understanding of modern biology.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 541 -- Economic Botany of Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Examines past, present, and potential future industries based on plant resources in arid lands. Survey of useful products from arid lands plants, their biosynthesis and physiological function, taxonomic and geographic sources, and their role in local and global economies.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360.
Identical to:  ARL 541.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 550 -- Developmental Plant Anatomy  (4 units)
Description:  Structure, function, and development of vascular plants. Graduate-level requirements include preparation of in-depth research project.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
May be convened with:  PL S 450.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 565 -- Vegetable Physiology  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the growth, development and maturation of vegetable crops with special emphasis on postharvest processes. Designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students with some prior knowledge of plant biochemistry and physiology. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper.
May be convened with:  PL S 465.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 572 -- Systematic Botany  (4 units)
Description:  Evolutionary relationships and characteristics of seed plants: systems of classification; acquisition of skills to identify members of almost 50 families, collection and identification of local flora. Graduate-level requirements include study of additional plant families and increased depth regarding class project.
Identical to:  ECOL 572; ECOL is home department.
May be convened with:  PL S 472.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 575A -- Physiology of Plant Production under Controlled Environment  (3 units)
Description:  Controlled environment agriculture is the most effective technique to maximize crop yield and to produce high quality products with limited amounts of resources and minimal impact to the environment. Students will learn the major environmental factors affecting plant growth and development under controlled environment and will understand interactions between plants and their microenvironments. Lectures cover critical controlled environment issues and practices of plant production in greenhouse, plant production factory, tissue culture vessels and postharvest storage, with an introduction to the current research status in these areas. Graduate requirements include a research paper: Graduate students are expected to write a research paper on a specific topic within plant physiology under controlled environment. The paper should be a critical review of the current literature on the topic chosen.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  PL S 475A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 580 -- Medicinal Plants  (3 units)
Description:  Historical and cultural aspects of plants and medicine, therapeutic uses of plants, psychoactive and food plants, contribution of medicinal plants to modern medicine, future of medicinal plants. Graduate-level requirements include review of at least two leading papers in the field.
Identical to:  ARL 580.
May be convened with:  PL S 480.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 593 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 595B -- Current Topics in Plant Science - Advanced  (1-3 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
Prerequisite(s):  graduate standing or instructor consent.
May be repeated:  for a total of 15 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 596D -- Plant-Insect Interactions  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 5 times (maximum 6 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENTO 596D.
May be convened with:  PL S 496D.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 599 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 620 -- Plant Biochemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Current topics in bioengineering; photosynthesis; carbohydrate; nitrogen and lipid metabolism. This course deals with biochemical processes specific to plants and allows students to gain an understanding and appreciation of how chemical components are synthesized and utilized by the plant during growth and development.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 462A, BIOC 462B, PL S 660.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 627 -- Advanced Genetics  (4 units)
Description:  Fundamental concepts of genetic analyses with an emphasis on application to current topics in plant genetics. Theoretical background and experimental approaches will be emphasized. Topics will include, but are not limited to, chromosome structure and function, gene regulation, transposable elements and genomics.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 312 or ECOL 320.
Identical to:  GENE 627.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 660 -- Current Advances in Plant Physiology  (4 units)
Description:  Investigation of the physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms that allow a plant to perceive and respond to environmental and chemical signals during normal growth and development and when it is experiencing a stress.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360, CHEM 462A, CHEM 462B.
Identical to:  ECOL 660, MCB 660.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 684 -- Plant Development  (3 units)
Description:  Plant growth and reproduction presented at the cellular and molecular level to explain our current understanding of the processes that determine plant form and function.
Prerequisite(s):  MCB 411; PL S 550, PL S 660.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 693 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 695A -- Plant Biology  (1 unit)
Description:  contact department.
May be repeated:  for a total of 4 units of credit.
Identical to:  PL P 695A; PL P is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

PL S 695B -- Plant Pathology  (1 unit)
Description:  contact department.
Identical to:  PL P 695B; PL P is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

PL S 696A -- Plant Sciences  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

PL S 699 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 900 -- Research  (1-8 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 909 -- Master's Report  (1-8 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 910 -- Thesis  (1-8 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

PL S 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.