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Crop Sciences (CPSC) & Plant Pathology (PLPA) Course Index

Please note that all course numbers were changed beginning in Fall 2004. The old course number is listed in parenthesis after the new course number and title. Classes without an old number reference have kept the same course number under the new system.


100 - 300 level courses (B.S. degree pursuants only)

All courses listed in order based on Course number.
CPSC 111 - Farming Systems (was CPSC 100) 2 hours
CPSC 112 - Introduction to Crop Sciences (was CPSC 121) 4 hours
CPSC 116 - The Global Food Production Web (was CPSC 150) 3 hours
CPSC 180 - Medical Plants and Herbology (was CPSC 130) 3 hours
CPSC 199 - Undergraduate Open Seminar 1-5 hours
PLPA 199 - Undergraduate Open Seminar 1-5 hours
PLPA 200 - Plants, Pathogens, and People (was PL PA 100) 3 hours
PLPA 204 - Introductory Plant Pathology 3 hours
CPSC 226 - Introduction to Weed Science 3 hours
CPSC 241 - Introduction to Applied Statistics (was CPSC 141) 3 hours
CPSC 261 - Biotechnology in Agriculture (was CPSC 221) 3 hours
CPSC 265 - Genetic Engineering Laboratory (was CPSC 205) 3 hours
CPSC 270 - Applied Entomology (was CPSC 120) 3 hours
CPSC 293 - Off-Campus Crop Sciences Internship 1-5 hours
CPSC 294 - On-Campus Crop Sciences Internship 1-5 hours
CPSC 295 - Undergraduate Research or Thesis 1-4 hours
CPSC 336 - Tomorrow's Environment (was CPSC 236) 3 hours
CPSC 352 - Plant and Animal Genetics (was CPSC 220) 4 hours
PLPA 395 - Undergraduate Research or Thesis (was PL PA 295) 1-4 hours
CPSC 396 - Undergraduate Honors Research or Thesis (was CPSC 296) 1-4 hours


400-level courses (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.)

All courses listed in order based on Course number.
PLPA 401 - Plant Pathogenic Fungi & Nematodes (was PL PA 301) 4 hours
PLPA 402 - Plant Pathogenic Fungi & Nematode Laboratory (was PL PA 302) 2 hours
PLPA 405 - Plant Disease Diagnosis (was PL PA 308) 2 hours
CPSC/PLPA 407 - Diseases of Field Crops (was CPSC/PL PA 377) 3 hours
PLPA 409 - Diseases of Ornamentals and Turfgrasses (was PL PA 325) 3 hours
CPSC 414 - Forage Crops and Pasture Ecology (was CPSC 322) 3 hours
CPSC 416 - Perennial Grass Ecosystems (was CPSC 336) 4 hours
CPSC 417 - Crops and Society (was CPSC 350) 3 hours
CPSC 418 - Crop Growth and Management (was CPSC 318) 3 hours
CPSC 426 - Weed Management in Agronomic Crops (was CPSC 326) 3 hours
CPSC 431 - Plants and Global Change (was CPSC 305) 3 hours
CPSC 432 - Genetic Toxicology (was CPSC 332) 3 hours
CPSC 433 - Basic Toxicology (was CPSC 349) 3 hours
CPSC 435 - Environmental Toxic Substances (was CPSC 331) 3 hours
CPSC 436 - Conservation Biology (was CPSC 320) 4 hours
CPSC 437 - Principles of Agroecology (was CPSC 337) 3 hours
CPSC 438 - Soil Nutrient Cycling (was CPSC 379) 3 hours
CPSC 439 - Environment and Sustainable Development (was CPSC 386) 3 hours
CPSC 440 - Applied Statistical Methods I (was CPSC 340) 4 hours
CPSC 448 - Biological Modeling (was CPSC 368) 3 or 4 hours
CPSC 449 - Spatial Ecosystem Modeling (was CPSC 369) 3 or 4 hours
CPSC 452 - Genetics of Higher Organisms (was CPSC 315) 3 hours
CPSC 453 - Principles of Plant Breeding (was CPSC 323) 4 hours
CPSC 454 - Plant Breeding Methods (was CPSC 324) 2 hours
CPSC 465 - Ethics in Biotechnology (was CPSC 335) 3 hours
CPSC 475 - Insect Pathology (was CPSC 375) 4 hours
CPSC 477 - Biological Control of Insect Pests (was CPSC 321) 2 hours
CPSC 479 - Insect Pest Management (was CPSC 329) 4 hours
CPSC 480 - Plant Diseases and Insect Control (was CPSC 310) 4 hours
CPSC 482 - Plant Tissue Culture (was CPSC 308) 4 hours
CPSC 484 - Plant Physiology (was CPSC 330) 3 hours
CPSC 485 - Plant Physiology Laboratory (was CPSC 333) 4 hours
CPSC 488 - Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (was CPSC 388) 3 hours
CPSC 489 - Photosynthesis (was CPSC 389) 3 hours
CPSC 498 - Undergraduate Crop Sciences Seminar (was CPSC 298) 1 hour 
CPSC 499 - Seminar 1-4 hours


500-level courses (M.S. & Ph.D. degree pursuants only)

All courses listed in order based on Course number.
PLPA 504 - Plant Nematology (was PL PA 403) 4 hours
PLPA 505 - Genetics of Host-Pathogen Interactions (was PL PA 406) 4 hours
PLPA 508 - Plant Disease Epidemiology (was PL PA 408) 4 hours
PLPA 509 - Molecular Biology of Microbe-Plant Interactions (was PL PA 411) 3 hours
CPSC 518 - Crop Growth and Development (was CPSC 418) 4 hours
CPSC 526 - Herbicide Action in Plants (was CPSC 426) 4 hours
CPSC 538 - Environmental Plant Physiology (was CPSC 442) 4 hours
CPSC 540 - Applied Statistical Methods II (was CPSC 440) 4 hours
CPSC 541 - Applied Statistical Methods III (was CPSC 441) 4 hours
CPSC 558 - Quantitative Plant Breeding (was CPSC 444) 4 hours
CPSC 563 - Molecular Cytogenetics (was CPSC 423) 4 hours
CPSC 564 - Molecular Marker Data Analysis (was CPSC 430) 2 hours
CPSC 566 - Plant Gene Regulation (was CPSC 446) 4 hours
CPSC 567 - Bioinformatics and Systems Biology 2 hours
CPSC 568 - Recombinant DNA Technology Laboratory (was CPSC 450) 2 hours
CPSC 569 - Applied Bioinformatics 4 hours
CPSC 585 - Plant Biochemical Genetics (was CPSC 445) 4 hours
CPSC 588 - Plant Biochemistry (was CPSC 424) 4 hours
CPSC 590 - Professionalism & Ethics (was CPSC 490) 2 hours
CPSC 593 - Advanced Studies in Crop Sciences (was CPSC 493) 1-8 hours
CPSC 598 - Seminar (was CPSC 400) 1 hour
CPSC 599 - Thesis Research (was CPSC 499) 0-16 hours
PLPA 599 - Thesis Research (was PL PA 499) 0-16 hours