Interdepartmental Plant Physiology Major

Curriculum for Plant Physiology M.S. Students
effective January 1, 2008

Previous Curriculum for M.S. students:
    July 2003 – December 2007

All M.S. candidates take a core curriculum comprising courses recommended from the following four categories, attend research seminars, research credits (P Phy 699), annual Loomis Lecture and mini-symposium and retreats. Students will take additional courses of interest as directed by their Program of Study (POS) Committee members.

A total of 36 credits including a minimum of 16 course credits are required for a M.S.

1. Complete the following core courses:
   • Stat 401 (Statistical Methods for Research Workers), Cr. 4. F., S., SS.
   • BBMB 404 (Biochemistry I), Cr. 3. F. or BBMB 501 (Comprehensive Biochemistry I), Cr. 4. F.
   • GDCB 513 (Plant Metabolism), Cr. 2. F.
   • Make two seminar presentations and enroll each term in the Interdepartmental Plant Physiology seminar P Phy 696P or its listed equivalent. The first seminar must be during the student's first year and is a 20 minutes seminar. The last presentation must be an exit seminar.
   • Agron/Gen/PLP 565 (Professional Practice in the Life Sciences) Cr. 0.5. S.
2. Take one course from the following courses:
   • GDCB 512 (Plant Growth and Development), Cr. 2. S.
   • GDCB 529 (Plant Cell Biology), Cr. 2. Alt F.
3. Take additional courses from the following list:
   • Agron 516 (Crop Physiology), Cr. 3. S.
   • Agron 527 (Plant Genetics), Cr. 3. S.
   • Agron/Hort/NREM 529 (Publishing in Biological Science Journals), Cr. 2. S.
   • Agron 616 (Advanced topics in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry), Cr. 4. Alt S., offered 2008
   • Agron 625 (Genetic Strategies in Plant Breeding), Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2009
   • BBMB 405 (Biochemistry II), Cr. 3. S.,
   • BBMB 451 (Physical Biochemistry), Cr. 2. F.
   • BBMB 502 (Comprehensive Biochemistry II), Cr. 4. S.
   • BBMB 607 (Plant Biochemistry), Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 2008
   • BBMB 645 (Molecular Signaling), Cr. 2. Alt. S., offered 2008
   • BBMB 660 (Membrane Biochemistry), Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 2008
   • BBMB 675 (Nucleic Acid Structure and Function), Cr. 2. Alt. F., offered 2007
   • BBMB 676 (Biochemistry of Transcription), Cr. 2. Alt. S., offered 2008
   • BCB 551 (Computational Techniques for Genomics Assembly and Analysis), Cr. 3. F.
   • BCB 596 (Genomic Data Processing), Cr. 3. F.
   • BIOL 454 (Plant Anatomy), Cr. 4. F.
   • BIOL 474 (Plant Ecology), Cr. 3. S.
   • EEOB 561 (Plant Diversity and Evolution), Cr. 4.
   • EEOB 563 (Molecular Phylogenetics), Cr. 3. F.
   • EEOB 566 (Molecular Evolution), Cr. 3. Alt F., offered 2008
   • EEOB 595 (Agrostology), Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2008
   • GDCB 510 (Transmission Genetics), Cr. 3. F.
   • GDCB 511 (Molecular Genetics), Cr. 3. S.
   • GDCB 512 (Plant Growth and Development), Cr. 2. S.
   • GDCB 528 (Cellular Growth and Regulation), Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered 2007
   • GDCB 529 (Plant Cell Biology), Cr. 2. Alt F.
   • GDCB 545 (Plant Molecular Biology), Cr. 3. F.
   • GDCB 640 (Signal Transduction), Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 2008
   • GDCB 679 (Light microscopy), Cr. 5. Alt. F., offered 2008
   • GDCB 680 (Scanning electron microscopy), Cr. 5. Alt. F., offered 2007
   • GDCB 681 (Transmission electron microscopy), Cr. 5. Alt. S., offered 2009

In addition to the required core courses, a wide selection of courses is available to IPPM graduate students for broadening their scientific education. Decisions about which courses are taken and when they are taken are made by the student, initially in consultation with his or her temporary advisor, and then with his or her major advisor and eventually with POS Committee, which also serves as the Thesis or Dissertation Committee.

Please refer to online website for Course availability.

Nic Boersma

• IPPM Invited Speakers

• Loomis and IPPM mini symposium

• IPPM seminar series (P Phy 696)

• IPPM Annual Retreats

• IPPM Halloween Party October 28, 2006