Listed below are some of the courses that can be used to satisfy the course
requirements for MS options or PhD areas of emphasis, with the approval of your
Graduate Adviser. Descriptions of the courses can be found in the
General Catalog. This list is by no means exhaustive and will change as new courses
are offered and some courses are dropped.
Notes:
Upper division courses are numbered 100-199 and Graduate level courses are numbered 200-299.
F - Fall; W - Winter; S - Spring; Su - Summer. Quarter offered (shown in parentheses)
may change (and often does).
ABT (Applied Biological Systems Technology)
142 Equipment and Technology for Small Farms (S)
181N Concepts and Methods in Geographic Information Systems (W, odd years)
182 Environmental Analysis Using GIS (S, alternate years)
233 Pest Control Practices (W, odd years)
BIT (Biotechnology)
150 Applied Bioinformatics (F)
160 Principles of Plant Biotechnology (W)
161B Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Lab (S)
ECL (Ecology)
201 Ecosystems and Landscape Ecology (W)
206 Concepts and Methods in Plant Community Ecology (F)
207 Plant Population Biology (W, odd years)
216 Ecology and Agriculture (F, even years)
ENH (Environmental Horticulture)
100 Urban Forestry (F)
101 Trees of the Urban Forest (F)
120 Management of Container Media (F)
125 Greenhouse and Nursery Crop Production (W)
130 Turfgrass and Amenity Grassland Utilization and Management (S)
133 Woody Plants in the Landscape: Growth, Ecology and Management (W)
150 Genetics and Plant Conservation: The Biodiversity Crisis (S)
160 Restoration Ecology (S)
160L Restoration Ecology Lab (S)
229 Analysis of Horticultural Problems (S)
ENT (Entomology)
110 Arthropod Pest Management (W)
135 Introduction to Biological Control (F, even years)
230 Advanced Biological Control (F, but not offered recently)
ERS (Environmental and Resource Sciences)
100 Principles of Hydrologic Science (F)
141 Role of Fire in the Natural Ecosystems (W)
186 Environmental Remote Sensing (S)
186L Environmental Remote Sensing Lab (S)
ESP (Environmental Science and Policy)
127 Plant Conservation Biology (W)
155 Wetland Ecology (F)
155L Wetland Ecology Lab (F)
EVE (Evolution and Ecology)
108 Systematics and Evolution of Angiosperms (S)
GGG (Genetics - Graduate Level)
201A Advanced Genetic Analysis (F)
201B Genomics (F)
201C Molecular Biology (S)
201D Quantitative and Population Genetics (W)
291 Seminar in History of Genetics (F)
297 Seminar in Plant Genetics (varies)
HRT (Horticulture)
251 Modeling Horticultural Systems (W)
HYD (Hydrologic Science)
110 Irrigation Principles and Practices (S, alternate years)
124 Plant-Water-Soil Relationships (S)
134 Aqueous Geochemistry (S)
143 Hydrological Processes in Ecosystems (W, odd years)
144 Groundwater Hydrology (F)
200 Survey of Hydrologic Sciences (F)
IAD (International Agricultural Development)
202N Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems (S)
LDA (Landscape Architecture)
150 Geographic Information Systems for Land Planners (F)
180F Landscape Ecology (W, not every year)
other courses in the LDA 180 series (varies)
201 Theory and Philosophy of the Design Environment (W)
205 Physical Planning and Design (F)
260 Landscape and Power (W)
270 Environment and Behavior (S, odd years)
MCB (Molecular and Cellular Biology)-
126 Plant Biochemistry (W)
161 Molecular Genetics (W)
163 Developmental Genetics (W)
263 Biotechnology Fundamentals and Application (W)
MGT, MGP (Management)
200A Financial Accounting
NEM (Nematology)
100 General Plant Nematology (F; may be even years only)
110 Introduction to Nematology (W)
201 Molecular and Physiological Plant Nematology (F, odd years, usually)
203 Ecology of Parasitic Nematodes (S, even years)
204 Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (S, odd years, usually)
PLB (Plant Biology - Upper Division Undergraduate)
102 California Floristics (S)
105 Developmental Plant Anatomy (F)
108 Systematics and Evolution of Angiosperms (S)
111 Plant Physiology (F)
112 Plant Growth and Development (W)
113 Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (S)
116 Plant Morphology and Evolution (W)
117 Plant Ecology (F)
119 Population Biology of Weeds (S)
123 Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction (F, odd years)
126 Plant Biochemistry (W)
143 Evolution of Crop Plants (S)
147 Survey of Plant Communities of California (S)
148 Introductory Mycology (F)
PBI (Plant Biology - Graduate Level)
202 Advanced Physiology of Cultivated Plants (F, even years, usually)
203N Biology of the Plant Cell (F, even years, usually)
210 Plant Ecophysiology (W, odd years)
212 Physiology of Herbicidal Action (S, even years)
214 Higher Plant Cell Walls (F, even years)
220 Plant Developmental Biology (W, odd years)
223 Special Topics in Scientific Method (F)
227 Plant Molecular Biology (W, even years)
PLP (Plant Pathology)
120 Introduction to Plant Pathology (F, S)
123 Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction (F, odd years)
148 Introductory Mycology (F)
205AB Diseases of Vegetable and Field Crops (S-Su, even years)
206AB Diseases of Fruit, Nut, and Vine Crops (S-Su, odd years)
210 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interaction (W)
224 Advanced Mycology (S, even years)
PLS (Plant Sciences)
100A Metabolic Processes of Cultivated Plants (F)
100AL Metabolic Processes of Cultivated Plants Lab (F)
100B Growth and Yield of Cultivated Plants (W)
100BL Growth and Yield of Cultivated Plants Lab (W)
100C Environmental Interactions of Cultivated Plants (S)
100CL Environmental Interactions of Cultivated Plants Lab (S)
102 California Floristics (S)
105 Concepts in Pest Management (S - tentative)
110A Principles of Agronomic Crop Production in Temperate and Tropical
Systems (F, odd years)
110C Crop Management Systems for Vegetable Production (F, even years)
110L Principles of Agronomy Laboratory (F, odd years)
112 Forage Crop Production (S, odd years)
113 Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Management (W)
114 Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Production (S)
130 Rangelands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration (W, even years)
131 Identification and Ecology of Grasses (S, odd years)
142 Ecology of Crop Systems (W)
144 Trees and Forests (F)
150 Sustainability and Agroecosystem Management (S)
152 Plant Genetics (F)
154 Plant Breeding (W)
157 Physiology of Environmental Stresses in Plants (W, odd years?)
158 Mineral Nutrition of Plants (S, odd years)
160 Agroforestry: Global and Local Perspectives (F, even years)
162 Urban Ecology (W)
170A Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (F, odd years)
170B Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (F, even years)
171 Plant Propagation
172 Postharvest Physiology and Technology (F)
172L Postharvest Physiology and Technology Lab (F)
173 Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Postharvest Biology (S)
174 Microbiology and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (F)
176 Introduction to Weed Science (W)
178 Biology and Management of Fresh Water Macrophytes (F, odd years)
196 Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops (S)
205 Experimental Design and Analysis (W)
206 Multivariate Systems and Modeling (F)
212 Postharvest Biology and Biotechnology of Fruits and Nuts (S, alt years)
213 Postharvest Physiology of Vegetables (S, even years)
220 Genomics and Biotechnology of Plant Improvement (W, but not currently taught)
221 Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops (S)
222 Advanced Plant Breeding (S, even years)
SSC (Soil Science)
107 Soil Physics (F)
109 Sustainable Nutrient Management (S, odd years)
111 Soil Microbiology (W)
112 Soil Ecology (F, but not currently taught)
118 Soils in Land Use and the Environment (S)
120 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification (S)
205 Field Studies of Soils in California Ecosystems (Su)
208 Soil-Plant Interrelationships (W, even years)
211 Advanced Soil Microbiology (S, even years)
218 Soil Erosion and Conservation (W, even years; might be cancelled)
219 Ecosystem Biogeochemistry (S, odd years)
220 Pedology (F, odd years)
222 Organic Chemistry of Soil (W, odd years)
VEN (Viticulture and Enology)
101ABC Viticultural Practices (F-W-S)
110 Grapevine Growth and Physiology (W)
115 Raisin and Table Grape Production (F)
118 Grapevine Pests, Diseases and Disorders (F)
210 Grape Development and Composition (S, odd years)
216 Vineyard Establishment and Development (F)
WFC (Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology)
155 Habitat Conservation and Restoration (W)
156 Plant Geography (S, odd years)