OTHER SUGGESTED COURSES
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)
110 Irrigation Systems & Water Management (S)
142 Equipment and Technology for Small Farms (W, was S)
150 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (F,S)
165 Irrigation Practices for an Urban Environment (W)
181N Concepts and Methods in Geographic Information Systems (W, odd years)
182 Environmental Analysis Using GIS (W, even years)
233 Pest Control Practices (W, odd years; usually)
ATM (Atmospheric Science)
116 Modern Climate Change (F)
133 Biometerology (W)
233 Advanced Biometerology (S, possibly alt years)
BIS (Biological Sciences)
104 Cell Biology (F,W,S)
180L Genomics Laboratory (S)
181 Comparative Genomics (F)
183 Functional Genomics (S)
BIT (Biotechnology)
150 Applied Bioinformatics (F)
160 Principles of Plant Biotechnology (W)
161A Genetics and Biotechnology Lab (W)
161B Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Lab (S)
ECL (Ecology)
201 Ecosystems and Landscape Ecology (W) (no longer offered)
206 Concepts and Methods in Plant Community Ecology (F, even years) (not currently offered)
207 Plant Population Biology (W, odd years)
216 Ecology and Agriculture (W, even years)
219 Ecosystem Biogeochemistry (S, maybe just odd years)
243 Ecological Genomics (W)
245 Climate Change and Water (F)
ENH (Environmental Horticulture)
100 Urban Forestry (F)
101 Trees of the Urban Forest (F) no longer offered
120 Management of Container Media (F)
125 Greenhouse and Nursery Crop Production (W)
133 Woody Plants in the Landscape: Growth, Ecology and Management (W)
150 Genetics and Plant Conservation: The Biodiversity Crisis (S) not currently being offered
160 Restoration Ecology (S)
160L Restoration Ecology Lab (S)
ENT (Entomology)
110 Arthropod Pest Management (F)
119 Apiculture (S)
135 Introduction to Biological Control (no longer offered)
ESM (Environmental Science and Management)
100 Principles of Hydrologic Science (F)
141 Role of Fire in the Natural Ecosystems (W, odd years; maybe)
186 Environmental Remote Sensing (W)
ESP (Environmental Science and Policy)
127 Plant Conservation Biology (W) not currently offered
155 Wetland Ecology (F, even years?)
155L Wetland Ecology Lab (Su) not currently offered
FST (Food Science and Technology)
117 Design and Analysis for Sensory Food Science (F)
GGG (Genetics - Graduate Level)
201A Advanced Genetic Analysis (F)
201B Genomics (W)
201D Quantitative and Population Genetics (S)
291 Seminar in History of Genetics (F)
297 Seminar in Plant Genetics (W, usually odd years)
HRT (Horticulture)
251 Modeling Horticultural Systems (W, even years)
HYD (Hydrologic Science)
110 Irrigation Principles and Practices (S) (same class as ABT 110)
118 Evapotranspiration Principles, Measurement and Modeling (S)
124 Plant-Water-Soil Relationships (S)
134 Aqueous Geochemistry (S)
143 Ecohydrology (W, even years)
144 Groundwater Hydrology (F)
241 Precision Irrigation Systems and Management (F?)
245 Climate Change, Water and Society (F) (same class as ECL 245)
IAD (International Agricultural Development)
202N Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems (S)
LDA (Landscape Architecture)
150 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (F,S) (same class as ABT 150)
270 Environment and Behavior (not offered recently)
280 Landscape Conservation (W, even years)
MCB (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
121 Advanced Molecular Biology (F,W,S)
126 Plant Biochemistry (W)
163 Developmental Genetics (varies)
182 Principles of Genomics (F,S)
NEM (Nematology)
100 General Plant Nematology (W?; even years?)
110 Introduction to Nematology (W, maybe just even years)
201 Molecular and Physiological Plant Nematology (F?)
203 Ecology of Parasitic Nematodes (no longer offered)
204 Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes (S, odd years?)
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 Invasive Plants and Weeds (S, odd years)
123 Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction (F, odd years)
126 Plant Biochemistry (W)
143 Evolution of Crop Plants (S)
PBI (Plant Biology - Graduate Level)
200A PBGG Core Course (F)
200B PBGG Core Course (W)
200C PBGG Core Course (S)
210 Plant Ecophysiology (W, odd years)
212 Physiology of Herbicidal Action (F, even years?)
214 Higher Plant Cell Walls (F, even years)
220 Plant Developmental Biology (W, odd years)
223 Special Topics in Scientific Method (not currently offered)
201 Plant Senescence: Cellular and Molecular Aspects (no longer offered)
202 Advanced Physiology of Cultivated Plants (no longer offered)
203N Biology of the Plant Cell (no longer offered)
205ABC Advanced Plant Physiology (no longer offered)
206ABC Advanced Plant Physiology Laboratory (no longer offered)
208 Plant Hormones and Regulators (no longer offered)
211 Ecophysical Methods (no longer offered)
219 Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants (no longer offered)
224 Water in Physiology and Ecology of Plants (no longer offered)
227 Plant Molecular Biology (W, even years) (no longer offered)
PLP (Plant Pathology)
120 Introduction to Plant Pathology (F, S; usually)
123 Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction (F, odd years)
148 Introductory Mycology (F)
205AB Diseases of Vegetable and Field Crops (S, even years; may just be A that's offered)
206AB Diseases of Fruit, Nut, and Vine Crops no longer offered
210 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interaction (W)
224 Advanced Mycology (not offered recently)
230 Plant Virology (W, odd 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)
101 Agriculture and the Environment (W)
102 California Floristics (S)
105 Concepts in Pest Management (F)
110 Crop Management Systems for Vegetable Production (F, even years)
111 Principles of Agronomic Crop Production Systems (F, odd years)
112 Forage Crop Production (W)
113 Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Management (W, even years)
114 Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Production (S, even years?)
123 Introduction to Plant and Crop Systems Modelng (W)
130 Rangelands: Ecology, Conservation and Restoration (W)
131 Identification and Ecology of Grasses (S, odd years) not currently offered
144 Trees and Forests (F)
147 Survey of Plant Communities of California (S)
147L Survey of Plant Communities of California Lab (field trips) (S)
150 Sustainability and Agroecosystem Management (S)
152 Plant Genetics (F)
154 Plant Breeding (W)
157 Physiology of Environmental Stresses in Plants (S, even years)
158 Mineral Nutrition of Plants (S, odd years)
160 Agroforestry: Global and Local Perspectives (F, even years)
162 Urban Ecology (W)
163 Ecosystems and Landscape Ecology (W)
170A Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (F, odd years)
170B Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (S, even years)
171 Plant Propagation(S)
172 Postharvest Physiology and Technology (F, odd years)
173 Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Postharvest Biology (S, odd years?)
174 Microbiology and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (W, even years)
176 Introduction to Weed Science (W)
196 Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops (S)
205 Experimental Design and Analysis (W)
206 Multivariate Systems and Modeling (W)
210 Plant Ecophysiology (W, odd years)
212 Postharvest Biology and Biotechnology of Fruits and Nuts not currently being offered
213 Postharvest Physiology of Vegetables (not currently offered)
220 Genomics Based Breeding/Genomics and Biotechnology of Plant Improvement (F)
221 Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops (not currently offered)
222 Advanced Plant Breeding (S)
SSC (Soil Science)
107 Soil Physics (F)
109 Sustainable Nutrient Management (S)
111 Soil Microbiology (W)
112 Soil Ecology (S?)
118 Soils in Land Use and the Environment (S)
120 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification (S) (not offered recently)
205 Field Studies of Soils in California Ecosystems (Su)
208 Soil-Plant Interrelationships (not currently offered)
211 Advanced Soil Microbiology (F)
218 Soil Erosion and Conservation (no longer offered)
219 Ecosystem Biogeochemistry (S, odd years)
220 Pedology (W, even years) (not offered recently)
222 Global Carbon Cycle (W, even years?)
VEN (Viticulture and Enology)
101ABC Viticultural Practices (F-W-S)
110 Grapevine Growth and Physiology (W)
112 Soils in Viticulture (W)
115 Raisin and Table Grape Production (F) (not currently offered)
118 Grapevine Pests, Diseases and Disorders (F)
210 Grape Development and Composition (S, odd years?)
216 Sustainable Vineyard Development (not currently offered)
217 Field and GIS Evaluation of Soils (not currently offered)
WFC (Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology)
154 Conservation Biology (W)
155 Habitat Conservation and Restoration (W) (not currently being offered)
156 Plant Geography (S, odd years) (no longer offered)
157 Coastal Ecosystems (S, even years) (no longer offered)