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Ph.D. Program Requirements

Graduate School course requirements for a Doctoral Degree:

  • 72 hours minimum total credits
  • 34 hours minimum graded course work
  • 20 hours minimum 800-level research credits
  • 9 hours maximum non-graduate courses (300 and 400 level)
  • 15 hours maximum 600-level special projects/independent study
  • Audited courses cannot be applied

Molecular Plant Sciences graded course work requirements for Doctoral Degree (24 credits):

     
MBIOS 513 General Biochemistry I
3
MBIOS 514 General Biochemistry II
3
BOT 509 Plant Anatomy
4
MBIOS 531 Plant Cell Biology
3
MBIOS 503 Molecular Biology I
3

MPS 515

Seminar

1
MPS 570 Advanced Topics ("Journal Club")
3
(1-credit course taken three times)
MPS 571 Research Proposal
4
  (2-credit course taken two times)  
     
     

 

Other courses may be substituted for core courses with the approval of your advisor, committee, and the program chair.

Of the remaining 10 credits needed, the student should take at least two courses that emphasize plant biology (such as molecular plant development, plant reproduction, plant molecular genetics, plant metabolism, water relations/transport, plant stress physiology, photosynthesis, advance plant biochemistry, or general plant/pathogen interaction.)

 
Highly recommended courses:
 
MPS 561 Biochemical Signaling
3
MPS 587 Advanced Topics in Plant Biochemistry
2
MBIOS 504 Molecular Biology II
2
MBIOS 570 Biological Membranes
2-3

See Optional Courses for a complete list of electives.

 

   

 


 

   
                             
 


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