Plant and Soil Science

Course
Credit Hours
Term Offered
PLS 100
Introduction to Horticulture Professions
1
Fall
PLS 104
Plants, Soils, & People
3
Fall/Spring
PLS 210
Life Processes of Plants
3
Fall
PLS 220
Introduction to Plant Identification
3
Fall
PLS 320
Woody Horticultural Plants
4
Fall
PLS 330
Herbaceous Horticultural Plants I
2
Fall
PLS 332 Herbaceous Horticultural Plants II
2
Spring
PLS 352 Nursery Production
3
Spring (even years)
PLS 366 Fundamentals of Soil Science
4
Fall/Spring
PLS 386 Plant Production Systems
4
Fall
PLS 395 Special Problems
1-4
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 396 Soil Judging
1-2
Fall
PLS 399 Experiential Learning - Agr.
1-6
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 399 Experiential Learning - Hort.
1-6
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 404 Integrated Weed Management
4
Spring
PLS 406 Advanced Soil Judging
1-2
Spring
PLS 408 Tobacco
3
Fall (even years)
PLS 412 Grain Crops
3
Spring (even years)
PLS 440 Plant Propagation
3
Spring
PLS 450G Biogeochemistry
3
Spring
PLS 451 Landscape Maintenance
3
Spring
PLS 455G Wetlands Identification & Delineation
3
Fall (even years)
PLS 456G Constructed Wetlands
3
Fall (even years)
PLS 465 Greenhouses & Controlled Environments
3
Fall
PLS 468G Soil Use & Management
3
Fall
PLS 470G Fertilizers & Soil Fertility
3
Spring
PLS 477G Land Treatment of Waste
3
Fall
PLS 490 Topics in Plant & Soil Science
3
Spring
PLS 490A Horticultural Enterprise Management
3
Spring
PLS 490B Golf Course Management
3
Spring
PLS 490C Certified Crop Advising
3
Spring
PLS 501 Reclamation of Disturbed Land
3
Fall
PLS 502 Ecology of Economic Plants
3
Fall (odd years)
PLS 510 Forage Management & Utilization
4
Spring
PLS 514 Grass Taxonomy & Identification
3
Spring
PLS 515 Turf Management
3
Fall
PLS 520 Vegetables & Fruits
4
Spring
PLS 525 Greenhouse Floral Crop Management
3
Spring (odd years)
PLS 530 Fruit & Vegetable Crop Management
3
Spring
PLS 531 Field School in Crop Pest Management (includes two 3-day sessions during summer)
2
Fall
PLS 556 Seed Technology
3
Fall (even years)
PLS 564 Forest Soils
3
Fall
PLS 566 Soil Microbiology
3
Spring
PLS 567 Methods in Soil Microbiology
1
Spring
PLS 573 Soil Morphology & Classification
3
Fall (odd years)
PLS 575 Soil Physics
3
Fall
PLS 576 Lab in Soil Physics
1
Fall
PLS 581 Chemical Analysis of Soil & Plants
4
Spring
PLS 597 Special Topics in Plant & Soil Science
1-3
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 599 Special Problems in Plant & Soil Science
1-4
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 601 Special Topics in Molecular & Cell Genetics
1
Spring
PLS 602 Principles of Yield Physiology
3
Spring (even years)
PLS 605 Physiological Mechanisms
3
Fall (even years)
PLS 609 Plant Biochemistry
3
Spring
PLS 620 Plant Molecular Biology
3
Fall
PLS 622 Physiology of Plants I
3
Fall
PLS 623 Physiology of Plants II
3
Spring
PLS 650 Soil-Plant Relationships
3
Fall
PLS 657 Seed Biology
3
Spring (odd years)
PLS 660 Advanced Soil Biology
2
Fall (even years)
PLS 664 Plant Breeding I
3
Spring (even years)
PLS 671 Soil Chemistry
4
Fall (even years)
PLS 676 Quant. Inherit. In Plant Prop.
3
Spring (odd years)
PLS 697 Special Topics in Plant & Soil Science
1-3
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 712 Advanced Soil Fertility
4
Spring (odd years)
PLS 721 Pedogenic Processes
4
Spring (even years)
PLS 741 Clay Mineralogy
3
Spring (even years)
PLS 748 Master's Thesis Research
0
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 749 Dissertation Research
0
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 768 Residence Credit for M.S.
1-6
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 769 Residence Credit for Ph.D.
0-12
Fall/Spring/Summer
PLS 772 Plant & Soil Science Seminar
1
Fall/Spring
PLS 799 Research in Agronomy
1-4
Fall/Spring/Summer