Courses

PBIO 2500E
Natural History of Georgia Plants

Course for non-majors that uses vegetation differences among Georgia’s physiographic provinces as a framework for understanding how living systems function and the interaction of science and society. There is an emphasis on conservation issues, including invasive species and climate change. Experts…

GENE 3000
Evolutionary Biology

An introduction to biological evolution, from the level of genes to populations to species.

ANTH 3010
Fungi: Friends and Foes

Impact of fungi on human affairs. Historical and current uses of fungi by humans as well as the roles of fungi in various ecosystems.  

PATH 3010
Fungi: Friends and Foes

Impact of fungi on human affairs. Historical and current uses of fungi by humans as well as the roles of fungi in various ecosystems.  

PBIO 3010
Fungi: Friends and Foes

Impact of fungi on human affairs. Historical and current uses of fungi by humans as well as the roles of fungi in various ecosystems.  

PBIO 3270
Flowers

Biological concepts that are pertinent to the ecology and evolution of plants, focusing on the most attractive reproductive structure of plants-flowers! Topics will include the morphology, structures, functions, and diversity of flowering plants. Class format is highly interactive. Students will…

ANTH 3440
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems.  

HORT 3440
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems.  

PBIO 3440
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems.  

ANTH 3440E
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems. This course will be taught 95% or more online.  

HORT 3440E
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems. This course will be taught 95% or more online.  

PBIO 3440E
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Historical and contemporary significance of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants in human culture and commerce; chemical and biological characteristics; commercial production techniques; application in modern and traditional medical systems. This course will be taught 95% or more online.  

PBIO 3600
Plant Cell and Developmental Biology

Structure and function of plant cells, their membranes, cell walls, organelles and tissues; energy transduction and signalling mechanisms; regulation of gene expression in response to the environment, tissue interactions, hormones and during development; developmental programs and their controls…

PBIO 3650
Plant Ecology

Examination of distribution and abundances of plant species at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem scales, including global patterns, and the role of interactions of plants with their environment and other organisms.  

PBIO 3650L
Plant Ecology

Examination of distribution and abundances of plant species at the individual, population, community, and ecosystem scales, including global patterns, and the role of interactions of plants with their environment and other organisms.  

PBIO 3660L
Plant Biology Intensive Laboratory

An intensive, inquiry-based laboratory course emphasizing experimental design and the acquisition of technical skills commonly used in biology laboratories. Students will work as a group on a self-contained research project focusing on either the molecular genetics or on the evolution, ecology, and…

ANTH 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

BIOL 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

ECOL 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

EETH 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

ENTO 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

FANR 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

GEOL 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

PATH 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

PBIO 4261
Museum of Natural History Internship

Supervised work experience with a natural history collection. Students will learn techniques and other procedures for curating materials in a collection of their choice under the direction of collection personnel. Students will maintain regular, weekly work schedules totaling 7 hours per week…

BINF 4510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

GENE 4510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

PATH 4510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

PBIO 4510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

ECOL 4520
Plant-Animal Interactions

Examination of the diversity of plant-animal interactions from an ecological (population, community), evolutionary (phylogeny, adaptation), and mechanistic (structure-function, interaction dynamics, development) perspective.  

PBIO 4520
Plant-Animal Interactions

Examination of the diversity of plant-animal interactions from an ecological (population, community), evolutionary (phylogeny, adaptation), and mechanistic (structure-function, interaction dynamics, development) perspective.  

BINF 4550
Concepts in Bioinformatics and Omics

Designed for students to learn how modern problems in medicine, agriculture, and biology are solved using big data “omics.” Topics include comparative gene and genome sequence analyses, transcriptomics, metabolomics, phylogenomics, and application of these approaches in medical, agricultural, and…

PBIO 4550
Concepts in Bioinformatics and Omics

Designed for students to learn how modern problems in medicine, agriculture, and biology are solved using big data “omics.” Topics include comparative gene and genome sequence analyses, transcriptomics, metabolomics, phylogenomics, and application of these approaches in medical, agricultural, and…

PBIO 4650
Plant Taxonomy

History of taxonomy, nomenclature, characters, identification principles, classification, taxonomic relationships, taxonomic literature, species biology, collecting and herbarium, floristic studies.  

PBIO 4650L
Plant Taxonomy

History of taxonomy, nomenclature, characters, identification principles, classification, taxonomic relationships, taxonomic literature, species biology, collecting and herbarium, floristic studies.  

BINF 4700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

FANR 4700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

PBIO 4700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

PBIO 4960R
Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I

Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and to present results in writing and other relevant communication formats. This course belongs to a…

BINF 6510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

GENE 6510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

PATH 6510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

PBIO 6510
Genome Evolution Across the Tree of Life

Survey of the wealth of information arising from genomic research conducted on diverse species across the tree of life. Students will explore the evolutionary diversification of genomes in phylogenetically remote organisms and refine critical thinking and technical writing skills through analysis…

ECOL 6520
Plant-Animal Interactions

Examination of the diversity of plant-animal interactions from an ecological (population, community), evolutionary (phylogeny, adaptation), and mechanistic (structure-function, interaction dynamics, development) perspective.  

PBIO 6520
Plant-Animal Interactions

Examination of the diversity of plant-animal interactions from an ecological (population, community), evolutionary (phylogeny, adaptation), and mechanistic (structure-function, interaction dynamics, development) perspective.  

BINF 6550
Concepts in Bioinformatics and Omics

Designed for students to learn how modern problems in medicine, agriculture, and biology are solved using big data “omics.” Topics include comparative gene and genome sequence analyses, transcriptomics, metabolomics, phylogenomics, and application of these approaches in medical, agricultural, and…

PBIO 6550
Concepts in Bioinformatics and Omics

Designed for students to learn how modern problems in medicine, agriculture, and biology are solved using big data “omics.” Topics include comparative gene and genome sequence analyses, transcriptomics, metabolomics, phylogenomics, and application of these approaches in medical, agricultural, and…

PBIO 6650
Plant Taxonomy

History of taxonomy, nomenclature, characters, identification principles, classification, taxonomic relationships, taxonomic literature, species biology, collecting and herbarium, floristic studies.  

PBIO 6650L
Plant Taxonomy

History of taxonomy, nomenclature, characters, identification principles, classification, taxonomic relationships, taxonomic literature, species biology, collecting and herbarium, floristic studies.  

BINF 6700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

FANR 6700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

PBIO 6700
Computational Plant Science

Introduces computational techniques to students who are new to programming or do not regularly program using examples from plant science. In doing so, the course introduces basic simulation techniques and imaging techniques that can be specialized and further developed in higher level graduate…

PBIO 6720
Plant Variation and Evolution

Variation and evolution in plants, genotypic and phenotypic patterns, genetic diversity, adaptation, breeding systems, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, empirical data in population genetics and evolution, literature, experimental design, population sampling, variation analysis, breeding…

PBIO 6910
Genetics of Host Plant Resistance to Disease

Genetic mechanisms and basic biological processes of host plant resistance in crop plants. The course will also cover the structure, function and evolution of disease resistant loci, long-term goals of agriculture for improvement of disease resistance, and purposed methods for crop protection…

PBIO 8010
Seminar in Teaching Biology

Designed for graduate students and post-docs interested in learning how to teach biology effectively in their own courses rather than as teaching assistants.

PBIO 8100
Plant Genetics

Principles and experimental methods in plant genetics, gene expression, and gene evolution. Topics are interrelated with those of Plant Cellular Biology and Plant Development.

PBIO 8200
Grant Writing with a Focus on Plants and Microbes

The fundamentals of research grant proposal writing through preparation of a dissertation proposal; provides insight into the submission and review process. The course is aimed at second year graduate students conducting research on the ecology and genetics of plants, fungi, and microbes.

PBIO 8250
Experimental Design and Analysis in Field Plant Biology

Students will learn how to design effective, informed, experimental, and observational studies for field plant biology. The course will also cover statistical analyses and software to interpret and visualize those data.

BINF 8350
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Students will be introduced to a variety of comparative approaches for elucidating the evolution of species, populations, and molecules. Methods for phylogenetic, population genetic, and molecular evolutionary analyses will be covered with examples drawn from the primary literature. Computer labs…

PBIO 8350
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Students will be introduced to a variety of comparative approaches for elucidating the evolution of species, populations, and molecules. Methods for phylogenetic, population genetic, and molecular evolutionary analyses will be covered with examples drawn from the primary literature. Computer labs…

BINF 8350L
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Students will be introduced to a variety of comparative approaches for elucidating the evolution of species, populations, and molecules. Methods for phylogenetic, population genetic, and molecular evolutionary analyses will be covered with examples drawn from the primary literature. Computer labs…

PBIO 8350L
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Students will be introduced to a variety of comparative approaches for elucidating the evolution of species, populations, and molecules. Methods for phylogenetic, population genetic, and molecular evolutionary analyses will be covered with examples drawn from the primary literature. Computer labs…

ECOL 8410
Plant Population and Community Ecology

The dynamics of single- and multi-species populations and communities, emphasizing unique characteristics of plants. It is intended to complement other population-oriented courses. Topics include: population growth; stage-structure; dispersal; competitive interactions; herbivory; mutualisms;…

PBIO 8410
Plant Population and Community Ecology

The dynamics of single- and multi-species populations and communities, emphasizing unique characteristics of plants. It is intended to complement other population-oriented courses. Topics include: population growth; stage-structure; dispersal; competitive interactions; herbivory; mutualisms;…

WILD 8410
Plant Population and Community Ecology

The dynamics of single- and multi-species populations and communities, emphasizing unique characteristics of plants. It is intended to complement other population-oriented courses. Topics include: population growth; stage-structure; dispersal; competitive interactions; herbivory; mutualisms;…

PBIO 8810
Mycology Seminar

Seminar on current botanical research topics. Not offered on a regular basis.

PBIO 8820
Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology Seminar

Seminar on current topics in plant genetics, molecular biology, and related areas. Not offered on a regular basis.

PBIO 8840
Plant Ecology Seminar

Seminar on current plant ecology and related research topics. Not offered on a regular basis.

PBIO 8890
Plant Reproductive and Physiological Ecology

Principles of plant reproductive and physiological ecology as they relate to plant ecological and evolutionary success, including pollination ecology, breeding systems, patterns of gene flow via pollen and seed dispersal, flower arrangement and phenology, water relations, photosynthesis, mineral…

PBIO 8890D
Plant Reproductive and Physiological Ecology

Principles of plant reproductive and physiological ecology as they relate to plant ecological and evolutionary success, including pollination ecology, breeding systems, patterns of gene flow via pollen and seed dispersal, flower arrangement and phenology, water relations, photosynthesis, mineral…

PBIO 8920
Explaining Your Science

BCMB 8960
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi

Classical genetics and molecular biology of budding yeast, fission yeast, and model filamentous fungi. Includes life cycle, cell cycle, cytoskeleton, mating types, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, mutant screens, and cloning strategies. Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

GENE 8960
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi

Classical genetics and molecular biology of budding yeast, fission yeast, and model filamentous fungi. Includes life cycle, cell cycle, cytoskeleton, mating types, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, mutant screens, and cloning strategies. Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

MIBO 8960
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi

Classical genetics and molecular biology of budding yeast, fission yeast, and model filamentous fungi. Includes life cycle, cell cycle, cytoskeleton, mating types, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, mutant screens, and cloning strategies. Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

PATH 8960
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi

Classical genetics and molecular biology of budding yeast, fission yeast, and model filamentous fungi. Includes life cycle, cell cycle, cytoskeleton, mating types, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, mutant screens, and cloning strategies. Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

PBIO 8960
Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi

Classical genetics and molecular biology of budding yeast, fission yeast, and model filamentous fungi. Includes life cycle, cell cycle, cytoskeleton, mating types, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, mutant screens, and cloning strategies. Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.

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