University of Georgia Department of Plant Biology

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

A basic plant biology course, designed for middle school education majors and taught in conjunction with the science teaching methods course, that covers major concepts/skills stressed by the Georgia Performance Standard for Science. The material includes: evolution/diversity, ecology, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, genetics, and economic botany.

Biological chemistry, metabolism, cell and membrane structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle, meiosis, classical and molecular genetics, DNA technology, evolutionary theory, natural selection, population genetics, speciation.

A laboratory course that emphasizes eukaryotic genetics. Students will carry out experiments in classical transmission genetics as well as modern molecular genetics.

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 during flowering, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed germination, and morphogenesis.

An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

Examination of characteristics of both important species and major vegetation types across Georgia. Survey of causes of spatial and temporal patterns in Georgia vegetation: climate, soils, elevation, diseases, disturbances, and exotic species in current, prehistoric, and near future times. Introduction to commonly encountered species in Athens area and beyond.

Methods and applications of molecular biology and gene technology. These will include PCR, gene isolation strategies and various host-plasmid systems, cDNA and genomic cloning, bioinformatics and searching DNA database, genome projects, recombinant protein and stem cell therapeutics, animal cloning and engineering, microarray and medicine, plant biotechnologies (bio-FUEL). Metabolomic and proteomic.

Intensive, inquiry-based laboratory course teaching the fundamental methods of recombinant DNA technology. Students will work as a group on a self-contained research project involving (dependent on the type of project): search and analysis of biological databases; DNA, RNA, and protein preparation; polymerase chain reaction; plasmid cloning; genetic mapping; DNA sequencing; expression analysis; recombinant protein expression.

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 of publications drawn from the recent literature.

The applications and concepts of computational technologies for solving problems in molecular genetics. Current programs and the principles that underlie them will be discussed. Topics include: sequence and structure databases; sequencing; mapping; sequence alignments (dynamic programming); motifs and profiles; phylogeny reconstruction; probabilistic approaches (Markov models).

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Provides graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. Special sections are reserved for international students, with focus on use of language, pedagogy, and cultural aspects of teaching in this country.

Provides graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. Special sections are reserved for international students, with focus on use of language, pedagogy, and cultural aspects of teaching in this country.

The course consists of two modules. The first module (required only for incoming plant biology students) provides an overview of the breadth of current research in plant biology. The second module teaches a set of skills to graduate students and post- doctoral researchers that are key to being successful.

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

Identification and biology of aquatic macrophytes with emphasis on field work.

Variation and evolution in plants, genotypic and phenotypic patterns, genetic diversity, adaptation, breeding systems, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, evolutionary data in population genetics and evolution, literature, experimental design, population sampling. Variation analysis, breeding techniques, data presentation, population analysis, molecular evolution.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

Methods and applications of molecular biology and gene technology. These will include PCR, gene isolation strategies and various host-plasmid systems, cDNA and genomic cloning, bioinformatics and searching DNA database, genome projects, recombinant protein and stem cell therapeutics, animal cloning and engineering, microarray and medicine, plant biotechnologies (bio-FUEL). Metabolomic and proteomic.

Structure and function of cells: cell architecture and organization, cell cycle, membrane phenomena, organellogenesis, energy transduction, and cellular control mechanisms.

Microbial diversity and physiology; plant and animal diversity, growth, reproduction and physiology; ecology.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Plant biology course focused on organisms, including evolution and diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; environmental interactions; community ecology, symbiosis, and the relation of these organisms to human affairs.

An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

Advanced study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of plant biology. Intended for majors in the Division of Biology. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.

An examination of the basic biology of flowers as well as current research in floral biology. It will include lectures, class discussions on scientific papers, hands-on sessions, and literature or research projects using local spring flowers to help students learn topics in reproductive biology of flowering plants.

Protists (algae, protozoa, and zoosporic fungi) with an emphasis on cell structure, evolution, and life histories. Laboratories will concentrate on examination of living and fixed materials and will include methods of isolation and culturing of protists.

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

The course consists of two modules. The first module (required only for incoming plant biology students) provides an overview of the breadth of current research in plant biology. The second module teaches a set of skills to graduate students and post- doctoral researchers that are key to being successful.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

Seminar on current plant ecology and related research topics.

The concepts behind genetic mapping, genome analyses and comparative genomics in plants that help students understand the relationships between genomes at the structural and functional level.

Concepts in life and earth sciences emphasizing the socio- scientific relevance of these concepts, including issues such as: droughts and floods, pollution and global climate change, energy resources, and genetic engineering. Laboratories emphasize inquiry-based scientific skills. Intended for early- grades education majors.

Protists (algae, protozoa, and zoosporic fungi) with an emphasis on cell structure, evolution, and life histories. Laboratories will concentrate on examination of living and fixed materials and will include methods of isolation and culturing of protists.

Microbial diversity and physiology; plant and animal diversity, growth, reproduction and physiology; ecology.

Plant biology course focused on organisms, including evolution and diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; environmental interactions; community ecology, symbiosis, and the relation of these organisms to human affairs.

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

Structure and function of cells: cell architecture and organization, cell cycle, membrane phenomena, organellogenesis, energy transduction, and cellular control mechanisms.

An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

Advanced study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of plant biology. Intended for majors in the Division of Biology. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.

Laboratory Teaching Internship (ESCI 4100) 3 credits, S/U. For admission to the program, a minimum GPA of 2.5 is required and students must have completed BIOL 1108 before applying.
Duties: Interns assist a graduate laboratory assistant in one, 2 hour, BIOL 1103L laboratory section each week. BIOL 1103L is a 1 credit hour laboratory course in molecular and cellular biology for nonscience majors. Interns will engage in small group instruction during the laboratory, give one to three pre-lab presentations during the semester, give and grade a few exams and assignments and attend a weekly prep meetings. In addition interns will attend a one-hour, weekly reflection seminar lead by professors in science education, chemistry and biology.
Interested students need to fill out an application form (available in the Biology Advising Office, room 411 Biological Sciences. Students accepted into the program will be notified and cleared to register for
3 hours credit in ESCI 4100.

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

Phylogenetic analysis, molecular systematic methods, relationships within the higher plants, algae, and fungi based upon analyses of DNA sequences and DNA-derived markers from nuclear and organellar genomes. Labs: computer-assisted techniques for phylogenetic analysis of macromolecular data; individual projects involving the analysis of DNA sequence data.

Provides opportunities for senior graduate students to obtain mentored, documented experience in preparing and delivering lectures and/or in leading class discussions.

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

The breadth of current botanical research with the facilities available for botanical research.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

The concepts behind genetic mapping, genome analyses and comparative genomics in plants that help students understand the relationships between genomes at the structural and functional level.

Energy balances, water relations, stomatal physiology, gas exchange, environmental aspects of mineral nutrition, stress physiology, and productivity.

Seminar for first-year students with faculty members in topics of interest pertinent to research, academic life, and higher education at the University of Georgia.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

A basic plant biology course, designed for middle school education majors and taught in conjunction with the science teaching methods course, that covers major concepts/skills stressed by the Georgia Performance Standard for Science. The material includes: evolution/diversity, ecology, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, genetics, and economic botany.

Biological chemistry, metabolism, cell and membrane structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle, meiosis, classical and molecular genetics, DNA technology, evolutionary theory, natural selection, population genetics, speciation.Biological chemistry, metabolism, cell and membrane structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle, meiosis, classical and molecular genetics, DNA technology, evolutionary theory, natural selection, population genetics, speciation.

A laboratory course that emphasizes eukaryotic genetics. Students will carry out experiments in classical transmission genetics as well as modern molecular genetics.

Description: 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 during flowering, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed germination, and morphogenesis.

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 during flowering, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed germination, and morphogenesis.

The essential elements of biology necessary for a scientist with a background in the quantitative sciences to begin working in the biological sciences. Core biological concepts will be presented with the goal of getting computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians started in understanding biology and finding productive areas of research inquiry.

Laboratory Teaching Internship (ESCI 4100) 3 credits, S/U. For admission to the program, a minimum GPA of 2.5 is required and students must have completed BIOL 1108 before applying.
Duties: Interns assist a graduate laboratory assistant in one, 2 hour, BIOL 1103L laboratory section each week. BIOL 1103L is a 1 credit hour laboratory course in molecular and cellular biology for nonscience majors. Interns will engage in small group instruction during the laboratory, give one to three pre-lab presentations during the semester, give and grade a few exams and assignments and attend a weekly prep meetings. In addition interns will attend a one-hour, weekly reflection seminar lead by professors in science education, chemistry and biology.
Interested students need to fill out an application form (available in the Biology Advising Office, room 411 Biological Sciences. Students accepted into the program will be notified and cleared to register for
3 hours credit in ESCI 4100.

An examination of the basic biology of flowers as well as current research in floral biology. It will include lectures, class discussions on scientific papers, hands-on sessions, and literature or research projects using local spring flowers to help students learn topics in reproductive biology of flowering plants. Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.

Intensive, inquiry-based laboratory course teaching the fundamental methods of recombinant DNA technology. Students will work as a group on a self-contained research project involving (dependent on the type of project): search and analysis of biological databases; DNA, RNA, and protein preparation; polymerase chain reaction; plasmid cloning; genetic mapping; DNA sequencing; expression analysis; recombinant protein expression.

The mechanisms of both micro- and macro-evolution. The course will introduce graduate students to fundamental concepts and the primary questions of modern evolutionary biology.

Provides opportunities for senior graduate students to obtain mentored, documented experience in preparing and delivering lectures and/or in leading class discussions.

Provides graduate teaching assistants with knowledge of pedagogical approaches and available support systems. Special sections are reserved for international students, with focus on use of language, pedagogy, and cultural aspects of teaching in this country.

The breadth of current botanical research with the facilities available for botanical research.

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

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

The applicability of advanced theory to multi-species communities. Patterns and processes that influence species composition, diversity, and function. Topics include deterministic vs. stochastic regulation, succession, resource partitioning, patch dynamics, island biogeography, and food webs.

Variation and evolution in plants, genotypic and phenotypic patterns, genetic diversity, adaptation, breeding systems, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, evolutionary data in population genetics and systematics, literature, experimental design, population sampling. Variation analysis, breeding techniques, data presentation, population analysis, molecular evolution.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

Energy balances, water relations, stomatal physiology, gas exchange, environmental aspects of mineral nutrition, stress physiology, and productivity.

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 of publications drawn from the recent literature.

Methods and applications of molecular biology and gene technology. These will include PCR, gene isolation strategies and various host-plasmid systems, cDNA and genomic cloning, bioinformatics and searching DNA database, genome projects, recombinant protein and stem cell therapeutics, animal cloning and engineering, microarray and medicine, plant biotechnologies (bio-FUEL). Metabolomic and proteomic.

Protists (algae, protozoa, and zoosporic fungi) with an emphasis on cell structure, evolution, and life histories. Laboratories will concentrate on examination of living and fixed materials and will include methods of isolation and culturing of protists.

Seminar on current plant ecology and related research topics.

An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

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

Principles of ecology, elemental cycling, hydrology, policy and management of marine and freshwater wetlands.

Plant biology course focused on organisms, including evolution and diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; environmental interactions; community ecology, symbiosis, and the relation of these organisms to human affairs.

Structure and function of cells: cell architecture and organization, cell cycle, membrane phenomena, organellogenesis, energy transduction, and cellular control mechanisms.

Seminar on current topics in plant genetics, molecular biology, and related areas.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

Microbial diversity and physiology; plant and animal diversity, growth, reproduction and physiology; ecology.

Advanced study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of plant biology. Intended for majors in the Division of Biology. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.

Seminar for first-year students with faculty members in topics of interest pertinent to research, academic life, and higher education at the University of Georgia.

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

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.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Provides the opportunity to perform experiments designed to convey the basic principles of plant biology with an emphasis on cell biology, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

Provides the opportunity to perform experiments designed to convey the basic principles of plant biology with an emphasis on cell biology, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, and ecology.

An introduction to genomics and the bioinformatics that underpin genome analyses. Cutting edge technologies, the scientific knowledge arising from their applications, and the societal impacts of genomics will be discussed.

In a research laboratory environment, students will learn how to analyze genomic data using both computational and experimental approaches.

Description: 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 during flowering, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed germination, and morphogenesis.

Description: 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 during flowering, gametogenesis, fertilization, embryogenesis, seed germination, and morphogenesis.

Examination of characteristics of both important species and major vegetation types across Georgia. Survey of causes of spatial and temporal patterns in Georgia vegetation: climate, soils, elevation, diseases, disturbances, and exotic species in current, prehistoric, and near future times. Introduction to commonly encountered species in Athens area and beyond.

Description: An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

The essential elements of biology necessary for a scientist with a background in the quantitative sciences to begin working in the biological sciences. Core biological concepts will be presented with the goal of getting computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians started in understanding biology and finding productive areas of research inquiry.

Methods and applications of gene technology (recombinant DNA) and related concepts in molecular biology. These will include structure and synthesis of macromolecules; cDNA and genomic cloning, polymerase chain reaction; molecular markers and mapping; gene isolation strategies; and various host-vector systems.

Methods and applications of gene technology (recombinant DNA) and related concepts in molecular biology. These will include structure and synthesis of macromolecules; cDNA and genomic cloning, polymerase chain reaction; molecular markers and mapping; gene isolation strategies; and various host-vector systems.

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 of publications drawn from the recent literature.

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 of publications drawn from the recent literature.

Variation and evolution in plants, genotypic and phenotypic patterns, genetic diversity, adaptation, breeding systems, polyploidy, hybridization, apomixis, evolutionary data in population genetics and systematics, literature, experimental design, population sampling. Variation analysis, breeding techniques, data presentation, population analysis, molecular evolution.

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

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

The applicability of advanced theory to multi-species communities. Patterns and processes that influence species composition, diversity, and function. Topics include deterministic vs. stochastic regulation, succession, resource partitioning, patch dynamics, island biogeography, and food webs.

Seminar on current topics in plant genetics, molecular biology, and related areas.

Plant biology course focused on organisms, including evolution and diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; environmental interactions; community ecology, symbiosis, and the relation of these organisms to human affairs.

Investigative laboratory experience concerning the diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and prokaryotes; observational study of the major groups of land plants; human uses of plants and plant products.

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

Cutting-edge research techniques for science majors where students use computational and experimental approaches to determine, often for the first time, what genomes are made of and how they evolve. The focus will be on transposable elements, which comprise over fifty percent of plant and animal genomes.

Survey of economically important plants, their origins, economic development, and their historical and contemporary effects on the development of modern society.

An intensive field, laboratory, and informatics course focused on the biology and evolution of Georgia plants in a local habitat. Methods include those used in experimental field biology, taxonomy, population biology, and DNA-based identification of taxa and their evolutionary history.

Advanced study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of plant biology. Intended for majors in the Division of Biology. Topics and instructors vary from semester to semester.

Individual or small group directed readings from scientific journals in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Individual or small group directed readings from scientific journals in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Laboratory instruction in the methods for manipulation of plants, microbes, and animals for biotechnological purposes.

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 under the supervision of faculty and other collection personnel associated with the Museum of Natural History.

Protists (algae, protozoa, and zoosporic fungi) with an emphasis on cell structure, evolution, and life histories. Laboratories will concentrate on examination of living and fixed materials and will include methods of isolation and culturing of protists.

Protists (algae, protozoa, and zoosporic fungi) with an emphasis on cell structure, evolution, and life histories. Laboratories will concentrate on examination of living and fixed materials and will include methods of isolation and culturing of protists.

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

Evolutionary and ecological concepts as applied to invasive species, including the evolutionary changes that occur when species colonize new geographical areas and on the evolutionary responses of native species to invasion. The laboratory focuses on genetic and ecological methods applicable to field studies of invasive species.

Independent research and research participation in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Independent research and research participation for Honors students in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Independent research and research participation for Honors students in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Independent research and research participation for honors students in a selected area of Plant Biology.

Independent research and research participation for Honors students in a selected area of Plant Biology

Phylogenetic analysis, molecular systematic methods, relationships within the higher plants, algae, and fungi based upon analyses of DNA sequences and DNA-derived markers from nuclear and organellar genomes. Labs: computer-assisted techniques for phylogenetic analysis of macromolecular data; individual projects involving the analysis of DNA sequence data.

Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.

Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.

Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor.

Classroom teaching experience in undergraduate courses under the direct supervision of a faculty member.

Graduate students will instruct undergraduates in laboratory or field techniques, help them evaluate and interpret data, and help them prepare results for publication or public presentation. Graduate students will serve an important role in teaching undergraduates modern methods in biological research in a hands-on manner.

Assessment will involve regular meetings between supervisor, graduate student and undergraduate. Progress will be gauged according to realistic expectations and research plan/procedures.

Graduate student initiated special projects in teaching methods in plant biology and biology.

Assessment will involve regular meetings between the graduate student and supervisor(s). Supervisors will measure progress according to a preliminary plan of study/research, plus regular reports from the student.

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

Faculty-directed, laboratory, or literature research of a botanical problem. Not for thesis or dissertation research.

Seminar on current topics in plant genetics, molecular biology, and related areas.

Participation and review of topics related to seminars delivered by invited guest speakers at departmental seminars. Students are required to attend all department weekly seminars. Each week, students will prepare an overview and summary of the guest speaker's topic for distribution to the rest of the department.

Plant processes which mediate biogeochemical cycling on land. Includes survey of global element cycling, functions of essential elements, element acquisition, translocation and loss by plants, litter decomposition, and methods of estimating standing stocks of elements in and transfer rates of elements between ecosystem components.

Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.

The concepts behind genetic mapping, genome analyses and comparative genomics in plants that help students understand the relationships between genomes at the structural and functional level.

The principles and procedures underlying the establishment of marker-based linkage maps and their application in the establishment of marker-trait associations.

Energy balances, water relations, stomatal physiology, gas exchange, environmental aspects of mineral nutrition, stress physiology, and productivity.

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.

Subjects of current interest in plant research. Current literature and modern analysis of research results. Course is designed to meet the specific research needs of the student.

Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.

Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members.

Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.

Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.

*Repeatable for max of 12 hrs. credit*

Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor.

*Repeatable for max of 12 hrs. credit*