Courses in Plant Breeding at NCSU

List of graduate (undergraduate) courses by department

Graduate students working toward a degree in plant breeding will major in a commodity-based department (Crop Science, Forestry, Horticultural Science) and minor in Genetics (M.S. students are not required to have a minor).

In order to minor in Genetics, a student should include a member of the Genetics faculty on his or her graduate committee, and take GN 701, GN 702, GN 703, and ST 511. Please contact our plant breeding faculty for more information.

Plant Breeding Core Courses:

• For MS and PhD degree candidates
  • HS 703 Breeding asexually propagated crops
  • CS,GN 719 Origin and evolution of crop plants
  • CS,GN,HS 720 Molecular biology in plant breeding
  • CS,GN,HS 741 Plant breeding methods (CS741 syllabus) (HS741 syllabus)
• For PhD degree candidates
  • CS,GN,HS 745 Quantitative genetics in plant breeding
  • CS,GN,HS 746 Breeding methods
  • CS,GN,HS,PP 748 Breeding for pest resistance
  • CS,GN,HS 860 Plant breeding laboratory
  • CS,GN,HS 861 Plant breeding laboratory

Plant-Breeding-Related Courses:

• Animal Science (ANS course list)
  • ANS,GN 713 Quantitative genetics and breeding
• Bioinformatics (BI course list)
  • BI 501 Bioinformatics I
  • BI 502 Bioinformatics II
• Biotechnology (BIT course list)
  • BIT 468 Genome mapping
  • BIT 810 Core technologies in molecular and cellular biology
  • BIT 815A Computer analysis of DNA sequence
  • BIT 815B Polymerase chain reaction technologies
  • BIT 815I Instrumentation and automation for genomics
• Crop Science (CS course list)
  • CS 685/HS 885 MS/PhD supervised teaching
  • CS 690/HS 890 MS final/PhD preliminary examination
  • CS 695/HS 895 MS thesis/PhD dissertation research
• Entomology (ENT course list)
  • ENT 762 Insect pest management in agricultural crops
  • ENT 791R Insects and plants
• Forestry (FOR course list)
  • FOR,GN 725 Forest genetics
• Genetics (GN course list)
  • GN 513 Advanced genetics
  • GN 701 Molecular genetics
  • GN 702 Cellular and developmental genetics
  • GN 703 Population and quantitative genetics
• Genomic Science (GS course list)
  • GS 735 Introduction to genomic science
  • GS 811 Journal club
• Horticultural Science (HS course list)
  • HS 685/HS 885 MS/PhD supervised teaching
  • HS 690/HS 890 MS final/PhD preliminary examination
  • HS 695/HS 895 MS thesis/PhD dissertation research
  • HS 699/HS 899 MS thesis/PhD dissertation preparation

Plant-Breeding-Related Courses (continued):

• Plant Pathology (PP course list)
  • PP 500 Plant disease: principles, diagnosis and management
  • PP,BO,MB 501 Fungi and their interaction with plants
  • PP,CS,HS 502 Plant disease: methods and diagnosis
  • PP,MB 503 Bacteria and their interactions with plants
  • PP 504 Plant nematology
  • PP 505 Introductory plant virology
  • PP 506 Epidemiology and plant disease control
• Statistics (ST course list)
  • ST 511 Experimental statistics for biological sciences I
  • ST 512 Experimental statistics for biological sciences II
  • ST 524 Statistics in plant science
  • ST 711 Design of experiments
  • ST,GN 721 Genetic data analysis
  • ST,GN 757 Statistics for molecular quantitative genetics
  • ST,GN 770 Statistical concepts in genetics

Other Courses of Interest:

• Agric. Exten. Ed. (AEE course list)
  • AEE 735 Effective teaching in agricultural and life sciences (AEE735 syllabus)
• Botany (BO course list)
  • BO 733 Plant growth and development
  • BO 751 Advanced plant physiology I
  • BO 752 Advanced plant physiology II
  • BO 754 Lab for advanced plant physiology II
• Crop Science (CS course list)
  • CS 713 Physiological aspects of crop production
• English (ENG course list)
  • ENG 610A Advanced writing for academic research
• Horticultural Science (HS course list)
  • HS 701 Carborhydrate metabolism
  • HS 703 Breeding asexually propagated crops
  • HS 704 Plant nomenclature
  • HS 705 Physiology of flowering
  • HS 706 Postharvest physiology
  • HS 707 Environmental stress physiology
  • HS 717 Weed management systems
  • HS 790A Plant hormone biology
  • HS 801 Seminar techniques and technology (HS801 syllabus)
• Management (BUS course list)
  • BUS 590 Business management for non-majors