Graduate Degree Programs
Course Number and Descriptive Title Units
Major Courses – 21 units (minimum)
Required:
AGEN205 – Instrumentation for Engineering Research 3
STAT206 – Statistical Methods in Physical Sciences 3
Other Options:
AGEN221 – Agricultural Machinery Systems and Management 3
AGEN223 – Agricultural Machinery Design and Evaluation 3
AGEN224 – Engineering Similitude 3
AGEN232 – Tillage and Soil Dynamics 3
AGEN234 – Expert Systems in Agriculture 3
AGEN241 – Physical Properties of Agricultural Products 3
AGEN243 – Thermal Properties Agricultural Products 3
AGEN244 – Drying and Storage of Agricultural Products 3
AGEN246 – Postharvest Engineering for Agricultural Products 3
AGEN251 – Renewal Energy 3
AGEN252 – Renewable energy 3
AGEN253 – Energy Economics and Systems Modelling 3
AGEN261 – Hydrology 3
AGEN262 – Land and Water Resources and Development 3
AGEN263 – Channel Hydraulics 3
AGEN264 – Design of Irrigation Systems and Management 3
AGEN265 – Land Drainage and Flood Control 3
AGEN273 – Soil Engineering 3
AGEN274 – Headworks and Water Control Structures 3
AGEN291 – Special Topics 1-3
COSC211 – Computer Applications in Engineering 3
MATH211 – Numerical Methods in Engineering 3
Minor/Cognate Courses –9 units (courses from another field of specialization)
AGEN299 – Graduate Seminar 1
AGEN300 –Master’s thesis 6
SUMMARY
Major ___ 21
Minor/Cognate ___ 9
Graduate Seminar ___ 1
Master’s Thesis ___ 6
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Total No. of Units Required 37
Note: a) Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
b) Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
c) After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) and prepare their
Plan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Major Courses – 20 units (minimum) | ||
| 300 level courses: | ||
| PPAT372 – Biological Control of Plant Pathogens | 3 | |
| PPAT381 – Biotechnology in Plant Pathology | 3 | |
| PPAT390 – Special Problem | 2 | |
| PPAT391 – Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| 200 level courses * | ||
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| PPAT399 – Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| PPAT400 – Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SUMMARY | ||
| Major | 20 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 12 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| Special Skills ** | (6) | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 45 | |
Note:
*Refer to Master of Science in Plant Pathology Curriculum Guide
**As prescribed by the Graduate Advisory Committee
- Cognate/minor courses are courses of 1 or 2 other field(s) of specialization
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Core Course | ||
| HORT304 – Reproductive Crop Physiology | 3 | |
| Major Courses | ||
| HORT306 – Physiology and Biochemistry of Plant Growth Regulators | 3 | |
| HORT311 – Advanced Postharvest Physiology of Perishable Crops II | 3 | |
| HORT373 – Advanced Plant Tissue Culture II | 3 | |
| HORT391 – Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| 200 level courses * | ||
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| HORT399 – Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| HORT400 – Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SUMMARY | ||
| Major | 20 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 12 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Special Skills ** | (6) | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 45 | |
Note:
*Refer to Master of Science in Horticulture Curriculum Guide
**As prescribed by the Graduate Advisory Committee
- Cognate/minor courses are courses of 1 or 2 other field(s) of specialization
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Core Course 6 Units | ||
| Crop Production and Management | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | 3 | |
| Crop Physiology | ||
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| Ecological Agriculture | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO322 - Organic Field Crops Production | 3 | |
| Seed Science and Technology | ||
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | ||
| Forage and Pasture | ||
| AGRO323 - Pasture and Forage Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | ||
| Major Courses 15 Units | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO319 - Methods in Field Crop Research | 3 | |
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | 3 | |
| AGRO322 - Organic Field Crops Production | 3 | |
| AGRO323 - Pasture and Forage Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO398 - Graduate Colloquium | 1 | |
| AGRO399A - Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| AGRO399B - Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| AGRO400 - Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SOIL211 - Advanced Soil Fertility | 3 | |
| AGRO212 - Field Crop Production and Management | 3 | |
| AGRO213 - Nutrient Management of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO214 - Physiological Aspects of Crop Production | 3 | |
| AGRO215 - Applied Field Crop Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO216- Advances in Root and Tuber Crop Production and Utilization | 3 | |
| AGRO241 - Advances in Cropping Systems | 3 | |
| AGRO242 - Advances in Legumes Production | 3 | |
| AGRO243 - Advances in Forage and Pasture Management and Utilization | 3 | |
| AGRO244 - Advances in Cereal Production | 3 | |
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| SUMMARY | ||
| Core Course | 6 | |
| Major Course | 15 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 12 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 2 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Colloquium | 1 | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 48 | |
Note:
- Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Core Course 15 Units | ||
| Field of Specialization Courses (2 courses or 6 units minimum) | ||
| Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition | ||
| SOIL311 - Advances in the Mineral Nutrition of Plants | 3 | |
| SOIL317 - Soil-Plant Interrelationships | 3 | |
| Soil Ecology | ||
| SOIL313 - Applied Plant-Soil Microbe Interactions | 3 | |
| SOIL319 - Soil Ecology | 3 | |
| Soil Conservation and Management | ||
| SOIL214 - Advances in Soil and Water Conservation | 3 | |
| SOIL218 - Geospatial Methods in Soil and Water Resources Management | 3 | |
| Soil Chemistry | ||
| SOIL215 - Advanced Soil Chemistry | 3 | |
| SOIL315 - Soil Biogeochemistry | 3 | |
| Pedology | ||
| SOIL312 - Soils of the World | 3 | |
| SOIL318 - Advances in Pedology | 3 | |
| Soil Micobiology | ||
| SOIL213 - Advanced Soil Microbiology | 3 | |
| SOIL219 - Soil Organic Matter | 3 | |
| SOIL PHYSICS | ||
| SOIL216 - Advanced Soil Physics | 3 | |
| SOIL316 - Environmental Applications of Soil Physics | 3 | |
| Other Core Courses 15 Units | ||
| SOIL211 - Advanced Soil Fertility | 3 | |
| SOIL212 - Genesis, Morphology and Classificaiton of Soils | 3 | |
| SOIL213 - Advanced Soil Microbiology | 3 | |
| SOIL215 - Advanced Soil Chemistry | 3 | |
| SOIL216 - Advanced Soil Physics | 3 | |
| SOIL217 - Land Resource Evaluation | 3 | |
| SOIL219 - Soil Organic Matter | 3 | |
| SOIL220 - Methods in Soil Science Research | 3 | |
| SOIL316 - Environmental Applications of Soil Physics | 3 | |
| SOIL390 - Special Topics | 3 | |
| SOIL400- Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| SUMMARY | ||
| Core Course | 6 | |
| Major Course | 15 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 12 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 2 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Colloquium | 1 | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 48 | |
Note:
- Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
Curriculum Guide: Doctor of Philosophy in Horticulture New Curriculum
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Core Course 18 units | ||
| HORT304 – Reproductive Crop Physiology | 3 | |
| HORT306 – Physiology and Biochemistry of Plant Growth Regulators | 3 | |
| HORT311 – Advanced Postharvest Physiology of Perishable Crops II | 3 | |
| HORT373 – Advanced Plant Tissue Culture II | 3 | |
| HORT391 – Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| 200 level courses * | ||
| HORT217 – Methods in Crop Science Research | 3 | |
| HORT209 – Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| HORT211 – Advance Postharvest Physiology of Perishable Crop | 3 | |
| HORT214 – Advance Plantation Crop Production and Management | 3 | |
| HORT216 – Applied Horticultural Crop Physiology | 3 | |
| HORT221 – Advance Plant Propagation and Nursery Management | 3 | |
| HORT222 – Advance Ornamental Horticulture | 3 | |
| HORT241 – Advance Vegetable Crop Production and Management | 3 | |
| HORT243 – Advance Fruit Crop Production and Management | 3 | |
| HORT252 – Postharvest Biochemistry of Horticultural Crops | 3 | |
| HORT273 – Advance Plant Tissue Culture | 3 | |
| HORT291 – Special Topics | 3 | |
| HORT292a – Elective Course | 3 | |
| HORT292b – Elective Course | 3 | |
| Minor/Cognate Courses –6units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| HORT399 – Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| HORT400 – Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SUMMARY | ||
| Core | 18 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 6 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 37 | |
Note:
*Refer to Master of Science in Horticulture Curriculum Guide
**As prescribed by the Graduate Advisory Committee
- Cognate/minor courses are courses of 1 or 2 other field(s) of specialization
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
Curriculum Guide: Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy New Curriculum
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Core Course 6 Units | ||
| Crop Production and Management | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | 3 | |
| Crop Physiology | ||
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| Ecological Agriculture | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO322 - Organic Field Crops Production | 3 | |
| Seed Science and Technology | ||
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | ||
| Forage and Pasture | ||
| AGRO323 - Pasture and Forage Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | ||
| Major Courses 12 Units (Minimum) | ||
| AGRO317 - Characteristics and Dynamics of Agroecosystems | 3 | |
| AGRO318 - Stress Physiology of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO319 - Methods in Field Crop Research | 3 | |
| AGRO320 - Feild Crop Seed Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO321 - Advanced Field Crop Seed Technology | 3 | |
| AGRO322 - Organic Field Crops Production | 3 | |
| AGRO323 - Pasture and Forage Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO398 - Graduate Colloquium | 1 | |
| AGRO399A - Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| AGRO399B - Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| AGRO400 - Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| AGRO212 - Field Crop Production and Management | 3 | |
| AGRO213 - Nutrient Management of Field Crops | 3 | |
| AGRO214 - Physiological Aspects of Crop Production | 3 | |
| AGRO215 - Applied Field Crop Physiology | 3 | |
| AGRO216 - Advances in Root and Tuber Crop Production and Utilization | 3 | |
| AGRO241 - Advances in Cropping Systems | 3 | |
| AGRO242 - Advances in Legumes Production | 3 | |
| AGRO243 - Advances in Forage and Pasture Management and Utilization | 3 | |
| AGRO244 - Advances in Cereal Production | 3 | |
| Minor/Cognate Courses –6 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| SUMMARY | ||
| Core Course | 6 | |
| Major Course | 12 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 6 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 2 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Colloquium | 1 | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 39 | |
Note:
- Not more than 6 units of 100 level courses may be credited for the degree program
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Major Courses – 20 units (minimum) | ||
| ENTO213 – Acarology | 3 | |
| ENTO215 – Aquatic Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO216 – Stored Products Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO217 – Insect Pathology | 3 | |
| ENTO221 – Insect Morphology | 3 | |
| ENTO228 – Advanced Insect Physiology | 3 | |
| ENTO229 – Insect Behavior | 3 | |
| ENTO241 – Immature Insects | 3 | |
| ENTO242 – Taxonomy of Parasitoids and Predators | 3 | |
| ENTO252 – Insect Ecology | 3 | |
| ENTO262 – Insecticide Toxicology | 3 | |
| ENTO390 – Special Problem | 2 | |
| ENTO391 – Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| 200 level courses * | ||
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| ENTO399 – Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| ENTO400 – Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SUMMARY | ||
| Major | 20 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 12 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Special Skills ** | (6) | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 45 | |
Note:
*Refer to Master of Science in Entomology Curriculum Guide
**As prescribed by the Graduate Advisory Committee
- Cognate/minor courses are courses of 1 or 2 other field(s) of specialization
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
Curriculum Guide: Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology New Curriculum
| Course Number and Descriptive Title | Units | |
| Major Courses – 15 units (minimum) | ||
| ENTO314 – Forensic Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO315 – Aquatic Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO316 – Stored Products Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO341 – Immature Insects | 3 | |
| ENTO342 – Taxonomy of Parasitoids and Predators | 3 | |
| ENTO374 – Industrial Applications of Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO376 – Desinging Biological Control Programs | 3 | |
| ENTO390 – Special Problem | 3 | |
| ENTO391 – Special Topics | 3 | |
| Other major courses a – 15 units (minimum) | ||
| ENTO213 – Aquatic Entomology | 3 | |
| ENTO217 – Insect Pathology | 3 | |
| ENTO221 – Comparative Insect Morphology | 3 | |
| ENTO228 – Insect Morphology | 3 | |
| ENTO229 – Insect Behavior | 3 | |
| ENTO252 – Insect Ecology | 3 | |
| ENTO262 – Insecticide Toxicology | 3 | |
| ENTO263 – Insect Genetics | 3 | |
| PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management | 3 | |
| PPRT207 – Resistance to Plant Pests | 3 | |
| PPRT255/WDSC255 – Weed-Insect-Pathogen Interaction | 3 | |
| PPRT264 – Practical Bioinformatics | 3 | |
| PPRT284 – Biological Transmission of Plant Pathogens | 3 | |
| 3 | ||
| Minor/Cognate Courses –12 units (courses from 1 or 2 other fields of specialization) | ||
| ENTO399 – Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| ENTO400 – Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | |
| SUMMARY | ||
| Major | 15 | |
| Minor/Cognate | 9 | |
| Graduate Seminar | 1 | |
| Dissertation | 12 | |
| Total No. of Units Required | 37 | |
Note:
*Refer to Master of Science in Entomology Curriculum Guide
**As prescribed by the Graduate Advisory Committee
- Not more than 6 units of 200 level courses may be credited for the degree program
- Odd and even numbered courses are offered during the first and second semester of the school year, respectively.
- After the first term, graduate students are required to form their Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) andPlan of Course Work ( PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
