Plant Biology (PhD)
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| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | 15-16 | ||
| Special Topics Botany (Functional Plant Biology) 1 | |||
| Plant Anatomy 1 | |||
| Topical Problems (Botany Colloquium) | |||
| Statistical Methods For Researchers I 1 | |||
| Introduction to Research Ethics (or equivalent ethics course) | |||
| Plant Functional Ecology 1 | |||
or PB 503 | Systematic Botany | ||
| Teaching / Research Courses | 2-12 | ||
| Doctoral Supervised Teaching | |||
| Doctoral Supervised Research | |||
| Plant Biology Course | 3 | ||
| Select one PB prefix course 2 | |||
| Additional Courses | 41-52 | ||
| Additional Courses are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total hours | |||
| Total Hours | 72 | ||
| 1 | The course must be taken for a letter grade. |
| 2 | "Plant Biology Course" is determined in conjunction with the academic committee |
Additional Requirements
Ph.D. degree students complete the required courses and other courses for 72 total credit hours (at the 500 level or above). They must also pass a written and oral preliminary exam, and defend a dissertation.
Full Professors
- Adrian John Percy
Associate professors
- Jose Miguel Alonso
- Richard L. Blanton
- Kent Oliver Burkey
- Joann M. Burkholder
- Susan B. Carson
- Ralph E. Dewey
- Robert Graham Franks
- Amy Michele Grunden
- Candace Hope Haigler
- Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
- Christine Veronica Hawkes
- William A. Hoffmann
- Shuijin Hu
- James E. Mickle
- Thomas W. Rufty Jr.
- Jean B. Ristaino
- Heike Inge Ada Sederoff
- William F. Thompson
- Ross W. Whetten
- Qiuyun Xiang
- Deyu Xie
- Tzung Fu Hsieh
- Slavko Komarnytsky
- Alexander Krings
- Xu Li
- Terri A.Long
- Marcela Pierce
- Rosangela Sozzani
- Anna N. Stepanova
- Jillian Marie De Gezelle
- Chad Victor Jordan
- Imara Yasmin Perera
- Carole H. Saravitz
- Nina S. Allen
- Udo Blum
- Wendy F. Boss
- Rebecca S. Boston
- Margaret E. Daub
- Roger C. Fites
- James W. Hardin
- Walter Webb Heck
- Rongda Qu
- Jon M. Stucky
- Judith F. Thomas
- C. Gerald VanDyke
- Thomas R. Wentworth
Assistant professors
- Orlando Arguello-Miranda
- Colleen Jennifer Doherty
- Manuel Kleiner
- William Kevin Petry
- Seema Nayan Sheth