Plant Biology (PhD)
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Associate professors
- Jose Miguel Alonso
- Richard L. Blanton
- Joann M. Burkholder
- Robert Graham Franks
- Amy Michele Grunden
- Candace Hope Haigler
- Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
- Christine Veronica Hawkes
- William A. Hoffmann
- Shuijin Hu
- Heike Inge Ada Sederoff
- William F. Thompson
- Deyu Xie
- Tzung Fu Hsieh
- 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
Assistant Professors
- Orlando Arguello-Miranda
- Mallory Choudoir
- Colleen Jennifer Doherty
- Manuel Kleiner
- Zhe Lyu
- William Kevin Petry
- Kasie Raymann
- Seema Nayan Sheth