All M.S. candidates take a core curriculum comprising courses recommended from the following categories, attend research seminars, research credits (PLIBIO 699), annual Loomis Lecture and mini-symposium and retreats. Students will take additional courses of interest as directed by their Program of Study (POS) Committee members.

A total of 36 credits including a minimum of 16 course credits are required for a M.S.

1. Basic Core Courses.  Complete the following core courses:

• *STAT 5870--formerly Stat 401 (Statistical Methods for Research Workers), Cr. 4. F., S., SS.
• BBMB 5310 (Plant Biochemistry) Please note that BBMB 5310 has a prerequisite that can be fulfilled by taking (i) BBMB 3160* (Principles of Biochemistry) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. S., (ii) BBMB 4040*   (Biochemistry I), Cr. 3. F., and BBMB 4050* (Biochemistry II), Cr. 3. S.; or by a similar course taken elsewhere, if approved by the IPB Director of Graduate Education. 
• GDCB 5130 (Plant Metabolism), Cr. 2. Alt. F.
• GDCB 5450 (Plant Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology), Cr. 3. Alt. F.
• GR ST 5650  (Responsible Conduct of Research in Science and Engineering) Cr. 1.0. F., S.
• Make two seminar presentations and enroll each term in the Interdepartmental Plant Biology seminar PLBIO 6960. The first seminar must be during the student's first year and is a 20 minutes seminar. The last presentation must be an exit seminar.  Two seminars are counted for M.S. (2 Crs.)

*Stat 5870 and BBMB 3160/4040 can be waived if similar courses were taken elsewhere.

2.  Optional Courses.

• Agron 5160 (Crop Physiology), Cr. 3. S.
• Agron 5380  (Seed Physiology), Cr. 2. Alt F.
• Agron 6250  (Genetic Strategies in Plant Breeding), Cr. 3. Alt. S.
• BBMB 6450  (Molecular Signaling), Cr. 2. Alt. S.
• BBMB 6750  (Nucleic Acid Structure and Function), Cr. 2. Alt. F.
• BBMB 6760  (Biochemistry of Transcription), Cr. 2. Alt. S.
• BCB 5440 (Introduction to Bioinformatics), Cr. 4. Alt. F.
• BIOL 4540  (Plant Anatomy), Cr. 4. F.
• BIOL 4740  (Plant Ecology), Cr. 3. S.
• EEOB 5510 (Plant Evolution & Phylogeny), Cr. 4, F.
• EEOB 5610  (Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics), Cr. 3, Alt. S.
• EEOB 5630 (Molecular Phylogenetics), Cr. 3. F.
• EEOB 5660  (Molecular Evolution), Cr. 3. Alt F.
• GDCB 5100  (Transmission Genetics), Cr. 3. F.
• GDCB 5110  (Advanced Molecular Genetics), Cr. 3. S.
• GDCB 5280  (Cellular Growth and Regulation), Cr. 3. Alt. F.
• Stat 5810--formerly Stat 416 (Analysis of Gene Expression Data for the Biological Sciences), Cr. 3. S.

In addition to the required core courses, a wide selection of courses is available to IPB graduate students for broadening their scientific education. Decisions about which courses are taken and when they are taken are made by the student, initially in consultation with his or her temporary advisor, and then with his or her major advisor and eventually with POS Committee, which also serves as the Thesis or Dissertation Committee.

Please refer to online website for Course availability.