Graduate Degree Programs

Course Number and Descriptive Title Units

Core Course – 6 units

PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management 3

PPRT207 – Plant Resistance to Pests 3

Major Courses *– 15 units (minimum)

PPRT251 – Ecology of Pests 3

PPRT253 – Environmental Plant Protection 3

PPRT255 – Weed-Insect-Pathogen Interaction 3

PPRT284 – Biological Transmission of Plant Pathogens 3

PPRT291 – Special Topics 1-3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

PPRT299 – Graduate Seminar 1

PPRT300 – Master’s Thesis 6

SUMMARY

Core Courses ___ 6

Major ___ 15

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

Core Course – 6 units

PPRT206 – Integrated Pest Management 3

PPRT207 – Plant Resistance to Pests 3

Major Courses * – 15 units (minimum)

PPAT212 – Post Harvest Pathology 3

PPAT214 – Advanced Plant Virology 3

PPAT215 – Advanced Phytobacteriology 3

PPAT216 – Advanced Mycology 3

PPAT217 – Plant Pathogenic Fungi 3

PPAT218 – Advanced Nematology 3

PPAT219 – Soilborne Pathogens and Mycorrhiza 3

PPAT221 – Anatomy of Diseased Plants 3

PPAT226 – Physiological Plant Pathology 3

PPAT231 – Microbial Genetics 3

PPAT233 – Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions 3

PPAT248 – Taxonomy of Nematodes 3

PPAT251 – Epidemiology of Plant Diseases 3

PPAT271 – Advances in Plant Disease Control 3

PPAT291 – Special Topics 1-3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

PPAT299 – Graduate Seminar 1

PPAT300 – Master’s Thesis 6

SUMMARY

Core Courses ___ 6

Major ___ 15

Minor/Cognate ___ 9

Graduate Seminar ___ 1

Master’s Thesis ___ 6

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Total No. of Units Required 37

Course Number and Descriptive Title Units

Core Course – 6 units

AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3
AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Dev’t. 3

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

ANSC212 – Advanced Swine Production 3

ANSC221 – Advanced Poultry Production 3

ANSC231 – Advanced Ruminant Production 3

ANSC241 – Feed Formulation and Quality Control 3

ANSC242 – Non-Ruminant Nutrition 3

ANSC243 – Ruminant Nutrition 3

ANSC245 – Pasture and Forage Utilization 3

ANSC251 – Advanced Animal Breeding 3

ANSC252 – Reproductive Physiology of Farm Animals 3

ANSC253 – Endocrinology 3

ANSC254 – Artificial Insemination in Farm Animals 3

ANSC291 – Special Topics 1-3

ANSC298 – Statistical Methods in Animal Science Research 3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

ANSC299 – Graduate Seminar 1

ANSC290 – Special Problem 2

SUMMARY

Major ___ 24

Minor/Cognate ___ 9

Graduate Seminar ___ 1

Special Problem ___ 2

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Total No. of Units Required 42

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) and prepare their Plan of Course Work (PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.

Title and Description of Courses Units

Core Course – 6 units

AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3

AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Dev’t. 3

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

Required:

DEVC205 – Communication Science 3

Other Options:

DEVC211 – Communication and Rural Change 3

DEVC212 – Educational Communication Technology 3

DEVC213 – Communication and Development 3

DEVC214 – Organizational Communication 3

DEVC218 – Communication and Culture 3

DEVC224 – Communication Policies and Planning 3

DEVC231 – Communication and Development Intervention 3

DEVC232 – Evaluation of Communication Materials & Projects 3

DEVC234 – Educational Communication Systems Mgt. 3

DEVC235 – Communication of Scientific and Technical Information 3

DEVC242 – Knowledge Systems 3

DEVC251 – Advanced Audiovisual Communication 3

DEVC291 – Special Topics 1-3

DEVC295 – Statistics for Communication Research 3

DEVC298 – Communication Research 3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

DEVC299 – Graduate Seminar 1

DEVC290 – Special Problem 2

SUMMARY

Major ___ 24

Minor/Cognate ___ 9

Graduate Seminar ___ 1

Special Problem ___ 2

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Total No. of Units Required 42

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) 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

Core Course – 6 units

AGDE201 – Rural Development Theories and Approaches 3

AGDE202 – Problems and Issues in Agricultural and Rural Dev’t. 3

Major Courses – 24 units (minimum)

AGRO212 – Field Crop Production and Management 3

AGRO213 – Manuring of field Crops 3

AGRO214 – Physiological Aspects of Crop Production 3

AGRO215 – Applied Field Crop Physiology 3

AGRO220 – Root Crops 3

AGRO241 – Advanced Cropping Systems 3

AGRO242 – Advanced Legume Production 3

AGRO243 – Advanced Forage and Pasture Mgt. and Utilization 3

AGRO244 – Advanced Cereal Production 3

AGRO291 – Special Topics 1-3

Minor/Cognate Courses – 9 units (courses from another field of specialization)

AGRO299 – Graduate Seminar 1

AGRO290 – Special Problem 2

SUMMARY

Major ___ 24

Minor/Cognate ___ 9

Graduate Seminar ___ 1

Special Problem ___ 2

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Total No. of Units Required 42

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) and prepare their Plan of Course Work (PCW). Forms can be secured at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School.