Core DPM Courses

Competency Area, Credits Course Number Course Name1 Credits
Plant, Soil, &
Weed Science
(21-22 credits)		 AGR 6422 or
HOS 6412		 Environmental Crop Nutrition or
Nutrition of Horticultural Plants		 3
AGR 6442 or
HOS 6932		 Physiology of Agronomic Plants or Horticultural Physiology 4 or 3
AGR 5511 Crop Ecology2 3
PLS 5632 Integrated Weed Management 3
PLS 6655 Plant Herbicide Interactions 3
SOS 5116 Environmental Nutrient Management 3
SOS 6136 Soil Fertility 3
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Entomology & Nematology
(22 credits) 		ENY 6166 Insect Classification 3
ENY 5611 Immature Insects 4
ENY 6651C Insect Toxicology 3
ENY 5241 Biological Control of Insects 4
ENY 5245 Agricultural Acarology 2
ENY 5936 Insect Pests and Vector Management 3
NEM 5707C Plant Nematology 3
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Plant Pathology
(18 credits )		 PLP 6262C Fungal Plant Pathogens 4
PLP 6241C Bacterial Plant Pathogens 3
PLP 6223C Plant Virology 4
PLP 6404 Epidemiology of Plant Disease 4
PLP 5102 Plant Disease Control 3
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Other
(13 credits) 		AEB 4123 Agricultural and Natural Resource Law 3
ALS 6931 Plant Medicine Program Seminar3 3-4
ALS 6925 Integrated Plant Medicine 4
AGR 5305 Principles of Pesticides 3
Total credits =
74-754		      
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1Information on course description may be found in the Graduate Catalog.

2Students without extensive academic training/experience in agriculture may take Agricultural Ecology (ALS 5136, 3 credits) as an alternative to AGR 5511 on the advice of their supervisory committee and/or the program director.

3Students may substitute Colloquium on Plant Pests of Regulatory Significance (ALS 6921) for the seminar.

4Students must complete 15-16 additional credits of elective courses and this may include coursework also applied to graduate certificates.