Recommended Elective Courses by Department

Recommended Electives Course Number Course Name* Prerequisite(s) Credits Semester

Agriculture

ALS
4932

Application of Critical Thinking Skills to the Research Process

-

2

F

ALS 5036

Contemporary Issues In Science

-

2

S

ALS 5932

Communicating Science

 -

1

SS

ALS 5932

International Studies

-

3

SS

ALS 5932

Ethnoecology

 -

3

F
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Agricultural
and Biological Engineering		 ABE 4231C Irrigation and Drainage Engineering Prerequisite: ABE 3212C
Co-requisites: CWR 3201 or EGN 3353C

4

F
ABE 4413C

Postharvest Operations Engineering

ABE 3612C

3

S
ABE 5646

Agricultural and Biological Systems Simulation

MAC 2312,
CGS 3460 or CIS 3020

3

S
ABE 5707C

Agricultural Waste Management

4 or higher classification

3

F
ABE 6644

Agricultural Decision Systems

Knowledge of MS Windows is assumed. Knowledge and experience with some programming language such as C++, Pascal or BASIC assumed. Basic knowledge of HTML assumed. Access to  personal computer required.  Students should bring a notebook computer with wireless connection to class.

3

S
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Agricultural Education
and
Communication
AEE 3030C

Effective Oral Communication

-

3

F, S

AEE 4035

Advanced Agricultural Communication Writing

AEE 3070C and AEE 4031 or JOU 3101, with a C or better.

3

S

AEE 4036
or
AEE 5037

Advanced Agricultural Communication Production

AEE 3070; can be repeated with change in content up to 6 credits.
AEE 5541

3

S

AEE 4905

Global Leadership

instructor permission

3

F

AEE 5454

Leadership Development for Extension and Community Nonprofit Organizations

-

3

S

AEE 6300

Methodology of Planned Change

-

3

F

AEE 6512

Program Development in Extension Education

-

3

F

AEE 6552

Evaluating Programs in Extension Education

-

3

F

AEE 6905

Beginning Extension Faculty

consent of department chair

3

S

AEE 6905

Land Grant University

consent of department chair

2

S
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Agricultural Operation Management

AOM 3734

Irrigation Principles and Practices in Florida

Mac 1147

3

S

AOM 4434

Precision Agriculture

Junior standing

3

S

AOM 4455

Agricultural Operations and Systems

MAC 1147; Computer Course

3

S

AOM 5435

Advanced Precision Agriculture

Graduate student standing or permission of instructor

3

F

AOM 6932

Safety Management

-

3

F
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Agronomy
AGR 5215C
Integrated Field Crop Science

-

3

SS
AGR 5230C Florida Grassland Agroecosystems

-

4

S
AGR 5307

Molecular Genetics for Crop Improvement

AGR 3303

3

S
AGR 5321C

Genetic Improvement of Plants

AGR 3303 (Basic course in genetics)

3

F

AGR 5444

Ecophysiology of Crop Production

AGR 3005 (Principles of Crop Science) or equivalent

3

S

AGR 6932

Integrated Agriculture Travel Course

Prereq: AGG 3501 or AGR 3005 or AGR 4214C.

3

SS

AGR 6932

Bioenery Crops

-

3

F

AGR 6932

Water and Plant Production

-

1

S

AGR 6933

Graduate Agronomy Seminar

-

1

F,S
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Botany		 BOT 5225C

Plant Anatomy

BOT 2011C or 3303C; or
consent of instructor.

4

F
BOT 5505C

Intermediate Plant Physiology

BOT
3503/3503L and CHM 2200/2200L or equivalent.

3

S
BOT 5625

Plant Geography

BOT 3151C or 5725C

2

F
BOT 5655C

Physiological Plant Ecology

basic plant physiology or consent of instructor.

3

F
BOT 5685C

Tropical Botany

elementary biology/botany;
consent of instructor

5

SS

BOT 6516

Plant Metabolism

BOT 5505C, BCH 4024

3

S

BOT 6566

Plant Growth and Development

BOT 5505C.

3

F

BOT 6935

Seedling Ecology

 -

1

S
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Entomology/ Nematology		 ALS 5136 Agricultural Ecology Principles and Applications

-

3

F
ENY 5160C

Survey of Science with Insects

-

3

SS
ENY 5223C

Biology and Identification of Urban Pests

-

3

F
ENY 5226C

Principles of Urban Pest Management

-

3

S, SS

ENY 5228

Graduate Survey of Urban Vertebrate Pest Management

-

2

S , SS

ENY 5820

Insect Molecular Genetics

-

3

S

ENY 6203

Insect Ecology

Special emphasis on evolutionary and population aspects. PCB 3034C or 4044C
Coreq: ENY 6203L

3

F

ENY 6931

Graduate Seminar

-

1

S

ENY 6931

Entomology Seminar

-

1

F

NEM 6931

Nematology Seminar

-

1

S
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Environmental
Horticulture		 ALS 5934 Graduate Professional Development Seminar

-

2

F
HOS 5115C

Horticultural Plant Morphology and Identification

for graduate students who have not taken ORH 3513C

3

SS
HOS 5515C

Greenhouse and Nursery Operations

For graduate students needing introduction to the principles of planning, organizing, and managing production operations. Not open to students who have taken ORH 3254.

3

F
HOS 6932

Advanced Turfgrass Culture

-

3

F
PLS 5222C

Propagation of Horticultural Crops

For students who have not taken PLS 3221

3

F
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Food and Resource Economics

AEB 3122

Financial Planning for Agribusiness

-

3

F

AEB 3133

Principles of Agribusiness Management

-

3

F

AEB 3144

Introduction to Agricultural Finance

-

3

S, SS

AEB 3300

Agricultural and Food Marketing

AEB 3103 or AEB 2014 or ECO 2023 or ECO 2013

3

S

AEB 4085

Agricultural Risk Management and the Law

-

2

F

AEB 4138

Advanced Agribusiness Management

AEB 3103 and AEB 3144

3

F

AEB 4224

U.S. Food and Agricultural Policy

AEB 3103 or ECO 2023

3

F

AEB 4242

International Trade Policy in Agriculture

AEB 3103 or ECO 2023

3

F

AEB 4274

Natural Resource and Environmental Policy

AEB 3103 or ECO 2023

3

F, S

AEB 4283

International Development Policy

AEB 3103 or AEB 2014 or ECO 2013 or ECO 2023

3

SS

AEB 4342

Agribusiness and Food Marketing Management

AEB 3133

3

S

AEB 4424

Human Resources Management in Agribusiness

-

3

F, SS

AEB 4931

Agricultural Economic Leadership

-

VAR

S

AEB 5167

Economic Analysis in Small Farm Livelihood Systems

-

3

F

AEB 5188

Economics of Agribusiness Decisions

AEB
3103 or ECO 2023

3

F

AEB 5326

Agribusiness Financial Management

ACG
2021C

3

F

AEB 6145

Agricultural Finance

AEB 3144 or FIN 3403

3

S

AEB 6225

Public Policy and the Agribusiness Firm

-

3

F

AEB 6385

Management Strategies for Agribusiness Firms

ECO 3101

3

F

AEB 6674

International Agricultural
Trade and Policy

ECO 3703,
AEB 6106

3

S

AEB 6675

International Agribusiness Marketing

AEB
5188

3

S

AEB 6933

Agribusiness Risk Management

-

3

F

AEB 6933

Advanced Comparative World Agriculture

-

3

S

AEB 6933

Latin American Economic Agricultural Development

-

3

S

AEB 6933

Natural Resources and Environmental Policies

-

3

S

AEB 6933

Women in African
Agriculture

-

3

S

AEB 6933

Strategic Agribusiness Management

-

3

SS
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Forest Resources
and Conservation

FOR 5626

Forest Resource Management

-

3

F

FOR 6628

Community Forest Management

-

3

F

FOR 6933

Seminar

-

1

F, S

FOR 6934

Ecology and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

-

3

S

FOR 6934

Integrated GPS-INS

-

3

S

FOR 6934

Forest Water Resources Management

-

3

S

FOR 6934

Fire ecology and Management

-

3

S

SUR 4380

Remote Sensing

Requires 4 FY - GEM classification or instructor’s permission

3

S

SUR 5365

Digital Mapping

consent of instructor

3

F

SUR 5385

Remote Sensing Applications

consent of
instructor

3

F

SUR 5625

Geographic Information Systems Analysis

introductory GIS course

3

S
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Geography

GEO 3930

Introduction to Climate Change

-

3

F

GEO 4938

Food and Agriculture in Africa

-

3

F
GEO 5134C

Remote Sensing

Senior Standing (4037), Graduate Standing (5134c), or Permission of Instructor

4

F, S

GEO 6938

Food and Agriculture in Africa

-

3

F

GEO 6938

Land Cover Land Use Change Course

-

VAR

S

GEO 6938

Climatology

-

3

S

GIS 3043

Foundations of Geographic Information Systems

2000-level human geography course, GEO 2200 and GEO 3162C

4

F, S
GIS
4037
(GEO 5134C)

Digital Image Processing

permission of instructor

4

F, S
GIS 5008C

Maps and Graphs

graduate standing

4

F

GIS 5306

Geographic Information Systems Applications in
Environmental Systems

GEO 3171 or equivalent, consent
of instructor

3

F

MET 3503

Weather and Forecasting

GEO 2242 or MET 1010 or GEO 2200,or permission

3

S

MET 6530

Hurricanes

familiarity with basic meteorology

3

F
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Horticultural Science
HOS 5085C
Principles of Postharvest Horticulture

BOT 3503 and BCH 3023  or equivalent

3

F

HOS 5330

 Postharvest Technologies for Horticultural Crops

-

2

S

HOS 5555

Tropical Fruit Production and Research in Florida

-

3

SS

HOS 6345

Environmental Physiology

BOT 3503 or
consent of instructor

4

F

HOS 6535

Woody Plant Physiology

BOT 3503 or
equivalent

2

F

HOS 6931

Horticultural Science Seminar

-

1

F, S

HOS 6932

Advanced Horticultural Physiology

-

3

S

HOS 6932

Case Studies

-

2

S

HOS 6932

Weed Management for Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems

-

3

S

HOS 6932

Advanced Landscape and Turfgrass Management

-

3

S

HOS 6932

Greenhouse and Protected Vegetable Production

-

3

S

HOS 6932

Food Phytochemicals

-

3

SS

ORH 5086

 Advanced Golf and Sports Turf Management

for graduate students who have not taken ORH 4223.

2

S
PLS 5241C Advanced Plant Micropropagation

PLS 3221
or consent of instructor

4

S
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Management

MAN 4301

Human Resource Management

MAN 3025, with C or better grade

4

F,  SS

MAN 5246

Organizational Behavior

-

2

F

MAN 5265

Managing Groups and Teams

-

1

F,  SS

MAN 6366

Organizational Staffing

-

2

F

MAN 6447

Art and Science of Negotiation

-

2

F

MAN 6537

Managing Technology in Organizations

MAN
5246 or equivalent

2

F

MAN 6636

Global Strategic Management

-

2

SS

MAN 6724

Strategic Management

-

2

F
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Plant
Pathology 		PLP 5115C

Citrus Pathology

PLP 3002C/
5005C

3

F
PLP 5656C

Mycology

BOT 2011C, 3303C, or PLP
3002C/5005C

5

F
PLP 6932

Seminar in Plant Pathology

-

1

F
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Soil and
Water
Science

SOS 5132

Tropical Soil Management

SOS 3022 or 5050

3

S

SOS 5234

Environmental Soil, Water, and Land Use

SOS 3022 or SOS 5050 or equivalent

3

F

SOS 5245

Water Resource Sustainability

-

3

S
SOS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology

SOS 3022 or 5050, MCB 2000C

Introductory Soil Science or instructor permission		 3 F
SOS 5720C

GIS in Land Resource Management

 Basic computer literacy (Windows 2000 file management system); students are expected to have a basic theoretical understanding of GIS; or consent of instructor

3

F

SOS 6134

Soil Quality

SOS 5050 or consent of instructor

3

F

SOS 6262

Soil Contamination and Remediation

SOS
4213C or equivalent

 

3

F

SOS 6931

Seminar

SOS 3022 or SOS 5050 or equivalent

1

F, S
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Statistics

STA 2023

Introduction to Statistics 1

-

3

F

STA 3024

Introduction to Statistics 2

STA 2023 or the equivalent

3

F

STA 4210

Regression Analysis

STA 2023, STA 3032 or STA 4322

3

F

STA 5328

Fundamentals of Statistical Theory

STA 4321/STA 5325 or equivalent

3

F
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Statistics
-Cals

STA 6166

Statistical Methods in Research I

STA 2023
or equivalent

3

F

STA 6167

Statistical Methods in Research II

STA 6166

3

F
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Internships
Entomology/ Nematology ENY
6943		 Entomology Internship

ENY
6166
and
ENY
5611?

1-3; max: 6 F, S, SS
ENY
6944		 Entomology Extension Internship

ENY
6166
and
ENY
5611?

1-3; max: 6 F, S, SS
NEM
6943		 Nematology Internship

ENY
6166
and
ENY
5611?

1-3; max: 6 F, S, SS
NEM
6944		 Nematology Extension Internship ENY
6166
and
ENY 5611?		 1-3; max: 6 F, S, SS
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Plant Pathology PLP
7946		 Plant Pathology Internship

PLP 3002
/5005
and
PLP
6262

1-10; max: 10 F, S, SS
PLP
7945		 Plant Pathology Extension Internship

PLP
3002
/5005
and
PLP
6262

 3 F, S, SS
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Horticultural Science

HOS 6905
or
HOS 6932

DPM Internships in Horticultural Science

- 1-4; max: 8  F, S, SS
Agronomy

AGR 6905
or
AGR 6932

Agronomy Internship - 1-4; max: 8 F, S, SS
Soil and Water Science

SOS 6905
or
SOS 6932

Soil and Water Science Internship - 1-4; max: 8 F, S, SS
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*Information on course description may be found in the Graduate Catalog.