Undergraduate Courses
Courses for Undergraduate students.
AGR 2612: Seeds of Change
Instructor: Maria Gallo
Online: AGR 2612
(3) An introductory course that focuses on the role of genetically-altered plants in agriculture, the environment, foods, and medicine.
AGR3501: Environment, Food and Society
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
Online: AGR 3501
(3) Global issues and trends in population growth, natural resource (soil, water and plant genetic biodiversity) utilization, climate change and potential impacts of current trends on agriculture, natural resources, global food security and sustainability.
AGR 3005: Principles of Crop Science
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
(3) Introduction to the principles and practices of field crop production.
AGR 3005L: Crop Sciences Laboratory
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
(1) Hands-on introduction to practical principles of plant science, especially field crop plants and how they respond to their environment. This independent lab can be taken with AGR 3005 for a more practical approach to plant responses to environmental factors.
AGR 3303: Genetics
Instructors: Wilfred Vermerris, Maria Gallo and Kevin Kenworthy
Online: AGR 3303 and AGR 3303C
(3) The science and physical basis of inheritance, genes as units of heredity and development, and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of genetic variation.
AGR 3931C: Plant Science Information
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
(2) Information retrieval, using campus library facilities and electronic communications through the Internet, followed by organization and synthesis of that information for presentation in written and oral formats customarily used in professional agricultural organizations.
AGR 4214C: Applied Field Crop Production
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
Prereq: AGR 3005 or equivalent and approval of instructor.
3) Students will plant and manage a group of field crops. Experience in soil sampling, interpretation of nutrient and nematode test results, fertilization, pest control and harvesting will be gained. Students will submit a term report.
AGR 4231C: Forage Science and Range Management
Instructor: Lynn E. Sollenberger
(4) Scientific and technological developments in the selection, production, and utilization of forage crops, and in the development and management of grazing areas.
AGR 4321: Plant Breeding
Instructor: Kenneth H. Quesenberry
Online: Plant Breeding Homepage.
Prereq: AGR 3303
3) The science and technology of plant improvement.
AGR 4512: Physiology and Ecology of Crops
Instructor: Jerry M. Bennett
Online: AGR 4512
Prereq: AGR 3005 or equivalent and approval of instructor.
(3) An introduction to the fundamental processes of crop plants, as well as the environmental and physical limitations to crop growth, development and yield. Focus is on physiology and ecology of agronomic crop plants.
AGR 4905: Individual Study
Instructor: Faculty
(1-3; max: 3) Scientific study of individual problems in crop production, weed science, genetics, or plant breeding.
AGR 4909: Honors Project
Instructor: Faculty
(1-6) An individual special project course restricted to students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences' Honors Program. Students will complete a project on a topic, issue, or problem. Projects may relate to research, teaching or extension.
AGR 4922: Integrated Agriculture Travel Course
Instructor: Kenneth Buhr
Online: Integrated Agriculture Travel Course
(3) Students participate in a ten-day trip to areas within the USA noted for crop production. Visits are made to a variety of agribusiness enterprises including family farms.
AGR 4932: Agronomy Topics
Instructor: Faculty
(1-3; max: 8) Critical review of selected topics in specific agronomic areas.
PLS 2002: Pests, Pesticides and People
Instructor: William. T. Haller
(3) The role and use of pesticides in contemporary society; agriculture, urban pest control and public health. Characteristics of pesticide classes, how they work, toxicity, degradation, regulation and related environmental issues.
PLS 2003C: Plants that Feed the World
Instructor: Kenneth H. Quesenberry
Online: PLS 2003
(3) Introduction to 25 of humankind's most important food crop plants with emphasis on soil and climate adaptations, major producers and consumers, nutritional attributes, processing needs and types of products. Students will see the plants and seeds, as well as food and industrial products of the crop plants under study. This is an introductory course for majors and non-majors who have no previous academic experience with food crop plants.
PLS 4601: Principles of Weed Science
Instructors: G.E MacDonald and B.J. Brecke
(3) An introduction to basic and applied aspects of weed science. Topics will include weed biology and ecology, herbicide physiology, and weed control techniques. The lab will cover weed identification, herbicide application technology, and other aspects of weed science.
PLS 4404C: Principles of Composting Technology
Instructor: Faculty
(3) Principles that influence the humification of organic matter under controlled conditions, emphasizing factors related to the successful utilization of compost in horticultural production, analytical methods of compost quality determinations and regulatory aspects of compost product use.
PLS 4613: Aquatic Weed Control
Instructor: William. T. Haller
(3) Florida's aquatic weed problems and methods of chemical, biological, mechanical, and physical weed control. Topics include plant biology/ecology, herbicide residue, lake reclamation, fish-plant interactions, and current laws regulating aquatic weed control.