Plant Science Graduate Program
The Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA) directs the graduate studies in Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. See Landscape Architecture Graduate Program here.
The Plant Science graduate program's faculty provide training in a wide variety of plant science related disciplines including Functional Genomics and Molecular Physiology, Plant Conservation Biology and Ecology, Plant Protection and Management and Landscape Management. The program offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
The objectives of the Plant Science graduate program are:
- To assist students in developing scholarship of plant science sufficient to allow them to make positive professional contributions and leadership in plant sciences, management and in the plant-based industries.
- Advancing knowledge in plant sciences critical to improving the efficiency, profitability and sustainability of global and national agricultural and natural resources.
- To provide students with the skills in analyzing and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; using inductive and deductive reasoning; and communicating in both verbal and written form.
The Department's aspiration is to strengthen our position as a national leader in plant science graduate training. The Graduate Program aims to establish a program focused on plant based sciences and management along with application of research to help solve the pressing problems in agriculture, urban ecosystems and plant conservation. The program advances graduate training and research at all levels of organization: from the genomic and molecular level to the whole organism, to agricultural systems and to natural and designed ecosystems.
Download the 28 page Graduate Program Handbook in PDF format (152kb). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. If you would like more information about the Graduate Program, please contact the PSLA Graduate Coordinator Dr. Gary Coleman