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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Plant Biology 776 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


For an up-to-date description of plant biology major requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program webpage at https://plantbiology.rutgers.edu/undergrad/plantbiology.

SEBS UNDERGRADUATE CORE CURRICULUM (39 credits)

Contemporary Challenges (6 credits) Two courses, one in each of the Contemporary Challenges areas: Diversities and Social Inequalities [CC-D] and Our Common Future [CC-O]

Experiential Learning (3 credits) Students must participate in a certified experience that meets this goal [EL]

Natural Sciences (6 credits) Students must take two courses, one each in two of the following areas: physical, biological, or environmental sciences [NS]

Historical Analysis (3 credits) Students must take one course [HST]

Social Analysis (6 credits) SEBS students must complete two courses, one in either social/cultural analysis or economic analysis, and one in governmental and regulatory analysis [SCL]

Arts and Humanities (3 credits) Students must complete one course [AH]

Writing and Communication (6 credits) Students must take 01:355:101 or its equivalent [WC] and one course that fulfills the learning goal, communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].

Quantitative and Formal Reasoning (6 credits) Students must take two courses [QQ; QR]


Graduation Requirements for the Major: Proficiency in Plant Science

A. Plant Science Major Requirements (37-38 credits)

General Biology and Laboratory (all) (10 credits)1
01:119:115  General Biology I (4)
01:119:116  General Biology II (4)
01:119:117  Biological Research Laboratory (2)
General Chemistry and Laboratory (all) (9 credits)2
01:160:161  General Chemistry (4)
01:160:162  General Chemistry (4)
01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)
Experienced-Based Education (3 credits).3 Choose from the following (adviser approved):
11:776:495,496  Special Problems in Plant Science
11:554:487,488  George H. Cook Scholars Program
11:902:300,301,400  SEBS Internship I,II, Coop
11:550:240  Public Garden Management
11:020:321  Principles and Practice of Small-scale Organic Farming
Study Abroad
SEBS International Summer Study Abroad Program
ARESTY Research Assistant Program
Quantitative Skills (1-2 courses)4
All students are required to complete one to two math courses, precalculus or higher, depending on option. See option for specific requirements.
Professional Ethics (3 credits). Choose from the following:
01:730:107  Introduction to Ethics (3)5
01:730:249  Bioethics (3)
01:730:250  Environmental Ethics (3)
11:607:385  The Ethical Leader (3)
Soils (3-4 credits). Choose from the following:
11:776:102  Soil and Society (3)
11:776:404  Soil Management for Sports and Landscape Applications (3)
11:776:440  Soil Fertility (3)
11:375:360  Soils and Water (4)
11:375:453  Soil Ecology (3)
Plant Science Fundamentals (all) (9 credits)
11:776:210  Principles of Botany (3)
11:776:211  Introduction to Horticulture (3)
11:776:242  Plant Science (3)

B.    Plant Science Option Requirements
One of the following three options is required:
1.    General Plant Biology (research focus area) (54-59 credits)
2.    Horticulture and Turfgrass Industry (53-55 credits)
3.    Natural Products (54-57 credits)
B1. General Plant Biology Option (54-59 credits)

Quantitative Methods (all) (7-8 credits)
01:640:135  Calculus I (4) or equivalent
01:640:136  Calculus II (4) or equivalent or 01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)
Chemistry (all) (15 credits)
01:160:307  Organic Chemistry (4)
01:160:308  Organic Chemistry (4)
11:115:403  General Biochemistry (4)
11:115:404  General Biochemistry (3)
Physics (6-10 credits). Choose from the following sequences of courses:
01:750:193  Physics for the Sciences (4)
01:750:194  Physics for the Sciences (4)
or
01:750:201  Extended General Physics (5)
01:750:202  Extended General Physics (5)
or
01:750:203  General Physics (3)
01:750:204  General Physics (3)
Advanced Plant Science (all) (14 credits)
11:776:305  Plant Genetics (4) or 01:447:380  Genetics (4)
11:776:382  Plant Physiology (4)
11:776:452  Plant Tissue Culture and Engineering (3)
11:126:413  Plant Molecular Biology (3) or 11:126:481  Molecular Genetics (3)
Plant Science Electives (12 credits) (if not already used above)
A total of 12 credits from any 11:776:xxx course at the 200 level or above (see https://plantbiology.rutgers.edu/undergrad/plantbiology/courses/courselistings.html), including:
01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)
or adviser-approved elective

B2. Horticulture and Turfgrass Industry Option (53-55 credits)

Quantitative Methods (4 credits)5
01:640:115  Precalculus (4) OR higher
Business Courses (all) (9 credits)
11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3)6
11:373:231  Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:241  Introduction to Management (3) OR 11:373:341  Management: Human Systems Development (3)
Applied Major Requirements (all) (16-18 credits)
11:776:302  General Plant Pathology (3)
11:776:382  Plant Physiology (4) OR 11:776:202  Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)
11:776:391  Weeds, Diseases, and Insects of Plants (3)
11:776:406  Plant Breeding (4)
11:776:306  Weed Science Management (3)
Plant Science Electives (24 credits) (if not already used above)
A total of 24 credits from any 11:776:xxx course at the 200 level or above (see https://plantbiology.rutgers.edu/undergrad/plantbiology/courses/courselistings.html), including
01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)
or adviser-approved elective

B3. Natural Products Option (54-57 credits)

Students must complete required courses below AND one area of specialization

Required courses

Quantitative Methods (all) (7-10 credits)5
01:640:115  Precalculus (4) or higher AND
01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3) OR
01:960:211,212  Statistics I, II (3,3) (must take both in series)
Business Courses (3 credits)
11:373:121  Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3)6
Geography Courses (3 credits). Choose from the following:
01:450:211  Environment, Society, and Social Justice (3)
01:450:306  Global Ecosystems and Biodiversity (3)
Major Option Requirements (all) (14 credits)
11:776:205  Introduction to Ethnobotany (3)
11:776:312 Medicinal Plants (3)
11:776:313  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Laboratory (1)
11:776:382  Plant Physiology (4)
11:776:438  Plants and Human Health (3)

Areas of Specialization


One of the following areas of specialization is required:
a.    Ethnobotany and Global Health (27 credits)
b.    Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (27 credits)
a. Ethnobotany and Global Health

Required (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
11:776:390  Hemp and Medical Cannabis (3)
11:776:400  Fungi in the Environment (3)
11:776:410  Plants and Innovative Technologies for Bioenergy (3)

Electives (24 credits). Choose from the following (if not used above):
11:776:201  People-Plant Relationships (3)
11:776:221  Principles of Organic Crop Production (3)
11:776:302  General Plant Pathology (3)
11:776:305  Plant Genetics (4)
11:776:390  Hemp and Medical Cannabis (3)
11:776:400  Fungi in the Environment (3)
11:776:406  Plant Breeding (4)
11:776:410  Plants and Innovative Technologies for Bioenergy (3)
11:776:415  Fungi and Human Health (3)
11:776:439  Nursery Crop Production (3)
11:776:442  Agroecology (3)
11:776:495,496  Special Problems in Plant Science (1-3)
11:020:436  Sustainable Agriculture (3)
11:216:217  Principles of Natural Resource Management (4)
11:216:369  Analytical Methods Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (3)
11:216:411  Plant Diversity and Evolution (3)
11:216:412  Plant Diversity and Evolution Lab (1)
11:370:406  Medical and Veterinary Entomology (3)
11:373:362  Natural Resource Economics (3)
11:373:363  Environmental Economics (3)
11:375:201  Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
11:400:422  Food Safety: Fads, Facts, and Politics (3)
11:709:201  Culinary Nutrition (3)
11:709:255  Nutrition and Health (3)
11:709:363  World Food Customs and Nutrition (3)
or other adviser-approved electives

b. Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Required (3 credits). Choose one of the following:
11:776:390  Hemp and Medical Cannabis (3)
11:776:410  Plants and Innovative Technologies for Bioenergy (3)
11:776:439  Nursery Crop Production (3)

Electives (24 credits). Choose from the following (if not used above):
11:776:221  Principles of Organic Crop Production (3)
11:776:302  General Plant Pathology (3)
11:776:305  Plant Genetics (4)
11:776:310  Plant Propagation (3)
11:776:311  General Plant Pathology Laboratory (1)
11:776:321  Greenhouse Systems Management (3)
11:776:341  Fruit Production (3)
11:776:390  Hemp and Medical Cannabis (3)
11:776:406  Plant Breeding (4)
11:776:410  Plants and Innovative Technologies for Bioenergy (3)
11:776:439  Nursery Crop Production (3)
11:776:495,496  Special Problems in Plant Science (1-3)
11:020:215  Applied Practical Applications in Agriculture and Food Systems (3)
11:020:321  Principles and Practices of Small-Scale Organic Farming (3)
11:020:340  Indoor Cultivation of High Value Crops (4)
11:020:442  Entrepreneurial Agriculture (3)
11:216:274  Field Techniques (4)
11:216:332  Plant Ecology (4)
11:216:411  Plant Diversity and Evolution (3)
11:216:412  Plant Diversity and Evolution Lab (1)
11:370:350  Agricultural Entomology and Pest Management (3)
11:373:205  Small Business Essentials (3)
11:400:422  Food Safety: Fads, Facts, and Politics (3)
11:550:235  Herbaceous Plants in the Landscape (3)
or other adviser-approved electives

Unspecified Electives (2-11 credits)

In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 120 (matriculated 2018 or later) or 128 (matriculated prior to 2018) required for graduation.

   Satisfies SEBS Natural Sciences [NS] - Biological Sciences requirement
2    Satisfies SEBS Natural Sciences [NS] - Physical Sciences requirement
3    Satisfies SEBS Experience-Based Education [EBE] requirement
4    Depending on option, satisfies one to two courses of SEBS Quantitative [QQ] and/or Formal Reasoning [QR] requirements
5    11:730:107  Introduction to Ethics satisfies SEBS Arts and Humanities Human Experience [AHo] requirement
6    11:373:121 Principles and Applications of Microeconomics satisfies SEBS Social Analysis [SCL] - Economic Analysis requirement

 
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