Admissions
All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.
Requirements
Required Courses
Contact the program for more information concerning the minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Breeding | ||
| Students must complete at least 2 credits from Section A. Plant Breeding. Refer to the Core Curriculum table below. | 2 | |
| Other Core Curriculum | ||
| Students must complete 2 credits from another section of the Core Curriculum table below. | 2 | |
| Seminar | ||
| Students must complete 2 credits of the following seminar course. | 2 | |
| Seminar in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics | ||
| Additional Coursework | ||
| Students complete additional coursework to satisfy the 10-credit minimum requirement. | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 10 | |
Core Curriculum
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Section A. Plant Breeding | ||
| PLANTSCI 501 | Principles of Plant Breeding | 3 |
| PLANTSCI 502 | Techniques of Plant Breeding | 1 |
| PLANTSCI 812 | Selection Theory for Quantitative Traits in Plants | 2 |
| Section B. Genetics | ||
| PL PATH 517 | Plant Disease Resistance | 2-3 |
| PLANTSCI 550 | Molecular Approaches for Crop Improvement | 3 |
| PLANTSCI/GENETICS 615 | Genetic Mapping | 3 |
| GENETICS/BIOCHEM 631 | Plant Genetics and Development | 3 |
| GENETICS/BIOCHEM/BOTANY 840 | Regulatory Mechanisms in Plant Development | 3 |
| Section C. Quantitative Genetics and Biometry | ||
| F&W ECOL/STAT 572 | Statistical Methods for Bioscience II | 4 |
| PLANTSCI 811 | Biometrical Procedures in Plant Breeding | 3 |
| PLANTSCI 771 & PLANTSCI 772 | Experimental Design and Analysis and Applications in ANOVA and Mixed Models | 4 |
| AN SCI 865 | Design and Analysis of Biological Studies | 4 |
| Section D. Additional Courses | ||
| PL PATH/BOTANY/ENTOM 505 | Plant-Microbe Interactions: Molecular and Ecological Aspects | 3 |
| BIOCHEM/BOTANY 621 | Plant Biochemistry | 3 |
| GENETICS 633 | Population Genetics | 3 |
| BOTANY 500 | Plant Physiology | 3-4 |