5.2 Bachelor of Science       (Agriculture) 5.2.3 Plant Biotechnology Program Chair: G.M. Ballance Telephone: 204 474 6086

Office: 326 Agriculture

The Plant Biotechnology Program which students enter after University 1 will provide an integrated and comprehensive study of genetic, physiological and pathological factors and modern technological processes associated with the sciences of plant improvement, production, protection, and utilization. The program will provide an understanding of the biological principles that determine the heredity, growth, and responses of plants and plant pathogens to cultural and environmental factors.

The faculty also offers a minor in Plant Biotechnology. Refer to section 5.9.4 for details.

Suggested progression of program:

Courses		Credit Hours
Second Year
BOTN 2010	Plant Structure and Function 1	3
BOTN 2210	Biology of Fungi and Lichens	3
CHEM 2770 (MBIO 2770)	Elements of Biochemistry 1	3
CHEM 2780 (MBIO 2780)	Elements of Biochemistry 2	3
ZOOL 2280	Cell Biology	3
PLNT 2520	Genetics	3
PLNT 2530	Plant Biotechnology	3
AGRI 2030	Technical Communications	3
	Free and/or restricted electives	6
Total credit hours		30
Third Year
STAT 1000	Basic Statistical Analysis 1	3
PLNT 3500	Plant Physiology	3
MBIO 2100	General Microbiology A	3
AGEC 2370 (BOTN 2370 or ZOOL 2370)	Principles of Ecology	3
ABIZ 1000	Introduction to Agribusiness Management	3
	Restricted and/or Free Electives	15
Total credit hours		30
Fourth Year
PLNT 4600	Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology	3
	Restricted and/or Free Electives	27
Total credit hours		30
Restricted Electives
Group 1 - Genetics, Physiology and Pathology Group Five courses (fifteen credit hours) of the following:
Genetics
PLNT 3520	Principles of Plant Improvement	3
PLNT 4330	Intermediate Plant Genetics	3
PLNT 4540	Plant Genomics	3
Physiology
PLNT 4550	Developmental Plant Biology	3
PLNT 4560	Secondary Plant Metabolism	3
PLNT 4590	Physiology of Crop Plants	3
Pathology
PLNT 3570	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	3
PLNT 4570	Research Methods in Plant Pathology	3
PLNT 4580	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	3
Group 2 - Applied Agriculture Group Two courses (six credit hours) of the following:
ANSC 2500	Animal Production	3
ENTM 3170	Crop Protection Entomology	3
PLNT 2500	Crop Production	3
PLNT 2510	Fundamentals of Horticulture	3
Group 3 One course (three credit hours) of the following:
PHIL 1290	Critical Thinking	3
PHIL 2740	Ethics and Biomedicine	3
PHIL 2750	Ethics and the Environment	3
PHIL 2830	Business Ethics	3
	Free Electives	24