IPPP course requirements and enrollment procedure
To satisfy program requirements, M.S. students must take either PPWS/HORT
5524 Advanced Plant Physiology and Metabolism I or PPWS/HORT 5534
Advanced Plant Physiology and Metabolism II and ALS 5014, the Seminar in
Plant Physiology, plus elective courses from the list below for a total
of 6 credits. Ph.D. students must take PPWS/HORT 5524 Advanced Plant Physiology
and Metabolism I and PPWS/HORT 5534 Advanced Plant Physiology
and Metabolism II , ALS 5014, and elective courses for a total of 13 credits.
Both Ph.D. and M.S. students may select from the following list of elective
courses: For/PPWS 5334, Plant Water Relations; PPWS 5654, Plant Growth and
Development; Hort 5984, Advanced Plant Physiology Lab; PPWS/Biol 5304, Plant
Stress Physiology; CSES 5844, Molecular Genetics of Crop Improvement; PPWS/ALS
5344, Molecular Biology for Life Science; ALS/Biol/PPWS 6024, Topics in
Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology; BioN 5214, Molecular Biology of
the Cell; or other course approved by the student's Graduate Committee.
To enroll in the IPPP program, the comments section of the student's approved
Program of Study must state, "Courses listed on the student's Program
of Study fulfill the requirements for the Interdepartmental Plant Physiology
Program, and "Plant Physiology" should be added to the student's
official transcripts upon completion of the Program of Study".
Graduate Course
ALS 5014: SEMINAR IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Review and discussion of current problems and research results in plant
physiology by students, Virginia Tech faculty, and outside speakers. Pre:
Graduate status, may be repeated. (1H, 1C) II.
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