 | | Course ID: | PBGG 3910. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics | Course
Description: | Provides work experience with private companies, governmental
agencies, or research laboratories working in plant breeding,
genetics, and genomics. A report and presentation are required
upon completion of the internship. | | Athena Title: | PBGG INTERN | | Nontraditional Format: | Faculty members will arrange work hours with sponsoring
agency. Faculty will arrange meeting with students to discuss
progress. The credit hours available are variable contingent of
the amount of time spent on the internship experience (1 credit
hour = 80 hours worked). | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 4140/6140. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Plant Breeding | Course
Description: | Fundamental principles and theories utilized in the science of plant breeding and cultivar development and the role breeding plays in crop improvement. | | Athena Title: | Plant Breeding | | Prerequisite: | HORT 3650 or GENE 3200-3200D or GENE 3200E or GENE 3200H or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 4960. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. 2-24 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Research Experience in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics | Course
Description: | Independent laboratory, greenhouse, or field research on topics
in plant breeding, genetics, or genomics under the supervision
of a faculty member in the Institute of Plant Breeding,
Genetics, and Genomics. | | Athena Title: | Research Experience in PBGG | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PBGG 4960H | | Nontraditional Format: | A report is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PBGG 4960 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | PBGG 4960H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | PBGG 4970H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | PBGG 4980H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS) 6000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Plant Breeding Practicum | Course
Description: | Supervised practical application of previously studied theory
in the area of plant breeding. Students will directly interact
with scientists directing applied breeding programs on an array
of crops. | | Athena Title: | Plant Breeding Practicum | | Nontraditional Format: | Course consists of a series of field trips to visit and interact
with plant breeders on the Athens, Griffin, and Tifton campuses. | | Prerequisite: | CRSS(HORT) 4140/6140 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 7000. 1-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 120 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a masters degree under the
direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Master's Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(PBIO)(HORT)(PATH) 7100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Metamorphosis: Life Skills for a Career in Plant Science Research | Course
Description: | Students will receive training and develop skills necessary to obtain and fulfill job expectations in a professional position in the plant science industry, academia, and non-profit institutions. Students will build custom job applications and research proposals as an active learning component. | | Athena Title: | Prof Dev Grad Students | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 7300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | CRSS(PBGG) 8010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Methods and Design for Crop Science | Course
Description: | Foundational methods to design and conduct effective field trials
for plant research. | | Athena Title: | Research Methods Crops | | Pre or Corequisite: | BIOS 7010 or STAT 6315 or FANR 6750 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(HORT) 8102. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Breeding Ornamental Plants | Course
Description: | Concepts and methods of improving ornamentals, particularly woody
and asexually propagated ornamentals. Topics include breeding
methods, pollination biology, barriers to obtaining seed set in
intra- and interspecific pollenations and methods to overcome
these barriers, genetic variation, polyploidy, and inheritance of
foliar variegation. | | Athena Title: | BREED ORNAMENTALS | | Nontraditional Format: | Course meets for three hours of lecture per week during second five
weeks of the semester. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 8140. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Plant Breeding | Course
Description: | An in-depth assessment of plant breeding methodologies and
their genetic basis. Emphasis on the integration of
traditional methodologies with modern genetic and genomic
technologies. | | Athena Title: | ADV PLANT BREEDING | | Prerequisite: | CRSS(HORT) 4140/6140 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HORT(ECOL)(PBGG) 8390. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources | Course
Description: | The importance of plant diversity and the ways it is conserved
and utilized, including ex situ conservation, molecular tools,
and the use of genetic resources in agriculture, conservation,
and the pharmaceutical industry. | | Athena Title: | CONS PLANT GEN RES | | Prerequisite: | GENE(BIOL) 3000 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 8860. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics Communication Seminar | Course
Description: | Instruction and practice in oral scientific presentations as
they relate to the field of plant breeding, genetics, or
genomics, with emphasis on effective communications and
presentation techniques for general audiences. A literature
search and a formal seminar on the subject are required, along
with analyses of other seminars presented. | | Athena Title: | PBGG COMM SEMINAR | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 8870. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Translational Genomics | Course
Description: | Strategies and tools for the application of genomic information
to the development of crops with improved traits. | | Athena Title: | TRANSLATNL GENOMICS | | Prerequisite: | One graduate-level course in genetics or breeding or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS) 8880. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Plant Quantitative Genetics and Molecular Breeding | Course
Description: | Quantitative and population plant genetics and their interrelationship with plant breeding. Genetic and environmental variation and how they relate to selection procedures and choice of type of variety. Predictive plant breeding. QTL discovery, molecular breeding, and genomic selection in an applied breeding program. | | Athena Title: | Plant Quant Gen and Molec Bre | | Prerequisite: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 4140/6140 and (STAT 6210 or STAT 6210E or STAT 6220) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS) 8890. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Plant Cytogenetics: Behavior and Evolution of the Plant Genome | Course
Description: | Classical and molecular cytogenetics are integrated to explain the reproductive behavior of angiosperms, the applications of cytogenetics to plant improvement, the study of plant genetics, and the structure and evolution of the plant genome. | | Athena Title: | Plant Cytogenetics Genome | | Prerequisite: | PBIO 8100 or permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 4140/6140 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 8900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Emerging Topics in Plant Breeding Genetics and Genomics | Course
Description: | Emerging topics and methods in Plant Breeding, Genetics and
genomics with an emphasis in the newest discoveries, as well as
new approaches to genome analysis or new technological
applications to plant breeding, and other timely topics. | | Athena Title: | PBGG EMERGING TOPIC | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PATH(PBGG) 8910. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Genetics of Host Plant Resistance to Disease | Course
Description: | Genetic mechanisms and basic biological processes of host plant
resistance in crop plants. The course will also cover the
structure, function and evolution of disease resistant loci,
long-term goals of agriculture for improvement of disease
resistance, and purposed methods for crop protection against
plant pathogens. | | Athena Title: | Gene Host Plant Resist Disease | | Prerequisite: | PATH 3530-3530L or GENE 3200-3200D or GENE 3200E or GENE 3200H or PBIO(CRSS) 4500/6500 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 9000. 1-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 216 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the
direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 9300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral
dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 9980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Internship in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics | Course
Description: | Provides work experience with private companies to enhance
management and leadership skills in plant breeding, genetics, and
genomics. A presentation to PBGG is required upon completion of
the internship. | | Athena Title: | Graduate Internship in PBGG | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship is formally arranged per existing PBGG guidelines,
with approval of the student's major professor. The credit hours
available are variable contingent on the amount of time spent on
the internship experience (1 credit hour = 120 hours worked). | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PBGG 9990. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Supervised Teaching Practicum in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics | Course
Description: | University-level teaching, including the preparation and
presentation of lectures and/or laboratory session under faculty
supervision, at the doctoral level. | | Athena Title: | TEACH PRACTICUM | | Nontraditional Format: | Students lecture in a classroom setting and meet with a faculty
supervisor to discuss teaching technique. (1 credit hour = 750
minutes of classroom time.) | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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