Courses

The Department of Plant Biology is dedicated to exemplary education at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education. The Department is committed to excellence in the classroom, in the laboratory, and in field courses. Because the Department transects all of biology, from molecules to ecosystems, faculty members participate in courses that cover the entire field of biology. These courses range from freshman seminars and introductory biology to molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, genomics, developmental biology, evolution, ecology, population biology, and bioinformatics.

The Department's commitment to exemplary education is well documented. Five current faculty members have received the Horace T. Morse-Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. Four faculty have received the Stanley Dagley-Samuel Kirkwood Undergraduate Education Award, and Iris Charvat is one of three CBS faculty to be honored with a John Tate Advising Award.

View course descriptions and OneStop's class schedule for more information.

Courses currently being taught by Plant Biology faculty:

Biology
Number	Course Name	Semester(s)
Biol 1001	Introductory Biology Evolutionary & Ecological Perspectives	Spring
Biol 1905	Freshman Seminar: Topics differ each semester.	Fall
Biol 2022	General Botany	Fall/Spring
Biol 3002	Plant Biology: Function	Spring
Biol 3005W	Plant Function Laboratory	Spring
Biol 3007W	Plant Biology: Diversity and Adaptation	Fall
Biol 3409 Biol 5409	Evolution	Fall
Biol 4003	Genetics (For Biology majors)	Fall/Spring
Biol 4004	Cell Biology (For Biology majors)	Fall/Spring
Bio 5485	Introduction Bioinformatics	Fall

Plant Biology
Number	Course Name	Semester(s)
PBio 1212	Plants & Society	Spring
PBio 4321	Minnesota Flora	Fall, Even years
PBio 4511	Flowering Plant Diversity	Spring, Even Years
PBio 4601	Topics in Plant Biochemistry	Spring
PBio 5301	Plant Genomics	Fall
PBio 5309	Molecular Ecology And Ecological Genomics	Fall
PBio 5412	Plant Physiology	Fall
PBio 5514	Plant Molecular Biology	Fall
PBio 5516/4516W	Plant Cell Biology	Spring
PBio 5960	Special Topics Section 1 MPGI Section 2 PBS Itasca Orientation Section 3 Phylogenetic Analysis	Fall

Plant Biological Sciences Graduate Program (PBS) Courses
PBS 8081	Integrative Plant Biology Connecting Molecules to Ecosystems	Fall
PBS 8123	Research Ethics in Plant and Environmntal Sciences	Spring
PBS 8444	FTE Doctoral (register for this after completing the 24 thesis credits
PBS 8666	Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credit
PBS 8777	Master's Thesis
PBS 8888	Doctoral Thesis (register for these two semesters after passing the prelim oral exam
PBS 8900	Section 001 PBS Colloquium
	Section 002 Graduate Student Seminar
PBS 8901	Preparation of Research Proposal	Fall
PBS 8910	Journal Club
PBS 8993	Directed Studies
PBS 8994	Directed Research

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