Horticultural Sciences

Graduate Course List with Syllabi

As a STEM-designated degree, the Horticultural Sciences graduate program gives you the opportunity to dive deep into advanced plant research while building skills for a wide range of careers. Graduate students explore topics like crop production, plant genetics and biotechnology, controlled environment agriculture, and postharvest biology. Whether your goal is academia, industry, or government, you’ll gain the training and research experience to tackle global challenges in food, health, and the environment. Take a look at the course catalog to explore your options.

Course (Credits)	Title	Professor	Semester
HOS5085C (3 credits)	Principles of Postharvest Horticulture	Dr. Brecht	Fall *Even years*
HOS5242 (3 credits)	Genetics & Breeding of Vegetable Crops	Dr. Rathinasabapathi	Spring
HOS5330 (2 credits)	Postharvest Technologies for Horticultural Crops	Dr. Sargent Dr. Ritenour	Spring *Annual*
HOS5555 (3 credits)	Tropical Fruit Production and Research	Dr. Crane	Summer *Even years*
HOS5711 (3 credits)	Phytochemicals in Food and Health	Dr. Rathinasabapathi	Summer *Even years*
HOS6201 (3 credits)	Breeding Perennial Cultivars	Dr. Chaparro	Fall *Odd years*
HOS6307 (3 credits)	Horticultural Physiology	Dr. Nunez	Fall *Annual*
HOS6236 (3 credits)	Molecular Marker Assisted Plant Breeding	Dr. Munoz Dr. Resende Dr. Folta	Fall *Odd years*
HOS6331 (3 credits)	Postharvest Biology	Dr. T. Liu Dr. Brecht Dr. Ritenour Dr. Sargent	Spring *Odd years*
HOS6345 (4 credits)	Environmental Physiology of Plants	Dr. Koch	Fall *Even years*
HOS6355 (3 credits)	Root Rhizoshere Ecology	Dr. Rossi	Fall *Annual*
HOS6412C (3 credits)	Nutrition of Horticultural Crops	Dr. Nunez	Spring *Annual*
HOS6545 (3 credits)	Advanced Citriculture I	Dr. Vincent	Fall *Odd years*
HOS6905 (1-4 credits; max 8)	Problems in Horticultural Science	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS6910 (1-5 credits; max 5) S/U	Supervised Research	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS6931 (1 credit)	Horticultural Science Seminar	Dr. CA. Chase	Spring *Annual*
HOS6932 (1 credits)	Concepts of artificial intelligence for plant scientists	Dr. Messina	Fall *Annual*
HOS6932 (3 credits)	Commercial Vegetable Production	Dr. Rathinasabapathi	Fall Annual
HOS6932 (3 credits)	Advances in Plant Synthetic Biology	Dr. Voiniciuc (Coordinator) Dr. Hanson Dr. Edmar	Fall *Annual*
HOS6932 (4 credits)	Plant Biochemistry	Dr. Koch (Coordinator) Dr. McCarty Dr. Rathinasabapathi	Spring *Annual*
HOS6932 (3 credits)	Advanced Horticultural Physiology	Dr. Folta	Spring *Annual*
HOS6932 (3 credits)	Greenhouse and Protected Agriculture	Dr. Quezada	Spring *Even years*
HOS6932 (1 credit)	Proposal Preparation	Dr. Vallejos	Fall *Annual*
HOS6932 (3 credits)	Survey of Breeding Tools and Methods	Dr. Munoz (Coordinator) Dr. Ferrao (Coordinator) Dr. Wang Dr. Lee Dr. Costa-Neto Dr. Rios Dr. Begcy	Spring *Annual*
HOS6932 (1 credit)	Professional Development for Plant Breeders	Dr. Munoz	Fall *Annual*
HOS6932 (1-4 credits; max 8)	Topics	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS6934 (1 credit)	Professional Seminar Preparation	Dr. Huo (Instructor) Dr. Munoz (Instructor) Anisa Khalid (Assistant) Gonzalo Prieto (Assistant)	Fall *Annual*
HOS6940 (1-5 credits; max 5)	Supervised Teaching	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS6941 (2-4 credits; max 8)	Practicum in Horticultural Science	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS6971 (1-15 credits) S/U	Research for Masters Thesis	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS7979 (1-12 credits)	Advanced Research	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
HOS7980 (1-15 credits) S/U	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	Staff	Fall, Spring, Summer *Annual*
PCB5065 (3 credits)	Advanced Genetics	Dr. Hannah (Coordinator) Dr. Gabriel (Plant Path.) Dr. Kirst (SFRC) Dr. McCarty Dr. Resende	Fall *Annual*
PCB6528 (3 credits)	Plant Cellular and Developmental Biology	Dr. Basset (Coordinator) Dr. Folta Dr. Klee Dr. Settles	Spring *Annual*
WDS6005 (3 credits)	Weed Management for Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems	Dr. CA. Chase	Spring *Even years*