NC STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Plant Pathology
Academics

Current Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Courses

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Click here for listing of all PP courses (Note: if the courses are not listed in the table below then they are not available at this time)

Course
Title and Description

Credit Hours

Instructor
Offered
PP055 Diseases of Ornamentals, Turfgrass
3
Tredway
Fall/Spring
PP150 SCIBLS Program
Webpage
Introduction to Plant Molecular Biology
3
Dean

Summer

(highschool students only)
PP315 Principles of Plant Pathology *
4
D. Shew
Fall
PP318 (FOR)
Webpage
Forest Pathology *
3
Benson/Grand
Spring
PP450 (ENT) Challenges in Plant Resource Protection
3
Bloem
Spring
PP460 (ENT) Fundamentals of (Pest) Risk Analysis
1
Bloem
Fall, Even Years
PP470 (ENT, CS) Advanced Turfgrass Pest Management
2
Tredway
Spring
PP492 External Learning Exp.
Varies
Grand
Fall/Spring
PP493 Special Problems in Plant Pathology
Varies
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP495 Special Topics In Plant Pathology
Varies
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP500/500L Plant Disease: Principles, Diagnosis & Management
4
Faculty
Spring, Even Years
PP501 (MB, PB) Biology of Plant Pathogens
3
Ritchie/ Ristaino/ Bird/Moyer
Fall
PP502 (CS, HS) Plant Disease:Methods & Diagnosis
2
Louws
Fall
PP504/504L Plant Nematology
3
Davis

Spring,

Odd Years

PP506
Webpage
Epidemiology & Control of Plant Diseases
3
Benson/Sutton
Spring
PP530
Webpage
Agriculture, Ethics, & the Environment
3
Ristaino
Fall, Even Years
PP575/575L (MB, PB)
Webpage
Introduction to Mycology
4
Cubeta/Grand
Fall, Even Years
PP590/790
Topics
Special Topics
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP707 Plant-Microbe Interactions/Concepts
3
Payne/Moyer/Carbone
Spring
PP715 (MB) Applied Evolutionary Analysis of Population Genetic Data
3
Carbone
Fall, Odd Years
PP727 Ecology of Soil Ecosystems
3
Hu
Fall, Odd Years
PP728/728L
Webpage
Soilborne Plant Pathogens
3
Benson
Fall, Even Years
PP730/730L (PB,GN,MB) Fungal Genetics & Physiology
3
Payne
Fall, Odd Years

PP795
Topics

Advanced Special Topics
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP601/801 Masters/Doctoral Seminar
1
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP610/810
Topics
Special Topics in Plant Pathology
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP620/820 Special Problems
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP685/885 Masters/Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP690 Masters Non-thesis Exam
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP890 Doctoral Prelim. Exam
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP795, 615/815
Topics
Advanced Special Topics
Credits Arranged
Varies
Fall/Spring
PP695/895 Masters Thesis Research/Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits Arranged
Faculty
Fall/Spring
PP696/896 Masters Summer Thesis/Doctoral Summer Dissertation Research
1
Davis
10-week summer session
PP699 Masters Thesis**
3
Davis
Fall/Spring
PP899 Doctoral Dissertation Preparation**
3
Davis
Fall/Spring

* Also offered as a Distance Education course, PP315 sect. 601, PP318 sect. 601

**Can only be taken after all courses on plan of work are completed. No other courses may be taken concurrently.