Degrees Offered:
| Program Title |
Ph.D. |
Ed.D. |
M.S. |
M.A. |
Master |
M.Ed. |
MFA |
| Plant Biology |
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Y |
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Y |
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GRADUATE FACULTY
M. E. Daub, Department Head
Director of Graduate Programs:
R. S. Boston, Box 7612, 5-3390, boston@unity.ncsu.edu, Plant Biology
Philip Morris Professor:
R. E. Dewey
University Research Professor:
W. F. Thompson
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor:
W. F. Boss,
F. L. Gould
William Neal Reynolds Professor:
R. S. Boston,
J. M. Burkholder,
M. E. Daub,
G. A. Payne
Professors:
R. L. Blanton, C. S. Brown, S. D. Clouse, C. H. Haigler, T. L. Lomax, J. W. Moyer, D. Robertson, J. M. Stucky, C. G. VanDyke, T. R. Wentworth;
Emeritus Professors:
N. S. Allen, U. Blum, E. Davies, R. J. Downs, R. C. Fites, J. W. Hardin, R. L. Mott, E. D. Seneca, J. F. Thomas, J. R. Troyer;
Associate Professors:
R. L. Beckmann, J. E. Mickle, Q. Y. Xiang;
Research Associate Professors:
G. C. Allen;
Emeritus USDA Professors:
W. W. Heck;
Assistant Professors:
R. G. Franks, W. A. Hoffmann, M. T. Johnson, M. Pierce, H. A. Sederoff, D. Xie;
Research Assistant Professors:
I. Y. Perera;
Extension Assistant Professors:
A. Krings;
Teaching Assistant Professors:
C. V. Jordan
Course offerings or research facilities are available in the following areas: plant cell biology, cellular imaging, membrane biochemistry, seed biology, cellulose biology, cellular signaling, plant development, plant genetic engineering, transgene regulation and silencing, stress biology, plant gravitational genomics, phytochemistry, metabolic engineering, plant fungal interactions, aquatic ecology, toxic dinoflagellates, wetlands ecology, endangered species, plant community ecology, physiological ecology, tropical ecology, evolutionary ecology, paleobotany, plant systematics, evolution of flowering plants, chemical genomics.
Admission Requirements: Students
entering the graduate program in plant biology should have a bachelor's degree
in plant biology or a related undergraduate program that includes biological,
physical and mathematical science training including undergraduate courses in
organic chemistry, calculus and genetics, as well as biology. All
applications are screened by a departmental committee, and the best qualified
applicants will be accepted until all available spaces are filled.
Master's and Doctoral Degree Requirements: The M.S. requires
a total of 30 credit hours
(20 of the 30 credit hours must be
from 500-, 600-, 700/800-level courses); the Master of Plant Biology requires a total of 36
credit hours. The Ph.D. requires a
total of 72 credit hours. Two core courses
(Plant Form and Function and Plant Functional Ecology) are required.
Other
requirements include: a Plant Biology Colloquium, an additional plant biology course, a graduate statistics course,
a graduate ethics course, a thesis (for the Ph.D. and M.S., but
not the Master of Plant Biology), a comprehensive examination (Ph.D.), oral thesis defense and a
one-semester teaching responsibility per degree. Students must maintain a "B"
average in all course work.
Other Relevant Information: Graduate research and teaching assistantships and
tuition remission information are available from the department. New students
supported by departmental research/teaching assistantships may elect to rotate
through three laboratories during their first semester. At the end of the
semester, they will choose a laboratory for their research activities consistent
with their interests and available research projects. Provisions are available
for cooperative research in more than one laboratory.
Graduate students are expected to attend and participate in the seminar
program every semester they are in residence. The department participates in
training grants in biotechnology and genomics.
Click on Graduate
Courses for current course information.