CPSC 453: Principles of Plant Breeding

4 hours

Course Description
Course Objectives
Instructor
Prerequisites

Requirements Fulfilled
Grading

Course Description

This course will introduce the student to the principles and concepts involved in plant breeding. The students will be expected to have an understanding of basic genetics prior to enrolling in the class; this class will build on that knowledge, and the students will learn how that knowledge is applied to plant breeding.

Same as HORT 453.

Course Objectives

The students will:

learn to apply genetic principles to plant breeding
understand tools used by plant breeders
understand plant breeding methods used with different plant species.

Instructor

Frederic L. Kolb
AE-120 Turner Hall
Phone: (217) 333-9485
E-mail: f-kolb@uiuc.edu (preferred contact method)

Prerequisites

IB 103; CPSC 352 or equivalent.

Requirement(s) Fulfilled

This course meets requirements for 300 level courses in many Crop Sciences and NRES curricula

Grading

		Points	A => 900 points B = 800-899 points C = 700-799 points D = 600-699 points F =<600 points ( "+'s" and " -‘s" are used with letter grades)
Assignments	(4 x 25)	100
Lab Reports	(4 x 50)	200
Group Projects	(2)	200
Exams	(2 x 150)	300
Final		200
Total		1000