Academic Programs Catalog

College of Natural Science

Department of Plant Biology

Graduate Study
Computational Plant Science - Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Computational Plant Science provides interdisciplinary training that intersects plant biology and computational and data sciences. The certificate address pressing problems in their respective fields and synthesizes these disciplines to address vast challenges in plant biology.

Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Computational Plant Science

Students must complete a minimum of 9 credits from the following:

1. All of the following courses (7 credits):
CSS 844 Frontiers in Computational and Plant Sciences 3
HRT 841 Foundation in Computational and Plant Sciences 3
PLB 843 Forum in Computational and Plant Sciences 1
2. Complete a minimum of 2 credits from the following courses:
Biologists relevant courses:
CMSE 491 Selected Topics in Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering 1 to 4
CMSE 801 Introduction to Computational Modeling 3
CMSE 820 Mathematical Foundations of Data Science 3
CMSE 822 Parallel Computing 3
CMSE 823 Numerical Linear Algebra 3
CMSE 890 Selected Topics in Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering 1 to 4
Non-Biologists relevant courses:
BMB 801 Molecular Biology 3
BMB 978 Seminar in Biochemistry 1
HRT 894 Horticulture Seminar 1
IBIO 445 Evolution (W) 3
PLB 400 Introduction to Bioinformatics 3
PLB 801 Foundations of Plant Biology 3
PLB 812 Principles and Applications of Plant Genomics 3