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Course Descriptions

Course Numbers

In fall 2004, West Texas A&M University changed from a three-digit numbering scheme to a four-digit numbering system, known as the Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS). The four-digit numbers are identified as:

  • First digit identifies the level (1 = freshman, 2 = sophomore, 3 = junior, 4 = senior, 5 = stacked undergraduate/masters, 6 = masters, 7 = masters/doctoral, 8 = doctoral);
  • Second digit identifies the credit-hour value; and
  • Third and fourth digits establish the course sequence or type of course.

0001–0999—developmental courses, do not count toward degree.

1000–2999—primarily freshman and sophomore courses.

3000–4999—open to students who have completed at least 30 hours and any prerequisite.

5000–5999—graduate level stacked with undergraduate.

6000–6999—master’s level.

7000–7999—master’s/doctoral level.

8000–8999—doctoral students only.

NOTE: Students who have taken undergraduate “stacked” courses at WTAMU that have a graduate component cannot take the graduate course if they have already received credit for the corresponding undergraduate course.

Course Prefix

The course prefix indicates the assigned WTAMU course abbreviation and course number; e.g., ACCT 2301.

Course Abbreviation and Number in Brackets

A course abbreviation (prefix) and number in brackets indicates the corresponding common course number, established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, if the common course number and/or prefix is different from the WTAMU number; e.g., [GOVT 1310].

Field-of-Study Curriculum (FOSC)

Field-of-study curriculum is a set of courses that satisfy lower-division requirements for a bachelor’s degree in a specific academic area. All public four-year institutions of higher education are required to accept Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board-approved field-of-study courses. Field-of-study curriculum is indicated with the abbreviation “FOSC” within the brackets indicating the common course number of a course; e.g., [MUSI 1181, 1182; FOSC].

Numbers

The numbers indicate semester credit hours, lecture clock hours per week and lab clock hours per week; e.g., 3 3 0 indicates three semester credit hours, three clock hours of lecture per week and zero clock hours of lab per week.

(HAZ)

Courses marked with (HAZ) may require the use of hazardous chemicals and/or equipment. To participate in these classes, an online “Student Laboratory Safety Training” is required and assigned through WTClass upon registration for the class. By registering for the class, the student agrees to 

  • Complete the assigned training by no later than 12th class day for fall/spring terms or 5th class day for summer terms; and
  • Acknowledge non-participation in activities if not completed by 18th class day for fall/spring terms; 10th class day for summer terms.

 
 

Nursing
  

  • NURS 3301 - Medical Terminology for Healthcare Providers


    3 3 0
    Emphasis on a systematic approach to scientific terms and medical words used in nursing and health sciences. Fall, Spring
  

  • NURS 3304 - Elementary Biostatistics in Health-Care Research


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1314  or MATH 1324  or MATH 1332 , or consent of instructor. Emphasis on basic descriptive and inferential methods used in health sciences.
  

  • NURS 3306 - Concepts of Emergency Nursing


    3 2 2
    Elective focuses on individuals and families experiencing emergency situations of physiological or psychological origin. Emphasis on adaptation theory and use of the nursing process. Course fee $20.
  

  • NURS 3310 - Applications to Nursing: Pathophysiology


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2401 , BIOL 2402 , BIOL 2572 , BIOL 2420 , or departmental consent. Physiologic responses of all ages and diverse cultures will be studied as these individuals adapt to cardiovascular, dermatologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, genetic, genitourinary, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, musculoskeletal, neuro-sensory, oncologic, respiratory, and renal infections, diseases or conditions. Cellular responses to disease are focused upon to enhance the student’s understanding of nursing decisions.
  

  • NURS 3325 - Integration into Professional Nursing


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Discussion of philosophical, theoretical and historical perspectives in the practice of professional nursing. Students will identify their desired individual areas of professional nursing practice and directions for B.S.N. study.
  
  

  • NURS 3340 - Pharmacology for Nursing Practice


    3 2 3
    Prerequisite:   or  ,  ,  ; admission to upper division nursing courses. Nursing knowledge and psychomotor skills required for administering medications in a safe and effective manner across the lifespan. Concepts stressed will be pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacodynamics. Course fee $30.
  

  • NURS 3345 - Pharmacotherapeutics Applied to Pathophysiology


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Effects of pharmocotherapeutics in relation to major pathophysiologies/psychopathologies across the life span. Includes nursing knowledge of pharmacokinetics/dynamics/genetics for quality patient care, as well as food/drug, drug/drug interactions and the requisite patient teaching.
  

  • NURS 3355 - Cultural Competence for Health Promotion


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Improvement of cultural competence for RNs in providing quality care to diverse patient populations. Various cultures (with particular emphasis on local/rural cultures) are studied as to their health-care beliefs and practices regarding health promotion. Healthy People 2020 will be used as the framework of study.
  
  

  • NURS 3375 - Quality Management and Informatics in Nursing


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: Completion of all University core and department specific prerequisites. Inter professional approach to promote quality across health care settings which includes patients, families, populations, and communities where health care is accessed. Provide information to coordinate, communicate, and manage information by learning technological resources to complement decision making for improvement of patient care including delivery systems. Fall.
  
  

  • NURS 3570 - Health of Women and Children


    5 3 8
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  ,  ,  . Focus on nursing knowledge required for providing, designing, and coordinating care for women, infants and children in a variety of health-care settings. Course fee $30.
  

  • NURS 3580 - Adult Health I


    5 3 8
    Prerequisite: NURS 3310 , NURS 2250 , NURS 3340 , NURS 3330 ,   . Nursing knowledge required to provide care for adults in a variety of health-care settings. Course fee $50. Fall, spring.
  

  • NURS 4131 - Evidence-Based Practice Seminar


    1 1 0
    Prerequisite: NURS 4350 , NURS 4540 , NURS 4530 . Development and implementation of a group capstone presentation related to current health-care issues and trends utilizing evidence-based concepts of nursing practice.
  

  • NURS 4323 - Nursing Decisions for Populations


    3 2 3
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Epidemiological, community health and public-health concepts are presented as they relate to groups and populations. Health-related issues for rural, local populations are emphasized. Healthy People 2020 will be used as the basis for materials presented. Course fee $25.
  

  • NURS 4333 - Introduction to Holistic Nursing Practices


    3 3 0
    Holistic nursing aims to assist others toward the wholeness within themselves, balancing mind, body, spirit and emotional health. Includes standards of care and standards of practice for holistic nursing. Modalities of practice will be operationalized. Fall. May.
  

  • NURS 4335 - Issues in Health-Care Delivery


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Decision making for ethical dilemmas are examined, as well as legal, social, economic and political policies surrounding the current health-care delivery system.
  

  • NURS 4341 - Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing Practice


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  . Must be taken with NURS 4693 . Emphasizes role of the professional nurse as leader and manager of nursing care. Integrates application of previously acquired knowledge and skill with concepts of leadership and management in health-care delivery.
  

  • NURS 4345 - Professional Nursing Leadership/Management


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite:  RN licensure. Management skills and the art of leadership are addressed and include organizational culture, tools for change, conflict management, multidisciplinary collaboration, scheduling/staffing and legal liability, as well as other principles of leadership/management.
  

  • NURS 4350 - Behavioral Health Nursing


    3 2 3
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  , and  . Focus on nursing care of individuals and families with behavioral disorders including severe and persistent mental illness in community and acute care settings.
  

  • NURS 4351 - Preparation for Professional Nursing Practice


    3 3 0

    Prerequisite:  

     ,  ,  . Emphasis on scope of professional nursing practice and nursing jurisprudence, and the Texas Nursing Practice Act. This course focuses on preparing students for entry into practice. Students must pass a comprehensive, standardized examination to pass this course and to meet requirements for graduation. Core competencies emphasized in this course are critical thinking and professionalism. The role competency emphasized in this course is member of a profession. Course fee $75.

  

  • NURS 4365 - Practice of Professional Nursing


    3 0 9
    Prerequisite: RN licensure. Capstone course in which all concepts learned throughout the program are applied in a clinical setting of the student’s choice. Students will synthesize knowledge from prior courses. To be taken in last semester of B.S.N. course work. Course fee $25.
  

  • NURS 4385 - Concepts in Legal and Ethical Nursing


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: Completion of all University core and department specific prerequisites. Discuss nurse’s legal scope of practice, national standards of nursing practice. Code of Ethics, models of ethical decision making, strategies for access to standards of practice. Legal parameters of nursing practice, legal principles, practice theories related to health care. Provide knowledge of genetics and genomics in complex, changing health care system. Spring.
  

  • NURS 4399 - Honors


    3 0 0
    Advanced nursing experiences for the self-directed student with a GPA over 3.0. Course content will be negotiable by student and selected faculty.
  

  • NURS 4530 - Population-Focused Nursing Practice


    5 3 6
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  , and   . Focus on nursing knowledge required for providing, designing, managing and coordinating community-based care for individuals, families, populations and communities. Utilizes concepts of population-focused and community nursing in clinical practice. Course fee $30.
  

  • NURS 4540 - Adult Health II


    5 3 8
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  , and   . Nursing knowledge required to provide care for adults and families requiring complex nursing care, including concepts of families in crisis in a variety of health-care settings. Course fee $30. Fall, spring.
  

  • NURS 4693 - Clinical Internship for Professional Nursing Practice


    6 0 18
    Prerequisite:  ,  ,  . Clinical practice experience in selected health-care settings and simulations laboratories. Emphasis on acute-care settings. Focus on role of the nurse as provider, designer and manager of care for individuals, families and groups of patients. Course fee $25.

Philosophy

(Offered through the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages.)
  

  • PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy


    3 3 0
    Introduction to the problems and methods of philosophical inquiry. Fall, spring.
  

  • PHIL 2303 - Logic


    3 3 0
    Introduction to logic emphasizing analysis, construction and critique of arguments. Spring.
  

  • PHIL 2374 - Ethics


    3 3 0
    Introduction to theories, problems and methods of traditional and contemporary philosophical ethics. Fall.
  

  • PHIL 3094 - Individual Study


    1-3 0 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and consent of department head. Individual study designed to meet needs and interests of the student.
  

  • PHIL 3301 - Ancient Philosophy


    3 3 0
    History of the philosophical inquiry in the ancient period.
  

  • PHIL 3302 - Modern Philosophy


    3 3 0
    History of philosophical inquiry from the 17th to 19th centuries. Fall.
  

  • PHIL 3303 - Metaphysics


    3 3 0
    Systematic study of the fundamental categories of reality, such as existence, substance, property, identity, space, time, change, event, causality, necessity, essence, free will and mind. Philosophical issues in which these categories play a part also will be discussed.
  

  • PHIL 3392 - Special Topics

    Same as  .
    3 3 0
    Treatment of one or more specific topics in the history of philosophy. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
  

  • PHIL 4302 - Major Figures in Philosophy


    3 3 0
    Focus on individual philosophers. May be repeated once when topics vary.

Physical Education

(Offered through the Department of Sports and Exercise Sciences.)
  

  • PHED 1101 - Group Exercise


    1 0 2
    Introduction to various group exercise formats and styles of choreography. Overview of general guidelines for aerobic programs and instruction, as well as personal fitness. Course fee $12.
  

  • PHED 1102 - Bowling


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in bowling.
  

  • PHED 1106 - Golf


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in golf.
  

  • PHED 1109 - Karate


    1 0 2
    Development of basic skills of self-defense as related to the sport of Karate. Course fee $30.
  

  • PHED 1110 - Advanced Karate


    1 0 2
    Prerequisite: PHED 1109  or permission of instructor. Further development of skills of self-defense in the sport of Karate.
  

  • PHED 1111 - Lifetime Wellness


    1 1 1
    Overview of the seven dimensions of wellness and lifestyle management across the life span. Strategies for responsible decision-making related to health care, physical well-being, stress management, sexual health and safety. Specific activities appropriate to fulfillment of objectives will be included.
  

  • PHED 1115 - Racquetball


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in racquetball.
  

  • PHED 1116 - Recreational Activities


    1 0 2
    Seasonal recreational activities.
  

  • PHED 1117 - Recreational Softball


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in softball.
  

  • PHED 1118 - Recreational Basketball


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in basketball.
  

  • PHED 1119 - Recreational Volleyball


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in volleyball.
  

  • PHED 1127 - Tennis


    1 0 2
    History, rules and fundamentals to develop recreational skills in tennis.
  

  • PHED 1129 - Varsity Athletics


    1 0 2
    Varsity intercollegiate participation. Must be currently active in either a (1) NCAA sport, (2) spirit squad, including cheerleaders, or (3) student athletic trainers. May count once toward degree requirement.
  

  • PHED 1130 - Walking for Fitness and Fun


    1 0 2
    Designed to examine fitness walking (the most popular form of exercise in America) as an activity to improve health and fitness. Adopting exercise (walking) into a lifetime.
  

  • PHED 1135 - Weight Training


    1 0 2
    History and fundamentals of scientific weight training.
  

  • PHED 1178 - Horsemanship

    Same as ANSC 1178 .
    1 0 2
    Review of fundamental horse safety and horsemanship to include handling, grooming, equipping, riding western and English, and the relationship of riding to physical and mental well-being. May be repeated for credit with instructor approval for a maximum of five credit hours. Course fee $65.
  

  • PHED 1274 - Western Horsemanship

    Same as ANSC 1274 .
    2 0 4
    Prerequisite: ANSC 1178 /PHED 1178  or consent of instructor. Development of balanced seat, hands and posture at natural gaits of the horse. Emphasis on control of the horse through primary and secondary aids. Welfare and communication considerations for effective horse-human relationships. Relationship of riding to physical and mental well-being. Course fee $80.
  

  • PHED 1275 - English Riding and Jumping I

    Same as ANSC 1275 .
    2 0 4
    Prerequisite: PHED 1178  or consent of instructor. Introduction to principles of forward seat riding with emphasis on control and use of primary and secondary aids. Use of cavalletti and introduction to jumping. Safety considerations for jumping. Course fee $80.

Physics
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 1401 - General Physics I (HAZ)


    4 3 2
    Prerequisite: MATH 1314 ,   or a mathematics course for which one of these courses is a prerequisite. Classical mechanics, including Newton’s Laws and the mathematical description of motion. Selected laboratory experiments. Course fee $30. Fall, spring, summer I.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 1402 - General Physics II (HAZ)


    4 3 2
    Prerequisite: PHYS 1401 . Particles and their interactions, waves and modern physics. Selected laboratory experiments. Course fee $30. Fall, spring, summer II.
  

  • PHYS 1411 - Planetary Astronomy


    4 3 2
    Introduction to planetary astronomy. Largely non-mathematical description of our solar system, including planets, asteroids, meteors and comets. Includes laboratory which will involve outdoor observations on clear nights with cloudy nights devoted to indoor experiments and activities to illustrate physical processes in astronomy. Course fee $30. Fall.
  

  • PHYS 1412 - Introductory Astronomy II


    4 3 2
    Stellar and galactic astronomy. Largely non-mathematical description of stars, galaxies, black holes and other objects beyond our solar system. Includes lab oratory which will involve outdoor observations on clear nights with cloudy nights devoted to indoor experiments and activities to illustrate physical processes in astronomy. Course fee $15. Spring.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 2425 - Calculus Physics I (HAZ)


    4 3 2

    Prerequisite:  

       or concurrent enrollment. Mathematical treatment (calculus) of mechanics, energy and waves. Selected laboratory experiments. Course fee $30. Fall.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 2426 - Calculus Physics II (HAZ)


    4 3 2
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2425  and MATH 2414  or concurrent enrollment. Mathematical treatment (calculus) of electricity, magnetism and optics. Selected laboratory experiments. Course fee $30. Spring.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 3095 - Laboratory Problems (HAZ)


    1-6 0 0
    One to three semester hours at a time. May be repeated with different content to a total of six semester hours. Course fee $11–$36, depending on hours enrolled. Fall, spring, summer I, summer II.
  

  • PHYS 3302 - Wind Energy and Wind Turbines

    Same as ET 3302 .
    3 3 0
    Introduction to wind characteristics, wind turbine types, design of wind turbines, experimental results and economics.
  

  • PHYS 3303 - Solar Energy: Residence and Rural Systems

    Cross-listed with ET 3303 .
    3 3 0
    Alternative energy (solar, wind, biomass) for residence and rural application.
  

  • PHYS 3310 - Modern Physics I


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426  and MATH 2414 . Quantum theory, special theory of relativity, waves and particles, quantum mechanics in one dimension, hydrogen atom. Fall of odd years.
  

  • PHYS 3320 - Thermodynamics


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426 ; or concurrent enrollment in MATH 3340 . Equations of state, ideal gases, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy and statistical methods. Fall of odd years.
  

  • PHYS 3323 - Physics of Medical Imaging


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite:   or  . Introduction to physics of imaging relevant to medical applications, including image storage analysis, compression, and retrieval. Computer applications including vision and visualization concepts for medical applications; telemedicine applications. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 3330 - Mechanics I


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426 . Particle and extended body dynamics, force fields, energy and momentum. Fall of even years.
  

  • PHYS 3340 - Electricity and Magnetism I


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426 . Electric Field, potential energy relationships and electromagnetic waves. Fall of even years.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PHYS 3350 - Advanced Physics Laboratory (HAZ)


    3 1 4
    Prerequisite: Pre- or co-requisite: PHYS 3310 . Laboratory course focusing on advanced techniques and experiments drawn from the full range of physics classes. The student will understand the role of experimental design, advanced data analysis and reduction, error analysis, and the use of computers while investigating physical phenomena. Course fee, $6. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 3380 - Introduction to Astrophysics


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 3310  or consent of instructor. Introduction to the physical laws governing the celestial mechanics and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and structure of the universe. Topics include modern observational techniques, star formation, interstellar medium, orbital dynamics, stellar evolution, big bang nucleosynthesis and cosmology. Course fee $15. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 4095 - Problems in Physics


    1-6 0 0
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and consent of instructor. Selected individual problems to be focused on a specific area in physics. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of six hours. Fall
  

  • PHYS 4103 - Seminar in Physics

     ,  .
    1 1 1
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing and physics major. Intended to provide physics majors with experience in professional presentations. Group discussion and oral and written presentations on current topics in physics or a related field. Career orientation and development of professional resumé will also be completed in this course. Spring.
  

  • PHYS 4310 - Modern Physics II


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 3310 . Applications of elementary quantum theory to molecular, solid-state, nuclear and elementary particle physics. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 4320 - Quantum Mechanics I


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426 . Schrodinger equation, particle in a box, operators, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum operators, hydrogen atom. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 4321 - Principles of Physical Science


    3 3 0
    Non-mathematical approach to fundamentals of physics and chemistry. Designed for science education students and public school teachers desiring to satisfy deficiencies. Essential elements of physical science and objectives for the physical science TExES test will be covered. Spring.
  

  • PHYS 4330 - Optics


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2426 . Physical optics, propagation of light, interference and diffraction, general wave equation, interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter. Spring of odd years.
  

  • PHYS 4340 - Mathematical Methods


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 3340 . Mathematical methods of physics: vectors, matrices, vector differential operators, differential equations, integral theorems, infinite series, eigenfunctions and numerical methods. Spring of odd years.
  
  

  • PHYS 4360 - Nuclear Physics


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PHYS 3310 . Natural and artificial radioactivity. Topics include the neutron, positron, nuclear structure and forces, binding energies, nuclear fission and fusion, particle accelerators and cosmic rays. Spring of even years.
  

  • PHYS 4370 - Senior Investigations


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: Senior status and consent of instructor. Advanced work in the student’s major area, including exposure to research literature and senior presentation. Spring of even years.

Plant, Soil and Environmental Science

(Offered through the Department of Agricultural Sciences.)
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 1301 - Principles of Horticulture (HAZ)

    [HORT 1301]
    3 2 2
    Horticultural plants, including turfgrass, fruit, vegetable, nut, flowering and ornamental plants and their propagation, culture, harvest, storage and utilization. Course fee $26.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 1307 - Principles of Plant Science (HAZ)

    [AGRI 1307]
    3 2 2
    Fundamentals of agricultural plants with emphasis on plant structure, nutrition, breeding, function and soil characteristics as related to production of economic plants. Course fee $18.
  

  • PSES 2313 - Economic Entomology

    [AGRI 2313]
    3 3 0
    Classification, life histories, habits and management practices of common local insects and insect pests of plants and animals. Collect, preserve and identify anthropods with emphasis on insects.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 2411 - Soils and the Environment (HAZ)


    4 3 2
    Soil formation and classification; nutrient cycles, water and air quality; soil physical properties and the hydrologic cycle; carbon, soil, and global warming; problems of humid and arid regions; wind and water erosion; soil clay minerals; soil biology, rememdiation and wetlands. Course fee $18. Fall, spring.
  

  • PSES 3130 - Soil Profile Evaluation


    1 0 0
    Prerequisite:  . Field description and characterization of soil profiles. Application of taxonomic classification to soil profile descriptions. Evaluation of land use based on profile characteristics. May be repeated twice for credit.
  

  • PSES 3272 - Individual Study of Seed and Plant Quality


    2 0 6
    Identification and evaluation of seed and plant quality. Identification of field crops, important diseases which attack them, weed seeds, practice in judging quality and values of seeds and crop products, and commercial grain grading. May be repeated once for credit. Course fee $30.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 4094 - Directed Studies (HAZ)


    3-4 0 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and consent of instructor. Individualized studies on current topics in plant and/or soil science. May be repeated for a maximum of six semester credit hours.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 4097 - Undergraduate Research (HAZ)


    2-4 0 0
    Prerequisite: consent of department head. Selected individual research problems. Completion of a problem which is more extensive than problems encountered in normal class work. Course fee, $6.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 4302 - Range/Forage/Wildlife Management (HAZ)


    3 2 2
    Prerequisite: junior standing. Problems in managing pasture and range lands, including vegetation, reseeding, forage production and utilization, brush control, poisonous plants and managing rangeland for livestock and wildlife. Lab fee $12.
  

  • PSES 4310 - Plant Breeding and Cytogenetics


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: AGRI 3301  or BIOL 3301 . Traditional and biotechnological methods of plant breeding for genetic improvement and seed increase. Spring of odd years.
  
  • Student Laboratory Safety Training

    PSES 4311 - Soil Morphology and Classification (HAZ)


    3 2 2
    Prerequisite: PSES 2411 . Characteristics of soil development, soil catenas and landscape relations, systems of soil taxonomy, regional and world soils, and wetlands classification. Field description of soil profiles, application of taxonomic classification to soil profile descriptions. Course fee $12. Spring of even years.
  

  • PSES 4321 - Grain, Fiber and Oilseed Crops


    3 3 0
    Culture, management, utilization and quality characteristics of grain, fiber and oilseed crops. Fall of even years.
  

  • PSES 4330 - Crop Physiology


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: PSES 1307  or four semester hours of biology. Basic physiological processes of plants and application of these principles to increasing the yield of economic plants.
  

  • PSES 4331 - Irrigation, Soil and Water Conservation


    3 2 2
    Prerequisite: PSES 2411 . Emphasis on principles of wind and water erosion control, water conservation practices, surveying, and evapotranspiration and irrigation management. Course fee $12. Spring of odd years.
  

  • PSES 4341 - Weeds, Herbicides and Cultural Control


    3 3 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor. Problematic weeds in agronomy and horticulture, methods of integrated cultural and chemical control. Fall of even years.
  

  • PSES 4342 - Soil Fertility


    3 3 0

    Prerequisite:  

      and   or   Behavior of nutrient elements in soils and plants. Emphasis on nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Spring of even years.
  

  • PSES 4352 - Integrated Grazing and Wildlife Habitat Management


    3 2 2
    Prerequisite:   or consent of instructor. Basic understanding of economic relationships between grazing livestock and rangeland landscapes and the ecological processes that drive natural community dynamics at different scales and practice skills necessary to plan, implement and monitor successful adaptive grazing strategies that address lifestyle, economic/production and landscape goals. Spring of even years.
  

  • PSES 4371 - Field Crop Entomology


    3 2 2
    Prerequisite: PSES 2313  or BIOL 3510 . Harmful and beneficial insects that affect major field crops. Biology, identification, economic importance and management of insect pests. Lab fee $30.
  

  • PSES 4393 - Honors
 

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