PLSC203

Plants, Genes and Biotechnology

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Prerequisite: BSCI103 or BSCI105; or (BSCI170 and BSCI171). An overview of the history, genetics, and reproductive mechanisms for agronomic and horticultural plants that examines mechanisms of genetic improvement ranging from traditional plant breeding to tissue culture and genetic engineering. Social and political issues such as germplasm preservation and international intellectual property rights will also be discussed.

Fall 2025

Vijay Tiwari

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Past Semesters

Vijay Tiwari

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Vijay Tiwari

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Vijay Tiwari

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Vijay Tiwari

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Gary Coleman

1 review
Average rating: 1.00

Jianhua Zhu

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Jose Costa

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.16 between 267 students*

A-: 12.36%

A: 16.85%

A+: 18.73%

B-: 10.49%

B: 12.73%

B+: 12.36%

C-: 1.87%

C: 3.37%

C+: 4.12%

D-: 0.37%

F: 0.75%

W: 5.62%

other: 0.37%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.