Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Plant Sciences


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http://plantsciences.utk.edu/

Scott A. Senseman, Head
William E. Klingeman,
Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Bates, G.E., PhD – Georgia
Beyl, C.A. (Dean), PhD – Purdue
Chen, F., PhD – California (Davis)
Cheng, Z.M., PhD – Cornell
Deyton, D.E., PhD – North Carolina State
Hayes, R.M., PhD – Illinois
Klingeman, W.E., PhD – Georgia
Lockwood, D.W., PhD – Purdue
McClure Thompson, M.A., PhD – Tennessee
Miller, R.D., PhD – Kentucky
Mueller, T.C., PhD – Georgia
Pantalone, V.R., PhD – North Carolina State
Rhodes, G.N., PhD – North Carolina State
Samples, T.J., PhD – Oklahoma State
Sams, C.E. (Austin Distinguished Professor), PhD – Michigan State
Senseman, S.A., PhD – Arkansas
Sorochan, J.C., PhD – Michigan State
Steckel, L.E., PhD – Illinois
Stewart, C.N. (Racheff Chair), PhD – Virginia Tech
Stier, J.C., PhD – Michigan State
West, D.R., PhD – Nebraska

Associate Professors
Bailey, W.A., PhD – Virginia Tech
Brosnan, J.T., PhD – Penn State
Butler, D.M., PhD – Georgia
Collett, B., MLA – Ohio State
Fulcher, A.F., PhD – Kentucky
Hamilton, S.L., EdD – Tennessee
Hewezi, T., PhD  – Toulouse (France)
Horvath, B.J., PhD – Michigan State
Menendez, G.L., MS – Tennessee
Stewart, C.E., MLA – Georgia
Wszelaki, A.L., PhD – California (Davis)
Yin, X., PhD – Purdue

Assistant Professors
Bhandari, H.S., PhD – New Mexico State
Bumgarner, N., PhD – Ohio State
Nave Oakes, R., PhD – Ohio State
Raper, T., PhD – Arkansas
Shekoofa, A., PhD – Shiraz (Iran)
Sykes, V.R., PhD – Tennessee
Walker, E., PhD – Arkansas

Research Assistant Professors
Li, W., PhD – Tennessee
Ranjan, P., PhD – Michigan Technological

Senior Lecturers
Pulte, A.J., PhD – Tennessee

Adjunct Faculty
Bentley, M.L., EdD – Virginia
Ott, R.J., MBA – Tennessee

Emeriti Faculty
Allen, F.L., PhD – Minnesota
Coffey, D.L., PhD – Purdue
Gwathmey, C.O., PhD – California (Riverside)
McDaniel, G.L., PhD – Iowa State
Rogers, S.M., MLA – Georgia

MAJORS   DEGREES
Landscape Architecture   MLA
Plant Sciences   MS
    Crop Sciences concentration    
    Horticulture concentration    
    Plant Breeding concentration    
    Plant Molecular Genetics concentration    
    Weed Science concentration    
Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences   PhD
   Crop Sciences concentration    
  Horticulture concentration    
  Plant Breeding concentration    
  Plant Molecular Genetics concentration    
  Weed Science concentration    


The Department of Plant Sciences offers two graduate degrees – the Master of Science with a major in plant sciences and the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in plant, soil, and environmental sciences. For additional information, please visit the departmental homepage. Inquiries may be directed to the Chair, Graduate Committee, Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4561, or plantsciences@utk.edu

Landscape Architecture Major, MLA

The Master of Landscape Architecture is an intercollegiate program composed of faculty from the College of Architecture and Design, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, and related colleges and disciplines. Faculty in the College of Architecture and Design and the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources are responsible for the core curriculum. The first professional degree (MLA Track I) is largely designed to prepare students as critically engaged and well-trained practitioners. The post-professional degree (MLA Track II) provides opportunities for research-oriented studies located in subdisciplines as well as self-directed research in alternative areas of interest. (For a full program description, see Landscape Architecture in the College of Architecture and Design section of this catalog.)

Statistics Minor

The department also participates in a program designed to give Plant Sciences graduate students an opportunity to develop a minor in statistics with course content relevant to their major field of study. See Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics Program (IGSP) for program description (http://www.bus.utk.edu/stat/igsp/overview.htm), a list of participating departments (http://www.bus.utk.edu/stat/igsp/programs.htm), and departmentally approved courses (http://bus.utk.edu/stat/igsp/pss.htm).

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