Search with any of the relevant course codes: PLSCI, PLHRT, PLBIO, PLPBG, PLPPM, PLSCS. (All SIPS courses will transition to PLSCI course codes starting with the 2024-2025 academic year.)
Newly proposed courses are reviewed by the Plant Science Curriculum Committee and by the CALS Curriculum Committee
If you have a new course you’d like to try out, consider teaching it as a Special Topics Course (PLSCI 4940)
Can be 1-4 credits, and taught for 2 years without approval from the College
If at all possible, try to adhere to your assigned time for final exams. Schedules have been arranged to spread out student workloads
When proposing a new class, review the legal class times: Class meeting times
Note that 10:00 and 11:00 Tuesday and Thursdays are the most popular class times and you will maximize your enrollment by avoiding these times
CALS provides SIPS with funds to support teaching. These funds are distributed to sections based on course numbers. Beginning Fall 2024, funds will be distributed directly through SIPS.
Costs for field trip fees have increased significantly owing to changes in transportation providers. This may necessitate passing on some costs to students in the future.
Signed risk waivers are required for all off-campus experiences
Electronics, visitors, animals – in the absence of letters of accommodation from Student Disability Services, policy is at the discretion of the instructor
Classroom auditing:
The option to audit is only available to graduate students
Auditors are accepted at the discretion of the instructor. If accepted, numbers cannot be limited unless room capacity is exceeded
Auditors cannot be failed but they can receive an incomplete which must be resolved prior to graduation. Requesting that auditing students sign a contract committing to a specified level of attendance and/or participation can be an effective strategy
Accommodation is required for varsity athletics, religious observance, and issues of physical and mental health
Accommodation is not required for club sports or deaths in the family
Ask at the beginning of the semester for known dates of absence related to athletics and religious observance. not that travel time to be with family is not encompassed
A letter from Student Health Services is required for physical and mental health accommodations
Instructors are not required to reschedule or duplicate field trips missed owing to accommodation