Agricultural Sciences Courses | 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog | SIU

This course is designed to teach graduate students how to communicate successfully their proposed and completed research and to teach college-level courses in the Agricultural Sciences.

Credit Hours: 3

Oral presentations by individual graduate students. Each Ph.D. student in Agricultural Sciences is required to present their proposed dissertation research project as a seminar and the findings of their dissertation as a seminar. All Agricultural Science Ph.D. students must register for at least two credits of seminar.

Credit Hours: 1

Recent developments in Agricultural Sciences will be discussed in a classroom setting.

Credit Hours: 1-3

Recent developments in Agricultural Sciences will be discussed in a classroom setting.

Credit Hours: 1-3

Recent developments in Agricultural Sciences will be discussed in a classroom setting.

Credit Hours: 1-3

Journal articles, chapters and books relevant to a Ph.D. student's research will be read and discussed with their major professor.

Credit Hours: 1-4

Directed research in approved specialized topic areas in Agricultural Sciences.

Credit Hours: 1-4

Directed study of specialized areas of Agricultural Science, depending on the program of the student.

Credit Hours: 1-4

Acquaints the student with different teaching environments and styles. Students will be expected to participate in instruction of agricultural sciences courses. Special approved needed by the instructor.

Credit Hours: 1-6

This course is to be taken during the research and writing of the dissertation. A minimum of 24 hours must be earned for the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

Credit Hours: 1-12

For those Doctoral students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any course is not permitted.

Credit Hours: 1