Office of the University Registrar

Pest Management - Plant Protection
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The crop science departments and the supporting disciplines of entomology-nematology, plant sciences, plant pathology and forest resources and conservation offer the following general and cross-department courses in pest management. (See Agricultural Operations Management for AOM 3333, Pesticide Application, and Agricultural General for AGG 5505, Plant Protection in Tropical Ecosystems.)

IPM 3022 Fundamentals of Pest Management
Credits: 3.
Principles of the philosophy that treats the subject of controlling plant pests through integrated systems of management.
IPM 4254 Landscape IPM: Ornamentals and Turf
Credits: 3; Prereq: ENT 3005, NEM 3002, PLP 3002 or IPM 3022.
Identification of abiotic factors, disease, insect/mite and nematode problems that occur on landscape ornamentals and turfgrass throughout Florida. Integrated management concepts and strategies presented for these problems include all available options.
PMA 3931 Seminar in Basic Plant Pest Management
Credits: 1; Prereq: IPM 3022.
Group study and discussion of the fundamental concepts that relate to plant-pest management as a science.
PMA 4570C Field Techniques in IPM
Credits: 2; Prereq: IPM 3022.
Field experience in pest scouting and pest management decision-making processes.

General Education Categories

Consult Schedule of Courses for specific information.

  • Biological Sciences (B)
  • Composition (C)
  • Diversity (D)*
  • Humanities (H)
  • International (N)*
  • Mathematics (M)
  • Physical Sciences (P)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)

* Students who entered UF prior to Summer B 2007 and/or whose catalog year is not 2007-08: Current students who have not completed six hours of international/diversity (I) credits can do so now by taking D and N courses.

Symbols Used in Course Descriptions

  • (WR): the course satisfies the writing requirement.
  • (MR): the course satisfies the math requirement.
  • (S-U): the course may be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
  • Refer to the Schedule of Courses for specific information.