PLP at Iowa State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PLP coursework.

• PLP 4080Principles of Plant Pathologyopens 4 courses (2.5 directly)
• PLP 4160Forest Insects and Diseasesopens 2 courses (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PLP work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 14 PLP and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more PLP courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PLP. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at PLP 5060

  1. BIOL 3130Principles of Genetics
  2. PLP 5060Plant-Pathogen Interactions

• 2 courses deep, ending at PLP 5090

  1. BBMB 3010Survey of Biochemistry
  2. PLP 5090Plant Virology

• 2 courses deep, ending at PLP 5110

  1. ENT 3700Insect Biology
  2. PLP 5110Integrated Management of Tropical Crops

• 2 courses deep, ending at PLP 5940

  1. PLP 4080Principles of Plant Pathology
  2. PLP 5940Seed Pathology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PLP yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PLP yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PLP does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa State campus feed.