PLS at University of California, Davis

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 PLS coursework.

• BIS 002CIntroduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Lifeopens 42 courses (28 directly)
• PLS 100AMetabolic Processes of Cultivated Plantsopens 13 courses (6 directly)
• BIS 101Genes & Gene Expressionopens 8 courses (5 directly)
• BIS 101VGenes & Gene Expressionopens 8 courses (5 directly)
• PLS 100CEnvironmental Interactions of Cultivated Plantsopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• PLS 150Sustainability & Agroecosystem Managementopens 4 courses (3 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 PLS 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 98 PLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more PLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 7 courses deep, ending at PLS 163

  1. ENH 160Restoration Ecology
  2. PLS 163Ecosystem & Landscape Ecology

• 6 courses deep, ending at PLS 148

  1. EVE 127Systematics of Vascular Plants
  2. PLS 127Systematics of Vascular Plants
  3. PLS 148Field Course: Flora of Northern California's Mountains

• 6 courses deep, ending at PLS 217

  1. BIS 002BIntroduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology & Evolution
  2. BIS 002CIntroduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Life
  3. PLS 100AMetabolic Processes of Cultivated Plants

• 5 courses deep, ending at PLS 100BL

  1. BIS 002BIntroduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology & Evolution
  2. BIS 002CIntroduction to Biology: Biodiversity & the Tree of Life
  3. PLS 100AMetabolic Processes of Cultivated Plants

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PLS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PLS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UC Davis campus feed.