Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

62 - Agricultural Sciences

01.11 - Plant Sciences

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 01.1101 to 01.1199.

01.1101 - Plant Sciences, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the scientific principles that underlie the breeding, cultivation, and production of agricultural plants, and the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural plant products. These programs include courses in the plant sciences, crop cultivation and production, and agricultural and food products processing.

• Example Program Names:

  • Plant sciences

• Exclusion

  • Crop technology(01.0304)
  • Crop science(01.1102)
  • Horticultural science(01.1103)
  • Botany(26.0301)

01.1102 - Agronomy and Crop Science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the chemical, physical, and biological relationships of crops and the soils nurturing them. These programs include courses in the growth and behaviour of agricultural crops, the development of new plant varieties, and the scientific management of soils and nutrients for maximum plant nutrition, health, and productivity.

• Example Program Names:

  • Agronomy and crop science
  • Crop science

• Exclusion

  • Crop technology(01.0304)
  • Plant sciences(01.1101)
  • Agriculture soil science(01.1201)
  • Botany(26.0301)

01.1103 - Horticultural Science

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific principles related to the cultivation of garden and ornamental plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape and nursery crops. These programs include courses in specific types of plants, such as citrus; breeding horticultural varieties; physiology of horticultural species; and the scientific management of horticultural plant development and production through the life cycle.

• Example Program Names:

  • Horticultural science

• Exclusion

  • Horticulture(01.0601)
  • Ornamental horticulture(01.0603)
  • Greenhouse operations and management(01.0604)
  • Landscape gardening(01.0605)
  • Nursery technology(01.0606)
  • Floristry(01.0608)

01.1104 - Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of genetics and genetic engineering to the improvement of agricultural plant health, the development of new plant varieties, and the selective improvement of agricultural plant populations. These programs include courses in genetics, genetic engineering, population genetics, agronomy, plant protection, and biotechnology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Agricultural plant breeding
  • Genetics and plant breeding
  • Horticultural plant breeding
  • Plant breeding
  • Plant breeding genetics

• Exclusion

  • Horticultural technology(01.0601)
  • Ornamental horticulture production(01.0603)
  • Nursery technology(01.0606)
  • Horticultural science(01.1103)
  • Botany(26.0301)
  • Plant genetics(26.0805)
  • Plant biotechnology(26.1201)

01.1105 - Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of scientific principles to the control of animal and weed infestation of domesticated plant populations, including agricultural crops; the prevention/reduction of attendant economic loss; and the control of environmental pollution and degradation related to pest infestation and pest control measures. These programs include courses in entomology, applicable animal sciences, plant pathology and physiology, weed science, crop science, and environmental toxicology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Agriculture plant protection
  • Crop protection
  • Integrated pest management

• Exclusion

  • Crop technology(01.0304)
  • Environmental and conservation science(03.0101)
  • Plant physiology(26.0307)
  • Entomology(26.0702)
  • Environmental toxicology(26.1006)

01.1106 - Range Science and Management

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of rangelands, arid regions, grasslands, and other areas of low productivity, as well as the principles of managing such resources for maximum benefit and environmental balance. These programs include courses in livestock management, wildlife biology, plant sciences, ecology, soil science, and hydrology.

• Example Program Names:

  • Range and pasture management
  • Range management
  • Range science

• Exclusion

  • Livestock management(01.0906)
  • Plant sciences(01.1101)
  • Wildlife management(03.0601)
  • Ecology(26.1301)
  • Environmental biology(26.1305)
  • Hydrology(40.0605)

01.1199 - Plant Sciences, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Plant Sciences.

• Example Program Names:

  • Crop and horticultural science
  • Plant science technology

• Exclusion

  • Crop production(01.0304)
  • Horticulture(01.0601)
  • Plant sciences(01.1101)
  • Plant breeding(01.1104)
  • Botany(26.0301)
  • Plant physiology(26.0307)
  • Plant biotechnology(26.1201)