Spring courses

Spring 2026

Listings are subject to change/correction and should be verified with the university's Schedule of Classes on buckeyelink.osu.edu. Questions: M. Lewandowski (lewandowski.52@osu.edu) or K. Johnston (johnston.589@osu.edu).   For online courses, if there is a Day/Time listed it is expected to login at that day/time (referred to as synchronous).

Curriculum Course number
Title
Credits
Instructor		 CLASS NUMBER

Class components

 Mode of delivery Days, Times Location
CORE
CORE

ENTMLGY 5600
Principles and Applications of Integrated Pest Management
3 credits
Ashley Leach, Instructor

GRAD
Online 32694

   Online    
CORE ENTMLGY 5800
Pesticide Science
3 credits
R. Johnson and A. Leach, Instructors		 GRAD
Online 33005		   Online    
CORE

Note: most MPHM students take HCS 5887 (Intro to Experimental Design) in the fall, which is a prerequisite for this course.
HCS 8887
Experimental Design
4 credits
K. Mercer and D. Barker, Instructors

GRAD
Lecture (online and in-person hybrid) Columbus-32148.  Wooster-32426.
AND
Recitation Columbus-32149 and Wooster-32427.

 Lecture Hybrid in-person and online but this is an in-person class MoWeFr 10:20AM - 11:15AM Wooster or Columbus  
Recitation To be announced Mo 11:30AM - 12:25PM  
CORE

There's a lot of content with this class; recommended for later in the program if plant disease/pathology is new to you at this time.

PLNTPTH 5603
Plant Disease Management
3 credits
D. (Nikki) Tate, Instructor

 GRAD
Online, class number 33158		 Lecture Online    
CORE

PLNTPTH 7300
Plant Health Management Seminar
1 credit
C. Taylor, Instructor

Online, class number 32872

 Seminar Online Webinar Monday evenings
8:00-8:55 PM
Zoom webinar		  
TARGETED ELECTIVES
Targeted elective

ENTMLGY 5500
Biological Control of Arthropod Pests
3 credits
L. Canas

Class number
GRAD 32873

   Online    
Targeted elective ENTMLGY 5608
Turfgrass Insect and Mite Pests - Identification, Biology, and Management
2 credits
Shaohui Wu, instructor
 		 GRAD 
32810		   Online    
Targeted elective

ENTMLGY 5609
Landscape Ornamental Plant Insect and Mite Pests - Indentification, Biology and Management
3 cr
Samuel Ward, instructor

 GRAD
33089		   Online    
Targeted elective

PLNTPTH 5150
Diseases of Vegetable and Fruit Crops
2 cr
Melanie Ivey and Andres Sanabria Velazquez, Instructors
 

 GRAD 36739   Online    
OTHER ELECTIVES
Other
Elective		 ENTMLGY 5602 or PLNTPTH 8902
Mentored Extension/Outreach		 Variable Independent study Online or in-person N/A N/A
Other Elective (approved by MPHM GSC) ENR 5600
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
3 credits, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Instructor		 GRAD
33069		 Lecture In person

Mo 12:40PM - 1:35PM
Fri 12:40PM-2:30PM

 Kottman 245
Columbus
Other
Elective		 AEDECON 4310
Environmental and Natural Resources Economics (Elective)
Allen Klaiber		 31784
(can petition for Grad credit)		 Lecture Online    
Other
Elective
 

AEDECON 4330
The Sustainable Economy: Concepts and Methods (Elective)
Lec: Elena Irwin
Lab: to be announced
 

Lecture 31785 and
Lab 32639 (can petition for Grad credit)

 Lecture In person MoWe 4:10PM - 5:10PM Journalism Bldg 270
Columbus
Lab In person Tu 5:30PM - 6:25PM Ag Admin 108
Columbus
Other
Elective		 AEDECON 4597.01
Food, Population, and the Environment (Elective)
3 credits, E. Alexander, instructor

32640
(can petition for Grad credit)

 Lecture In person MoWe 11:10AM - 12:30PM Kottman 104 Columbus
Other
Elective		 AEDECON 5330
Benefit-Cost Analysis (Elective)
3 credits, T. Jaquet, instructor		 GRAD Columbus
32766		 Lecture In person TuTh 9:35AM - 10:55AM Agriculture Admin Bldg 005
Other
Elective		 ACEL 7700 (formerly AEE 7700)
Documenting Change through Evaluation and Accountability
3 credits, Joy Rumble, instructor		 GRAD 32267   Online    
Other
Elective

HCS 5602
The Ecology of Agriculture

W. Klooster

33305 - Columbus

33425 - Wooster

   In person MoWe 8:40AM - 10:00AM

Columbus-Kottman 343 videolink to

Wooster-Gourley 102