PSS 6302 TENTATIVE COURSE SYLLABUS

Week	Date	Day	Lecture Topic
1	08/27	Tues	Introduction, Syllabus, Exam Description, Project Description
	08/29	Thur	Programming Fundamentals
2	09/03	Tues	Programming Fundamentals (continued)
	09/05	Thur	Programming Fundamentals (continued)
3	09/10	Tues	1: Philosophy of Model Development, Verification, and Validation
	09/12	Thur	2: Time and Space Scales; Parameterization; the Steady-State Assumption
4	09/17	Tues	3: Overview, Modeling Rate and Duration; Arrhenius Plots and the Q10
	09/19	Thur	4: Enzyme Inhibition; the Poikilothermic Rate Equation; Degree-Days
5	09/24	Tues	5: Plant Phenology; Modeling Crop Emergence
	09/26	Thur	6: Interaction of Environmental Factors; Modeling Flowering
6	10/01	Tues	Exam #1 (Lectures 1-6)
	10/03	Thur	7: Overview, Modeling Plant Growth; the Michaelis-Menton Equation
7	10/08	Tues	8: Photosynthesis and Respiration
	10/10	Thur	9: Light Absorption and Light Use Efficiency
8	10/15	Tues	10: Photosynthate Partitioning; Source/Sink Relationships
	10/17	Thur	11: Leaf Growth and Senescence
9	10/22	Tues	Exam #2 (Lectures 7-11)
	10/24	Thur	12: Overview, the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System
10	10/29	Tues	13: Transpiration and Evapotranspiration (ET)
	10/31	Thur	14: Water Uptake and Movement in the Plant
11	11/05	Tues	15: Modeling the Soil Water Balance
	11/07	Thur	16: Modeling Plant Stress; Law of the Minimum
12	11/12	Tues	Exam #3 (Lectures 12-16)
	11/14	Thur	No class (Agronomy Society Meetings)
13	11/19	Tues	17: Modeling Crop Yield
	11/21	Thur	18: Crop Yield (continued)
14	11/26	Tues	19: Within-season Model Calibration
	11/28	Thur	No class (Thanksgiving Holiday)
15	12/03	Tues	Review of Class Projects
Finals Week			Final Exam (Lectures 1-19)

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