Learning Objectives

Students will be exposed to, directly apply, and understand the significance of, a wide range of current research techniques in the discipline of botany.

Students will be able to critically interpret complex data, i.e., they can use the data to draw a meaningful conclusion while articulating the limitations of the data set.

Students will be able to find and use primary literature to investigate a problem.

Students will be able to design sound experiments, including proper controls and appropriate statistical analyses.

Students will have a strong factual foundation in the structure, function, evolution, diversity, and ecology of plants.  

Major Requirements

• BIOL 120 Introduction to Cell Biology  
• BIOL 122 Organisms and Their Environment  
• BIOL 261 Evolution   
• BIOL 271 Genetics  
• BIOL 326 Plant Physiology  
• BIOL 344 Plant Communities and Ecosystems  

• ENVS 111 Introduction to Earth Science  

or

• BIOL 125 Introduction to Microbiology  

• BIOL 252 Biodiversity of Flowering Plants  

or

• BIOL 355 Plant Responses to Global Change  

• CHEM 110 General Chemistry I  
• CHEM 111 General Chemistry II  

• Two additional courses chosen from the following: ​ENVS 111 , BIOL 125 , BIOL 252 , BIOL 347 , BIOL 352 , BIOL 353 , BIOL 355 , MATH 105 , MATH 235 , MATH 230 , BIOL 351 , BIOL 313 , GEOG 291 /GEOG 292 , NUTR 300 12 , GEOG 245 , GEOG 352, GEOG 355 , GEOG 369 .