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	Botany Major (BS, CRED, HBS)	Print Version
	College of Science \| Botany and Plant Pathology

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Botanical Research

Fungal Biology

Plant Ecology and Systematics

Plant Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology

Pre-Professional Teaching Botany

The required curriculum meets the course requirements of the university and the College of Science and provides opportunity for specialized study in one or more principal areas of plant science. The undergraduate major, in regular consultation with a faculty advisor, prepares an academic program that meets university requirements, provides adequate scientific background, and fulfills individual goals and interests.

Required courses are listed below according to a suggested schedule. The order in which particular courses are taken may vary in individual cases.

Freshman Year

BI 211, BI 212, BI 213. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
CH 121, CH 122, CH 123, or CH 221, CH 222, CH 223. *General Chemistry (5,5,5)
Mathematics courses (Prerequisites for calculus, as required)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
Perspective courses (15)

Sophomore Year

BI 314. Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
BOT 321. Plant Systematics (4)
CH 331, CH 332. Organic Chemistry (8)
HHS 231. *Lifetime Fitness for Health (2)
HHS 241–HHS 248. *Lifetime Fitness: (various activities) (1)
   or any PAC course (1–2)
MTH 251. *Differential Calculus (4)
   and MTH 252. Integral Calculus (4)
   or MTH 241. *Calculus for Management and Social Science (4)
   and MTH 245. *Mathematics for Management, Life, and Social Sciences (4)
Additional approved writing (WR)
   or speech (COMM) courses (6)
Additional electives (13)

Junior Year

BB 350. Elementary Biochemistry (4)
or BB 450 and BB 451. General Biochemistry (4,3)
BI 311. Genetics (4)
or HORT/CSS 430. Plant Genetics (3)
BOT 313. Plant Structure (4)
BOT 341. Plant Ecology (4)
PH 201, PH 202, PH 203. *General Physics (5,5,5)
Synthesis courses (6)
Additional electives (4–9)

Senior Year

BOT 331. Plant Physiology (4)
BOT 332. Laboratory Techniques in Plant Biology (3)
BOT 350. Introductory Plant Pathology (4)
BOT 416. Aquatic Botany (4)
   or BOT 461. Mycology (4)
   or BOT 465. Lichenology (4)
   or BOT 466. Bryology (4)
ST 351. Intro to Statistical Methods (4)

Select one Writing Intensive Course from below:
BI 306H. *^Environmental Ecology (3)
BB/BI 317. ^Theory and Practice of Science (3)
BB 493. ^Biochemistry Laboratory (3)
BI 371. ^Ecological Methods (3)
BOT 323. ^Flowering Plants of the World (3)
HORT 311. ^Plant Propagation (4)
HSTS 415. *^Theory of Evolution and Foundation of Modern Biology (4)
HSTS 419. *^Studies in Scientific Controversy: Method and Practice of (4)
HSTS 425. *^History of the Life Sciences (4)

Additional upper-division biological science courses: College of Science courses other than BOT courses (4)
Additional electives (17–19)

Total=180

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