This program is available at the following locations:

• Corvallis
• Ecampus

This minor is designed for students pursuing degrees in other fields that require a knowledge of plant biology.

Minor Code: 515

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Communicate analysis of laboratory methods and experimental results.
• Explain interdisciplinary approaches used to determine the mechanisms that direct the flow of energy, materials and information in plant growth, development, and responses to external factors.
• Synthesize the complex network of biotic and abiotic interactions within ecosystems that determine energy flow, cycling of water, carbon, and nutrients and underlie local, regional, and global patterns in plant species richness and diversity.
• Identify and analyze the anatomical and morphological structures of plants that enable function and recognize structural differences between plant groups.
• Apply the diagnostic features of vascular plant groups to identify plant species and evaluate their phylogenetic relationships to understand the evolutionary origins of diversity and characters.

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 Excluding BOT 101 but may include BOT 401, BOT 405, BOT 407, BOT 410

The minor requirements listed above are subject to the following constraints:

• Courses required for a major and taken in the major department may not count toward a minor.
• An individual course may not count toward more than one minor.
• At least 12 credits of the minor must be upper division.

Minor Code: 515