This option is offered within the following major(s):

• Botany - College of Agricultural Sciences

The option in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation (EEC) combines 4 required advanced BOT undergraduate courses in aspects of ecology, environmental plant physiology, and plant diversity, with at least 3 elective courses drawn from a list of BOT, BI, FES, FW and ST courses covering population dynamics, symbiosis, restoration, and conservation. To encourage students in the option to learn actively and obtain practical skills, up to 3 credits of approved Experiential Learning can be applied to the option. The EEC option courses are all approved electives within the BOT major. The core course requirements of the BOT major are not changed by doing the option, and no additional course credits are required to complete it.

Option Code: 934

The total requirements of the Botany Core are shown in the university catalog. The BOT core includes courses in ecology, physiology, evolution, systematics, statistics, and genetics that form the general background in this area of botany. Outside of the core courses, The option required courses (A list) include advanced physiology and ecology courses, a WIC course (BOT 323 or BI 371) can be used for both WIC and option requirements, and a choice plant diversity courses. The B list electives offer the student a broad range of theoretical, applied, molecular, and quantitative classes.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

Option Code: 934