Botany Student Handbook

Requirements for the Botany Major

Students who major in botany do so in one of four tracks or options:

Students who major in Botany must have an overall GPA of 2.00 in all courses required for the major.  A minor is required.  The support courses required for Track A, Option 1 and Track A, Option 2 include those which meet a minor in Chemistry.  It is the student's responsibility to formally declare a minor in Chemistry and to get the minor cleared by the Chemistry Department at the time of graduation.  Other minors completed by Botany majors include Anthropology, Geography, Geology, Geospatial Analysis, Microbiology, and Zoology.

In being associated with the Botany Department, the faculty expect students to meet the department's Expectations of Students.

Botany Core Courses

The Botany Department requires all students who major in Botany to take a common set of core courses.  BTNY LS1403/3403 provides majors an introduction to  environmental ethics.   BTNY SI2104 and SI2114 provide an overview of the field of Botany.  One or both of these two courses is a prerequisite for all upper division courses in the department.  BTNY 2121 serves as an introduction to the Botany program itself.  Students are strongly encouraged to take this course after completing BTNY 2104 or 2114.  Students should take BTNY 2600 prior to or concurrently with their first lab course.  BTNY DV2303 enables Botany majors to meet the university diversity requirement within the major.   (Students in Track C who have already met the diversity requirement in another department can take BTNY DV2303 to meet elective hours in Botany.)  BTNY 4980 should be taken during a student's last semester.  

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