Botany- Bachelor of Science
For information, contact the Department of Biology, 212 Pearson Hall, 513-529-3100.
Students may double major in Botany and Zoology, but in that case only nine credits of the Advanced Hours requirement may be used for both degrees.
The Minor in Horticulture, Minor in Molecular Biology and/or the Co-major in Environmental Science may be completed along with the B.S. to obtain an emphasis in these areas.
Program Requirements: Basic Major
Program Requirements
(40 BIO semester hours, 28 must be advanced hours; 23-34 related hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| Select one of the following options: | 7-8 | |
Option A: | ||
| Biological Concepts: Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Diversity | ||
| Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular, and Molecular Biology | ||
Option B: | ||
| Plant Biology | ||
Plus any BIO or MBI course from the Science and Society Perspective area in the Miami Plan | ||
| Select the following: | ||
| BIO 203 | Introduction to Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIO 204 | Evolution of Plant Biodiversity: Genes to Biosphere | 4 |
| BIO 209 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 3 |
| Select at least two core plant biology courses: | 8 | |
| Dendrology | ||
| Plant Taxonomy | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Plant Anatomy | ||
| Environmental Plant Physiology | ||
| Select at least one course in applied botany: | 3-4 | |
| Plant Propagation | ||
| Botanical Principles in Landscape Gardening | ||
| Viticulture and Enology | ||
| Basic Horticulture | ||
| Introduction to Food Systems (IES 278L encouraged) | ||
| Select up to 3 credit hours of Independent Study/Research/Internship | 0-3 | |
| Independent Studies | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Select from unused courses above or from the following additional courses to equal 40 BIO hours, 28 of which must be at/above the 200-level: | 12-10 | |
| Introduction to Programming for the Life Sciences | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Environmental Education: Focus on Natural History | ||
| Capstone Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Biology | ||
| Evolutionary and Population Genetics | ||
| Global Plant Diversity | ||
| Soil Ecology and Sustainable Use | ||
| Molecular Biology | ||
| Laboratory in Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Bioinformatics Computing Skills | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Departmental Honors | ||
| Theory of Electron Microscopy | ||
| Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory | ||
| Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory | ||
| Bioinformatics Principles | ||
| Seminar in Biology | ||
| Related Hours | ||
| Take the following: | 17-20 | |
| College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | ||
| Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Analytical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory | ||
or CHM 332 | Outlines of Biochemistry | |
or CHM 432 | Fundamentals of Biochemistry | |
| Select one of the following: | 3-10 | |
| Physics for the Life Sciences with Laboratory I and Physics for the Life Sciences with Laboratory II | ||
| General Physics I and General Physics Laboratory I and General Physics II and General Physics Laboratory II | ||
| The Dynamic Earth | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Geology Of U.S. National Parks | ||
| Earth's Physical Environment | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Statistics | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Inferential Statistics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 63-77 | |
Note: At least one course in the Major must be at the 400 level. No more than three hours of research/internship may count toward the major.
Note: For graduate study in biological sciences, most programs require genetics and some may require a physics sequence.