Botany- Bachelor of Arts
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.
Minors in Horticulture, Molecular Biology, and/or the Co-major in Environmental Science may be completed along with the A.B. to obtain an emphasis in these areas.
Program Requirements
(30 semester hours, 22 hours must be advanced; plus 12 related hours)1
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 204 | Evolution of Plant Biodiversity: Genes to Biosphere | 4 |
| Select one of the following 200 level W courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Cell Biology | ||
| Evolutionary Biology | ||
BIO 209W | ||
| Select at least two core plant biology courses: | 8 | |
| Dendrology | ||
| Plant Taxonomy | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Plant Anatomy | ||
| Environmental Plant Physiology | ||
| Select at least one of the following courses in applied botany: | 3-4 | |
| Plant Propagation | ||
| Botanical Principles in Landscape Gardening | ||
| Viticulture and Enology | ||
| Basic Horticulture | ||
| Introduction to Food Systems 2 | ||
| Select up to 3 credit hours of Independent Study/Research/Internship | 0-3 | |
| Independent Studies | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Independent Studies | ||
| Select from the courses listed below to reach the required 30 hours: | 0-5 | |
| Introduction to Cell Biology | ||
| Fundamentals of Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Programming for the Life Sciences | ||
or CSE 256 | Introduction to Programming for the Life Sciences | |
or MBI 256 | Introduction to Programming for the Life Sciences | |
| Genetics | ||
| Environmental Education: Focus on Natural History | ||
| Evolutionary and Population Genetics | ||
| Global Plant Diversity | ||
or GEO 431 | Global Plant Diversity | |
| Field Ecology | ||
| Soil Ecology and Sustainable Use | ||
| Molecular Biology | ||
| Laboratory in Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Bioinformatics Computing Skills | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Departmental Honors | ||
| Theory of Electron Microscopy | ||
| Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory | ||
| Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory | ||
| Bioinformatics Principles | ||
| Seminar in Biology | ||
| Related Hours | ||
| A course in CHM of 3 credit hours or more, plus other courses from the departments of CHM, CSE, IES, GEO, GLG, MTH, MBI, PHY, or STA 3 | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 42 | |
- 1
One course must be at the 300 or 400 level. No more than three hours of research/internship may count toward the major.
- 2
IES 278L encouraged.
- 3
It is recommended students take at least one course in statistics, in particular STA 261 or STA 301.
Note: For graduate study in biological sciences, most programs require genetics, organic chemistry, and/or biochemistry; many require calculus and/or statistics, and some require a physics sequence.
Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Botany meet the College of Arts and Science writing in the major requirement by completing the following courses: two W Biology courses at the 200- or 300-level and one biology W course at the 400-level. As an alternative to the 400-level course, students may complete an independent study that includes technical science writing. Upon completion of an independent study, the student must submit, with the signed support of a faculty member, a letter of certification indicating that s/he has successfully completed the technical science writing requirement.