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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, Botany Concentration, B.S.

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Curriculum

Freshman Year

First Semester

BIOL 1000 - Introduction to Biological Methods Credit: 1.
BIOL 1113 - General Biology I Credit: 4.
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I Credit: 4.
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.¹

Total: 15

Second Semester

BIOL 1123 - General Biology II Credit: 4.
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II Credit: 4.
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.¹

Total: 14

Sophomore Year

First Semester

AGRN 1100 - Plant Science Credit: 3.
AGRN 1110 - Plant Science Laboratory Credit: 1.
BIOL 2310 - General Botany Credit: 4.
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.¹

Total: 14

Second Semester

BIOL 3130 - General Ecology Credit: 4.
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit: 3. or
PC 2500 - Communicating in the Professions Credit: 3.
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology Credit: 4.
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit: 3.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 17

Junior Year

First Semester

AGHT 3450 - Dendrology Credit: 3.
CHEM 3005 - Elementary Organic Chemistry Credit: 4.
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit: 3.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 16

Second Semester

Total: 14

Senior Year

First Semester

BIOL 3200 - General Microbiology Credit: 4. or
BIOL 3230 - Health Science Microbiology Credit: 4.
BIOL 3920 - Biological Communication Skills Credit: 3.
BIOL 4310 (5310) - Plant Anatomy Credit: 3.
BIOL 4330 (5330) - Plant Ecology Credit: 3.

Total: 13

Second Semester

BIOL 4320 (5320) - Plant Physiology Credit: 3.
Directed Electives from Botany Concentration Credit: 8-9
Elective Credit: 5-6

Total: 17

Note:

1 Three math/statistics courses are required, one each from the following pairs of courses: either MATH 1710 , either MATH 1530 or MATH 1830 , and either MATH 3070 or BIOL 4220 (5220) /WFS 4220 (5220) .

Botany Concentration Directed Electives

Choose three of the following courses (8-9 hours):

AGHT 3400 - Landscape Horticulture Credit: 3.
AGHT 3410 - Plant Propagation Credit: 3.
BIOL 3330 - Entomology Credit: 3.
BIOL 4150 (5150) - Molecular Genetics Credit: 3.
BIOL 4160 (5160) - Genetic Engineering Laboratory Credit: 2.
BIOL 4300 (5300) - Plant Speciation and Evolution Credit: 3.
BIOL 4340 (5340) - Plant-Animal Interactions Credit: 3.
WFS 4730 (5730) - Conservation Biology Credit: 3.

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