Degree Programs Botany 426 Hitchcock Undergraduate Program Minor Graduate Program Botany is concerned with the function and structure of plants, algae and fungi, their ecology and evolution, classification, physiology, development and genetics.
Emphasis is placed both on organismal and on cellular and molecular biology.
Special courses and programs in botany of the Pacific Northwest are shared with related departments. The Department of Botany offers two undergraduate degrees. The Bachelor of Arts degree is designed for students who wish to obtain a broad training in the biology of plants and plant-like organisms, but who do not plan to continue with further graduate training in the biological sciences. The Bachelor of Science degree includes a more extensive training in mathematics and chemistry and is designed for students who are planning to continue with graduate training in botany or other areas of biology. The department also offers a minor.