The honours programme in Botany is available to students who will have completed three years of a Bachelor of Science degree either at this University or elsewhere and who have obtained at least 65 per cent in their Botany major. Students are expected to commence their programmes in the first week of February. Sessions will be provided during the first semester on the development of skills such as experimental design, word processing and statistics, and Endnote and PowerPoint.
Joint supervision is encouraged.
Projects involving joint participation with other institutions and other departments at this University may involve the participation of outside supervisors. The course taken may include attendance at lectures in other university departments. Foreign scientific language requirements are not normally included in either course. In addition, a preliminary seminar introducing the candidates and their honours programmes to the department is required early in the honours year.