Certification will include completion of the required course and a minimum of 11 semester hours from the elective courses, with a minimum grade of C for each course. Transfer credit will be allowed only for the BO 200 requirement. All of the elective requirements must be completed in residence. The Undergraduate Botany Major Advisor will also be the minor or emphasis advisor and shall audit, advise, and certify all minors or emphasis in botany students. An introduction to botany.
Emphasis is placed on the structure, processes, and reproduction of the higher plants.
Also treated are the diversity of the plant kingdom and principles of inheritance, ecology and evolution. Structural terminology of vascular plants, field identification of plant species using popularized field guides, description of plant community types and their soil and topographic features. Discussion will center around the dependence of humans upon plants and plant products. Also examples will be given of the impact of plants in human culture and society. BO 222 Kingdom of Fungi - Preq.