If you are interested in the world's unique and exciting flora from either an environmental or biological point of view, then botany is for you. You can learn about organisms, how they function, factors affecting their distribution and their possible extinction. Plants play an important role in the community providing agriculture, forestry, urban development and help us understand the environment. Botany allows the diverse study in these areas as well as investigating growth of crops, genetic engineering and environmental pollution effects.
Studies begin in basic biology.
You then diversify into areas such as ecology, ecosystems, morphology, taxonomy, molecular biology, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, biogeochemistry and biological oceanography. Completing a Bachelor of Science with a major in Botany enables you to choose a second major in the science stream. In this way you can support your studies in Botany with other units in science. Zoology is a good combination. Botany can also be studied as part of the specialist programme European Language.