Undergraduate Course Offerings in BOTANY (BOTN)

101. Botany. (3-3). Credit 4. I, II
Structure, physiology and development of plants; emphasis on seed plants. (Not open to students who have taken BIOL 111 and 112.)

289. Special Topics in... Credit 1to 4.
Selected topics in an identified area of botany. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

291. Research. Credit 1 to 4.
Active research of basic nature under the supervision of a Department of Biology faculty member. Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore classification and approval of instructor.

301. Taxonomy of Flowering Plants. (3-3). Credit 4.
Use of keys and identification of flowering plants, family characteristics and relationships and other applied phases of plant science. Prerequisites: BOTN 101 or BIOL 111 and 112 or equivalent.

304. Comparative Biology of Plants. (3-3). Credit 4.
A comparison of chemistry, cytology, life strategies, nutrition, relevance, reproduction and structure of the major groups of prokaryotes, protists, fungi and plants. Prerequisite: BOTN 101 or BIOL 111.

328. Plants and People. (2-3). Credit 3.
Development and uses of principal economically important plants of world; plants and plant parts used in production of important commodities; vascular plants. Prerequisite: BOTN 101 or BIOL 111 or 112 or approval of instructor.

453. Plant Anatomy. (2-6). Credit 4.
Anatomy of vegetative and reproductive organs of plants; development of tissue types. Prerequisites: BOTN 101 or BIOL 111 and 112; junior classification.

485. Directed Studies. Credit 1 or more. I, II, S
Problems in various phases of plant, animal and bacteriological science. Prerequisites: Junior classification; approval of ranking professor in field chosen and Undergraduate Advising Office.

491. Research. Credit 1 to 4.
Active research of basic nature under the supervision of a Department of Biology faculty member. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification and approval of instructor.