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University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

Dept. Chair:
Dr. Tom Ranker
Graduate Program Chair:
Dr. Kim Bridges
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Bachelor of Arts


 

The BA program is a liberal arts degree with an emphasis on understanding modern concepts in plant sciences, particularly related to the role of botany in society and the uniqueness of the ecology of Hawai'i. The BA degree provides students flexibility to pursue a broad liberal arts education, and still gain a sound foundation in botany with an area of particular interest. Courses are available in conservation, ecology, ethnobotany, molecular evolution, physiology, structural botany, systematics, and selected faculty research specialties. The courses applied toward the botany major may be selected with the student's interest area in mind. (Students planning a career in science and those intending to pursue graduate studies should consider our BS Program)

BA Program Requirements

  • 28 semester hours in approved biological courses beyond BOT 101/101L or equivalent
  • BOT 201/201L (Plant Evolutionary Diversity), BOT 351/351L (Inside Tropical Ecosystems)
  • 2 credit hours of BOT 399 (Botanical Problems)
  • CHEM 151/151L Elementary Survey of Chemistry, CHEM 152/152L Survey of Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry, or higher
  • ICS 101/101L Tools for the Information Age
  • PHYS 100/100L Survey of Physics, or higher
  • One option from each area:
Ecology and Conservation
Form and Function
Genetics and Evolution
Organisms

BOT 350 Resource Management and Conservation in Hawai‘i

BOT 450 Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands

BOT 453 Plant Ecology & Environmental Measurements

BOT 454 Vegetation Ecology

BOT 456 (Plant-Animal Interactions)

BOT 482/482L Adaptations of Plants to Marine Environment

BOT 311 Form & Function in Algae & Plants

BOT 410/410L Plant Anatomy

BOT 446 Hawaiian Ethnobotany

BOT 470/470L Principles of Plant Physiology

BIOL 275/275L Cell & Molecular Biology

BOT 375/375L Concepts of Genetics

BOT 450 Natural History of Hawaiian Islands

BOT 462 Plant Evolution

CMB 351 Genetics, Evolution & Society

BOT 430/430L Mycology

BOT 461 Systematics of Vascular Plants*

BOT 480 (Algal Diversity & Evolution

 

Prospective majors should consult the department promptly so as to design a curriculum that satisfies these requirements.

*Advising Note: Recent changes in the BA curriculum may not be reflected in the current General and Graduate Information Catalog. The checklist of courses for the BA degree is the most up-to-date source of information. Questions??? Contact Alan Teramura, Botany Undergraduate Advisor, 101 St. John, 956-8369, teramura@hawaii.edu.

 
 
 
See also:

Bachelor of Science Program

Botany Minor

 

   
     
   
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