The BS degree is designed for those students who plan a career in science with an emphasis on plants, especially those intending to do graduate studies. A full complement of basic courses in biology, chemistry, math, and physics is required in addition to botany courses. (For a liberal arts degree emphasizing plants, see our BA Program)

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• BOT 100 Freshman Seminar
• BOT 200 Sophomore Seminar
• BOT 300 Junior Seminar
• BOT 400 Senior Seminar

• BOT 101 General Botany
• BOT 101L General Botany Lab
• BOT 201 Plant Evolutionary Diversity
• BOT 201L Plant Evolutionary Diversity Lab
• BOT 202 Plant Ecology in the Hawaiian Islands
• BOT 202L Plant Ecology in the Hawaiian Islands Lab
• BOT 203 Field Botany
• BOT 301 Plant Conservation Biology
• BOT 301L Plant Conservation Biology Lab
• BOT 302 Grant Writing Seminar
• BOT 420 Functional Form of Plants
• BOT 462 Plant Evolution


• BIOL 171 Introduction to Biology
• BIOL 171L Introduction to Biology Lab
• BIOL 275 Cell and Molecular Biology
• BIOL 275L Cell and Molecular Biology Lab
• BIOL 375 Concepts of Genetics
• BIOL 375L Concepts of Genetics Lab

• BOT 401 Teaching Internship
• BOT 450 Natural History of Hawaiian Islands
• BOT 499 Advanced Directed Research

• BOT 430+430L Mycology + Mycology Lab
• BOT 461+461L Systematics of Vascular Plants + Lab
• BOT 480 Algal Diversity and Evolution

• BOT 350 Resource Management & Conserv. In HI
• BOT 430+430L Mycology + Mycology Lab
• BOT 444 Ethnoecology and Conservation
• BOT 453 Plant Ecology & Environmental Measurement
• BOT 454 Vegetation Ecology
• BOT 456 Plant-Animal Interactions
• BOT 461+461L Systematics of Vascular Plants + Lab
• BOT 480 Algal Diversity and Evolution

• CHEM 161/161L General Chemistry I + Lab
• CHEM 162/162L General Chemistry II + Lab
• CHEM 272/272L Organic Chemistry I + Lab
• PHYS 151/151L College Physics I + Lab
• PHYS 152/152L College Physics I + Lab
• MATH 215 Applied Calculus I
• MATH 216 Applied Calculus II