Minor in Botany - University of Hawai`i at Manoa Botany


	A Minor in Botany is offered to students who are interested in careers in natural sciences or natural resource managements, or who want to enrich their undergraduate experience by pursuing interests in one or more of the following: marine or terrestrial plant life in Hawai'i ecology and resource management modern technologies (molecular, physiological, or genetic methodology) techniques of microscopy ethnobotany traditional fields such as classification, physiology, anatomy For a Minor in Botany students must meet the University requirement of 15 credit hours in non-introductory courses in the Minor. The Department of Botany Minor Program offers great flexibility, allowing students to pursue a Minor in Botany regardless of major or background. You and your faculty advisor will select courses to meet your goals. Students can pursue an individually designed program, or the following example possibilities.

	Evolutionary Botany *Required courses* BOT 201 Plant Evolutionary Diversity BOT 462 Plant Evolution *Electives* BOT 410 Plant Anatomy BOT 430 Mycology BOT 450 Natural History of Hawaiian Islands BOT 461 Principles of Plant Systematics BOT 470 Principles of Plant Physiology BOT 480 Algal Diversity & Evolution BOT 662 Advanced Systematics BOT 663 Plant Cytotaxonomy

	Tropical Field Botany *Required course* Bot 280 Ecology of Hawaiian Coastal Algae or BOT 453 Plant Ecology & Environmental Measurements *Electives* BOT 201 Plant Evolutionary Diversity BOT 350 Resource Management and Conservation in Hawai'i BOT 361 Flowering Plant Families BOT 450 Natural History of Hawaiian Islands

	Procedure for Declaring a Botany Minor
	You may select your own Departmental faculty advisor or seek assistance from Dr. Alan Teramura, the Department Chair and Undergraduate Student Advisor (St. John Room 101, Phone 956-8369). After you plan your program with your faculty advisor, complete a declaration form. Your advisor will submit the form to the Department for approval. Bear in mind that courses to be used for core or major credit cannot be included in your minor and that only grades of C (not C-) or above count toward your minor. Please contact your advisor as questions arise concerning your program. One semester before you graduate, meet with your advisor to compile the courses, credits, and grades to be counted toward your Minor certificate.