Botany BA Degree Checklist of Courses (last revised March 16, 2004)

Majors Courses [C (not C-) grade minimum] 

28 semester hours in approved biological sciences courses beyond BOT 101 and 101L or equivalent

BOT 201/201L (3/1)Plant Evolutionary Diversity

BOT 351/351L (3/1) Inside Tropical Ecosystems

BOT 399 (minimum of 2 credit hours) Botanical Problems

One course from each area:

Ecology & Conservation
  • BOT 350 (3) Resource Management and Conservation in Hawai'i
  • BOT 450 (3) Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands
  • BOT 453 (4) Plant Ecology & Environmental Measurements
  • BOT 454 (4) Vegetation Ecology
  • BOT 456 (3) Plant-Animal Interactions
  • BOT 482/482L (3/1) Adaptations of Plants to Marine Environment

Form & Function
  • BOT 311 (3) Form and Function in Algae and Plants
  • BOT 410/410L (3/1) Plant Anatomy
  • BOT 446 (3) Hawaiian Ethnobotany
  • BOT 470/470L (3/1) Principles of Plant Physiology

Genetics & Evolution
  • BIOL 275/275L (3/1) Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 375/375L (3/1) Concepts of Genetics
  • BOT 450 (3) Natural History of Hawaiian Islands
  • BOT 462 (3) Plant Evolution
  • CMB 351 (3) Genetics, Evolution and Society

Organisms
  • BOT 461 (4) Systematics of Vascular Plants
  • BOT 430/430L (4) Mycology
  • BOT 480 (4) Algal Diversity & Evolution

Related Courses [C (not C-) grade minimum]

CHEM 151/151L (3/1) Elementary Survey of Chemistry, or higher
CHEM 152/152L (3/1) Survey of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, or higher

ICS 101/101L (3/1) Tools for the Information Age

PHYS 100/100L (3/1) Survey of Physics, or higher