Botany

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• Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Botany
  
  
• Minor in Botany

See Biology for information on the Master of Arts degree.

Department Chair
Casey Lu, Ph.D.

Department of Biological Sciences
Science Complex B 221
(707) 826-3245

The Program

Humboldt has the largest greenhouse of all the state campuses, containing an extensive collection of plants from around the world. Students also find a large collection of pressed plants in the herbarium.

Several plant growth chambers allow students to control growing conditions of plants. Native plants in nearby wilderness areas also provide excellent opportunity for study.

Our botany graduates do well in these careers: herbarium curator, naturalist, plant physiologist, technical writer, plant ecologist, environmental consultant, botanist, horticulturist, science librarian, plant pathologist.

Preparation

In high school, take biology, chemistry, and physics (with labs, if possible), algebra (beginning and intermediate), geometry, and trigonometry.

Requirements for the Major

Students who receive a grade below a C- in any prerequisite course will require instructor approval for enrollment.

LOWER DIVISION

BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
BIOM 109 Introductory Biometrics
BOT 105 General Botany
CHEM 109 General Chemistry
MATH 105 Calculus for the Biological Sciences & Natural Resources (A full year of calculus, MATH 109 & 110, may substitute for MATH 105.)
PHYX 106 College Physics: Mechanics & Heat
PHYX 118 College Physics: Biological Applications
ZOOL 210 Principles of Zoology

UPPER DIVISION

BIOL 330 Principles of Ecology
BOT 310 General Plant Physiology

Three courses in plant groups from:
BOT 350 Plant Taxonomy
BOT 353 Phycology
BOT 355 Lichens & Bryophytes

BOT 358 Biology of the Microfungi, and
BOT 359 Biology of the Ascomycetes & Basidiomycetes

CHEM 328 Brief Organic Chemistry

BOT 321Developmental Plant Anatomy or
BOT 372 Evolutionary Morphology of Plants

BIOL 340 Genetics or
BIOL 345 Genetics with Population Emphasis

BIOL 412 General Bacteriology or
One upper division course in zoology with laboratory

One unit from:
BIOL 490 Senior Thesis or
BIOL 499 Directed Study

Requirements for the Minor

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all prerequisite courses.

BIOL 105 Principles of Biology
BOT 105 General Botany

Fourteen units of upper division courses in botany, approved by the botany minor advisor