Botany Tracks

Each graduate student in Botany selects one of the following tracks:

• General Botany Track
• Ecology Track
• Evolution Track
• Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Track

General Botany Track

Ph.D. students must have one course from each of the following.

M.S. students must have one course from at least six of the seven.

• genetics,
• biochemistry, cell or molecular biology,
• plant physiology or plant developmental biology,
• cryptogamic botany,
• plant anatomy or morphology,
• ecology, and
• evolution or systematics

Ecology Track

Ph.D. and M.S. students must have a minimum of 5 courses as follows:

• at least 3 courses (minimum of 9 credits) in ecology,
• one course in evolution, and
• one course in any of the following: systematics; cryptogamic botany; biochemistry, cell or molecular biology; plant physiology or plant developmental biology; plant anatomy or morphology; or genetics

Evolution Track

Ph.D. and M.S. students must have a minimum of 5 courses, at least one from each of the following:

• evolution,
• systematics or cryptogamic botany,
• population or quantitative genetics,
• ecology, and
• one course in any of the following: biochemistry, cell or molecular biology; plant physiology or plant developmental biology; or plant anatomy or morphology

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Track

Ph.D. and M.S. students must have a minimum of 5 courses, at least one from each of the following:

• plant anatomy or morphology,
• biochemistry, cell or molecular biology,
• plant physiology,
• plant developmental biology or genetics, and
• one course in any of the following: ecology; systematics; evolution; or cryptogamic botany