150 Natural Sciences, Pre-Professional Program: Pre-Agriculture and Pre-Horticulture-Two Years (No Degree) General Requirements: See the catalog of a university which has a degree program in Agriculture and/or Horticulture for specific and general education requirements, etc. Specific Requirements: Botany courses required (22 credit hours): Botany 110 (5), 111 (2), 321 (5), 322 (5), and 362 (5). Botany courses to elect from (ten hours): Botany 320 (5), 341 (4), 345 (5), 421 (5). Support courses required: Chem 111 (5), 112 (5), 113 (5), Phsx 101 (5) or 107 (5); Geolo 111 (4), 112 (1); Math 106 (5); Zool 211 (5), 464 (5); Micro 111 (5), 345 (5). Program: Pre-Forestry and Pre-Range Management-Two Years (No Degree) General Requirements: Two-year, pre-professional programs at Weber State College. Follow the catalog of a university which offers a bachelors degree in these fields for general requirements for a degree. Specific Requirements: Botany courses required (29 credit hours): Botany 103 (1), 104 (1), 110 (5), 111 (2), 112 (5), 320 (5), 321 (5), 362 (5). Support courses required (include the following courses in the basic area requirements): Zool 112 (1); Math 105 (5), 106 (5), 107 (5); Chem 111 (5), 112 (5), 113 (5); Geolo 111 (4), 112 (1); Phsx 101 (5); Econ 101 (5); Engl 101 (3), 102 (3), 103 (3), PE 3 credit hours. Support courses to elect from (ten hours): Soclgy 101 (5); Psych 101 (5); Anthro 101 (5), Philos 116 (5). Emphasis in Urban and Regional Planning This program provides a special emphasis in Urban and Regional Planning for majors in Botany, Economics, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Microbiology, Political Science, Sociology, Zoology, and related fields. (See Composite and Interdepartmental Programs.) Program: Wildlife Conservation Officer General Requirements: Zoology major is required. Minor in Law Enforcement is required (See Corrections and Law Enforcement section of the catalog.) An overall GPA of 2.00 is required. Specific Requirements Zoology courses required (29 credit hours): Zool 445 (4), 447 (4), 448 (4), 465 (4), 466 (4), 467 (4) and 468 (5). Support courses required (72 credit hours): Botany 110 (5) and 362 (5) or 364 (5). Chem: 111 (5), 112 (5) 113 (5); or 121 (5) or 122 (5), 123 (5); 311 (4), 312 (4), 313 (4). Math: 105 (5), 106 (5), 107 (5) or 141 (3-4) Phsx: 101 (5), 111 (4), 112(4), 113(4), 114(1), 115(1), 116(1). Minor required: Law Enforcement (See Corrections and Law Enforcement section of the catalog). 151 Botany Department of Botany Chairman: E. LaGrande Hobbs. Location: Science Lab, Room 402M Telephone: 626-6174 Professors: Eugene G. Bozniak, Hayle Buchanan, Don L. Chadwick, H. Keith Harrison. E. LaGrande Hobbs, Dennis M. Travis; Associate Professor: Stephen L. Clark; Assistant Professor: Herbert K. Brunkhorst. Description Botany is the science of plant study including the morphology, metabolism, diversity, distribution, systematics and ecological relationships of all plants. Natural systems are plant-dependent so that a knowledge of plants is basic to their understanding. Such knowledge is especially important today as we find ourselves in a world of rapidly changing values, technologies and man-nature interactions. Botany is, fundamentally, a pure science which includes any research into the life of plants and which is limited only by man's technical means of satisfying his curiosity. It is an important part of a liberal education, not only because it is necessary for an understanding of agriculture, forestry, horticulture, pharmacology, and other applied arts and sciences, but also because an understanding of plant life is related to all life. Employment Opportunities A baccalaureate degree in Botany is designed to prepare a student for a variety of professional careers in secondary schools or institutions of higher learning, in government service, in industry, or in research institutions. In addition to the multitude of traditional areas where botanists are employed such as researcher, teacher, conservationist, plant physiologist, plant pathologist, plant geneticist, mycologist, aquatic biologist, horticulturist, taxonomist, museum curator, park naturalist, park ranger and ecologist, the field of environmental science provides many new opportunities for botanists. Pre-Professional Training Botany is an important adjunct to many professional careers in soil science, horticulture, agronomy, food technology, marine biology, environmental science, water resource management, weed control technology and pure and applied research. The Department of Botany offers pre-professional training in agriculture, horticulture, forestry and range management. Students must continue their education at another institution in order to obtain baccalaureate degrees in these fields. The catalog of the school to which the student plans to transfer should be consulted as a guide in registering for courses at Weber State College. Herbarium The Herbarium of Weber State College is housed on the fourth floor of the Science Lab Building and contains more than 17,000 preserved plant specimens collected from Utah and the Western United States. This modern computerized collection serves as an important reference for students, faculty, biologists, and all others who need to know the identity of plants, or learn something about their geographic distributions and ecological associations. It also serves as the repository of the plants collected for the Institute of American Indian Botany. Institute of American Indian Botany The Institute is dedicated to the study of American Indian Botany, and provides a place where all of those who have interest can learn, conduct research, teach and preserve for generations yet to come, this segment of our great American heritage. American Indians lived on this land for millenia, raising children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and never saw or needed a supermarket or shopping mall. They derived all that they needed for every aspect of their lives, from what we now call wildness. They simply called it home. Native Americans were able to do this because they possessed great knowledge about their world, and developed great skill in knowing how to live with the land. They were good botanists! They knew and used hundreds of different kinds of plants. The knowledge of how to live with wildness, as was so highly developed by the American Indian, is rapidly being lost. It is difficult to find those now living who still possess this information. Yet, we can still learn much from people who "walk with dignity upon the land and who touch the sky". The Institute will strive toward the preservation of this heritage.