tion of life at the cellular, organismal, population, and community levels of organization. The study of Botany can lead to a variety of professional careers, including soil science, forestry, range management, biotechnology, plant breeding, horticulture, marine biology, environmental science, and teaching. The Botany Department at Weber State University offers undergraduate training in all areas of botany. The required upper division courses provide a core knowledge of the field of botany: anatomy, physiology, genetics, ecology, taxonomy, and plant diversity. The department also requires botany majors to develop a portfolio. The portfolio is a multidimensional collection of both student and faculty selected materials that are both developmental and representational in nature. Within the portfolio, students can document their acquisition of a variety of skills, including critical thinking, scientific reasoning, writing, speaking, and effective arguing. The portfolio is used for assessment purposes in addition to serving as an incentive to the student for developing good habits in assembling and organizing materials of relevance to themselves and others, such as personnel managers or graduate school selection committees. The department has also developed an undergraduate thesis program which provides a desirable capstone experience for many of the Botany majors. Individuals who choose to study botany fall into three broad groups: those who are more interested in the quantitative or analytical side of plant biology (laboratory research orientation); those who are interested in the qualitative or descriptive side of science (field research orientation); and those general students, such as transfer students entering with an Associate's Degree, where greater flexibility is required. In order to serve each group effectively, the Botany Department offers a Botany Major with three tracks. Track A, enriched with quantitative science and intense laboratory hands-on experiences, is designed to best prepare students for graduate school and careers in laboratory research in Plant Biology. Track B, enriched with field-oriented course opportunities, is designed to best prepare students for field-related careers such as ecology, environmental science, and natural resource management. Track C, with greater flexibility through more elective courses, is designed to meet the needs of students who wish to be more broadly trained because of general interests in Plant Biology or of those students who enter the program with an Associate of Science Degree. In addition to the Botany Major, the Department offers a Botany Teaching Major. In conjunction with a Zoology Teaching Minor, this program prepares individuals who are interested in teaching Biology at the secondary school level. The Botany and Zoology Departments also cooperate in offering a Biology Composite Teaching Maj or. The Botany Department also serves students who are interested in pre-professional programs: Pre-Agriculture, Pre-Horticulture, Pre- Forestry, and Pre-Range Management. After completing these programs at Weber State, 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. The Botany Minor and the Botany Teaching Minor provide valuable support for students majoring in a variety of other fields, including geosciences and zoology. Herbarium The Herbarium of Weber State University is housed on the fourth floor of the Science Lab Building and contains more than 24,000 preserved plant specimens collected from Utah and the Western United States. This collection serves as an important 271 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. Pre-Agriculture and Pre-Horticulture Advisor: Dr. Eugene G. Bozniak Location: Sciences Bldg. SL402M Telephone: 801-626-6176 Follow the catalog of a university which offers a degree program in these fields for general requtements, etc. Course Requirements for Two Year Program Botany Courses Required (24 credit hours) Botany SI2104 Botany SI2114 Botany 2121 Botany DV2303 Botany 2413 Botany 2600 Select two of the following: Botany 3204 Botany 3214 Botany 3454 Botany 3624 Plant Form and Function (4) Evolutionary Survey of Plants (4) Career Planning for Botanists (1) Ethnobotany (3) Introduction to Natural Resource Management (3) Laboratory Safety (1) Plant Physiology (4) Soils (4) Plant Ecology (4) Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (4) Required Support Courses (24-26 credit hours) Chem PS/SI1210,1220 Principles of Chemistry (10) Geosci PS/SI 1110 Math QL 1050 or Math QL 1080 or Math SI 1210 or Math QL 1040 Select One Group: Micro LS/SI2054 & Micro 3484 or Geosci SI 1120 & Geosci PS/SI 1130 & Geosci 2050 Physical Geology (3) College Algebra (4) Pre-Calculus (5) Calculus (4) Introduction to Statistics (3) Principles of Microbiology (4) Environmental Microbiology (4) Physical Geology Laboratory (1) Introduction to Meteorology (3) Earth Materials (4) Suggested Course Sequence Please refer to this program in the on-line catalog (weber.edu/catalog) and/or contact the depaitment for a suggested cowse sequence. Pre-Forestry and Pre-Range Management ^^^^^^B TWO ^^^^^^H Advisor: Dr. Eugene Bozniak Location: Science Bldg SL402M Telephone: 801-626-6176 Follow the catalog of a university which offers a degree program in these fields for general requtements, etc. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS/BAT LIBSCI INTRD MINORS Applied Science & Technology CEET CS MFET/MET CMT CDGT ENGR AUTOSV/AUTOTC IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities COMM ENGL FORLNG DANCE MUSIC THEATR ART Business & Econ MBA MPACC/ACCTNG BUSADM FIN LOM MGMT MKTG ECON/QUANT IS&T Education MEDUC CHFAM ATHL/AT HEALTH/NUTRI PE/REC EDUC Health Professions CLS DENSCI PARAMD HTHSCI HAS/HIM NURSNG RADTEC DMS NUCMED RADTHR RESTHY Science BOTANY^ CHEM GEOSCI MATH/MATHED MICRO PHSX ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOGR HIST POLSC PHILO PSYCH SOCLWK GERONT SOCLGY ANTHRO AEROSP MILSCI NAVSCI Continuing Ed Davis Campus WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY 2004-2005 CATALOG