Botany Botany Information HERBARIUM The Herbarium of Weber State is housed on the fourth floor of the Science Lab Building and contains more than 18,000 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 millennia, raising children, grandchildren and great-grand children 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 the wilderness. 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 wilderness, 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. PROGRAM: BOTANY MAJOR AND BOTANY TEACHING MAJOR BACHELOR DEGREE General Requirements: • Specific Requirements (see index). • Requirements for General Education (see index). • Psych SS101 (5) in the Social Science area is recommended for Teaching majors. A minor is required. (Botany Teaching majors should take a minor in Zoology.) • Botany majors must have a C or better in major courses. • Botany majors must have an overall GPA of 2.00 or C; Botany Teaching majors must achieve an overall 2.50 GPA. • 183 total hours are required for this degree.Sixty of the 183 total hours must be upper division (courses numbered 300 and above). • Students obtaining a Botany Teaching major must satisfy the School of Education Certification Program. (See Teacher Education Program.) These courses must include the following: Educl95 (1), 300 (2), 301 (4), 303 (3), 305 (3), 462 (4), 463 (4), 495 (15), 499 (3). Specific Requirements: • Botany courses required (42 credit hours): Botany NS110 (5), 111 (2), 112 (5), 310 (5), 320 (5), 345 (5), 362 (5), one of 350 (5), 351 (5), or 411 (5); 495 (2), 498 (2), 499 (1). Elective Botany courses (3 classes or a minimum of 12 credit hours) to be selected from the following: Botany 301 (4), 321 (5), 322 (4), 330 (4), 340 (3), NS341 (4), 347 (3), 352 (4), 364 (5), *350 (5), *351 (5), *411 (5). • Individual Research in Botany 480 (1-5), Readings in Botany 483 (1-5), and Botany 495 (1-3), can be taken beyond the 54 total hours required. • Support courses required: Botany departmental majors: Chem NS111 (5), NS112 (5), NS113 (5); or NS121 (5), 122 (5), 123 (5), and 311 (4), 312 (4), 313 (4); Math 105 (5), or 106 (5); Phsx NS101 (5), or NS111 (4), NS112 (4), NS113 (4), 114 (1), 115 (1), 116 (1); Zool NS160 (5), and one course of the following: Geol NS111 (5), Micro NS205 (5), Zool NS211 (5), NS212 (5). • Botany Teaching majors: Zool NS160 (5); 381 (4). Chem NS111 (5), NS112 (5), NS113 (5). Math 105 (5) or 106 (5). Phsx NS101 (5). Commun 102 (3). *If not taken as a required class above. PROGRAM: BIOLOGY COMPOSITE TEACHING MAJOR-BACHELOR DEGREE - (See program requirements in the Composite Teaching Majors section of the School of Education.) PROGRAM: BOTANY DEPARTMENTAL HONORS General Requirements: • Enroll in the General Honors Program and complete 10 hours of General Honors courses (see Interdisciplinary Programs section of the catalog). • Maintain an overall GPA of 3.3.Fulfill requirements for Botany departmental or teaching major. Specific Requirements: • In fulfilling requirements for a Botany major take at least 20 credit hours of Botany Honors. • Complete a Botany Honors Senior Project, either Botany 480 or 483. • A student may receive Botany Honors credit in any upper division Botany class except in those classes numbered 480 or above. Permission from the department chair should be sought before registering in a course for Honors credit. A written agreement should be reached with the appropriate professor regarding the work expected for Honors credit. (See the Interdisciplinary Programs section of the catalog.) PROGRAM: BOTANY MINOR AND BOTANY TEACHING MINOR General Requirements: • A grade of C or better in all minor courses. Specific Requirements (Minimum 25 credit hours in Botany courses): • Botany courses required: Botany NS110 (5), 111 (2), 112 (5). • Botany courses to elect from: Botany departmental minors should select 13 credit hours from the following: Botany 310 (5), 320 (5), 321 (5), 322 (4), 340 (3), 345 (5), 347 (3), 350 (5), 351 (5), 352 (4), 362 (5), 364 (5), 411 (5), 421 (5), 480 (1- 5)*, 483 (1-5)*, 492 (1-6)*, 495 (1-5)*, 498 (2), 499 (1). • Teaching minors should take 13 credit hours from the above list of courses but are encouraged to select Botany 498 (2) and seek counsel before signing up for the remaining courses. • Support class required for Botany Teaching minor only: Zool 381 (4). *No more than three (3) total hours can be taken from these classes. 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 the Interdisciplinary Programs section of the catalog.) BOTANY COURSES - BOTANY m NS101. Plants in Human Affairs (4) A, W, S Survey of the world production and use of plants economically important to man as crops: lumber, fibers, sugars, grains, fruits, beverages, spices, drugs, pesticides, plant growth substances, etc. Ethnobotany will be emphasized to give the student appreciation for the origin of crops. This class cannot be used to fulfill requirements for a major or a minor. 103. Forest Management (1) A Survey of the professions of forestry and the relation of conservation and multiple use of forest resources to the welfare of the state and nation. 104. Elements of Range Management (1) W Natural resources management. For students in the field of forestry, range, and wildlife. NS110. General Botany (5) Su, A, W, S General Education course with emphasis upon form, function, and reproduction of flowering plants. One lecture, one quiz section, and four hours of independent lab study a week. 111. Supplemental General Botany (2) A, W, S Course composed of additional prescribed module units to those taken in Botany NS110. Designed for science majors. Prerequisite: Botany NS110 (or current enrollment in Botany NS110). 112. Plant Kingdom (5) W Plant kingdom survey emphasizing structure, reproduction, and evolution of the major plant groups. Prerequisite: Botany 111. Three lectures and two 2-hour labs per week. NS120. Home and Garden Plants (4) Su, A, W, S Basic principles of plant science with special reference to care of home and garden plants. Includes a general study of lighting, watering, soils, fertilizer, pruning and shaping, propagating, controlling pests, and planting designs. Cannot be taken to fulfill requirements for a major or minor. Four lectures per week. 131. Laboratory for Advanced Placement Students (1) Laboratory exercises in Botany designed to accompany high school advanced placement biology courses. Enrollment limited to high school AP Biology students who are formally accepted through the Center for Science Education. One three-hour laboratory per week. NS140. Environment Appreciation (3) A, W, S An analysis and definition of life quality pointing out how science and technology affect daily life, including air and water pollution, over-population, excessive use of synthetic products, like insecticides, dehumanization of the environment, and discussions dealing with means of coping effectively with environmental health problems at the local, national, and international levels. This class cannot be used to fulfill requirements for a major or a minor. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 174 175 Continuing Education