Botany • Chem NS121 (5), NS122 (5), 123 (5), 311 (4), 312 (4), (313 (4) recommended). • HistSS170(5). . Psych SS101 (5). • Engl 101 (3), 102 (5). • Electives (to be chosen to finish requirement for graduation). Pre-Pharmacy (87 credit hours required): • Zool NS160 (5), 201 (5), 202 (4), 230 (5). • Phsx NS111(4), NS112(4). • Micro NS205 (5). . Math 105 (5), 211 (5), 212 (5). • Econ SS101 (5). • Chem NS121 (5), NS122 (5), 123 (5), 311 (4), 312 (4), 313 (4). • Engl 101 (3), 102 (5). • Electives should include General Education graduation requirements. More advanced classes in the sciences may be taken at the option of the student. Pre-Veterinary Medicine: • Zool NS160 (5), NS211 (5), NS212 (5) or 405 (5), 330 (5), 410 (5), 420 (5). . Commun HU102 (3), HU105 (3). • Math 105 (5), 106 (5), 107 (5), 211 (5). • Micro NS205 (5). . Phsx NS111 (4), NS112 (4), NS113 (4), 114 (1), 115 (1), 116 (1). • Chem NS121 (5), NS122 (5), 123 (5), 311 (4), 312 (4), 313 (4). • Botany NS 110 (5). • Pre-Veterinary medicine courses to elect from (none required): Zool 412 (5), 421 (5), 422 (5), 425 (4), 450 (5), 455 (4); Micro 255 (5), 305 (5), 315 (5), 325 (5); Chem 307 (5); Math 212 (5), 213 (5). DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY Chair: Eugene G. Bozniak Location: Science Lab, Room 402M Telephone Contact: Carrie Minnoch 626-6174 Lab Manager: Dawn Gatherum 626-6175 Professors: Eugene G. Bozniak, Stephen L. Clark, E. LaGrande Hobbs, Cyrus M. McKell 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. Pre-Professional Training Botany is an important adjunct to many professional careers in soil science, horticulture, plant biotechnology, agronomy, food technology, marine biology, environmental science, water resource management, weed control technology, and pure and applied research. 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. PROGRAM: PRE-AGRICULTURE AND PRE-HORTICULTURE TWO YEARS (NO DEGREE) Adviser: Eugene G. Bozniak Location: Natural Sciences 402M Telephone: 626-6176 General Requirements: Follow the catalog of a university which offers a degree program in these fields for general requirements, etc. Specific Requirements: • Botany courses required (22 credit hours): Botany NS 110 (5), 111 (2), 321 (5), 322 (5), and 362 (5). • Botany courses to elect from (ten hours): Botany 320 (5), NS341 (4), 345 (5), 421 (5). • Support courses required: Chem NS111 (5), NS112 (5), NS113 (5); Phsx NS101 (5) or NS107 (5); Geol NS111 (4), NS112 (1); Math 106 (5); Zool NS211 (5), 464 (5); Micro NS111 (5), 348 (5). PROGRAM: PRE-FORESTRYAND PRE-RANGE MANAGEMENT TWO YEARS (NO DEGREE) Adviser: E. LaGrande Hobbs Location: Natural Sciences SL407M Telephone: 626-6181 General Requirements: Follow the catalog of a university which offers a bachelors degree in these fields for general requirements, etc. Specific Requirements: • Botany courses required (29 credit hours): Botany 103 (1), 104 (1), NS110 (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 NS111 (5), NS112 (5), NS113 (5); Geol NS111 (4), 112 (1); Phsx NS101 (5); Econ SS101 (5); Engl 101 (3), 102 (3), 103 (3); PE 3 credit hours. • Support courses to elect from (ten hours): Soclgy SS101 (5); Psych SS101 (5); Anthro SS101 (5), Philo 116 (5). Herbarium The Herbarium of Weber State College 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 College Requirements (see index). • Requirements for General Education (see index). • Psych SSI01 (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: Educ Educl95 (1), 300 (2), 301 (4), 303 (3), 305 (3), 462 (4), 463 (4), 495 (15), 499 (3). Botany • 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). • Special Problems 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), ZoolNS211(5),NS212(5). • Botany Teaching majors: Zool NS 160 (5) or NS211 (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.) General Information Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 150 151 Continuing Education