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Environmental & Plant Biology Major B.S.

Environmental & Plant Biology Major B.S.

The B.S. degree in Environmental and Plant Biology provides broad training in plant biology including cell and molecular biology, physiology, ecology, and plant identification and classification.

The program allows the flexibility to tailor a degree program to the individual interests of the student and prepares students for entry-level positions in a wide range of careers relating to environmental & plant biology or for further study at the graduate level.

Careers with an Environmental & Plant Biology Degree

Preparation with a degree in Environmental and Plant Biology can lead to technical careers or graduate-level training in ecology, nature resource management, conservation, evolution and development, phylogenetics, biotechnology, plant physiology or molecular and cellular biology. 

Graduates can pursue employment in a variety of areas, including academia, private industry or governmental agencies dealing with agriculture/horticulture/floriculture, biotechnology or pharmaceutical firms, conservation agencies and museums of natural history, environmental consulting firms, food companies, the brewing and fermentation industry, lumber/pulping companies, plant nurseries, greenhouses, botanical gardens, and arboreta.

Plant Biology Careers & Internships

A student in Dr. Sarah Wyatt's lab

Admission Requirements

This program has no requirements beyond University admission and transfer requirements.

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Environmental and Plant Biology B.S. Courses & Curriculum

Students in the B.S. degree in environmental and plant biology get broad training by taking courses that include cell and molecular biology, physiology, ecology, and plant identification and classification.

Required Courses

  • PBIO 1140 - Foundations of Plant Biology
  • PBIO 1150 - Plant Structure and Development
  • PBIO 2090 - Plant Ecology
  • PBIO 3300 - Plant Genetics
  • PBIO 3080 - Structural Botany

Plant Biology Research

Student choose from one of the following:

  • PBIO 4910 - Internship
  • PBIO 4940 - Undergraduate Research
  • PBIO 4941 - Undergraduate Research/Written Presentation