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BOTANY// 151 — INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY BOTANY (BOTANY) 5 credits. First semester of a two semester course designed for majors in biological BOTANY 100 — SURVEY OF BOTANY . Topics include: and , cellular 3 credits. (, , ), information flow (DNA, RNA, ), principles of and selected topics in . Major emphasis on the roles of and microbes in past and present HS chem or concurrent registration in college strongly advised. global , and the past and presnet uses of plants and microbes by Enroll Info: Not recommended for students with credit already in /Bio , including emerging applications of . Lectures and 101, 102 or Botany/Bio 130 short lab/discussions. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req Sci req Level - Elementary Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Last Taught: Spring 2021 BOTANY/BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 152 — INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY BOTANY/PL PATH 123 — PLANTS, PARASITES, AND PEOPLE 5 credits. 3 credits. Second semester of a two semester course designed for majors in The course will explore the interaction between society and - biological sciences. Continuation of 151. Topics include: selected topics associated microbes. Topics include: the Irish potato famine, in , a survey of the five major kingdoms of , in current , role of economics and consumer preference in and evolutionary , and ecology at multiple levels of the management and the release of genetically engineered biological hierarchy. Enroll Info: Biology/Botany/ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/ organisms. Enroll Info: None BOTANY 151. Not recommended for students with credit already in Requisites: None Zoology/BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 101,102 or Botany/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130 Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 Sci req Course Designation: Gen Ed - Communication Part B Level - Elementary Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Elementary Sustain - L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2021 Last Taught: Spring 2021

BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 — GENERAL BOTANY BOTANY 211 — UNDERSTANDING CHANGED : WISCONSIN 5 credits. 3 credits.

Introduction to the basic principles and concepts of the biology of Aims to expose you to the changing uses of Wisconsin landscapes: as plants. an integrative approach stressing evolutionary sequences and the home of native peoples; as a source of fur, lead and timber; as part of the relationship between structure and function at succeeding levels of the new nation of the United States; and as a modern, vibrant collection organization: , cell, , , . Correlated of communities focused on enterprises as diverse as agriculture and lectures, , and discussions. Enroll Info: Open to Fr; not open . We will ask: what roles did science play in shaping the to stdts who have taken BOTANY 100 or Botany/ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/ ? What roles should it have played? What roles does science BOTANY 151-152. HS or coll chem crse recommended play in current land use? We will not be afraid to tackle controversy Requisites: None (genetically modified , the endangered act, use, global Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural change), but we will remain committed to listening to, absorbing and Sci req respecting the diversity of experiences we may bring to the classroom. Level - Elementary Enroll Info: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: Sophomore standing and declared in honors program Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Last Taught: Spring 2021 Sci req Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 2 Botany (BOTANY)

BOTANY 240 — PLANTS AND HUMANS BOTANY 265 — RAINFORESTS AND REEFS 3 credits. 3 credits.

Plant parts and demonstrations of their utility to humans, origins of Are you awed by the amazing found in rainforests and coral domesticated plants, modifications of plants by humans, reefs? Want an opportunity to see these first hand and services owed to plants, and reasons to sustain plant diversity. Enroll decide if a career in tropical biology or international conservation is for Info: None you? This course focuses on the ecology of the world's most biodiverse Requisites: None ecosystems, and their global importance. Combining lecture with online Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural discussions and case studies, you'll learn the physical, chemical, and Sci req biological processes that make rainforests and coral reefs function, and Level - Elementary the history of dependence upon these ecosystems. This course L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S will help you understand why both of these ecosystems currently are Repeatable for Credit: No threatened and what actions can and must be taken to protect them. Last Taught: Fall 2020 An optional 10-day, 2 credit field expedition to a rainforest and/or coral reef site in Central or South America will be offered over winter break BOTANY/F&W ECOL 250 — FORESTS AND HUMANS: FROM THE (BIOLOGY 399). Enroll Info: None MIDWEST TO MADAGASCAR Requisites: None 2 credits. Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req Provides an overview of the , ecology, and economic Level - Elementary importance of the world's forest . Learn how influences L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S and, in-turn, how forests impact global climate. Meet Repeatable for Credit: No working to understand the astounding biodiversity and Last Taught: Fall 2020 ecological of forest ecosystems, and how these ecosystems support human . Discuss the threats to forest ecosystems around BOTANY 299 — DIRECTED STUDY IN BOTANY the world, and hear from the people trying to protect them. Emphasizes 1-3 credits. the forest and services upon which humans depend, and how we can maintain these resources into the future. Analyze the idea of Elementary level directed study/independent . The purpose of "sustainability" when it comes to forest management, hear alternative this course to introduce undergraduate students to research questions viewpoints about what this word means, and discuss potential trade- and, facilitate their learning in the field of botany by providing them with offs and conflicts. Look at the many real-world programs in place at the guidance and mentorship in a research environment. Enroll Info: None global, national, and local level to sustainably manage forests. Enroll Info: Requisites: Consent of instructor None Course Designation: Level - Elementary Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Sci req Last Taught: Spring 2021 Level - Elementary L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S BOTANY 300 — PLANT Repeatable for Credit: No 4 credits. Last Taught: Summer 2020 Plant structure and development of plants, primarily of flowering BOTANY/ENVIR ST/ZOOLOGY 260 — INTRODUCTORY ECOLOGY plants. Emphasis is placed on structure in relation to function and on the 3 credits. plant as a structural and functional entity; lecture and lab. Enroll Info: A 5 cr intro crse in botany For nonbiology students: the relationships of organisms and the Requisites: Sophomore standing; not open to special students environment. Population dynamics and community organization, Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural human-environment relationships, action programs. Enroll Info: Open to Sci req Freshmen. Does not count toward Botany or Zoology major Level - Intermediate Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Sci req Repeatable for Credit: No Level - Elementary Last Taught: Fall 2020 L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sustain - Sustainability Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2021 Botany (BOTANY) 3

BOTANY 305 — PLANT AND BOTANY/PL PATH 333 — BIOLOGY OF THE FUNGI 4 credits. 2 credits.

A broad survey of the diversity of plants in the context of their Growth, development, variability and dispersal of saprophytic, parasitic, evolutionary history. Similarities and differences in structure and and symbiotic fungi, with a consideration of their biological, ecological among extant , lycopods, , , and economic significance. Enroll Info: None and flowering plants are emphasized along with the study of fossils Requisites: BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 representing extinct plant lineages. Enroll Info: Introductory course in and ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 or BIOCORE 381 AND 382 or botany graduate/professional standing. Not open to students with credit for Requisites: None BOTANY/PL PATH 332 Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req Sci req Level - Intermediate Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 Last Taught: Spring 2021

BOTANY 330 — BOTANY/AN SCI/MICROBIO 335 — THE OF PLANTS, 3 credits. , AND HUMANS 3 credits. Introduction to ecology, evolution, , , physiology, , , and of freshwater, terrestrial Examination of the structure and function of microbial communities and marine algae. Lecture and lab. Lab emphasis on techniques that live inside and on organisms (plants, animals, and humans). for identification, culture, analysis of growth and reproduction, and Introduction to general concepts of the microbiome and , and community composition assessment. Enroll Info: None their relationship to host , , and disease. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Sophomore standing and (ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152, Requisites: MICROBIO 303 BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101, or BIOCORE 381), or Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural graduate/professional standing Sci req Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Level - Intermediate Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Spring 2021 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY/GEOG 338 — ENVIRONMENTAL Last Taught: Fall 2020 3 credits.

BOTANY/PL PATH 332 — FUNGI This course will explore how physical and biological factors affect the 4 credits. distribution of terrestrial biomes, ecosystem types, and biodiversity; as well as the role of disturbance and recent human activities on Growth, development, variability and dispersal of saprophytic, parasitic, differences in past and modern day species distributions. Enroll Info: and symbiotic fungi, with a consideration of their ecological and GEOG/ENVIR ST 120, 127 or consent of instructor economic significance. Enroll Info: A 5 cr intro crse in botany Requisites: None Requisites: Sophomore standing; not open to special students Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req Sci req Level - Intermediate Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Sustain - Sustainability Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Last Taught: Fall 2020 4 Botany (BOTANY)

BOTANY//HORT 339 — PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: BOTANY 400 — PLANT SYSTEMATICS PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES I 4 credits. 4 credits. Plant systematics; the integration of taxonomy (identification, Theoretical and practical training in plant biotechnology including nomenclature, classification emphasizing flowering plants), molecular biology, protein biochemistry and basic bioinformatic evolution (speciation, reproductive biology, , convergence, techniques used in fundamental and applied research . Valuable biogeography), and (, , morphology hands-on training to those interested in careers in biotechnology. Enroll and ). Lab emphasis on representative and genera of Info: None flowering plants in Wisconsin, use of keys and manuals, plant collection. Requisites: (ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 or ZOOLOGY/ Recommended for botany majors; lecture and lab. Enroll Info: A 5 cr intro BIOLOGY 102) and (CHEM 104, 109, or 116) or graduate/professional crse in botany standing Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sci req Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2017 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY/AGRONOMY/HORT 340 — CULTURE AND GENETIC Last Taught: Fall 2020 3 credits. BOTANY 401 — VASCULAR OF WISCONSIN 4 credits. Presents an overview of the techniques, biology and underlying theory of plant culture, and editing. Overviews Taxonomic survey of the vascular plants of Wisconsin, with emphasis on of research and commercial applications, and issues/challenges in the the angio-. Lecture, lab and field . Enroll Info: A 5 cr intro col area of plant biotechnology are also covered. Enroll Info: None crse in bot or equiv Requisites: (BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152, Requisites: None ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 102, or BIOCORE 381) and (CHEM 104, 109, or 116), Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural or graduate/professional standing Sci req Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 Last Taught: Spring 2020

BOTANY/AGRONOMY/ SCI 370 — GRASSLAND ECOLOGY BOTANY/F&W ECOL 402 — 3 credits. 2 credits.

Understand factors driving global, continental, regional, and local Identification, ranges, uses, and some ecological characteristics of distribution of grasslands. Discuss how management affects provision and woody plants, both native and cultivated; lab of grassland ecosystem goods and services. Compare and contrast plant and field work. Enroll Info: A 5 cr intro college crse in bot or equiv community and ecosystem dynamics in native prairie and intensively Requisites: Sophomore standing; not open to special students managed . Enroll Info: None Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Requisites: PL PATH/BOTANY 123, BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, SOIL SCI/ Sci req ENVIR ST 101, SOILSCI 132, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151, Level - Intermediate BIOCORE 381, BOTANY 100, or AGRONONY 100, or graduate/professional L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S standing Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Summer 2021 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Sustain - Sustainability Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 Botany (BOTANY) 5

BOTANY 403 — COLLECTIONS AND BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 450 — MIDWESTERN ECOLOGICAL ISSUES: A CASE 1-4 credits. STUDY APPROACH 2 credits. Students consult the instructor in the spring or summer for equipment and directions for making a plant collection in summer or fall. Enroll Info: This web course explores how ecological principles can be used to Bot 400 or 401. Open only to students who have made collections during address contemporary environmental issues such as , the summer or will be making collections in early fall , and . Emphasis on midwestern Requisites: Consent of instructor issues, practical approaches, the role of history, and geographic context. Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Enroll Info: Intro biology crse, interest in solving problems Sci req Requisites: None Level - Advanced Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sci req Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2016 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2021 BOTANY/ANTHRO/ZOOLOGY 410 — 3 credits. BOTANY/F&W ECOL 455 — THE VEGETATION OF WISCONSIN 4 credits. Evolutionary biology, emphasizing how modern scientists study evolution. Topics include: and mechanisms of , Ecology of Wisconsin plant communities: floristic composition, , adaptation, speciation; systematics and taxonomy; community structure; relationship to history, climate, soil, and and measurement of ; phylogenetic ; response to human perturbation. Lecture and lab. Enroll Info: analyses of , physiology, morphology, biochemistry; current BOTANY 100, or BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, or Botany/ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/ controversies in evolution. Enroll Info: An elem course in zool or botany BOTANY 151-152, or Biocore 313 So st; Genetics/Botany/Zool 160 or 466 recommended Requisites: Sophomore standing or special student classification Requisites: Sophomore standing and ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151, Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101, BIOCORE 301, or Sci req BIOCORE 381 Level - Intermediate Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sci req Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Level - Intermediate Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2020 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY/F&W ECOL/ZOOLOGY 460 — GENERAL ECOLOGY Last Taught: Summer 2021 4 credits.

BOTANY 422 — PLANT GEOGRAPHY Ecology of organisms, , communities, ecosystems, 3 credits. landscapes, and the . The interaction of organisms with each other and their physical environment. These relationships are studied, Biogeography of plants. Relationship to climate and geology; often in quantitative terms, in both field and settings; lecture paleobiogeography, vicariance and island biogeography; history and and lab. Enroll Info: Intro course in botany zoology, or Bot/Zoo 151-152, or distribution of of North America and Wisconsin; lecture and demo Biocore 301 or 333; for biol sci majors only lab; open to advanced students in the natural sciences. Enroll Info: A crse Requisites: None in is highly recommended Course Designation: Gen Ed - Quantitative Reasoning Part B Requisites: None Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Level - Intermediate Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Last Taught: Summer 2021 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 6 Botany (BOTANY)

BOTANY/ENTOM/ZOOLOGY 473 — PLANT- INTERACTIONS BOTANY 500 — PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 3 credits. 3-4 credits.

Multiple ways in which exploit plants, plant traits that deter An in-depth look at plant growth, development, respiration, or augment , environmental mediation of these interactions, photosynthesis, nutrition, and water relations. For junior, senior effects on population dynamics, community ecology and co-evolution, and graduate students; not for those who have taken Biocore. In the and implications to natural management, environmental quality, laboratory, experimental approaches will be used to demonstrate and sustainable development. Enroll Info: One of the following: Bot/For/ principles described in lecture. 3-credit option (lecture only) available Zoo 460, Ent/Pl Path/For 500, Pl Path/Bot 505, 550, or Entom with consent of instructor. Enroll Info: Intro botany or biology sequence 342 required; organic chem recomm. Undergrads must enroll for 4 cr (lec lab); Requisites: None Grads may enroll for 3 cr (lec only) or 4 cr Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Requisites: None Sci req Course Designation: Gen Ed - Quantitative Reasoning Part B Level - Intermediate Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Intermediate Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Sustain - Sustainability Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 Last Taught: Spring 2021

BOTANY/AMER IND/ANTHRO 474 — BOTANY/ENTOM/PL PATH 505 — PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS: 3-4 credits. MOLECULAR AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS 3 credits. Study of the interactions between human cultures and plants. Topics include: traditional resource management and agriculture; crop Molecular and ecological aspects of the interactions between plants , evolution, and conservation; archaeobotany; indigenous and . This course explores many of the themes, from knowledge; folk taxonomy; plants in symbolism and ; dietary genetic to integrative, of modern biology, and illustrates how study of patterns; ; global movement of plants and peoples. plant-microbe interactions contributes to understanding of fundamental Enroll Info: A five credit course in botany or biology (e.g., BOTANY/ plant science. Enroll Info: An upper level crse in microbiol (e.g. Bact 303); BIOLOGY 130, BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151) or cons inst biochem (e.g. BIOCHEM 501); genetics (e.g. GENETICS 466) or cons inst Requisites: None Requisites: None Course Designation: Ethnic St - Counts toward Ethnic Studies Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural requirement Sci req Breadth - Either Biological Science or Level - Advanced Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Last Taught: Summer 2021 BOTANY 563 — PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR DATA BOTANY 499 — INTERMEDIATE DIRECTED RESEARCH 3 credits. 1-3 credits. A course in the theory and practice of phylogenetic inference from DNA Undergraduate students may research questions and facilitate their sequence data. Enroll Info: A crse in genetics/evolution/systematics a learning in the field of botany by providing them with guidance and crse in stats/probability, or cons inst mentorship in a research environment. Enroll Info: None Requisites: None Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Course Designation: Level - Intermediate Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Advanced Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Spring 2021 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Botany (BOTANY) 7

BOTANY 575 — SPECIAL TOPICS BOTANY/GENETICS/M M & I/PL PATH 655 — BIOLOGY AND GENETICS 1-3 credits. OF FUNGI 3 credits. Topics of interest to undergraduates, taught as the need arises. Enroll Info: None Fungal genetics, , and physiology using plant pathogenic fungi Requisites: None and the genetic models nidulans and crassa as Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural model systems to explore the current knowledge of fungal genetics and Sci req plant/fungal interactions. Enroll Info: Graduate or professional standing Level - Intermediate Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Level - Advanced Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Summer 2021 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY/BIOCHEM 621 — PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY Last Taught: Fall 2020 3 credits. BOTANY/LAND ARC 670 — ADAPTIVE RESTORATION LAB Biochemistry of photosynthesis, respiration, cell walls, and other 2 credits. metabolic and biosynthetic processes in plants. Enroll Info: Biochem BIOCHEM 501 or 507 Field experience in restoration as an adaptive process involving field Requisites: None experimentation; baseline data collection on restoration sites; design of Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural to advance restoration science; quantitative evaluation of Sci req restoration outcomes. Analysis and interpretation of data; development Level - Advanced of a team report. Enroll Info: a crse in ecology a crse in stats, or cons inst L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: None Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Course Designation: Level - Advanced Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Fall 2019 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY/HORT/SOIL SCI 626 — MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS Last Taught: Fall 2015 3 credits. BOTANY/F&W ECOL/ZOOLOGY 672 — Essential and beneficial elements, and soil as 2 credits. sources, chemistry, nutritional physiology, uptake and translocation, functions of elements, nutrient interactions, genetics of Historical Ecology is an area of ecology that considers the importance . Enroll Info: None of past events for current ecosystems. Concepts and applications Requisites: BOTANY 500 or graduate/professional standing are emphasized. Multidisciplinary emphasis, for seniors and graduate Course Designation: Level - Advanced students in biological sciences, social studies, and humanities. L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Discussion format. Enroll Info: Graduate or senior standing and consent Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement of instructor Sustain - Sustainability Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Last Taught: Fall 2019 Sci req Level - Advanced BOTANY/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL/ZOOLOGY 651 — CONSERVATION L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S BIOLOGY Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement 3 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2018 Application of ecological principles and human dimensions to the conservation of biological diversity. Topics: biodiversity science; BOTANY 681 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS conservation planning; ; loss, species 3 credits. exploitation, invasive species, ; human attitudes and activities as they affect the biosphere; approaches to monitoring interventions. Enroll Enroll Info: None Info: An ecology crse (eg, Botany/ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/F&W ECOL 460) Requisites: Consent of instructor Requisites: None Course Designation: Level - Advanced Course Designation: Gen Ed - Quantitative Reasoning Part B L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Advanced Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Last Taught: Spring 2021 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2021 8 Botany (BOTANY)

BOTANY 682 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 725 — ECOSYSTEM CONCEPTS 3 credits. 3 credits.

Enroll Info: None Scope and objectives of ; roles of theory, long-term Requisites: Consent of instructor studies, comparative studies, and large- experiments; scaling Course Designation: Level - Advanced problems; ecosystem services and ; adaptive L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S ecosystem assessment and management. Enroll Info: Grad st. Experience Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) in modeling, programming, or stats Repeatable for Credit: No Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Last Taught: Spring 2021 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement BOTANY 691 — SENIOR THESIS Repeatable for Credit: No 2-3 credits. Last Taught: Spring 2017

Introduction to botanical research; if possible, plans for the thesis BOTANY 801 — ADVANCED ECOLOGY program should be made by the close of the junior year. Enroll Info: None 4 credits. Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Advanced Ecological determinants of plant community structure, dynamics, and L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S diversity from an evolutionary perspective. Relations of vegetation Repeatable for Credit: No types, physiognomy and to plant adaptation and constraints. Last Taught: Fall 2020 Gradient analysis, succession, nutrient cycling, plant- interactions, species richness. (Includes field trip to Great Smoky BOTANY 692 — SENIOR THESIS Mountains.) Enroll Info: Bot 455, 460, or Biocore 333, and intro calculus 2-3 credits. Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Continuation of 691. Enroll Info: None requirement Requisites: Consent of instructor Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Level - Advanced Last Taught: Spring 2021 L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY 802 — PHYSIOLOGICAL Last Taught: Spring 2021 3 credits.

BOTANY 698 — DIRECTED STUDY exchange at the individual plant and community level, 1-4 credits. balance and water relations, nutrient cycling, biomechanical ; growth analysis; adaptations to sun and shade, primary Enroll Info: Jr or Sr st. Graded on a Cr/N basis; requires cons inst models, physiological ecology of selected plant communities (/ Requisites: Consent of instructor alpine, boreal, chaparral, , tropical, aquatic). Lecture and lab. Enroll Course Designation: Level - Advanced Info: A crse in ecology or cons inst L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions requirement Last Taught: Spring 2017 Repeatable for Credit: No BOTANY 699 — DIRECTED STUDY Last Taught: Spring 2018 1-4 credits. BOTANY/ENTOM/GENETICS/ZOOLOGY 820 — FOUNDATIONS OF Enroll Info: Jr or Sr st. Graded on a lettered basis; requires cons inst EVOLUTION Requisites: Consent of instructor 2 credits. Course Designation: Level - Advanced Explore some of the most important themes and debates that have L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S permeated evolutionary biology over the last 50 years. Read key Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement papers related to each controversial topic, debate the pros and cons Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions of competing viewpoints, and reflect on the relevance of the issue to Last Taught: Summer 2021 contemporary evolutionary biology. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 Botany (BOTANY) 9

BOTANY/BIOCHEM/GENETICS 840 — REGULATORY MECHANISMS IN BOTANY 920 — SEMINAR IN ALGOLOGY: FRESH WATER ALGAE 1 credit. 3 credits. Enroll Info: None Molecular mechanisms whereby endogenous and environmental Requisites: Graduate/professional standing regulatory factors control development; emphasis on perception Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework and primary events in the signal chain leading to modulated requirement expression and cellular development. Enroll Info: None Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Last Taught: Spring 2015 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement BOTANY/PL PATH 930 — SEMINAR- Repeatable for Credit: No 1 credit. Last Taught: Fall 2020 Enroll Info: None BOTANY 858 — SPECIAL TOPICS IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Requisites: Graduate/professional standing 1-3 credits. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Subjects vary. Lecture. Enroll Info: None Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Last Taught: Spring 2021 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement BOTANY 940 — SEMINAR IN PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions 1 credit. Last Taught: Fall 2020 Enroll Info: None BOTANY 860 — PLANT CELL BIOLOGY Requisites: Graduate/professional standing 2 credits. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Structure/function relationships at the cellular level. Topics include the Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions of , vesicle traffic, ion transport and signalling Last Taught: Fall 2020 processes, and organization of the and . Enroll Info: BOTANY 500 or BIOCHEM 501 or 601 BOTANY 941 — PLANT TAXONOMY JOURNAL REVIEW Requisites: Graduate/professional standing 1 credit. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Enroll Info: None requirement Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Last Taught: Spring 2020 requirement BOTANY/F&W ECOL/ZOOLOGY 879 — ADVANCED Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions 3 credits. Last Taught: Fall 2018

Landscape ecology emphasizes spatial patterning--its development and BOTANY 950 — SEMINAR-PLANT ECOLOGY importance for ecological processes--and often focuses on large regions. 1 credit. Concepts, methods, and applications of landscape ecology will be learned Enroll Info: None through lectures, readings, exercises in quantitative approaches, and an Requisites: Graduate/professional standing independent project. Enroll Info: None Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Requisites: Graduate/professional standing requirement Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions requirement Last Taught: Spring 2021 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020 BOTANY 951 — PLANT ECOLOGY JOURNAL REVIEW 1 credit. BOTANY/ATM OCN/CIV ENGR/ENVIR ST/GEOSCI/ZOOLOGY 911 — AND MARINE SCIENCE SEMINAR Enroll Info: Grad st in plant ecol or cons inst 1 credit. Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Sections in various fields of zoological research. Enroll Info: Grad st in requirement limnology marine sci grad prgm or cons inst Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Last Taught: Fall 2017 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2021 10 Botany (BOTANY)

BOTANY/AGRONOMY/ATM OCN/ENTOM/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL/GEOG/ BOTANY 994 — RESEARCH-PLANT SYSTEMATICS ZOOLOGY 953 — INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY RESEARCH AT UW- 1-12 credits. MADISON 1-2 credits. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Consent of instructor Introduces new graduate students to the diversity of ecologists Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework across the UW-Madison campus. Includes discussions of key topics in requirement professional development, research presentations by faculty members, Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions and discussions of assigned papers with senior graduate students. Enroll Last Taught: Summer 2021 Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing BOTANY 995 — RESEARCH-PLANT ECOLOGY Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework 1-12 credits. requirement Enroll Info: None Repeatable for Credit: No Requisites: Consent of instructor Last Taught: Fall 2020 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework BOTANY 960 — SEMINAR-PLANT PHYSIOLOGY requirement 1 credit. Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2021 Enroll Info: Grad st Requisites: Graduate/professional standing BOTANY 996 — RESEARCH-PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework 1-12 credits. requirement Enroll Info: None Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Requisites: Consent of instructor Last Taught: Spring 2021 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework BOTANY/ATM OCN/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL/GEOG/GEOSCI/ZOOLOGY 980 requirement — SYSTEM SCIENCE SEMINAR Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions 1 credit. Last Taught: Summer 2021

Topics in earth system science. Emphasis on the between BOTANY 999 — INDEPENDENT WORK atmospheric, oceanic and land surface systems, involving physical 1-3 credits. geochemical and biological processes, and including interactions with Enroll Info: None human systems. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Consent of instructor Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2011 Last Taught: Fall 2016

BOTANY 990 — RESEARCH- 1-12 credits.

Enroll Info: None Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2019

BOTANY 993 — RESEARCH: FUNGAL BIOLOGY 1-12 credits.

Enroll Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2021