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BOT 4404C Aquatic Botany BOT: Botany Courses College of Sci and Engineering, Department of 4 sh (may not be repeated for credit) Courses Prerequisite: BSC 2011/L OR BSC 2011C BOT 2010 General Botany Morphology, , and of aquatic , College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology especially freshwater and marine . Material and supply fee will be assessed for corresponding lab. 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) Co-requisite: BOT 2010L BOT 4503 Physiology College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology Introduction to the basic concepts which apply to all plants including theory, biosynthetic processes, physiological response, 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) and , as well as consideration of plant Prerequisite: BSC 2011/L morphology, and . Material and supply fee will be Examines the basic physiological and biochemical processes that assessed for corresponding lab. Meets General Education requirement determine and govern plant . Topics include photosynthesis, in Natural Sciences. mitochondrial , energetics, transport systems, water BOT 2010L General Botany lab relations, cell walls, phytohormones, expression, and selected College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology aspects of secondary plant metabolism. The accompanying laboratory features experiments selected to demonstrate and reinforce important 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) principles discussed in lecture. Offered concurrently with BOT 5506; Co-requisite: BOT 2010 graduate students will be assigned additional work. Material and BOT 2905 Directed Study supply fee will be assessed for corresponding lab. College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology BOT 4503L Laboratory 1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit) College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology BOT 3905 Directed Study 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology Prerequisite: BOT 4503* 1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit) Co-requisite: BOT 4503 BOT 4374 Plant Developmental Biology Designed to accompany BOT 4503 and features experiments that College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology demonstrate and reinforce physiological and biochemical principles presented in the lecture. Topics include plant , enzymology, 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration, plant hormones, and Prerequisite: BSC 2011/L . Material and supply fee will be assessed. Offered Examines the succession of changes that occurs in plants as they concurrently with BOT 5506L; graduate students will be assigned progress from a simple to a complex mature plant and additional work. through . Plant growth, differentiation, , BOT 4734 Plant , and environmental influences such as light, College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology temperature, and gravity will be explored emphasizing the cellular and molecular events that control developmental processes. 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) The accompanying laboratory features experiments selected to Prerequisite: BSC 2011/L demonstrate and reinforce important principles discussed in lecture. Provides students with a foundation in the and Offered concurrently with BOT 5376; graduate students will be genetic manipulation of plants. Model plant systems are used to assigned additional work. Material and Supply fee will be assessed to illustrate current concepts and methodologies used in a modern corresponding lab. plant biotechnology laboratory. Case studies illustrate commercial BOT 4374L Plant Developmental Biology Laboratory applications of products derived from plant biotechnology and College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology introduce students to ethical issues arising from the use of plant biotechnology. The accompanying laboratory provides students with 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) the opportunity to perform basic manipulations required in a plant Prerequisite: BOT 4374* biotechnology laboratory and reinforces the principles presented in Co-requisite: BOT 4374 lecture. Material and supply fee will be assessed for corresponding Is designed to accompany BOT 4374. Features experiments that lab. Offered concurrently with BOT 5735; graduate students will be demonstrate and reinforce developmental processes presented in assigned additional work. the lecture. Topics include cell division and elongation, , BOT 4734L Plant Biotechnology Lab , photoperiodism, seed germination, senescence, and College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology plant culture. Offered concurrently with BOT 5376L; graduate students will be assigned additional work. Material and supply fee will 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) be assessed. Co-requisite: BOT 4734 Corresponding Lab for Plant Biotechnology. 2 BOT: Botany Courses

BOT 4850 Medicinal Botany BOT 5735L Plant Biotechnology Lab College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) Prerequisite: BSC 2011/L Co-requisite: BOT 5735 Pharmacognosy, the knowledge of drugs, grew out of the old herbal Corresponding lab for Plant Biotechnology. remedies passed down by tradition. Plant natural products continue BOT 5852 Medicinal Botany to form the basis of many new therapeutic treatments in modern and College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology alternative medicines. Provides a survey of phytochemicals that have proven useful for improving human health beyond the basic use of 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) plants as a food source. Offered concurrently with BOT 5852 graduate Pharmacognosy, the knowledge of drugs, grew out of the old herbal students will be assigned additional work. remedies passed down by tradition. Plant natural products continue BOT 4905 Directed Study to form the basis of many new therapeutic treatments in modern and College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology alternative medicines. Provides a survey of phytochemicals that have proven useful for improving human health beyond the basic use of 1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit) plants as a food source. Offered concurrently with BOT 4850; graduate BOT 5376 Plant Developmental Biology students will be assigned additional work. College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology BOT 5905 Directed Study 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology Examines the succession of changes that occurs in plants as they 1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit) progress from a simple embryo to a complex mature plant and BOT 6905 Directed Study through senescence. Plant growth, differentiation, organogenesis, College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology morphogenesis, and environmental influences such as light, temperature, and gravity will be explored emphasizing the cellular 1-12 sh (may be repeated indefinitely for credit) and molecular events that control developmental processes. * This course may be taken prior to or during the same term. Offered concurrently with BOT 4374; graduate students will be assigned additional work. Material and Supply fee will be assessed to corresponding lab. BOT 5376L Plant Developmental Biology Laboratory College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology 1 sh (may not be repeated for credit) Co-requisite: BOT 5376 Is designed to accompany BOT 5376. Features experiments that demonstrate and reinforce developmental processes presented in the lecture. Topics include cell division and elongation, phototropism, gravitropism, photoperiodism, seed germination, senescence, and plant tissue culture. Offered concurrently with BOT 4374L; graduate students will be assigned additional work. Material and supply fee will be assessed. BOT 5735 Plant Biotechnology College of Sci and Engineering, Department of Biology 3 sh (may not be repeated for credit) Co-requisite: BOT 5735L Provides students with a foundation in the molecular biology and genetic manipulation of plants. Model plant systems are used to illustrate current concepts and methodologies used in a modern plant biotechnology laboratory. Case studies illustrate commercial applications of products derived from plant biotechnology and introduce students to ethical issues arising from the use of plant biotechnology. The accompanying laboratory provides students with the opportunity to perform basic manipulations required in a plant biotechnology laboratory and re-enforces the principles presented in lecture. A material and supply fee will be assessed for corresponding lab. Offered concurrently with BOT 4734; graduate students will be assigned additional work.