Botany

The Botany minor has a core of four courses that comprise structure, function and identification of plants, and plants in their broader environmental context. A fifth course may be a choice amongst several, allowing the student to cast his or her minor in a more applied or basic mode, according to individual goals.

Course Requirements:
       BI 2043 Dendrology
       BI 2053 Systematic botany
       BI 3133 Environmental Plant Physiology
       LH 3173 Plant Insects and Diseases

     One of the following:
       BI 2004 General Ecology
       BI 3243 General Genetics
       FY 3544 Silviculture
       LH 3043 Arboriculture
       LH 3363 Soil Fertility

A minor program is a concentrated course of study in a given discipline or subdiscipline, which includes 15-18 credit hours of study, comprised of at least 9 credits outside the student’s major program and other major or minor programs taken at Unity College, also comprised of at least 6 credit hours taken in residence at Unity College, and has been approved by the faculty as a minor program.