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  • BOT 4500: Introduction to Grasses

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BOT 2100 or BOT 2050 (with a C- or better); University Advanced Standing. Discusses grasses and their relatives, grass anatomy, taxonomy, and ecology. Emphasizes identification techniques. Includes heavy lab component and required field trips. Requires student plant collection.
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  • BOT 4505: Applied Virological Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MICR 2065 or MICR 3455; University Advanced Standing. Covers techniques commonly used in virology to identify viruses in plant samples that the students will collect including nucleic acid extraction, RT-PCR, cloning, virus inoculation, plaque assays, sequencing and bioinformatics. Instructs students on the impacts of plant virus infection on plant physiology and the genetic differences leading to a plant host being susceptible or not using plants as a model system to teach these techniques and interactions. Includes a structured research experience for students. Requires students to learn and employ lab notebook etiquette and prepare a scientific report describing their findings.
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  • BOT 4600: Plant Physiology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 and CHEM 1220 both with a minimum grade of C-, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): BOT 4605. Covers the physiological processes occurring in plants. Includes experimental techniques used in the investigation of processes such as photosynthesis, water and solute transport, tissue culture, growth regulation and responses and plant hormones. Involves problem solving and critical thinking skills. Corequisite:    BOT 4605
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  • BOT 4605: Plant Physiology Laboratory

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1610, BIOL 1615, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): BOT 4600. Focuses on laboratory aspects of topics in BOT 4600. Covers experimentational methods for studying plant physiological processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, transpiration and tissue-water relations.. Course Lab fee of $35 applies. Corequisite:    BOT 4600
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  • BOT 4650: Greenhouse Management

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): [BOT 1800, BOT 2050, BOT 2100, or BOT 2400] and University Advanced Standing; BOT 1800 recommended. Gives students an in-depth understanding of greenhouse operations, infrastructure, and management. Covers greenhouse structures components and controls. Focuses on plant growth and development within controlled environments. Informs students about plant nutrition, plant substrates, watering, and lighting strategies used in greenhouse management.. Course Lab fee of $97 applies.
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  • BOT 4700: Plant Tissue Culture

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 or BTEC 2010 with a minimum grade of C- and University Advanced Standing. Teaches principles of plant micro propagation techniques. Prepares the student to design and carry out their own micro propagation systems for the cultivation of a particular plant species.. Course lab fee of $60 applies.
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  • BOT 4800: Plant-Herbivore Interactions

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 with a C- or higher, and University Advanced Standing. Studies the diversity of interactions between plants and herbivores, and how these interactions can affect population, community, and ecosystem-level dynamics. Topics include plant defenses, tritrophic interactions, plant succession, and co-evolution. Implications of plant - herbivore interactions to natural resource management are considered.
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  • BOT 4810R: Botany Internship

    1.00 - 5.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 with a C- or higher, Instructor Approval, and University Advanced Standing. Allows botany majors to earn credit while obtaining practical and research experience as an intern in a government, nonprofit, private agency, or with an approved employer. Must be supervised by agency representative and faculty advisor. Department chairperson approval required and written contracts must be completed and signed. May be repeated for a maximum of 5 credits toward graduation. May be graded credit/no credit.
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  • BOT 4890R: Student Research

    1.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620, CHEM 1210, Junior or Senior Standing, Instructor Approval, and University Advanced Standing. Provides guided research studies in botany under the direction of a Biology Department faculty mentor. Includes any combination of literature reviews, original research, and/or participation in ongoing departmental projects. Involves students in the methodology of original botanical research. Requires preparation and presentation of oral and/or written reports. May culminate in results that will form the basis of the senior thesis in the major, if thesis option is chosen. May be repeated for 9 credits toward graduation.
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  • BOT 4900: Museum-Based Taxonomy and Biodiversity Research

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 and (BOT 2050 or BOT 2100 or BOT 2400) with a C- or higher, and University Advanced Standing. Focuses on botany and utilizes the UVU natural history museum herbarium and other online natural history resources. Employs museum-based pedagogical tools and will evaluate, define and practice taxonomic applications in biodiversity research, including how floras, faunas and mycotas have been used by scientists. Uses floristics to assess outputs (dissemination) and impacts as well as assess technology on field data collection, uses, potential, and how might collections be used in the future.
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