Program: Botany Minor - South Dakota State University

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 07, 2025

Students looking at grasses in a lab.

Program Coordinator/Contact

Lan Xu, Professor
Department of Natural Resource Management
Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Laboratory, Room 142C
605-688-5060

Program Information

The Botany minor crosses many disciplines, because plants are the base of the energy web within the natural environment. The program’s flexible curriculum is adaptable for all students in the natural sciences, and is especially useful to students with interests in ecology and environmental science, range science, and wildlife and fisheries sciences.

Course Delivery Format

The program’s courses are offered on campus in lecture, laboratory, and field-based settings.

Academic Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for all courses in the minor.

Requirements for Botany Minor: 18 Credits

BIOL 103 - Biology Survey II (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 2
and BIOL 103L - Biology Survey II Lab (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 1
or BIOL 153 - General Biology II (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 3
and BIOL 153L - General Biology II Lab (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 1

Electives

Credits: 14-15

Select from the following:

Select at least two botany courses must be upper-division, 300 level or above.

BOT 127 - Ethnobotany Credits: 3
BOT 201 - General Botany (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 3
BOT 201L - General Botany Lab (COM) [SGR #6, HSDC] Credits: 0
BOT 301 - Plant Systematics (COM) Credits: 3
BOT 301L - Plant Systematics Lab (COM) Credits: 0
BOT 303 - Forest Ecology and Management Credits: 2
BOT 303L - Forest Ecology and Management Lab Credits: 1
BOT 327 - Plant Physiology Credits: 3
BOT 327L - Plant Physiology Lab Credits: 1
BOT 405 - Grasses and Grasslike Plants Credits: 1
BOT 405L - Grasses and Grasslike Plants Lab Credits: 2
BOT 415 - Aquatic Plants Credits: 1
BOT 415L - Aquatic Plants Lab Credits: 2
BOT / RANG 419 - Plant Ecology (COM) Credits: 2
BOT / RANG 419L - Plant Ecology Lab (COM) Credits: 1
BOT 492 - Topics (COM) Credits: 1-5

Select from the following:

No more than 3 credits of may come from the following upper-division botany courses:

BOT 491 - Independent Study (COM) Credits: 1-4
BOT 494 - Internship (COM) Credits: 1-12
BOT 496 - Field Experience (COM) Credits: 1-12
BOT 498 - Research (COM) Credits: 1-4

Select from the following:

Additional elective credits may come from the following range courses:

RANG 210L - Range Plant Identification Lab Credits: 2
RANG 400 - Judging Teams Credits: 1 (Sec 1.)

Botany Minor

Location(s): Brookings Main CampusClose

Program Coordinator/Contact

Program Information

Course Delivery Format

Academic Requirements

Requirements for Botany Minor: 18 Credits

Electives

Select from the following:

Select from the following:

Select from the following:

Total Required Credits: 18

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus
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