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  • BOT 4050: Plant Ecology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 with a C- or higher, and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): BOT 4055. Studies the interrelationships between plants and their environment, including population, community, and ecosystem processes. Specific topics include adaptation to abiotic factors, plant life history patterns, species interactions such as competition and herbivory; community structure, diversity, and dynamics; biome structure and distribution, and energy flow and nutrient cycles in ecosystems. Presents the impact of humans on plant communities and ecological processes. Corequisite:    BOT 4055
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  • BOT 4055: Plant Ecology Laboratory

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): BOT 4050. Laboratory component of Plant Ecology in which students acquire skills in the collection, analysis, and presentation of ecological data. Includes field sampling of plant populations, laboratory and greenhouse experiments, and scientific writing. Field trips, including one weekend field trip, are required.. Course Lab fee of $97 for lab, transportation applies. Corequisite:    BOT 4050
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  • BOT 4100: Plant Anatomy

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 and BIOL 1625 with a minimum grade of C- in each, and University Advanced Standing. Covers the structure and development of cells, tissues and tissue systems in stems, roots, leaves, and reproductive structures in vascular plants, with emphasis on the angiosperms. Discusses primary and secondary plant body, including wood anatomy. Includes weekly laboratory.. Course lab fee of $47 for supplies applies.
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  • BOT 4200: Plant Systematics

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (BOT 2050 or BOT 2100), (BIOL 1010 or BIOL 1620) with a C- or better in each course, and University Advanced Standing. Covers the principles of plant classification and the techniques employed in gathering and analyzing taxonomic data. Focuses on the essentials of phylogenetic analysis in plants and on the evolutionary relationships between the major groups of vascular plants. Includes a weekly laboratory.. Course Lab fee of $47 for materials applies.
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  • BOT 4300: Native Trees and Shrubs of Utah

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BOT 2050 or BOT 2100; University Advanced Standing. Explores the diversity of woody plants of Utah, the plant communities they inhabit, and the ecological roles they play. Requires field trips; may include overnight trips as well as scheduled labs.. Course Lab fee of $103 for transportation applies.
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  • BOT 4430: Plant Pathology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1610 with a minimum grade of C- and University Advanced Standing. Teaches the fundamental concepts of plant pathology. Describes plant disease symptoms and organisms that cause those diseases and methods of control and diagnosis of diseases. Includes required laboratory.. Course fee of $20 applies.
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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 WE

    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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