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**Review** Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Botany Certificate

Program Overview

College of Natural and Health Sciences

The certificate program in Botany prepares students for careers in resource management fields that require basic botanical knowledge. Many federal and state resource management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife require that applicants have a minimum of 9 credits of botany coursework. This certificate provides an understanding of plant identification, plant taxonomy, and the role of plants in ecological communities, providing graduates with comprehensive botanical knowledge.

Certificate Requirements — 12 Credits

Required Course — 4 Credits

BIO 111Biology: Organisms to EcosystemsLAS1LASL

4

Complete a minimum of 8 credits of the following:

BIO 329Field Botany

3

BIO 330Plant Systematics

4

BIO 336Animal Plant Interactions

3

BIO 411Field Techniques in Biology

2

BIO 422Directed Studies

1- 3

BIO 427Economic Botany

4

BIO 561Plant Ecology

3

BIO 564Plant Ecology Lab

1

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