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Botany (BOT)
College of Natural Sciences
BOT 101 General Botany (3) Growth, functions,
and evolution of plants; their relations to the environment and
particularly to humans and human activities. (Cross-listed as BIOL 102) NS1
BOT 101L General Botany Lab (1) (1 3-hr Lab) Lab
observations and experiments illustrating basic principles of plant
biology. Pre: 101 (or concurrent). (Cross-listed as BIOL 102L) NS1
BOT 103 Plants and Pollution (3) Sources,
nature, distributions, impacts, and fate of pollutants; dangers to life;
concepts of regulation, management, and correction.
BOT 105 Ethnobotany (3) (2 Lec, 1 Demonstration) Plants
and their influence upon culture of Hawai‘i and Pacific; uses of
cultivated and wild plants. SS
BOT 135 Magical Mushrooms & Mystical Molds (3) Impact
of fungi in nature and on humankind. Selected historical events in which
fungi played a significant role, their activities as decomposers and
pathogens, and their uses as sources for mind altering drugs in
religious ceremonies and in food and beverage production in various
societies.
BOT 160 Campus Plants (2) Nontechnical course
emphasizing recognition of the many interesting tropical plants seen on
campus; origin, status in Hawai‘i, and cultural and economic uses of
campus plants.
BOT 201 Plant Evolutionary Diversity (3) Significance
of evolutionary trends in the plant world, including reproductive,
morphological, and life history adaptations by algae, fungi, and
vascular plants. Pre: 101 or college general biology. Co-requisite:
201L. NS1
BOT 201L Plant Evolutionary Diversity Lab (1) (1
3-hr Lab) Lab exercises in the morphology and systematics of land
plants, fungi, and algae. Co-requisite: 201. NS1
BOT 311 Form & Function in Algae & Plants
(3) Structural and functional adaptations of algae and plants, with
an emphasis on their ecological significance in aquatic and terrestrial
environments. Emphasis on bryophytes and pteridophytes. Marine
macrophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms will also be included. Both
vegetative and reproductive structures considered. Pre: 201 and 201L, or
consent.
BOT 350 Resource Management and Conservation in
Hawai‘i (3) Management of native Hawaiian organisms and
terrestrial ecosystems with particular attention to strategies,
planning, research, and management actions necessary to control alien
influences and promote native species. Pre: college general biology.
BOT 351 Inside Tropical Ecosystems (3) Ecology
of tropical ecosystems; biodiversity and its values; energy flow,
successional stages and nutrient cycles; approaches to conservation and
resource management. Emphasis on Hawaiian ecosystems via field trips to
study local examples. Pre: 101, or BIOL 171 and BIOL 172; or consent.
BOT 351L Inside Tropical Ecosystems Lab (1) Introduction
to ecological methods and common plant species of Hawaiian marine and
terrestrial ecosystems. Pre: consent. Co-requisite: 351.
BOT 361 Flowering Plant Families (4) (2 Lec, 2 3-hr
Lab) Recognition of diagnostic features of important plant families,
taking advantage of Hawai‘i’s unique tropical flora; development of
skills essential to identification of unfamiliar families. Pre: 101 or
college general biology.
BOT 399 Botanical Problems (V) Individualized
directed research. Intended for upper division botany majors. Repeatable
six times. Pre: 101, BIOL 172, or consent.
BOT 410 Plant Anatomy (3) Structure of vascular
plants; origin and differentiation of tissues; relation of structure to
function. Pre: 201. Co-requisite: 410L. Recommended: 470.
BOT 410L Plant Anatomy Lab (1) (1 3-hr Lab) Lab
study of plant structure. Co-requisite: 410.
BOT 412 Modern Methods in Microscopy (4) (3 Lec, 1
3-hr Lab) Preparation, examination, and photography of specimens
with bright-field, dark-field, phase-contrast, polarizing, fluorescence,
and transmission electron microscopy. Emphasis on modern methods
employing resins. Introduction to histochemistry, quantitative analysis
using morphometrics, and molecular applications. Pre: 201 or consent.
BOT 430 Mycology (2) Morphology, physiology,
ecology of fungi; their identification. Pre: 201, BIOL 172, or consent.
BOT 430L Mycology Lab (2) Laboratory to
accompany 430. Pre: 430 (or concurrent) or consent.
BOT 440 Advanced Ethnobotany (3) Advanced
studies of plant uses in cultural contexts, focusing upon impacts of
plant-culture interactions in development of cultures, cultivars,
medicinals, ethnoecologies, ethics, and intellectual property. Pre: 105
and one of ANTH 200, BIOL 172, BIOL 201, BIOL 361; or consent.
BOT 442 Medical Ethnobotany (3) Survey and
theory of plants used as medicines, cultural perspectives of herbal
medicine, and the botanical/chemical basis of allopathic and
naturopathic medicine. Pre: 105 or consent. Recommended: CHEM 272 or
BIOC 341.
BOT 446 Hawaiian Ethnobotany (2) (1 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Methods and techniques of handling and identifying plant
materials used by early Hawaiians for house and canoe construction,
clothing, household and fishing items, medicine, and food preparation.
Reading, laboratory, and fieldwork. Pre: 101 or 105, ANTH 200 or ANTH
210, and consent.
BOT 450 Natural History of Hawaiian Islands (3) (2
Lec, 1-hr Lab) Geography, geology, climatology, biotic environment
of Pacific Basin and Hawaiian Islands; endemism and evolution in
terrestrial and marine biota of islands. Pre: one semester of biological
sciences at college level. (Cross-listed as ZOOL 450) NS1
BOT 453 Plant Ecology & Environmental Measurements
(4) (2 Lec, 2 3-hr Lab) Influence of natural
environments on plant behavior (autecology). A field-oriented course to
complement 454. Field trips. Should precede 454. Pre: one of 101, BIOL
172, or ZOOL 101.
BOT 454 Vegetation Ecology (4) (2 Lec, 2 3-hr Lab) Analysis
and synthesis of plant communities and ecosystems (synecology). Field
trips to develop local examples. Integrated with 453. Pre: one of 101,
BIOL 172, or ZOOL 101. Recommended: 453.
BOT 455 Analysis of Biological Data (3) Application
of computers to analysis of biological data; preparation and storage,
report production, database analysis procedures, univariate and
bivariate statistical analyses. Pre: BIOL 172 or consent.
BOT 456 Plant-Animal Interactions (3) Interdependence
of plants and animals, emphasizing the influence of animals on plant
fitness and evolution. Topics include pollination, fruit/seed dispersal,
herbivory, and ant-plant mutualisms. Pre: 201/201L or BIOL 265/265L.
BOT 461 Principles of Plant Systematics (3) Principles
and methods of plant systematics, with emphasis on vascular plants;
historical perspective; evidence used in systematics; biological
processes particularly relevant to systematic interpretations. Pre: 101
or college general biology. Recommended: 361.
BOT 462 Plant Evolution (3) Major events and
principles; includes the blue-green algae and fungi. Pre: 201 or BIOL
172. (Alt. years)
BOT 470 Principles of Plant Physiology (3) Integration
of form and function from cellular to whole plant levels in processes
from seed germination through photosynthesis, growth, and morphogenesis,
to flowering and senescence. Pre: CHEM 152 and BIOL 171; or consent.
Co-requisite: 470L. (Cross-listed as HORT 470)
BOT 470L Principles of Plant Physiology Lab (1) (1
3-hr Lab) Principles of experimentation in plant physiology,
includes individual investigations. Co-requisite: 470. (Cross-listed as
HORT 470L)
BOT 480 Algal Diversity & Evolution (4) (3 Lec,
1 3-hr Lab) Principles of algal diversity, structure, and evolution.
Identification of common Hawaiian algae. Pre: one of 101, BIOL 172, MICR
351, ZOOL 101, or consent.
BOT 482 Adaptations of Plants to Marine Environment
(3) Morphological, physiological, cellular, and molecular examples
of adaptation to marine environments by marine macroalgae,
phytoplankton, and sea grasses. Pre: 480. (Alt. years)
BOT 482L Adaptations of Plants to Marine
Environment Lab (1) (1 3-hr Lab) Laboratory exercises emphasizing
current research tools and opportunities in algal/sea grass
physiological ecology. Repeatable once. Pre: 482 (or concurrent); or
consent.
BOT 607 Scientific Writing & Publication (2) (1
Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Introduction to writing and illustrating scientific
papers. Objectives are to gain familiarity with journal style and
requirements and preparation of poster presentation. Repeatable once.
Pre: graduate standing. (Alt. years)
BOT 610 Botanical Seminar (1) Study and
discussion of significant topics and problems in botany. Repeatable
three times.
BOT 612 Advanced Botanical Problems (V) Investigation
of any botanical problem; reading and laboratory work. Repeatable nine
times. Pre: consent.
BOT 617 Biological Electron Microscopy (3) (1 Lec,
2 3-hr Lab) Biological specimen preparation, operation, and
ancillary techniques in electron microscopy, interpretation of electron
micrographs. Pre: graduate standing in biological sciences and consent.
BOT 620 Perspectives in Modern Botany (2) Lectures
by distinguished visiting professor on contemporary botanical topics in
the lecturer’s area of expertise. No more than 6 credit hours may be
counted toward the MS degree requirements. Repeatable five times.
BOT 632 Instrumentation for Research in Plant
Science (1) (1 2-hr Lab) Discussion and demonstration of equipment
and methods. Pre: consent.
BOT 650 Ecology Seminar (2) Literature reviews
of concepts and methods in physiological and vegetation ecology.
Repeatable three times. Pre: graduate standing; consent for
well-prepared undergraduates.
BOT 651 Invasion Biology (3) Theories, models,
patterns, and predictive methods relating to the introduction,
establishment, and spread of introduced organisms. Application of
principles of invasion biology to conservation and natural resource
management. Pre: one of 453, 456, 482, MICR 485, or ZOOL 439; and 462 or
BIOL 375; or consent.
BOT 661 Hawaiian Vascular Plants (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr
Lab) Identification, systematics, evolution, and biogeography of
native plants. Field trips. Pre: 361 or consent.
BOT 662 Advanced Systematics (4) (2 Lec, 2 3-hr
Lab) Combined lecture-lab oriented course in the application of
molecular protocols used in systematics and population genetics studies;
emphasis on data gathering, data analysis, and presentation of results.
Pre: 675, or ENBI 402 (or concurrent), or BIOC 441 (or concurrent); or
consent. (Spring only)
BOT 663 Plant Cytotaxonomy (2) (1 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Aspects
of cytogenetics most relevant to vascular plant taxonomy. Emphasis on
student participation and mastery of cytogenetic techniques. Pre: 361 or
consent. (Alt. years)
BOT 669 Molecular Systematics & Evolution (3) Molecular
approaches to evolution, phylogenetics, and systematics. Basic use of
chloroplast DNA, mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, and electrophoresis.
Phylogenetic analysis using parsimony, distance, and comparative
methods. Recommended: 201. Pre: BIOL 172 and BIOL 270, or ENBI 402, or
BIOC 441; or consent.
BOT 674 Plant Growth & Development (3) Physiology
of plant growth regulators, tropisms, circadian rhythms, translocation,
photoperiodism, vernalization, germination and dormancy, and senescence.
Pre: 470 and ENBI 402. (Crosslisted as HORT 674) (Alt. years)
BOT 676 Environmental Physiology Seminar (2) Environmental
stress; pollution; salinity, geobotany, and other interactions
between the environment and plant processes. Current
literature emphasized at multidiscipli-nary and interdisciplinary
levels. Pre: graduate status in a biological science, geosciences, etc.;
consent for well-prepared undergraduates.
BOT 680 Marine Macrophytes Seminar (2) Discussion
of current literature in physiological ecology, cellular and molecular
adaptations to environmental factors by marine plants. Repeatable four
times. Pre: 480.
BOT 690 Conservation Biology (3) Theories and
concepts of ecology, evolution, and genetics for conservation of
biological diversity. Topics will include restoration ecology,
management planning, laws and policies, biological invasions. Pre: 453
or ZOOL 439, 462 or ZOOL 480. (Cross-listed as ZOOL 690)
BOT 699 Directed Research (V) Research
preliminary to thesis or dissertation research. CR/ NC only. Pre:
consent of graduate committee.
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