University Catalog 2026-2027

Plant Biology (Minor)

Master's Minor Requirements

Required Courses9
Special Topics Botany
Plant Functional Ecology
Systematic Botany
Three credit hours of PB courses at 500-level and above 1
Total Hours9

Doctoral Minor Requirements 

Required Courses12
Special Topics Botany (Functional Plant Biology)
Plant Functional Ecology
Systematic Botany
Six credits of PB courses at the 500-level and above *
Total Hours12
*

"Plant Biology Courses" must be above the 500-level with a grade of a B or above

Professors

  • Jose Miguel Alonso
  • Richard L. Blanton
  • Joann M. Burkholder
  • Susan B. Carson
  • Ralph E. Dewey
  • Robert Graham Franks
  • Amy Michele Grunden
  • Candace Hope Haigler
  • Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
  • Christine Veronica Hawkes
  • William A. Hoffmann
  • Tzung Fu Hsieh
  • Alexander Krings
  • Xu Li
  • Terri A. Long
  • Adrian John Percy
  • Marcela Pierce
  • Heike Inge Ada Sederoff
  • Rosangela Sozzani
  • Anna N. Stepanova
  • William F. Thompson
  • Deyu Xie

Associate Professors

  • Colleen Jennifer Doherty
  • Manuel Kleiner
  • Slavko Komarnytsky
  • Seema Nayan Sheth

Assistant Professors

  • Orlando Arguello-Miranda
  • Mallory Choudoir
  • Zhe Lyu
  • William Kevin Petry
  • Kasie Raymann
  • George P. Tiley

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Kent Oliver Burkey
  • Jillian Marie De Gezelle
  • Imara Yasmin Perera
  • Carole H. Saravitz