Admission. Admission requirements are detailed in the Admissions section of the current Policies and General Information Bulletin.

University Policies. Policies detailed in the current Policies and General Information Bulletin apply.

Degree Requirements

Coursework. A minimum of 72 units of coursework is required. All students are expected to enroll in the seminar series (401) and in Readings in Phylogenetics (412) throughout their graduate careers in the Botany program.

Research and Dissertation.  Research for the required dissertation may be carried out in a variety of systematics-related fields, including the following.

• Anatomy
• Agrostology
• Biogeography
• Comparative Morphology
• Conservation Biology
• Cytotaxonomy
• Ecology
• Floristics
• Molecular Systematics
• Monography
• Phylogenetics
• Population and Conservation Genetics