BA/BS in Botany/Plant Biology

Botany at Ohio Wesleyan focuses on plants and their role in ecosystems, climate regulation, nutrition, and medicine. Plant scientists contribute to food supply, biodiversity, land restoration, climate mitigation, and the development of pharmaceuticals, and the major prepares students for that kind of work. The curriculum starts with biological principles and then adds specialized study of how plants function, their genetics, their classification, and their ecology. Students learn to recognize, modify, and manage the variety found in the plant world. Typical career interests include agriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscape design, conservation, environmental education, and laboratory or field research. The program is one of several biological sciences majors, alongside biology, microbiology, genetics, zoology, and others. Travel-learning courses are a notable feature, and destinations in recent years have included Alaska, the Galapagos, East Africa, Costa Rica, and Brazil.