Botany - Miami University - Oxford

Botany from Miami University - Oxford is a Campus Bachelor Biology degree that prepares you for a Science career. What is Botany? Botany is not just about flowers and trees. Nearly all natural science disciplines involve plant biology in some way. Botanists study organisms ranging in size from microscopic algae in thermal springs to giant redwood trees in California and fungal organisms an acre or more in size. Botanical science ranges from the molecular to the organismal, and from individual organisms to the world biosphere. What are the features of Miami's program? Top ranking More than one-third of all the Young Botanist Awards made by the Botanical Society of America since 1979 have gone to Miami undergraduates. The botany program produces approximately 15 percent of all the students in the United States who ultimately go on to receive a Ph.D. in botany or a related discipline. Undergraduate research Students have unique opportunities to do hands-on research with faculty members. A full internship program is available, and students are supported with funding to do research and to travel to professional meetings. In addition, students have the opportunity to study in many locations around the world, including the Bahamas, Belize, Mexico, Kenya, and Nova Scotia. Students also publish their research in scientific literature and present their papers at national conferences. Interdisciplinary approach Miami's botany program has strong ties with the programs in zoology and microbiology. Because all three of these sciences are located in the same building, Pearson Hall, the departments have cross-disciplinary areas of study and research. This gives a disciplinary depth and a student learning environment typically found only in much larger research universities. Excellent employment rate More than 90 percent of our graduates are employed in major-related positions within six months of graduation, and placement into graduate programs approaches 100 percent. Top-notch facilities The facilities supporting study in botany at Miami include three greenhouses; the Turrell Herbarium, one of the best university herbaria (collections of preserved plants) in the United States; and a plant growth chamber facility. Our 25 teaching laboratories are located in Pearson Hall, which houses more undergraduate botany majors than any other biological sciences unit in the state of Ohio. Pearson Hall also contains the best electron microscope and molecular biology facilities in the country. Study abroad Outdoor study can be done not only at the Ecology Research Center, the Bachelor Wildlife Reserve, nearby Hueston Woods State Park, or the campus itself, but in many locations around the globe. Our programs of study and summer research workshops give you opportunities to learn and work in diverse geographic locales. These workshops are sometimes integrated with affiliated programs in other majors, such as geology and geography. The tropical flora of the Bahamas, the biodiversity of Kenya, and the natural history of the boreal ecosystem of Nova Scotia are some of the courses offered during the summer. Miami's botany department also has a cooperative agreement with the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas in Mexico. You can have a cross-cultural experience while doing research projects in conjunction with students from Mexico. Mexican students also come to Miami to study as part of the agreement. View more details on Miami University - Oxford, OH . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Biology courses.