The medicinal and economic botany certificate is designed for
students with an interest in the practical uses of plants, both known
and yet to be discovered. The program requires a basic knowledge of
biology and chemistry, but is available to students in a variety of
majors, such as anthropology, conservation biology, or environmental
education.
The program emphasizes historical and cultural
botany, modern medicinal plants, and practical plant production and
concludes with research or field experience.
For more information, contact Dr. James C. French, Foran Hall, Room 296C, 932-9711, ext. 162 or aroid@rci.rutgers.edu.
Prerequisites: 01:119:101-102 General Biology (4,4); 01: 160:161-162
General Chemistry (4,4); 01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
Required courses (15)
11:776:205 Introduction to Ethnobotany (3)
11:776:211 Introduction to Horticulture (3)
11:776:242 Plant Science (3)
11:776:312 Medicinal Plants (3)
11:776:495 Special Problems in Plant Science (3): an
adviser-approved internship focusing on an area of medicinal or
economic botany
Electives (9)
11:770:301 General Plant Pathology (3)
11:770:402 Mycology: Fungi in the Environment (3)
11:776:221 Principles of Organic Crop Production (3)
11:776:310 Plant Propagation (3)
11:776:321 Greenhouse Management and Crop Production (3)
11:776:341 Fruit Production (3)
11:776:439 Nursery Crop Production (3)
11:776:440 Soil Fertility (3) or equivalent
11:776:496 Special Problems in Plant Science (4)
Adviser-approved electives
