Graduate Programs

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

Opportunities are available for specialization in the following areas of concentration:

• ecology
• genetics
• genomics and computational biology
• molecular and cellular biology
• mycology
• plant pathology
• plant physiology
• systematics
• applied systematics

Please see individual faculty web pages for current research areas.

Students with majors in any one area can incorporate into their programs minors in other areas within the department or in other departments in the Colleges of Science, Agricultural Sciences, and Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. Integrated minors, and interdisciplinary programs in plant physiology, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, entomology, and environmental sciences are also available.