Students who plan to transfer to OSU to major in Botany can save effort, time and money by carefully planning your Community College program. Students should begin fulfilling math, science, writing and general education (OSU Baccalaureate Core) classes before transferring to OSU. The course articulation website at OSU should be checked to see how courses at your college will be transferred for OSU credit.
The course charts on this page will help you select courses and plan your community college curriculum.
The College of Agricultural Sciences offers detailed planning guides for community college transfer credit.
BPP recommends that students planning to transfer specifically complete:
- Year-long majors biology series with a lab (do not take non-majors biology)
- Year-long general chemistry with labs
- Math courses as needed through at least elementary functions (MTH 112).
- Writing I (you may also complete Writing II and III requirements)
Other Science and Math courses for the Botany Major:
- Organic Chemistry is a Botany requirement that is offered by some Community Colleges.
- 2 additional courses in Quantitative skills. This can be fulfilled by additional math, physics, or computer science classes.
Other general education requirements at OSU (the Baccalaureate Core):
Math, Biology, Chemistry and Physics courses satisfy the OSU core requirements in sciences and math. As part of your Community College studies, you should also take courses to meet other OSU requirements in Skills, Perspectives, and Difference, Power, & Discrimination.
Meetings with advisors and campus tours for prospective transfer students can be arranged through VISIT OSU. All transfer students, including those in the Degree Partnership Program, must attend a required transfer START orientation that includes advising and registration. OSU Admissions Transfer Students Page which covers general policies; provides tables of approved transfer course articulations; discusses degree partnership and transfer degree programs.
General information about life at OSU and Corvallis is found in the BPP Student Handbook (link)
Community College Course Planner for Transfer to OSU Botany Major:
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Community College Course |
Course No. |
Credits |
OSU Equivalent |
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Math: Satisfies the OSU Baccalaureate Core requirement for math. 8 units can be counted toward to Botany Major requirement for Math. Two additional courses can be applied to Botany requirement for Quantitative Skills. |
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College Algebra |
MTH 111 |
5 |
MTH 111 |
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Trigonometry |
MTH 112 |
5 |
MTH 112 |
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Discrete Math |
MTH 231 |
5 |
MTH 231 |
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Differential Calculus |
MTH 251 |
5 |
MTH 251 |
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Integral Calculus |
MTH 252 |
5 |
MTH 252 |
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One-Year Course Majors Biology: Take a full-year of Biological Sciences for majors before transferring to OSU. The courses must include a lab (some schools offer the labs under a separate course number). Take the full year series at one institution. Satisfies OSU Baccalaureate Core requirement for Biological Science with lab. Satisfies Botany Major requirement for 1-year course of introductory biology + lab. |
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Principles of Biology |
BI 211, 212, 213 (BI 201, 202, 203 at Klamath CC) |
4, 4, 4 |
BI 211, 212, 213
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General Chemistry:
Take 1 year course in general chemistry for science majors before transferring to OSU. Satisfies the OSU Baccalaureate Core requirement for Physical Science + lab Satisfies Botany Major requirement for a year of general chemistry |
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General Chemistry |
CH 221, 222, 223 |
5, 5, 5 |
CH 231/ 261 CH 233/ 263 |
Skills courses: Writing I, II, III Bacc. Core Requirements
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Community College Course |
Course No. |
Credits |
OSU Equivalent |
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Writing and Communication/ Speech skills Take Writing I before transferring to OSU. BCC also requires a second WR class equivalent to OSU WR 222 or 327 BCC requires a Communications or Speech class equivalent to COMM 111, 114 or 218 |
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Writing I: English Composition |
WR 121 |
3 |
WR 121 |
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WRII: Argumentation |
WR 122 |
3 |
WR 222 |
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WRII: Technical Writing |
WR 227 |
3 |
WR 327 |
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WR III: Public Speaking |
COMM 111 Or SP 111 |
3 |
COMM 111 |
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WR III: Persuasive Speaking |
COMM 112 Or SP 112 |
3 |
COMM 114 |
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WR III: Interpersonal Communication |
COMM 218 Or SP 218 |
3 |
COMM 218 |
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Other science courses you might choose before transferring to OSU:
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Organic Chemistry: Some community colleges offer a course series which will fulfill the Botany major requirement for organic chemistry. Unlike the OSU equivalent course, this series will transfer as lower division credits. Upper division credit can be earned by exam.* |
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Organic Chemistry |
CH 241, 242, 243 |
4, 4, 4 |
CH 331, 337, 332 |
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Additional quantitative classes OSU Botany Major requires two additional courses in quantitative skills in areas like Math above the 100-level, Physics and Computer Science. |
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General Physics |
PH 201, 202, 203 |
5, 5, 5 |
PH 201, 202, 203 |
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Computer Science |
CS 161, 162 |
4, 4 |
CS 161, 162 |
Other Baccalaureate Core Courses: BCC requirements for biological science, physical science, and math are completed as part of the Botany Major requirements, as shown above. As part of your Community College studies, you should also take courses to meet OSU requirements in other Perspectives, Difference, Power, & Discrimination, and Skills areas. Check the Equivalency Tables found on the OSU website to learn which of your Community College courses meet these requirements:
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Perspectives courses: Complete one course in each Perspectives category with no more than two in the same department. Use the Baccalaureate Core Transfer Guide to find the courses at your community college that meet OSU requirements in these areas: Cultural Diversity Literature and the Arts Social Process and Institutions Western Culture Biol and Physical Sciences requirements completed as part of the major requirements |
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DPD: Difference, Power, and Discrimination Use the Baccalaureate Core Transfer Guide to find the courses at your community college that meet OSU requirements in this area. |
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Skills courses: Math requirement completed as part of major requirements, shown above Writing, and Speech are shown above. Health / Fitness, Use the Baccalaureate Core Transfer Guide to find the courses at your community college that meet OSU requirements in this area. |
All courses in the major must be letter graded; no P/NP. At least a C- grade is required in lower division math and science courses as a pre-requisite to upper division courses.
All courses in a series should be taken at one institution: Take course series’ in Biological Principles, General Chem, Organic Chem, and Physics all at one institution (Community College or OSU). DO NOT split the series between schools. Although the course numbers are the same, the order of topics is not the same.
Biology, Chem and Physics courses should be taken with labs: Some Community Colleges have separately numbered lab courses. To qualify for OSU transfer credit, you must enroll in the labs/ recitations, as well as the lecture sections.
*Organic Chemistry credits transfer as lower division, but meet OSU major requirements in the life sciences. You can receive upper division units by passing the ACS Organic Chemistry exam. Information found at here.