Any student enrolled in a UW–Madison doctoral program can pursue a doctoral minor in botany. The doctoral minor offers training in the field of botany and can be tailored to a student’s specific interests. A doctoral minor in botany is an excellent way to gain a fundamental breadth of understanding of the basic properties of plant life.
Admissions
All Graduate School students must use the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.
Graduate students who wish to pursue an Option A external minor in the botany department should consult a faculty member within botany (their potential minor professor) or the chair of the botany graduate committee.
Requirements
Students must complete at least 9 credits in BOTANY, including a seminar course, while in residence. Courses must be selected in consultation with the minor and departmental advisor. All 9 credits must be either exclusively graduate-level botany courses or courses numbered 300 and above with the "Grad 50%" attribute. Directed study courses do not satisfy minor requirements.