Do you love nature? Are you interested in learning how to solve the crucial plant biology problems of today? You’re in the right place. The University of Wyoming is home to a cutting-edge botany program that gives students access to research opportunities and renowned facilities. So that when you graduate, you have the experience required to pursue your dream career.
Tuition and Fees
Program Requirements
The botany degree program teaches botany fundamentals, as well as key life sciences and mathematics concepts. Once students have finished their introductory courses, they’re eligible to take advanced botany courses, including paleobotany, forest ecology and genetics, among others.
Our faculty have won national and international awards for being the best early career researchers in their fields. These notable faculty members include:
Our department additionally has six faculty members that are in the list of the top 25 most-cited faculty according to Google Scholar, which is the most of any university.
Our students are prepared for a variety of botany jobs in academia, science, research and plant conservation. In a recent survey, we learned that 40% of our alumni are non-academic scientists, 25% work as non-scientists, 18% are academic scientists and 17% work in plant conservation.
Botany Careers
Notable Alumni Employers:
In a survey sent to all alumni from the Botany degree, all respondents said that this program did a good to excellent job in preparing them for their career or continuing education.
UW’s botany major prepares students to solve crucial plant biology problems in their careers. As part of the botany department, you’ll conduct research, work with accomplished faculty members and visit UW’s renowned greenhouses and herbarium. Here are a few more highlights of our program:
Research Opportunities
Many botany students complete grant-funded, paid research opportunities and internships. To complete this work, students have access to faculty-run laboratories including wet labs, growth chambers, controlled environments and field settings.
Additionally, the new Science Initiative Building has a rooftop greenhouse that offers even more opportunities to study indoor plant growth and cutting edge data acquisition. Many students also take advantage of high performance computing tools throughout their studies.
Williams Conservatory & Rocky Mountain Herbarium
The botany department is home to the Williams Conservatory and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium — both of which promote botanic research, education and outreach.
The Rocky Mountain Herbarium is the largest facility of its kind between Saint Louis and the West Coast. Rich in material from throughout the US, Canada and northern Europe, it is the largest collection of Wyoming and Rocky Mountain plants in the world and reflects the region’s biological diversity and evolutionary history.
The Williams Conservatory is an impressive greenhouse that houses over 600 tropical, neotropical, temperate and arid species from around the world.
Department of Botany
Aven Nelson Room 114
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-4207
Email: botany@uwyo.edu
