We also accept the following International qualifications:
Because plants provide us with food, fibres and medicines, knowledge about plants is fundamental to our survival.
It’s also vital to the health of the planet, as plants influence the Earth’s climate, and most life forms on Earth depend directly on plants for oxygen, food, or habitat. Plants also include some of the strangest and most beautiful living things on Earth.
Modern Botany includes research into the biochemistry, ecology, genetics and physiology of plants, plant evolution, the role plants play in ecosystems and plant biotechnology. It covers topics from the breeding of crop plants using the most modern molecular techniques, through to modelling the effects of climate change on plants.
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100-level,
BIOL 123 Plants: How They Shape the World
One of:
BIOL 112 Animal Biology
CELS 191 Cell and Molecular Biology
ECOL 111 Ecology and Conservation of Diversity
HUBS 191 Human Body Systems 1
HUBS 192 Human Body Systems 2
One of:
CHEM 111 Chemistry: Molecular Architecture
CHEM 191 The Chemical Basis of Biology and Human Health
PHSI 191 Biological Physics
STAT 110 Statistical Methods
STAT 115 Introduction to Biostatistics, 18
200-level,
BTNY 201 Plant Functional Biology and Biotechnology
BTNY 202 Plant and Fungal Diversity
BTNY 203 Marine and Freshwater Botany, 18
300-level,
Any four of:
BTNY 301 Plant Ecology
BTNY 302 Plant Interactions
BTNY 303 Topics in Field Botany
PLBI 301 Applied Plant Science
PLBI 302 Plants for the Future
Note: Other papers approved by the Head of Department may be substituted for one paper at 200-level and for one paper at 300-level., 18
Plus, 180 further points; must include 54 points at 200-level or above.
Up to 90 points may be taken from outside Science, 180
Total, , 360
There will always be jobs for plant scientists because plants are so fundamental to life on earth.
The world’s economies are highly dependent on plants and their associated habitats, not only for food production but also for timber, for the fibres and chemical compounds plants produce and for the ecological services they provide, such as removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
Plant scientists are employed around the world in industry, governmental and non-governmental organisations that seek to understand and conserve the natural environment, and to educate people about it.
Botany graduates are in high demand in industries such as biotechnology, horticulture, tourism and agriculture.
A Botany degree can also lead to a career in conservation, biosecurity, environmental education, environmental consultancy or academic research.
Our graduates take up positions in local and national government, for instance at the Department of Conservation, and Ministry of Primary Industries and Crown Research Institutes.
Overseas Student Health Cover: 700 NZD per year
