Make the most of your summer! The UW-Madison Botany Summer Program offers a diversity of online, blended, and in-person courses including field and lab offerings.
How do I sign up?
Current students should talk with your advisor or view the Course Search & Enroll.
Details at summer.wisc.edu
Non-traditional students should contact Adult Career and Special Student Services about the available options.
Summer 2025 Courses
Evolutionary Biology
BOTANY 410 June 16 - Aug 10 online 3 credits
The process of evolution has resulted in the incredible diversity of life we observe today. This course introduces how this process unfolds, evidence for the theory of evolution, the history of studying evolutionary biology, the myriad ways evolution is studied and applied today, and how the process of evolution impacts humanity.
Instructor: Brandon Corder
Midwest Ecological Issues
BOTANY 450 May 19 - June 15 online 2 credits
A 4-week, all online course exploring ecological issues significant to the Great Lakes region. Topics include land use, water resources, invasive species, a changing climate, and the ecological approach to mitigating these problems.
Instructor: Tyler Wintermute
General Ecology
BOTANY 460 June 16 - August 10 online 4 credits
In this class, we will explore how environmental processes and biological interactions combine to affect individual organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems across the globe. We will learn about and practice the tools and thinking processes used by ecologists to conduct ecological studies.
Instructor: Kyle Webert
Ethnobotany
BOTANY 474 June 16 - August 10 online 3 credits
Ethnobotany is the study of relationships between human cultures and plants. This course includes: traditional ecological knowledge, plant medicine, wild edible foods, domestication, plants in spirituality and other topics.
Instructor: Tabitha Faber
Field Botany in Wisconsin
BOTANY 575 July 14 - August 10 3 credits
Gain valuable field and classroom experience
Learn to identify major taxa through plant anatomy & morphology. Learn field techniques used by professionals in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. Build skillsets for both basic and applied studies in botany, forestry, and ecology. Characterize common and rare Wisconsin plant communities.
Instructor: Sam Anderson