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 2022 Courses
Intermediate courses requiring college-level introductory biology
Dendrology
BOTANY 402 July 4 - Aug 12 online 2 credits
Dendrology covers identification, ranges, uses, and ecological characteristics of evergreen and deciduous woody plants, native and cultivated. The course is primarily online, with several weekend field days. *not open to special students
Instructor: Catherine Woodward
Evolutionary Biology
BOTANY 410 Jun 20 - Aug 14 online 3 credits
Evolutionary biology, emphasizing how modern scientists study evolution. Topics include: nature and mechanisms of microevolution, macroevolution, adaptation, speciation; systematics and taxonomy; quantitative genetics and measurement of natural selection; phylogenetic analyses of behavior, physiology, morphology, biochemistry; current controversies in evolution.
Instructor: Elizabeth Bradbury
Midwestern Ecological Issues: A Case Study Approach
BOTANY 450 May 23 - June 19 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: Michael Peyton
General Ecology
BOTANY 460 May 23 - Jul 17 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 survey and practice the tools and thinking processes used by ecologists to conduct ecological studies.
Instructor: Kyle Webert
Ethnobotany
BOTANY 474 Jun 20 - Aug 14 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: Elizabeth Bradbury
Medical Botany
BOTANY 575 June 20 - Aug 14 online 3 credits
Learn about the biochemistry, ecology and medical applications of the plant and fungus kingdoms! This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to plant pharmacology. You will learn about medicinal, poisonous, and psychoactive plants and compounds in both an ecological and anthropological context.
BIO 151/2 or BOT 130 or BIOCORE 381/3 required; intro Chemistry recommended.
Instructor: Ariel Sorg
Conservation Biology
BOTANY 651 June 20 - Aug 14 online 3 credits
Application of ecological principles and human dimensions to the conservation of biological diversity. Topics: biodiversity science; conservation planning; population ecology; habitat loss, species exploitation, invasive species, pollution; human attitudes and activities as they affect the biosphere; approaches to monitoring interventions.
Instructor: Nisa Karimi