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 2024 Courses
Dendrology
BOTANY 402 July 1 - Aug 11 blended 3 credits
Dendrology covers identification, ranges, uses, and ecological characteristics of evergreen and deciduous woody plants, native and cultivated. The course is primarily online, with 4 Tuesday field days. *not open to special students
Instructor: Catherine Woodward
Evolutionary Biology
BOTANY 410 Jun 17 - Aug 11 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: Jillian Schat
Midwestern Ecological Issues: A Case Study Approach
BOTANY 450 May 20 - June 16 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: Calla Ward Olson
General Ecology
BOTANY 460 May 20 - Jul 14 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 17 - Aug 11 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
Botany Field Methods in WI
BOTANY 575 July 29 - Aug 25 blended 3 credits
Course includes a required field component mid-August at Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, Wisconsin.
Instructors: Patricia Chan (primary),Sam Anderson