LINKS TO FALL 2008
CLASSES
Please note: None of these classes are
Blackboard-based classes. No passwords are required to access the class
web pages.
BIO 131, GENERAL BOTANY
(new link on 13 Aug.)
BIO 490,
BIOLOGY SEMINAR (new link on 13
Aug.)
ASO 100, ACADEMIC
ORIENTATION (new link on 21
Aug.)
The
first meeting of this class will be on Monday, August 25, at 3:35 p.m. in Room
100 of the Moore Building.
COURSES I SOMETIMES TEACH
BIO 100, Introduction to Biology (for
nonmajors)
BIO
121, Principles of Biology
BIO 317, Non-majors' environmental science
BIO 335, Plant
Systematics
BIO 536/736, Dendrology
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE
STUDENTS
I am no longer accepting graduate
advisees. However, I am still available to serve as a committee member on
thesis research committees. Please contact Dr. Ron
Jones or Dr.
Neil Pederson if you are interested in our botany graduate
program.
If you're interested in botany, we—the botanists in this department—have a special interest in you! The interests of the faculty encompass botany from the ecosystem to the molecular level. We train more field botanists than any other school in Kentucky, more than most schools in this part of the United States. We view field work as fundamental to botanical training, but we also realize that well-trained botanists need to understand how to employ a full range of analytical and investigative techniques.
There's plenty to do here in botany. Kentucky contains interesting ecosystems and a fascinating flora, but we lag behind all other states east of the Mississippi in the documentation of our flora. Botanists here at EKU and the other regional universities are working hard to change that. Student work has contributed substantially and can continue to contribute to this effort. We welcome your interest and participation.
In addition to your
becoming involved in research projects, other opportunities include botanical
seminars given by undergraduate and graduate students, the GEMS (Genetics,
Evolution and Molecular Sciences) discussion group, and occasional invited
speakers. If you think you might be eligible for a
work-study job in the EKU Herbarium (our plant museum) or the Department's
greenhouse
, Tim
Weckman is the man to see.