Certificate in Medicinal and Economic Botany (25 credits)

The medicinal and economic botany certificate is designed for students with an interest in the practical uses of plants, both known and yet to be discovered. The program requires a basic knowledge of biology and chemistry, but is available to students in a variety of majors, such as anthropology, conservation biology, or environmental education.  The program emphasizes historical and cultural botany, modern medicinal plants, and practical plant production and concludes with research or field experience.

Advisers:
  James E. Simon, Foran 396C (jimsimon@rutgers.edu)
  Nrupali Patel, Foran 372 (npatel@sebs.rutgers.edu)

Program Webpage: Here

Managing Department Webpage: Here

Recommended Prerequisites
01:119:115,116,117  General Biology and Laboratory
01:160:161,162,171 General Chemistry and Laboratory

Required Courses (13 credits)
11:776:205  Introduction to Ethnobotany (3)
11:776:211  Introduction to Horticulture (3)
11:776:242  Plant Science (3)
11:776:312  Medicinal Plants (3)
11:776:313  Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Laboratory (1)

Practical Experience (3 credits)
11:776:495,496  Special Problems in Plant Science (by arrangement): an adviser-approved internship focusing on an area of medicinal or economic botany

Electives (9 credits)
11:776:221  Principles of Organic Crop Production (3)
11:776:302  General Plant Pathology (3)
11:776:310  Plant Propagation (3)
11:776:321  Greenhouse Systems Management (3)
11:776:341  Fruit Production (3)
11:776:390  Hemp and Medical Cannabis (3)
11:776:400  Fungi in the Environment (3)
11:776:415  Fungi and Human Health (3)
11:776:438  Plants and Human Health (3)
11:776:439  Nursery Crop Production (3)
11:776:440  Soil Fertility (3) or equivalent
11:776:442  Agroecology (3)
11:776:495,496  Special Problems in Plant Science (1-3)
11:020:255  Special Topics in Agriculture and Food Systems (1-3)
11:020:321  Principles and Practices of Small-Scale Organic Farming (3)
11:020:340  Indoor Cultivation of High-Value Crops (4)
11:020:436  Sustainable Agriculture (3)
11:020:442  Entrepreneurial Agriculture (3)
11:216:411  Plant Diversity and Evolution (3)
01:450:211  Environment, Society, and Social Justice (3)
01:450:306  Global Ecosystems and Biodiversity (3)

or other adviser-approved electives