Hi! I want to study botany in the future and I saw that UC Davis offers both plant science and plant biology majors but they are in different colleges. I was wondering what the main differences were between the two are and which wold be better to apply to. Thanks!
Check out the course curriculum for each and compare.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/majors/plant-sciences
Looking at the above, it looks to me like it’s a question of if you primarily want to study plants in and of themselves, or if you’re more interested in how plants are used in industries such as agriculture. From the sound of it, plant biology is the former and plant science is the latter.
Given that you specifically mentioned botany, I’m guessing plant biology is closer to your interests. Take a look at the descriptions and programs yourself and judge though. Here are the course catalog pages for each major:
Plant biology: http://catalog.ucdavis.edu/programs/PLB/PLBreqt.html
Plant science: http://catalog.ucdavis.edu/programs/PLS/PLSreqt.html
Thank you for the clarification! I think you’re right with the plant biology path