Greetings,
I have just been talking with a professor at another University who is
involed with writing a grant proposal for a curriculum for preprofessional
track students. This is a multi-campus endeavor. He was told that
preprofessional students need only life skills and Botany had no life
skills so it could be removed from the curriculum. When he asked what
a life skill was he was given an example of pH. Two Universities had
already removed Botany from their Intro Biology course. Is this a
growing trend or just continued ignorance on the part of nonbotanists?
I'm a little steamed since I, as a Botanist, am expected to know lots of
nonbotanical things.
How do we defend our profession?
Cyndy
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Dr. Cynthia M. Galloway
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology
Campus Box 158
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TX 78363
(512)595-3790
FAX: 512/595-3409
