Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.31 GPA, 47.6% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.54 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
Spring 2027
Plant Morphology and Evolution
Survey of plant diversity and evolutionary history, emphasizing structure and reproduction in bryophytes, lycopods, ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants, plus fossil lineages.
offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kenneth Cameron
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.31 GPA, 47.6% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.54 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Observe and describe plant roots, stems, leaves, and reproductive organs. Develop skills in natural history observation and description through the careful examination of roots, stems, leaves, and plant reproductive organs.
Practice the comparative method by documenting patterns of variation and modifications of plant organs.
Exercise detailed scientific writing through a series of laboratory reports focused on leaf venation, morphometric analysis, and fern gametophyte development.
Apply use of both dissecting and compound microscopes for studying micromorphological structures of plants.
Interpret familiarity with primary scientific literature in the broad area of plant morphology, including paleobotany and phylogenetics.
Summarize an understanding of plant diversity (bryophytes, lycopods, ferns, seed plants) and the evolutionary processes that have shaped it.
Through discussion, translate opposing perspectives on a scientific controversy in the field of plant morphology.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
138138 letter grades
A39.1%39.1%
AB26.1%26.1%
B21.0%21.0%
BC6.5%6.5%
C5.1%5.1%
D1.4%1.4%
F0.7%0.7%
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Prerequisites
Course mapZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151,BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130,ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101,BIOCORE 381, or graduate/professional standing
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130
- BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 101
- BIOCORE 381
- graduate/professional standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130
- BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 101
- BIOCORE 381
- graduate/professional standing
Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
KENNETH CAMERON is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 30 | 0 |
| LAB 301 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 30 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.31 GPA, 47.6% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.54 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 63.6% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
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Topics
- Structure and reproduction of bryophytes, lycopods, ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants
- Fossils and extinct plant lineages
- Paleobotany and phylogenetics
Skills
- Natural history observation and description of plant organs
- Comparative method for documenting plant organ variation
- Scientific writing for laboratory reports
- Use of dissecting and compound microscopes
- Interpreting primary scientific literature in plant morphology
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
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Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A50.0%50.0%
AB13.6%13.6%
B27.3%27.3%
BC0.0%0.0%
C4.5%4.5%
D4.5%4.5%
F0.0%0.0%
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Through Spring 2025
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Plant Morphology and Evolution
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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