Students seeking a Certificate must complete at least 58 elective course hours.
Elective course offerings vary with every catalog season. Browse this page to discover what's currently scheduled.
August
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Explore
these
two
beautiful
and
intriguing
groups
of
herbaceous
plants.
NYBG's
Director
of
the
William
and
Lynda
Steere
Herbarium
Dr.
Emily
Sessa
will
take
you
through
the
basic
aspects
of
ferns
and
lycophytes.
Gain
an
understanding
of
their
form
and
more...
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251BOT360
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08/09
|
Fr
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10:00am-1:00pm
|
Sessa
|
NYBG
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Chanterelles, Milk Caps, Black Trumpets, Boletes of all kinds, and many other choice edibles make their appearance in the steamy summer months. Learn how to sort through this abundance with hands-on techniques and observations.
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251BOT356
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08/15
|
Th
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10:00am-1:00pm
|
Sadowski
|
NYBG
|
September
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Discover how trees communicate via chemical signals in the air (to warn of insect attacks) and transfer nutrients to one another through complex underground fungal networks (sometimes to assist sick trees).
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251BOT385O
|
09/12
|
Th
|
6:00pm-8:00pm
|
Kutos
|
ONLINE
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In
NYC,
fall
is
the
best
time
to
hunt
for
edible
fungi.
Paul
Sadowski,
25-year
veteran
of
the
NY
Mycological
Society,
will
lead
a
mushroom
hunt,
and
show
you
how
to
identify
many
species
and
their
look-alikes,
where
to
find
more...
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251BOT368
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09/19
|
Th
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10:00am-1:00pm
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Sadowski
|
NYBG
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