文学士学位课程是一门文科学位，重点是理解植物科学中的现代概念，尤其与植物学在社会中的作用以及夏威夷生态的独特性有关。文学学士学位使学生能够灵活地进行广泛的文科教育，并且仍然在植物学方面具有特别兴趣的领域中奠定了坚实的基础。课程包括保护，生态学，民族植物学，分子进化，生理学，结构植物学，系统学和选定的教师研究专业。可以根据学生的兴趣领域来选择适用于植物学专业的课程。学生可以回忆起有关进化，解剖，形态，系统学，遗传学，生理学，生态学以及植物，藻类，植物保护的详细信息。学生可以回忆夏威夷植物区系独特的生态和进化
The BA program is a liberal arts degree with an emphasis on understanding modern concepts in plant sciences, particularly related to the role of botany in society and the uniqueness of the ecology of Hawai'i. The BA degree provides students flexibility to pursue a broad liberal arts education, and still gain a sound foundation in botany with an area of particular interest. Courses are available in conservation, ecology, ethnobotany, molecular evolution, physiology, structural botany, systematics, and selected faculty research specialties. The courses applied toward the botany major may be selected with the student's interest area in mind.Students can recall details and information about the evolution, anatomy, morphology, systematics, genetics, physiology, ecology, and conservation of plants, algae, and fungi.Students can recall details of the unique ecological and evolutionary features of the Hawaiian flora.Students can communicate effectively using oral and written communication skills.Students can generate and test hypotheses, make observations, collect data, analyze and interpret results, derive conclusions, and evaluate their significance within a broad scientific context.