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The Department of Botany is one of 22 departments within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at North Carolina State University. Botany, along with the Departments of Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Toxicology, and Zoology, make up the six life science departments in the college. In addition to its many interactions with the life science departments, the Department of Botany also maintains strong ties with agricultural plant biology departments including Crop Science, Horticultural Science, and Plant Pathology. Faculty within the department also play a major role as teachers and directors of interdisciplinary programs, including the interdisciplinary undergraduate Biological Sciences major, and the Biotechnology and Genomics programs. Website: "http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/botany/" [Summary provided by North Carolina State University.]