BIOL 435 - Ethnobotany

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite: BIOL 200 and Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Definition: Ethnobotany is an interdisciplinary area that allows students to integrate science and culture as a way of understanding human reliance on plants and the environment. The course combines the study of the interaction of people and plants with a broad survey of the diversity of plants described both scientifically and culturally. Students learn about the social impact of plants on culture while becoming knowledgeable in the science, characteristics, uses, and names of the major plant phyla. This course has a substantive writing requirement.

Meeting Information

Info current as 4/25/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
ARR Online 7/10/2017 - 8/11/2017 Amy Denton

Status: Open
Class Number: 1098
Session: Extended Session 6
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 7/10/2017 - 8/11/2017
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 38
Available Seats: 2
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780078023033
Title: Plants & Society
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Author: Levetin

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780077654726
Title: Plants and Society
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Author: Levetin

More textbook information including prices

Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • B2: Life Science - Biology, Chemistry, Biochem
  • UDIGE: Interdisciplinary
  • Self Support Online

Notes

Prerequisite course required. Consult CSUCI Catalog