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Contact Info
Shona Ellis
shona@mail.ubc.ca
Course Objectives:
Course Level Learning Objectives
By the end of this course a student will be able to:
1. evaluate the interactions between plants and people currently and throughout history.
2. interpret different views of the advent of agriculture, its impact on society, and the development of crop plants.
3. assess the issues surrounding plant and environmental manipulation by humans including breeding, genetic engineering. habitat loss, and influences on ecosystems.
4. explain how plants are perceived and used in different cultural contexts.
5. identify and explain general structural features, characteristics, and taxonomy of economic plants.
6. develop a knowledge base for critical evaluation of scientific issues in plant science.
7. choose topics of interest to explore within this area of study.
8. perpetuate interest/enthusiasm about plants and biodiversity.
Expectations
Participation
Plagiarism
Reading Tips
Evaluation
Lab Component:
Quizzes (4%)
Lab Final Exam (30%)
Lecture and Online:
Online Quizzes, Assignments, and Participation (15%)
Lecture Final Exam (30%)
Oral or Poster Presentation (5%) Project (16%)
- Exams
- Term Paper/Project
- Presentation: oral OR poster
Course Outline
Unit 2
History of People
and Plants
Unit 3
Flowers to Fruit
Lab 1
Unit 4
Plant Structure
Lab 2
Unit 5
Biotechnology and
Genetically Modified Crops
Plant Taxonomy
Labs3 ,4,and 5
Unit 6
Spice Trade
Unit 7
Plant Derived Substances
Lab 6
Unit 8
Stimulating and
not so much.......
Lab 6
Unit 9
Medicinal Plants
Lab 6
Unit 10
Ethnobotany
Fieldtrips and Fun
Web Stuff
Biol 343 Web Site
BIOLOGY 343
PLANTS AND PEOPLE
- UBC Botanical Garden
- Chinatown
- UBC Arboretum
- Pacific Spirit Park
- Stanley Park
- Beaty Museum
- UBC Farm
- Anthropology Museum
- Brewery?
Readings
Other Important
Stuff
- lots of cool stuff
- notes
- pictures
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