BIOL123 — Plants, People, and Culture
BIOL 123 - Plants, People, and Culture BIOL 123 - Plants, People, and Culture 5 Credits An introduction to ethnobotany. Ethnobotany deals with the uses of plants by indigenous cultures. Historically, these uses by native cultures have been largely ignored or downplayed as unimportant or uninteresting. Ethnobotany as a discipline disabuses these notions and affords respect for both the uses of plants and the cultures that employ the particular practices.In this course we will consider the uses of plants for various purposes by at least a dozen different indigenous cultures including the uses of plants by PNW natives. 0 Placement Eligibility Math 91 or higher Fees Quarters Typically ummer Online Fall Winter Online Spring Online Designed to Serve Non-science majors and others interested; students of naturopathic medicine and herbal sciences. Active Date 20250522T11:54:01 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 30 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Diversity & Globalism Science Natural Science ProfTech Related Instruction BAS Course Outline Basic plant biology Human nutrition derived from plants History of agriculture The uses of various plants for food Material uses of plants: clothes, shelter, etc. The uses of fungi for medicine, food, and native rituals Psychoactive plans and their uses in religious ceremonies Resource ownership issues relating to the uses of plants for the development of new drugs Conservation of native resources Native knowledge of plants and their us
Prerequisites: MATH81