BIO-129 Murder, Medicine and Magic
A study of ethnobotany - the uses that people
have made of plants. Topics include the uses of
plants in various cultures for foods, fibers,
shelter, beverages, medicines, rituals, and other
ends. Emphasis will be placed on basic botanical
principles (e.g. taxonomy, anatomy, evolution,
chemistry), and the human needs (physiological,
behavioral, cultural) that plants satisfy. NOTE:
When the laboratory (BIO-129L) is offered with
this course, it is a required corequisite; the
combination of the lecture and laboratory will
fulfill the laboratory requirement of the natural
science minor.
Corequisite: BIO 129L