ENV S193EB
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ENV S 193EB - Ethnobotany and Economic Botany: Human Uses of Plant
Environmental Studies
College of Letters and Science
Full Course Title
Ethnobotany and Economic Botany: Human Uses of Plant
Instructor Name(s)
STAFF
Course Description
Course explores the human uses of plants for food, fiber, medicine, and spirituality among the Worlds cultures. Ethnobotany draws from among several disciplines, including botany, anthropology, ecology, geography, and chemistry. Areas of investigation include the Neolithic revolution, plant domestication, medicinal and psychotropic plants, shamanism, paleoethnobotany, extinction in the Anthropocene, ethnolinguistics, bioprospecting, and methods of traditional and modern agriculture. We examine the ethnobotany of cultures in coastal California and the Amazon Basin.
Min
1
Max
5
Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit
0
Maximum Units
5
Prerequisites
Advisory Enrollment Comments
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 20 units provided letter designations are different.