BIO 3120 - Economic Botany

Credits: 4 (4 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): BIO 2100; or permission of instructor

Description: This course investigates the diversity of plants and their relationships with man as food, fibers, chemicals, and medicines. Consideration will be given to plants useful or harmful to humans: their origins and history; botanical relationships; economically important chemical constituents; and their roles in prehistoric and modern cultures and civilizations.