PLSCI 3400

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PLSCI 3400
Far Beyond Ithaca (FBI): Plant Explorations

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Sections in this course prepare students for faculty-led winter-session travel courses offered through the School of Integrative Plant Science. Students spend seven class sessions in the fall focusing on a particular challenge in plant sciences, such as climate change and the spread of plant diseases, drought and viticulture, and the tension between biodiversity, species conservation and large-scale agriculture. Students then enroll in the complementary winter-session course and travel to a domestic or international locale where they engage with communities confronting and working to solve these challenges today.

When Offered Fall.

Fees Field trip fee: TBA.
Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Plant Sciences and Agricultural Sciences majors.

Comments Students must enroll in PLSCI 3401 to receive a final grade in PLSCI 3400. Fees for associated winter trip will vary by class section.

Outcomes
  • Describe the state of plant communities and/or agroecosystems in the targeted region.
  • Determine how humans are interfacing with these systems to create challenges or to help mitigate problems.
  • Explain how events in the targeted region can have impacts at home.

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Syllabi:

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 0.5 Credits Multi-Term

  • Topic: Medicinal Plants of the Amazon

  • 21400 PLSCI 3400   LEC 001

    • M Bradfield Hall G04
    • Oct 16 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Cook, L

      Friso, G

      Pritts, M

      Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite or corequisite: CLASS 2640 or PLSCI 2100 or PLSCI 3100. Enrollment preference given to: Classics, Agricultural Sciences, and Plant Sciences majors. This is part one of a multi-semester course. Part two is held January 6, 2025 - January 15, 2025 in the Peruvian Amazon. Application required. To apply, please contact Leah Cook (lcc2).

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