PLSCI 4450

Urban Plants and Public Health

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This class examines how urban plants affect public health (e.g., air pollution reduction, temperature regulation, etc.). We will also explore the causes and health consequences of variation in urban plant composition, environmental justice perspectives, the effects of policies and management approaches, and the impacts of climate change.

Prerequisites STSCI 2150 or ENTOM 3030; experience reading peer-reviewed journal articles

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the public health relevance of urban trees.
• Independently identify and interpret peer-reviewed journal articles and extract quantitative data from them.
• Analyze the public health consequences of plant-human interactions in a case study.
• Create written and verbal summaries of research findings from the case study.

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