PLSCI 3402

Far Beyond Ithaca (FBI): International Plant Explorations in Spring

Course Description

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

In sections of this course, students learn about the issues around 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, then travel with faculty to a domestic or international locale over Spring Break to experience those issues first-hand. Students engage with communities, collect and analyze data, and collaborate with peers in a final presentation at the end of the course.

When Offered Spring.

Fees Fees for associated spring-break trip will vary by class section. Students must participate in the spring-break trip to earn a satisfactory grade in the course.
Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Plant Sciences and Agricultural Sciences majors.

• 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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