PLSCI 3401

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PLSCI 3401
Far Beyond Ithaca (FBI): Plant Explorations in Winter

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

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

When Offered Winter.

Fees Fees for associated winter trip will vary by class section.
Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: Plant Sciences and Agricultural Sciences majors.

Comments Students must enroll in PLSCI 3400 to receive a final grade in PLSCI 3401. 

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.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1.5 Credits S/U NoAud

  • Topic: Medicinal Plants in the Amazon

  •  1078 PLSCI 3401   FLD 801

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: PLSCI 3400, plus CLASS 2640 or PLSCI 2100 or PLSCI 3100. Enrollment preference given to: Classics, Agricultural Sciences, and Plant Sciences majors. This is part two of a multi-semester course, running January 6, 2025 - January 15, 2025 in the Peruvian Amazon. To apply, please contact Leah Cook (lcc2).

    Department Consent Required (Add)