BI266A: Life on Earth
1 week ago
The course integrates three core themes in botany: 1) the role of plants in the development of the human civilization; 2) the diversity of form, structure, and function in relationship with the environment, and 3) the biodiversity, evolution, and conservation of vascular plants. Because botany studies plants at all the levels of organization, from molecules to ecosystems, its findings are used in a multitude of applied fields: agriculture, forestry, medicine, pharmacology, nutrition, biotechnology, conservation and environmental studies.
Learning Outcomes:
An introduction to the incredibly diverse and dynamic science called botany or plant biology. Integrate the three core themes in botany: 1. Role of plants in the development of human civilization, 2. Diversity of form, structure, and function in relationship with the environment, 3. Biodiversity, evolution, and conservation of vascular plants.Topics Covered:
Part 1 - Form, Structure, and Function: tissues, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, inflorescences, fertilization, fruits
Part 2 – Biodiversity and evolution: fundamentals of systematics, plant nomenclature and species concepts; evolution and diversity of major groups of plants on Earth (ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Part 3 – Plants and Civilization (ethnobotany): Plants as food, stimulating beverages, medicinal plants, psychoactive plants
Qualifications – Required: PhD in Biological Sciences
Qualifications - Areas of Specialization: Botany – plant form and function
Salary: $9206.40
Application Deadline: July 7, 2024
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