BIO 368 - Medical Botany

Credits: 3

A specialized summertime course that provides a scientifically based overview of the ways in which plants affect human health. Topics include cultural and historical perspectives of plants and medicine, plants that cause human ailments, plants used to treat human ailments, and psychoactive plants.

Pre-Requisites: BIO 121 - BIO 122, BIO 225, CHM 231 - CHM 232, or permission of instructor.
Terms Offered: Alternate years.
Lecture: Two hours of lecture per day for five weeks.