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ANTH 631

Plants and People

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA
Standard

Overview

Description

Past and present uses of plants and their products in cultural contexts; origins of crops, medicines; sustainability, intellectual property rights; impact of people on plants.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

  • articulate the role that plants play in the lives of humans, past and present.
  • demonstrate the implications of climate change and globalization on plants in contemporary human societies.
  • discuss the value that traditional resource management has in creating alternative resource management regimes.