Plants and People - Fall, 2000

Course Schedule
BOTN 328 - Plants and People - Fall Semester, 2000

Date	Lecture Topic	Text	Laboratory (Thursday/Friday)
August
29	Plants and the Biosphere	1-12	Vegetables
31	Vegetative Structure	12-24
September
5	Floral Structure	24-36	Flowers
7	Variation, Evolution and Domestication	37-55
12	Organizing Diversity - Taxonomy	55-66	Fruits
14	Origins of the Ethnoflora	66-83
19	Temperate Gynoecia	84-114	Field Trip - Cotton Processing
21	Tropical Gynoecia	115-158
26	Beverages I	447-470	Major Families I
28	Beverages II - Ethanol	471-503
October
3	Lecture Exam I (sample)		Winery Tour
5	The Grasses I	159-200
10	The Grasses II	159-200	Lab Practical I
12	The Beans I	201-218
17	The Beans II	218-228	Major Families II
19	Fibers I	504-520
24	Fibers II/Dyes	520-541	Field Trip-Flora
26	Herbals	376-390
31	Vegetative Food I	229-250	Spices and Perfumes
November
2	Vegetative Food II	250-277
7	Lecture Exam II (sample)		Field Trip-Ethnoflora
9	Spices, Herbs, and Perfumes	278-314
14	Oils and Waxes	315-348	Lab Practical II
16	Hydrogels, Latexes, and Resins	349-375
28	Modern Medicinals	391-406	"Aggie Cuisine"
30	Intoxicating Plants	407-470
December
5	A changing interface - the Future	650-684

13	Final Exam - 8:00 a.m. (in lecture room)	sample sample-key

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last updated: 6 Dec 2000