Catalog Course Description

Laboratory will focus on studying medicinal plants from the major ecosystems and geographical regions of the world. Students will learn common names, scientific names, plant families, field identification, habitats, and ethnomedical uses of medicinal plants. How the medicinal plant is prepared, administered, and used as a phytomedicine will also be discussed. There will be reference to the phylogenetic relationships between the plant families and genera represented by the medicinal plants.

Summer Term

8 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 7 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Spring Term

6 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 0 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Fall Term

6 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 0 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

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