This lecture and laboratory course is a non-majors course emphasizing inquiry through selected topics in plant biology. Surveys of the algae, fungi, non-vascular plants and vascular plants based on evolution, morphology, histology, physiology, taxonomy and biological development. Societal components between plants and humans will include topics on:economics, environmental, medical, agricultural, and food industry. These topics are to be emphasized along with interactions of algae, fungi, plants, and humans. No college prerequisite but students are expected to have a basic understanding of high school biology.

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