BIOL3500-BF.Plant Adaptation and Diversity.Sp14.Farris,Michael

Faculty Name

Michael Farris

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

BIOL

Course Subject

BIOL

Course Number

3500

Course Section

BF

Course Title

Plant Adaptation and Diversity

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2014

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

W

Area of Study

BIOL

Course Description

Goals: To learn the concepts of classification; to learn representative species of the seed plants, with emphasis on those found in this area; to examine examples of ways in which plants show responses to selection that are integrated across molecular, physiological, morphological, and ecological levels. Content: Fundamentals of systematics and classification; characteristics and human uses of representative plant families; case studies of plant adaptations to different environments (such as bogs and deserts); field identification of woody and herbaceous plants common in Minnesota. Taught: Alternate years, spring term. Prerequisites: BIOL 1800 and 1820.

Recommended Citation

Farris, Michael, "BIOL3500-BF.Plant Adaptation and Diversity.Sp14.Farris,Michael" (2014). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 2568.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/2568