Native Studies (NATI) - Ethnobotany

BIOL 3567  Ethnobotany

Prerequisites:

This course is restricted to students enrolled in the third or fourth year of any degree program.

Antirequisites:

NATI 3567

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

An examination of the ""science of people's interactions with plants;"" the role of human societies in the discovery, development and dispersal of food, drug and economic plants; a focus on First Nations' uses of plants in addition to plant-human interactions in other cultures; a multidisciplinary approach involving botany, biochemistry, pharmacology, anthropology, sociology, ethnology and spirituality. This course is also offered as NATI 3567.