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Newberry College
BIO 332: ECONOMIC BOTANY
Course Website - Spring 2012
Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50 (SCM 218)
Laboratory: Tu 12:30-3:20 (SCM 208)
Photo to left: This is an Agave (or century plant), is well known in Mexico as the source of flavoring in Tequila. Sites, such as the Riverbanks Botanical Garden (in
Columbia, SC), where the plant grows, allow for
visitors to learn more about the importance of plants in everyday life.
Photo by Charles Horn, October 2003. |
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Charles Horn
Office: 223 Science and Mathematics Building
Phone: 803-321-5257 FAX: 803-321-5636 E-mail: charles.horn@newberry.edu
Office Hours:
MWF 9-10, 11-12; W 1-3; TT 9:15-10:15; by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIO 332 - Economic Botany: A study of plants and their importance to
humans, including use for aesthetics, foods, spices, drinks, clothes, homes,
industry, medicines, and misused drugs. Labs will include field trips. Three
lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisite: BIO 201 or
permission of instructor. Offered Spring Semester, even-numbered years.
COURSE INFORMATION (as printable Word files): Syllabus | Schedule
| Term paper | Term Paper species
LECTURE NOTES
Exam 1: Flowering Plant Life Cycle | Diveristy of Plants | Plant Identification | Origins of Agriculture | Review: Exam 1
Exam 2: Important food plants: grains / other fruits / vegetative portions | Biotechnology | Review: Exam 2
Exam 3: Drink Plants | Herbs and Spices | Fibers | Medicinal Plants - history | Review: Exam 3
Exam 4: Medicinal Plants - examples | Psychoactive plants | Poisonous Plants | Landscaping | Review: Exam 4
Final Exam: Oils, Waxes, Soap and Perfumes | Lumber | Economically Important Trees | Review: Final Exam
Exam is on April 26 (Thursday) at 4:00 pm [note: there was a typo in the exam schedule]
LAB MATERIAL
Shrubs | Plant collecting (March 20)
This page last updated: 18 April 2012
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