Plants And Humanity (BIO-0010)

Fall 2025 · BIO 0010 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Principles of botany accenting economic aspects and multicultural implications of plants, their medicinal products, crop potential, and biodiversity. Emphasis placed on global aspects of this dynamic science, with selected topics on acid rain, deforestation, biotechnology, and other applications. Also covered are medicinal, poisonous, and psychoactive species, as well as nutritional sources from seaweeds and mushrooms to mangos and durians. Three lectures.

Course codes: BIO-0010, BIO 0010, BIO0010, BIO-10, BIO 10, BIO10, ENV-0010, ENV 0010, ENV0010, ENV-10, ENV 10, ENV10

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