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  • BTNY 1010: SUS LS Plants: Apocalypse Prev

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Plants are essential pieces in the puzzle of preventing and adapting to the environmental challenges of our time. Because plants are major players in carbon cycles, wildfire behavior, medicine, and food systems, understanding and managing plant communities is key to maintaining thriving human societies. We can learn from plant biology and use plants in strategic ways to solve the problems that our society faces and take care of ourselves in the face of turmoil.
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  • BTNY 1203: LS Plant Biology

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    An introductory course for non-majors that emphasizes unique features of plant biology. Included are discussions on: the origins of life; important plants of the world and their habitats; plant diversity, structure, function, and reproduction; plants and environmental science; plants that changed history; practical botany; and botany as a science. Three lecture/demonstration hours per week.
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  • BTNY 1303: LS Plants and People

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    This class provides a general introduction to the importance and function of plants in human affairs. It includes an overview of science as a way of knowing, plant forms and functions, plant reproduction, and use of economically and sociologically important plants. Flowering and non-flowering plants and products such as fruits, forages, grains, medicines, herbs and spices, textile fibers, lumber, algae, and foliage plants are studied. Ecological concepts as they relate to the growth and production of world food crops will also be included. The course has a strong emphasis on the historical development of exploitation of certain plants and the role plants played in exploration and international development. This class cannot be used to fulfill requirements for a Botany major or minor. Three hours of lecture per week.
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  • BTNY 1370: LS Principles of Life Science

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    A survey course for elementary education majors. Course content includes cells, cell chemistry, genetics, plant and animal anatomy, plant and animal classification, physiology, immune systems, evolution, and ecology. Unifying concepts of all living things will be emphasized. Recommended for students intending to major in elementary education. This class cannot be used to fulfill requirements for a Botany major or minor. Two hours of lecture and one 3-hour laboratory per week.
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  • BTNY 1403: LS SUS Princ Environmental Sci

    4.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Development of awareness of the consequences of the impact of modern science through technology upon our environments and how we respond to issues related to threats to our biological life-support system. A definition of a quality environment is developed, with student input, and an analysis of the existing quality of our environment is made in light of this definition which challenges our collective wisdom to identify those things which we do well and to prescribe remedies for shortcomings. Three hours of lecture and one 2-hour lab per week.
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  • BTNY 2104: Plant Form and Function

    4.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    A study of the structure, function, and reproduction of seed plants. The role of plants in making life on earth possible is an important theme. This course is designed for science majors and is a prerequisite for selected upper division Botany courses. Two hours of lecture and two 2-hour labs per week. Botany majors are advised to take BTNY 2121 prior to or concurrently with this course.
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  • BTNY 2114: Evolutionary Survey of Plants

    4.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    A study of the diversity, ecology, and reproduction of plants in the context of the evolution of life on earth. The role of plants in making life on earth possible is an important theme. This course is designed for science majors and is a prerequisite for selected upper division Botany courses. Two hours of lecture and two 2-hour labs per week. Botany majors are advised to take BTNY 2121 prior to or concurrently with this course. Prerequisite:    BTNY 2104
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  • BTNY 2121: Career Planning for Botanists

    1.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Course designed for majors to introduce them to expected student learning outcomes, assessment of these expected outcomes, advisement and/or mentoring, keys to success in getting a job or into graduate school, career resources available, and how to start and develop the Botany Student Portfolio. One lecture per week. Botany majors are advised to take this course concurrently with BTNY 2104 or BTNY 2114. Prerequisite:    BTNY 2104 and BTNY 2114
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  • BTNY 2203: Home and Garden Plants

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    Basic principles of plant science with special reference to care of home and garden plants. Includes a general study of lighting, watering, soils, fertilizer, pruning and shaping, propagation, controlling pests, and planting designs. Two hours of lecture and one 3-hour laboratory per week.
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  • BTNY 2303: Ethnobotany

    3.00 Credits
    Weber State University

    A thorough study of the scientific methodology in ethnobotanical research with opportunities for practical applications. This class includes an introduction to how plants are used by people for food, fiber, shelter, and medicine. Students will learn fundamental botanical principles, how to conduct field work and how to collect plants and prepare them for use. Ethical questions concerning conservation, biodiversity and the continued loss of indigenous plants and cultures will also be discussed. Three lecture/demonstrations per week.
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