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 Department:    BIOL

 Course #:    105

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5.5

 CIP:    260307

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Study of how plants are structured, important plant processes, how plants reproduce, and the effect of the environment on plant growth. Topics may include: scientific method, centers of plant origin, plant cells and tissues, soils and mineral nutrition, genetics, propagation, and plant pests. Lab included. Field trips may be required.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a grade of "C" or higher (or placement into college-level English); and either placement into OR co-enrollment in OR completion of a college-level Math course with a grade of "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Lecture and lab activities are designed for students to promote: making observations, looking for cause and effect, and experimentation with results and summaries using critical thinking skills. Students learn course content with a context to local, national, and international connections, i.e., U.S. food policies, transgenic agriculture, integrated pest management, and heirloom seed saving.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Plants and People: origins of cultivation, classification of plants, structure and function of plant cells, tissues, and organs, vegetative and reproductive growth phases, plant propagation, soils and soil fertility, regulation of plant growth, environment and plant growth, plant pests and diseases, and the use of plants: ethnobotany, gardening, and landscape design.