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 Department:    BIOL

 Course #:    133

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5.5

 CIP:    260307

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

The identification, life histories, ethnobotany, ecological relationships, distributions of evolutionary trends of endemic ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. Field trips may be required. Labs included.

 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. Be familiar with basic reproductive structures and strategies of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
2. Use keys in the identification of native plants.
3. Become acquainted with the common native ferns, conifers, and flowering plants here in the Pacific Northwest.
4. Apply understanding and application of concepts learned to research and present materials on ethnobotany.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

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

Course Contents

1. Ferns-reproduction, types, and ecology
2. Conifers-reproduction, types, and ecology
3. Flowering plants-reproduction, types, ecology, form, and function
4. Seeds and fruits-form, structure, and adaptive strategies
5. Pollination in flowering plants
6. Ecology of Northwest native plants
7. Field and laboratory interpretation of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants
8. Recognition of features of selected plant families
9. Field recognition of important local species of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants