General Botany

Full course description

This course is designed to add botanical terminology to your vocabulary and practice employing that knowledge in PBL tutorials pertaining to botanical themed tasks. This course will provide insight into growth and division of cells, primary growth of stems (the herbaceous plant), leaves, roots, secondary growth (the woody plant), reproduction, flowers, seeds, and fruit. Discussions on plant physiology and development will go further to include energy (e.g. photosynthesis, respiration) and strategies of carnivorous plants.