Bi 432/532 Origins and Diversity of Land Plants
(Winter Term in 2005, Spring Term thereafter)

Bi 436/536 Algae, Fungi and Lichens
(Fall Term, even years)

Bi 444/544 Plant Identification and Field Botany
(Summer Session)

Bi 435/535 Methods in Plant Systematics
(Winter 2002)

Bi 442/542 Bryophytes
(Fall Term, odd years)

Sc 345 History and Philosophy of the Environmental Movement
(Winter)

Bi 523 Natural History of the Pacific Northwest
(Post-Summer Session)

Bi 492 Senior Research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(variable)

Siskiyou Field Institute: Bryophytes and Lichens
(Pre-Summer Session)

Environmental Education Seminar: Wilderness Education Training (Fall 2002)

Bi 383 Science and Advocacy in Environmental Policy Debates:  Explores the interaction of science and advocacy in development of environmental policy. Investigates controversial environmental problems where science and advocacy are confounded, and where the common good and special interests are difficult to distinguish. Students engage in dialogue based on analysis of case studies including issues related to forest health, use of pesticides, resource development, global warming, and loss of biodiversity. Two 75 minute meetings. Prerequisite: completion of lower division general education requirements. 3 credits. Summer Session-I 2004. This course satisfies the general education Synthesis and Applications requirement in the sciences.

Bi 384 Ethnobotany and Cross-cultural Communication:  Explores cultural diversity in the human relationship with plants and the role of plants in diverse worldviews. Medicinal and ceremonial plants in Native American, Ayurvedic, and traditional Chinese practices, and other cultures, serve as a vehicle for interpreting how different cultures understand human place in the cosmos. The course examines the interaction of divergent worldviews through experiential cross-cultural communication against the backdrop of a pluralist philosophical framework and modern sciences. Two 75 minute meetings. Prerequisite: completion of lower division general education requirements in the natural and social sciences. 3 credits. Winter Term 2004. This course satisfies the general education Synthesis and Applications requirement in the sciences.