PEBO 208: Plants, Civilization and Health

The course highlights the importance of plants in human civilization.  The course explores the major role played by plants in the origin and development of human civilization and wellbeing.  Students will examine how different communities, societies, and cultures have exploited plants for curative and other purposes; how plant-derived drugs have resulted in some of the fiercest wars in human history which have led to disruption of both modern and ancient civilizations.