FYSP 083 - Ethnobiology

FC NSMA WINT

4 credits
Ethnobiology studies the cultural use of living organisms or their products (e.g.antibiotics, coffee, perfume, psychedelics). Humans rely on plants, animals, fungi, and other life for far more than food. We look to nature for medicines, clothing, tools, spices, religious rites, and entertainment. This course will explore past and present relationships between human societies and life on Earth. We will build abiological and chemical appreciation for the organisms and ‘Natural Products’ utilized culturally inaddition to exploring the rituals, traditions, and practices in which they are utilized and the ways these relationships have shaped our world. Field trips required.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes