Course Schedule BOTN 328 - Plants and People - Fall Semester, 1997 Adjusted - 2 December 1997  

Date	Lecture Topic	Text	Laboratory
September
2	Plants and the Biosphere	1-12
4	Vegetative Structure	12-24	Vegetables
9	Floral Structure	24-36
11	Variation, Evolution and Domestication	37-55	Flowers
16	Organizing Diversity - Taxonomy	55-66
18	Origins of the Ethnoflora	57-83	Fruits
23	Fibers I	504-520
25	Fibers II/Dyes	520-541	Field Trip
30	Temperate Gynoecia	73-114
October
2	Lecture Exam I (sample)		Cotton Gin Tour
7	Tropical Gynoecia	115-158
9	The Grasses I	159-200	Major Families I
14	walk
16	The Grasses II/The Beans I	201-218	Lab Practical I
21	The Beans II	218-228
23	Beverages I	447-470	Major Families II
28	Beverages II - Ethanol	471-503
30	Herbals	376-390	Winery Tour
November
4	Vegetative Food I	229-250
6	Vegetative Food II	250-277	Campus Field Trip
11	Lecture Exam II (sample)
13	Spices, Herbs, and Perfumes	278-314	Spices / Perfumes
18	Oils and Waxes	315-348
20	Hydrogels, Latexes, and Resins	349-375	Lab Practical II
25	Modern Medicinals	391-406
27	Thanksgiving Break
December
2	Intoxicating Plants	407-470
4	Wood, Cork, and Bamboo	542-569	"Aggie Cuisine"
9	A changing interface - the Future	650-684	walk-read assignment
10	Final Exam - 10:00 a.m. (in lab)	sample sample-key	decided in class 25/11/97

  

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