Course Schedule
BOTN 328 - Plants and People - Spring Semester, 1999

Date	Lecture Topic	Text	Laboratory
January
19	Plants and the Biosphere	1-12
21	Vegetative Structure	12-24	Vegetables
26	Floral Structure	24-36
28	Variation, Evolution and Domestication	37-55	Flowers
February
2	Organizing Diversity - Taxonomy	55-66
4	Origins of the Ethnoflora	66-83	Fruits
9	Temperate Gynoecia	84-114
11	Tropical Gynoecia	115-158	Major Families I
16	Beverages I	447-470
18	Beverages II - Ethanol	471-503	Winery Tour
23	Lecture Exam I (sample)
25	The Grasses I	159-200	Major Families II
March
2	The Grasses II	159-200
4	The Beans I	201-218	Lab Practical I
9	The Beans II	218-228
11	Fibers I	504-520	Field Trip-Flora
	Spring Break
23	Fibers II/Dyes	520-541
25	Herbals	376-390	Campus Field Trip
30	Vegetative Food I	229-250
April
1	Vegetative Food II	250-277	Field Trip-Ethnoflora I USDA Pecan Breeding/Genetics Mid-Valley Cotton Gin
6	Lecture Exam II (sample)
8	Spices, Herbs, and Perfumes	278-314	Spices / Perfumes/ Dyes
13	Oils and Waxes	315-348
15	Hydrogels, Latexes, and Resins	349-375	Field Trip-Ethnoflora II
20	Modern Medicinals	391-406
22	Intoxicating Plants	407-470	Lab Practical II
27	Wood, Cork, and Bamboo	542-569
29	A changing interface - the Future	650-684	"Aggie Cuisine"
May
12	Final Exam - 8:00 a.m. (in lab)	sample sample-key

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