PLSCI 6450
Urban Plants and Public Health
This class examines how urban plants affect public health (e.g., air pollution reduction, temperature regulation, etc.). We will also explore the causes and health consequences of variation in urban plant composition, environmental justice perspectives, the effects of policies and management approaches, and the impacts of climate change.
Topics
- Describe the public health relevance of urban trees.
- Independently identify and interpret peer-reviewed journal articles and extract quantitative data from them.
- Analyze the public health consequences of plant-human interactions in a case study.
- Create written and verbal summaries of research findings from the case study.
- Synthesize case studies into a submission-ready manuscript.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027