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PL PATH 123

PLANTS, PARASITES, AND PEOPLE

3 credits.

Explores the interaction between society and plant-associated microbes. Topics include: the Irish potato famine, pesticides in current agriculture, role of economics and consumer preference in crop disease management and the release of genetically engineered organisms.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically examine scientific issues that affect your life. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Articulate the fundamental concepts from biological sciences that explain the essential roles of food, water, and air in sustaining life. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Provide examples of how interactions between plants, microbes and human society impact our food, agriculture, environment, and the plant’s ability to sustain our lives. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of the scientific process to conduct scientific investigations and discern how scientific knowledge differs from other types of knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically examine scientific issues that affect your life. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Articulate the fundamental concepts from biological sciences that explain the essential roles of food, water, and air in sustaining life. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Provide examples of how interactions between plants, microbes and human society impact our food, agriculture, environment, and the plant’s ability to sustain our lives. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply knowledge of the scientific process to conduct scientific investigations and discern how scientific knowledge differs from other types of knowledge. Audience: Undergraduate

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