College of Chemistry Course Guide

PMB 10 - Plants, Agriculture, and Society (2 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Changing patterns of agriculture in relation to population growth, the biology and social impact of plant disease, genetic engineering of plants: a thousand years of crop improvement and modern biotechnology, interactions between plants and the environment, and effects of human industrial and agricultural activity on plant ecosystems. Knowledge of the physical sciences is neither required nor assumed.

Prerequisites

None

Fall only

Workload

Time Commitment

2 hours of lecture per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide