Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
The Biology of Food
Term
2025A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
BIOL
Section number only
001
Section ID
BIOL1017001
Course number integer
1017
Meeting times
MWF 12:00 PM-12:59 PM
Meeting location
LLAB 109
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Richard Scott Poethig
Description
This course will examine the ways in which humans manipulate - and have been manipulated by - the organisms we depend on for food, with particular emphasis on the biological factors that influence this interaction. The first part of the course will cover the biology, genetics, evolution, and breeding of cultivated plants and animals; the second part will concern the ecological, economic, and political factors that influence food production.
Course number only
1017
Fulfills
Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector
Use local description
No