3 credits
Fall 2026 Lecture Upper Division
Future agricultural production and the environment will encounter multifaceted challenges from global climate change, heat and drought incidence and severity, and limited land and resources. An understanding of how plant responds to these changes is essential to develop new technologies and systems approaches to mitigate the negative impacts and enhance agricultural crop productivity. This is an advanced plant biology course covering the present state of understanding of phenological, physiological, and molecular and genetic mechanisms and processes by which plants acclimate to transient and chronic environmental extremes.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate an enhanced understanding of scientific principles.
2Exhibit critical thinking.
3Have a better understanding of the expectations of a professional scientist.
4Increase the ability to evaluate and communicate scientific concepts.
5Better understand scientific collaborative processes.
6Understand some of the social and cultural interactions that come to play in scientific research.
7Understand some of the ethical issues involved in the conduct of scientific research.
8Understand the necessity for continuous learning that characterizes the scientific research process.
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