Plant Systematics
General
Prefix
BIOL
Course Number
420
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Principles and practice of plant systematics including modern technological approaches. Lab.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Explain major principles of plant systematics: evolution, speciation, biogeography, taxonomy, and floristics.
Outcome
Describe plant morphology; utilize and understand botanical terminology to identify plant structures.
Outcome
Identify the major evolutionary lineages of plants, important plant families, and economically important species.
Outcome
Evaluate the relationships between evolutionary mechanisms, evolutionary history, and classification of flowering plants.
Outcome
Assess the extent to which a classification system reflects relationships among plants.
Outcome
Implement modern approaches for estimating evolutionary relationships among taxa.
Outcome
Explain the importance of systematics to other areas of biology.
Course Outline
Course Outline
Dependencies
Programs
BIOL420
is a
completion requirement
for: