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Join the GNats (aka Garden Naturalists), a group of students, faculty, staff, and other naturalists who meet in the Botanic Gardens to get to know the plants, animals, and fungi of the campus. Participants can train to become official WCBG Docents and lead tours for Spring Open Campus, Earth Day, the Greenhouse Light Show, and other events. Usually meet on Friday afternoons. Student independent study (BISC or ES 250 or 350) is available for students who want to do in-depth projects in the Botanic Gardens. Contact Kristina Jones x3027 for more info.

Offered every spring:

BISC 108 Environmental Horticulture with Laboratory
Jones, McDonough, Thomas

This course will examine how plants function, both as individual organisms and as critical members of ecological communities, with special emphasis on human uses of plants. Topics will include plant adaptations, reproduction, environmentally sound landscape practices, urban horticulture, and the use of medicinal plants. The laboratory involves extensive use of the greenhouses, experimental design, data collection and analysis, and field trips. Not to be counted towards the minimum major in biological sciences. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the basic skills component of the Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Distribution: Natural and Physical Science Semester: Spring Unit: 1.25

Contact Kristina Jones (email or x3027) for more information.

 

Wellesley College Course Catalog: Biology Department