PLSCI 3400

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 7, 2025 7:07PM EDT

PLSCI 3400
Far Beyond Ithaca (FBI): Plant Explorations

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Sections in this course prepare students for faculty-led winter-session travel courses offered through the School of Integrative Plant Science. Students spend seven class sessions in the fall focusing on a particular challenge in plant sciences, such as climate change and the spread of plant diseases, drought and viticulture, and the tension between biodiversity, species conservation and large-scale agriculture. Students then enroll in the complementary winter-session course and travel to a domestic or international locale where they engage with communities confronting and working to solve these challenges today.


Enrollment Information Enrollment preference given to: Plant Sciences and Agricultural Sciences majors.

Fees Course fee, TBA. TBA.

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the state of plant communities and/or agroecosystems in the targeted region.
  • Determine how humans are interfacing with these systems to create challenges or to help mitigate problems.
  • Explain how events in the targeted region can have impacts at home.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 0.5 Credits Multi-Term

  • Topic: Natural and Managed Landscapes of Aotearoa

  • 20804 PLSCI 3400   LEC 001

    • Oct 15 - Dec 5, 2025

    • Cook, L

      Friso, G

      Pritts, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Agricultural Sciences and Plant Sciences majors. This is part one of a multi-semester course. Part two is held January 1, 2026 - January 16, 2026, in New Zealand. Application required. To apply, contact Leah Cook (lcc2).

    Department Consent Required (Add)