PLSCI 4450

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  • Schedule of Classes - March 17, 2025 8:55AM EDT

PLSCI 4450
Urban Plants and Public Health

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This class examines how urban plants affect public health (e.g., air pollution reduction, temperature regulation, etc.). We will also explore the causes and health consequences of variation in urban plant composition, environmental justice perspectives, the effects of policies and management approaches, and the impacts of climate change.


Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 college-level statistics course and experience reading peer-reviewed journal articles. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Enrollment limited to: undergraduate seniors. Others must obtain permission from the instructor.

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

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Outcomes REF-FA25

  • Describe the public health relevance of urban trees.
  • Independently identify and interpret peer-reviewed journal articles and extract quantitative data from them.
  • Analyze the public health consequences of plant-human interactions in a case study.
  • Create written and verbal summaries of research findings from the case study.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PLSCI 6450

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  8729 PLSCI 4450   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Katz, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: advanced undergraduates; others must obtain permission from the instructor. Students must have taken a college-level statistics class and be comfortable reading peer-reviewed journal articles.