HIS 195-01 & 02 - Introductory Special Topic: Comparative Herbalism

2 credits (Fall and Spring)

Comparative Herbalism explores the historical and current use of plant-based healing practices across the globe, highlighting how and why various cultures have incorporated plants into their healing traditions. Multi-disciplinary in both structure and content, students will participate in makers’ labs, write short essays, and create a digital story that narrates either the use of a particular plant or the treatment of a particular condition across herbal cultures in history and the present. This course is offered Fall and Spring semester.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Section 01 - fall - Dates: August 30 to October 11. Half-semester deadlines apply.
Section 02 - spring - Dates: April 4 to May 9. Half-semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: Lewis