This course is an integrated study of the medical, psychoactive, and poisonous plants, their active constituents their physiological effects on people, their mode of action and their role in historical and current medical practice. Emphasis is placed on the impact that plants have on human health. Students will take an active role in class, and will develop their own knowledge of medicinal plants through guided discussions and in-class group activities. Prereq: BIOL 411, BIOL 412.