PBW
121
Wellness Plants: Uses & Effects
4 cr.
(4-0-0)
- Offered: Winter
- Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
This course will examine ways plant-based substances can impact well-being. Topics will include
wellness-based plants, specific active ingredients within these plants, and synthetic analogs of plant
ingredients. The course will introduce the relationship of plant application or ingestion to changes in
the nervous system and how these actions might affect mental functioning and behavior. An emphasis
will be on teaching students how to find and summarize published articles in this area of study.