Minor in Indigenous Studies - Principles of Indigenous Medicine
BIOL 4004 Principles of Indigenous Medicine
CREDIT HOURS: 3
A holistic, two-eyed seeing course highlighting indigenous medicine’s principles in ceremony, concepts of health and wellness, biochemistry, ethnopharmacology, practice and discovery. This course introduces indigenous ways of knowing medicine, important natural products, their biosynthesis, the
drug discovery process, synthetic biology and indigenous style formulations and medicine practices.
FORMAT:
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Experiential Learning
PREREQUISITES: Recommend that students have completed the second year requirements of a degree program. Override permitted with instructor permission.
CROSS-LISTING: Grad
EXCLUSIONS: E1: 30 Credit hours