| Course ID: | HORT 1990E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | The Sociohorticultural Elements of People-Plant Connections: Service-Learning |
Course
Description: | Study of the economic, environmental, individual, community, and health benefits associated with exposure to and contact with plants. Students will choose activities at the State Botanical Garden to complete twelve hours of volunteer service to gain hands-on experience with plants and observe other people around plants. |
| Oasis Title: | Elements People Plant Con SL |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught more than 95% online. The service-learning portion involves twelve hours of volunteer support of a community-identified need and commensurate opportunities to relate the volunteer experience to the academic content and learning objectives of the course. Service-learning percentage 25%. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, students will:
• Explore the importance of plants to human health and well-being.
• Describe and define consumer horticulture.
• Identify the economic, environmental, community, and health benefits of consumer horticulture.
• Identify how consumer horticulture can address a problem faced by a community or society.
• Apply consumer horticulture in meaningful ways to personal lives and chosen profession. |
| Topical Outline: | Human Health and Well-being
Nutrition, Physical Health, Social Connections, Well-being, Sociohorticulture
Consumer Horticulture (CH)
Home Gardening, Community Gardens, Public Gardens, School Gardens, Parks/Green Spaces, and related industries
CH Benefits
Economic – food production, tourism, property values, entrepreneurism, reduced crime
Environmental – urban environment, temperatures, water use and management, energy usage, green infrastructure
Community – sense of place, relationships, volunteerism, youth, adults, elderly, at-risk youth, individuals with special needs, rural-urban continuum
Health – physical, nutritional, mental, therapeutic horticulture
Addressing Societal Concerns through People-Plant Connections
Food insecurity, neighborhood crime, economic development, special populations, socioeconomic barriers
Life Applications
Finding credible horticulture information, growing plants, CH applications to personal lives and chosen profession |