Evolutionary rise of complexity in green plants: structure and life-cycles of living forms, field study, review of fossil record. Examples of adaptive morphology in plants, chosen by class members from a list of possible topics and treated in seminar format. Team research projects, involving work with primary literature, oral presentations, and written reports. Lecture and laboratory.

OWU Units: 1.25. Crosslisting(s): None. Prerequisite(s): One 100-1evel Biology course. Corequisite(s): None. Antirequisite(s): None. Fee: None. Core Competency: None. Offered: TBD.