Delivery method: Online with optional in person sessions

Plant Diversity can be studied as a stand-alone course, but it is also a core module for the Certificate of Higher Education in Field Ecology at Aberystwyth University.

This course will introduce students to the taxonomy and evolution of plants, enabling them to find some order in the huge variety of plant species inhabiting the earth. Evidence for evolutionary relationships will be discovered through examining the structure, diversity of form, and life cycles of major plant groups. 

Course Description

This course will introduce students to the taxonomy and evolution of plants, enabling them to find some order in the huge variety of plant species inhabiting the earth. Evidence for evolutionary relationships will be discovered through examining the structure, diversity of form, and life cycles of major plant groups. Each class will involve some practical work – examining or drawing the groups being studied. Emphasis will be on major groups, since the subject area is so extensive.
This is a core module for the Certificate of Higher Education in Field Ecology.
This blended learning course enables you to study from home and participate in an online community of other students learning about Plant Diversity. There will be optional in-person sessions held in Aberystwyth that students are encouraged to attend if possible. Alternative online content will be provided for students unable to attend the in-person sessions.