SOCY 143: Black Botanical Med
University of California, Santa Cruz
How have plants been part of Black-led community health and healing in the Americas? How has this botanical knowledge been central to material and discursive geographies of blackness; to how blackness is lived; and to how blackness is constructed in health narratives, policy, and movements? In addition to learning about Black botanical knowledge in North and Latin America (African-American and Afro-Latinx), students analyze their own social locations; interrogate assumptions about local and traditional plant knowledge; and encounter broad understandings of health that include environmental, economic, and spiritual dimensions. Students engage with academic texts, news stories, art, and creative writing.
Average GPA: 3.32
Grade distribution records: 40 students across 1 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 7 | 17.5% |
| A | 4 | 10.0% |
| A- | 7 | 17.5% |
| B+ | 4 | 10.0% |
| B | 5 | 12.5% |
| B- | 2 | 5.0% |
| C | 1 | 2.5% |
| D- | 1 | 2.5% |
| F | 1 | 2.5% |
| P | 5 | 12.5% |
| NP | 2 | 5.0% |
| W | 1 | 2.5% |
Based on 40 student grade records across 1 term and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Naya Jones 40 students, Average GPA 3.32