{"id":401,"date":"2019-12-01T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:35:00","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-697 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/01\/3460737191_7c262ca9a4_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"flower\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/01\/3460737191_7c262ca9a4_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/01\/3460737191_7c262ca9a4_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/lena-struwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/01\/3460737191_7c262ca9a4_o-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h5>Contact me via e-mail for information about my current classes. Also see Rutgers Schedule of Classes and each departmental website for when courses are taught, syllabi, etc.<\/h5>\n<h3><strong>Currently Taught Courses at Rutgers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nature Journaling<em>,<\/em><\/strong> 11:216:210 (Fall)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biodiversity Collections<em>,<\/em><\/strong> 11:216:311 (NEW, Spring)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant Diversity and Evolution<em>,<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>11:216:411 (Fall)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant Diversity and Evolution Lab<em>,<\/em><\/strong> 11:216:412 (Fall)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advanced Plant Systematics<\/strong>, 11:215:507 (graduate level)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant Systematics Lab<\/strong>, 11:215:508 (graduate level)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advanced Evolution<\/strong>, 11:215:550 (graduate level)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods in Plant Systematics, <\/strong>16:765:503 (graduate level)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Course credits available for experiential learning and internships:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Practicum in Ecology, Evolution &amp; Natural Resources<\/strong>, 11:216:440 (internship) &#8211; See Chrysler Herbarium website for information about the Herbarium Army internships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honors Tutorial I, II, III,<\/strong> 11:554: XXX (internship)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Problems in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources<\/strong>, 11:704:483\/484 (internship, independent research)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Problems in Plant Science<\/strong>, 11:776:495\/496<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research in Ecology<\/strong>, 16:215:701\/702, 1-6 credits (graduate level)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research in Plant Biology<\/strong>, 16:765:701\/702, 1-6 credits (graduate level)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tropical Environments and Society, Embedded Spring Study Abroad,<\/strong> 01:959:329\u00a0 (Spring Break Study Abroad course to Costa Rica)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Undergraduate Courses Taught Previously at Rutgers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Evolution of Eukaryotes,<\/strong> 11:216:401, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Evolution of food, cooking and plants,<\/strong> 11:090:101, 1 credit<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Food and Cooking through Change &#8211; A Spicy Walk through the Last 10,000 Years<\/strong>, 11:090:101<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Hidden Treasures and Specimen Stories<\/strong>, 11:090:101<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Safe or sorry? Herbal medicine, folklore and its scientific evidence<\/strong>, 11:090:101<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Weeds\u2014What are They Good For? Life and Death among Unwanted Plants<\/strong>, 11:090:101<\/p>\n<p><strong>First-year Byrne seminar: Medicinal Plants: From Ethnobotany to Pharmacognosy<\/strong>,11:090:101<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fundamentals of Evolution<\/strong>, 11:216:251, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fundamentals of Evolution Lab<\/strong>, 11:216:252, 1 credit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honors seminar: Evolution of Food, Crops, and Cooking from Pre-historic Times to Today<\/strong>. 11:216:296, 3 credit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to Ethnobotany<\/strong>, 11:776:205, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research in Biotechnology<\/strong>, 11:126:497, 1-3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research in Genetics,<\/strong> 11:447:406\/407, 1-3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tropical Ecosystems and Society<\/strong>, 11:375:380, 3 credits<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Graduate Courses Taught Previously at Rutgers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Advanced Evolution\u00a0(aka \u201cJournal Club in Evolution\u201d)<\/strong>, 16:215:550, 1 credit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concepts and Methods in Evolution<\/strong>, 16:215:597, 4 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Core Seminars in Plant Biology<\/strong>, 16:765:600, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evolution of Eukaryotes<\/strong>, 16:215:299:02, 3 credits<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact me via e-mail for information about my current classes. 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