# PLANTSCI 350: Plants and Human Wellbeing | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/courses/PLANTSCI_350) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## course ### run id 20260907T155543-ce3781c4 ### semester 1272 ### observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### record version id 863aeb8a406017df4b348417053676757ce2f974008e42f3a6b8899b22dfffe2 ### course id PLANTSCI 350 ### course uid course\_ee0767f58f290660b6a10eb3 ### catalog version id 4549d367d70dc4737516dde24c2f9cf4fdadb20701ea28d7418acd16f29895c3 ### course number 350 ### subjects * PLANTSCI ### title PLANTS AND HUMAN WELLBEING ### description Plants provide not only the foundation of food, clothing, and shelter essential for human existence, but also some of the key raw materials for transcendence and abstraction through music, art, and spirituality. Since antiquity, we have co-evolved with plants and their derivative products, with each exerting a domesticating force on the other. It is, for example, impossible to think of our modern life without its plant-based accompaniments in the form of cotton, sugar, bread, coffee, and wood. Yet they are so ubiquitous we may forget they all derive from plants discovered, domesticated, bred, and farmed for millennia in a never-ending pursuit to improve our wellbeing. Major points of intersection between plants and human wellbeing will be explored from a horticultural point of view by highlighting a plant or group of plants that represent a primary commodity or resource through which humans have pursued their own aims and explore effects and impacts on human society. ### requirements text None ### credits min 2 ### credits max 2 ### credit offering ids * 1272:760:024377 ### llm job id enrich-f516c4d3e82cfe326b4f5f54 ### llm output id 02d71ab381d9086afdd5550eb31c91138c69f763af4d29177ef25e25de78f2f1 ### llm model nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 ### llm model revision 1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5 ### llm task version 14 ### llm search status valid ### llm summary PLANTSCI 350 explores the intersection of plants and human wellbeing through a horticultural lens, examining how plants have shaped society and culture. ### llm topics * Plants as foundation of food, clothing, and shelter * Plants in music, art, and spirituality * Human-plant co-evolution * Plant domestication and breeding history * Impact of plants on human society ### llm skills None recorded. ### llm assumed background None recorded. ### llm search phrases * plant domestication history * horticulture human society * plant resources food clothing * plants art spirituality ### llm requirements status valid ### llm student summary status valid ### llm experience status valid ### catalog variants None recorded. ### student summary #### context hash 8390777b683233f11cceb3ef5c193f545535038dc7aa07856f6438d1b169118e #### course id PLANTSCI 350 #### current instructors ```json [ { "instructor_uid": "instructor_3d23fda26b467ae8a398c541", "message": null, "name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_status": "supported", "rmp_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "summary": [ { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-01-29 22:31:27 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "8d580f26eeeeb5777c25ce59", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTY1MzY0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-04-07 18:40:25 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "695265e09c4c2c0200a5748b", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNzkyODcx", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" } ], "text": "Irwin Goldman is described as a wonderful and engaging lecturer who makes the content interesting. Reviewers note that while lectures are long, he often ends them early later in the semester, and exams are considered doable with study." }, { "citations": [ { "course_id": "PLANTSCI 350", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "section_number": 1, "source_course_id": "e0651b85-16e1-325b-b83a-27be76b2e4f2", "source_record": { "entity_id": "e0651b85-16e1-325b-b83a-27be76b2e4f2", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "section_grades_latest", "term_id": "1262", "type": "grade" } ], "text": "Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.20 GPA, 61.5% A/AB (n=52 letter grades)." } ] } ] ``` #### difficulty workload The class is easy with all content from lectures and no outside readings. Exams are doable but require hard study. ```json { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-01-29 22:31:27 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "8d580f26eeeeb5777c25ce59", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTY1MzY0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-04-07 18:40:25 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "695265e09c4c2c0200a5748b", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNzkyODcx", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" } ] } ``` #### errors None recorded. #### historical context None recorded. #### offered true #### profile hash e59ddc7389015d0035b68cd195c939d475bf72b959b29cf12eab59b454ccaef1 #### quick take Irwin Goldman is a wonderful and engaging lecturer who makes the content interesting. Students find the class easy with no outside readings, though exams require hard study. ```json { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-01-29 22:31:27 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "8d580f26eeeeb5777c25ce59", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTY1MzY0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" }, { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-04-07 18:40:25 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "695265e09c4c2c0200a5748b", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNzkyODcx", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" } ] } ``` Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.20 GPA, 61.5% A/AB (n=52 letter grades). ```json { "citations": [ { "course_id": "PLANTSCI 350", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_record": { "entity_id": "e0651b85-16e1-325b-b83a-27be76b2e4f2", "file": "tables/observations.parquet", "kind": "grades", "source": "madgrades" }, "table": "grades_latest", "term_id": "1262", "type": "grade" } ] } ``` #### student experience Lectures are long, but the professor starts letting students leave 15-30 minutes early midway through the semester. ```json { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Irwin Goldman", "review_date": "2026-01-29 22:31:27 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "8d580f26eeeeb5777c25ce59", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:1595849", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyNTY1MzY0", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1595849", "type": "review" } ] } ``` #### task hash 74fb0997943e888960bbc9e47db8c4fd12e4292d55c20509d8d89db6a9910f68 #### teaching history IRWIN GOLDMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. 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