Environmental Biology Lab

Catalog description

9 hours lecture and 27 hours lab or field study per term. This course reveals core biological principles framed in lab and field investigations. Exercises focus on the interactive relationships between biological and physical phenomena on all levels (molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological). Lab investigations promote the skills of objective experimental design, systematic experimental execution, and accurate results analysis. Field investigations strengthen students' powers of observation in the natural world. Skill development includes making thorough empirical observations, situational awareness of the interactive dynamics of living and non-living components in natural settings, and becoming knowledgeable of local wild species. The course emphasizes the fundamental utility of reason and empiricism in scientific discovery and understanding. Some fees may be required for parking and entrance fees at field trip locations. (Degree Credit) (CSU) (UC) CSU GE, IGETC