FIELD EXPERIENCE IN BIOLOGY

Catalog description

This class will teach students field techniques used in population and community ecology. The course includes a mandatory 5-7 day fieldtrip in which students visit different study sites and ecosystems in the inland northwest. Students will learn about the natural history of the study sites, the plant and animal communities present, and how to collect meaningful data from these sites. After the fieldtrip, students will learn how to analyze their data and write a scientific research paper during the classroom portion of the course. Pre-requisite: BIOL-181 with a grade of C or better.