Natural History of Ecosystems II

Catalog description

This field-oriented course is designed to integrate basic scientific inquiry and ecological field techniques to develop skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of scientific information for the purpose of environmental and resource management. Results of field investigations are applied to relevant ecological problems and management objectives for the purpose of environmental decision making. Topics include local plant and fungi identification, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and ecological biogeography. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.