FIELD STUDIES: VALLEY AND GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS

Catalog description

This field course introduces students to the valley and grassland ecosystems of California. The course emphasizes interrelationships among plant/animal communities and physical environments that characterize valley and grassland ecosystems. Topics will include natural history, ecology, diversity, and human impacts. Introductory lectures complement direct field observations and field experiments, data collection and analysis. The course is taught primarily in the field. It is intended for both science majors and non-majors. Students are limited to taking four field study courses in life sciences (BIO 101, BIO 102, 103, 104, 105, or 109) for a maximum of 5 units.