This course will allow students to develop experience and skills employed in ecological studies, with an emphasis on field work, laboratory analysis, and hypothesis testing. Topics for lab exercises will correspond closely with material from Ecology (ENVS 280) lecture. Course does not satisfy requirements for BIOL major.
Prerequisites: ENVS 203 and (ENVS 238 or CHEM 111 or CHEM 161) and ENVS 280 (pre- or co-requisite); Restricted to BA Majors in the School of Environmental Sustainability.
Outcomes: Students will understand basic ecological principles, apply these to design experiments, develop skills in data analysis and interpretation, and learn techniques used to characterize ecosystem properties and human environmental impacts
Prerequisites: ENVS 203 and (ENVS 238 or CHEM 111 or CHEM 161) and ENVS 280 (pre- or co-requisite); Restricted to BA Majors in the School of Environmental Sustainability.
Outcomes: Students will understand basic ecological principles, apply these to design experiments, develop skills in data analysis and interpretation, and learn techniques used to characterize ecosystem properties and human environmental impacts