BIOL 218 - Field Natural History

CR: 4
Prerequisite: BIOL 111 , or one course of laboratory science and permission. This course will develop three important traits of a scientific naturalist: skill at seeing patterns in nature and framing interesting questions about them; knowledge of the names, classification, and identifying characteristics of local organisms; and the understanding of a modern theoretical framework in ecology, evolution, and behavior. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory or field work. Offered alternate years. V.8a