A Fall registration course conducted during the two weeks prior to the beginning of classes in September. Course is conducted and students housed at the ONU Metzger Nature Center in eastern Ohio for most of those two weeks. Limited to 10 students. Emphasis on specific organisms and how they interact with their particular environment. Students participate in a two week field trip to a marine environment organized in conjunction with the Biology 271 class.
Enrollment is limited and requires the instructors permission.
Special study areas include marine ichthyofauna, plankton, algae, mammals, etc. A field experience will be required. Permission of the instructor is required. Biology 271 and 371 are prerequisite. Features include the direct observation of animal behaviors using living animals in the laboratory such as fish, budgerigars, crickets and isopods, and in the field at wildlife areas and zoos.