The focus is on articulating and quantitatively anwering relevant research questions on the diversity, ecology, and evolution of plants. Special emphasis is given to hypothesis development, data collection and analysis, and interpretation and presentation of results. Three class hours plus three laboratory hours per week with extensive field work. Topics covered include medicinal plant use, agroecology, plant ecolgy, tropical ecology, and community-based conservation. D A detailed and in-depth study of avian natural history.
Emphasis is given to population ecology, behavioral ecology, and conservation biology of birds.
Laboratories are exercises and field trips to develop and practice techniques to identify, describe, and record the biology of birds in their natural habitat. Three class hours plus three laboratory hours per week. Oplinger, C Study of the structural and functional adaptations of marine organisms in relation to physical, chemical and biological components of the marine environment. Laboratory study of marine ecosystem dynamics, marine plants and animals, also weekend trips to coastal field stations and aquaria. Three class hours plus three laboratory hours per week.