H. Subjects and Collecting Levels Environmental Studies is one of the most interdisciplinary fields taught at Oberlin. Collecting patterns exist within a number of disciplines. Listed below are the principal subdivisions of the primary disciplines that constitute the Environmental Studies collection. Though collecting patterns in this field range across a broad disciplines, collecting levels tend to be relatively low in many of them. Major course is Field Botany.
Emphasis is on plant systematics and natural history.
QH352 Population Biology 3a Major courses are Population Biology and the Seminar in Conservation Biology. Emphasis is on interest in population biology of all species. Titles are purchased from both the Biology and Environmental Studies funds, depending on the orientation of the materials. 3b GF Human Ecology 3b S Agriculture General 3a SB Plant Culture, esp. Angling 3a Major courses are in Plant Ecology, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture.