Consequently, the course typically has a mix of majors and first year to senior year students as well. The present cap for this course is 25 students. The course has a cap of 40 students and the lab is broken down into two sections of 20 students each. Ornithology is a 300 level biology course that is offered alternately with Animal Behavior in spring. The course has a strong field component and the lecture stresses interpretation of data.
Ornithology is approached from an ecological perspective as the text implies.
Animal Behavior is a 300 level biology course that is offered alternately with Ornithology in spring. Students test hypotheses in lab exercises, analyze data, and write up lab reports in scientific format. Below are the syllabi for three courses I have taught in the MEd in Environmental Sciences degree program at Plymouth State College. These course have had from four to eight students. They are a mix of lecture, oral presentations, experimentation with data analyses, and written work.