ANNOUNCING UMBS 2023 Courses
The 2023 Course Application is now open. Select the Apply Now button below to apply for classes at UMBS. Returning students can go directly to their Mfield login to start a 2023 application. The deadline to apply for scholarships is March 15, 2023. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Spring field classes
May 27 - June 24, 2023
Choose one Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday course, and one Thursday, Friday, Saturday course.
OR choose only the Florilegium Course Extension, which meets Monday-Saturday, May 27 - June 6.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Courses
BIOLOGY 282, sect.1 - General Ecology Lecture
EEB 373, sect. 1 - General Ecology Lab
EEB 321/ENVIRON 331 - Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands
EEB 392 - Natural History and Evolution
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Courses
BIOLOGY 282, sect. 2- General Ecology Lecture
EEB 373, sect. 2 - General Ecology Lab
EEB 330 - Biology of Birds
EEB 455 - Ethnobotany
Course Extension
ARTDES 353 - Florilegium: Creating a Plant Compendium
Note: meets M-S, May 27-June 6; may not be taken with any other spring classes
Summer field classes
July 1-29, 2023
Choose one Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday course, and one Thursday, Friday, Saturday course.
OR choose only the GLACE Program, which meets Monday-Saturday, July 1-29.
Note that Microbiology ends on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Courses
BIOLOGY 282 - General Ecology Lecture
CANCELLED - EEB 373, sect. 1 - General Ecology Lab
EEB 405 - Eco-Evo-Devo: How Genome and Environment affect Organismal Development
Thursday, Friday, Saturday Courses
BIOLOGY 207 - Microbiology
EEB 373, sect. 2 - General Ecology Lab
CANCELLED - EARTH 296/ENVIRON 243 - Geology of Michigan
EEB 348 - Forest Ecosystems
Great Lakes Arts, Cultures, and Environments (GLACE) program
M-Sat, July 1-29
More information on this English Department environmental humanities program available here
Course Extension classes
August 5-19, 2023
These classes are short field extensions of semester-long classes taught in Ann Arbor in the Winter or Fall semester. Therefore,
- you must be enrolled in the corresponding campus class to take the extension;
- extensions are only open to University of Michigan Ann Arbor students;
- tuition is assessed and credits are awarded in the subsequent fall semester;
- room and board at the Biological Station is automatically covered by UMBS scholarships for the duration of the extension class;
- you will need to follow the specific instructions on the individual course pages below to register.
Course Extensions
MEDCHEM 447 - Pharmaceutical Discovery from Cyanobacteria
EEB 401/EAS 501 - Michigan Fishes in Changing Environments
EAS 501 - Field Remote Sensing