3 credits
Advisory Prerequisites: BIOLOGY 171, (172 or 174) & 173; or BIOLOGY 195 & 173; AND concurrent or prior enrollment in BIOLOGY 281/ENVIRON 281
Requirements: BS, NS, EEB field/research, Lab, satisfies PitE practical field experience
Instructor: Corrine Higley
Course Description
This course combines a mixture of tools needed to become ecologically proficient. This includes applying the fundamental concepts from ecology, the protocol for conceptualizing, designing, and conducting experiments, the statistical tests used to test hypotheses, and the tools needed to present work through communication. The field and lab exercises have a mixture of ecological practices, field experiments, hypothesis testing, statistical analyses, and written/oral communication.