SCI 201 — Field Natural History 4 Credits
An overview of local geology, flora, fauna and core ecological principles of a given region (course may be taken multiple times in different bio-zones). Students will learn basic identification and natural history of local plants including edibles, trees, mammals, alpine, coastal zones or ponds and streams. Students will develop and practice observation, identification, and interpretatio n skills using taxonomic keys and field guides and will keep naturalist field journal. Students will al so conduct an independent natural history project culminating in a research paper. (40 lec, 40 lab)