BI 392-395A - Field Studies Program courses each

Institution:

Merrimack College

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Description:

Each course offered in the Field Studies Program is an intensive experiential learning opportunity involving a lecture/classroom component and field work in various remote, pristine, environmentally significant locations around the world. Different ecosystems are studied and compared, and every course focuses on the natural history of the particular location both from an integrated biological perspective [zoology, botany, ecology, biogeography, microbiology and evolution], as well as consideration of the human and cultural aspects of the region. Students develop an awareness and appreciation for both biological and cultural diversity and complexity. There is an additional fee for travel. Open to majors and non-majors. [Students may enroll in more than one field studies course, using a different course number for each.] Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Satisfy the mathematics and science distribution requirement. One field studies course is generally offered every other year and students can expect that the particular region selected for ecological study will vary. Previously offered courses in the Field Studies Program are have included: Tropical Biology/Rain Forest and Marine Ecology: Belize, Central America Temperate Biology/Marine Natural History: Shoals Marine Laboratory, Appledore Island, ME Tropical Forest and River Ecology: Amazon River Basin, Brazil, South America Tropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Wetlands: Tanzania, East Africa Ecology Down Under: Terrestrial and Marine Systems of Tropical Australia

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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