BIO 435   Field Biology in the Southeastern United States
(Same as EVS 435)
Semester hours: 4 (3R, 3L)   Offered: PS (AY)
Instructor: Schalles

Three-week field trip. Exploration of natural communities in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, the South Carolina Coastal Plain, the Georgia coast and barrier islands, and the tropical environments of southern Florida. Emphasis on organisms and their adaptation to the environment, field collection techniques, and ecological relationships. Students will work from and stay in established biological field stations at Highlands, North Carolina, Sapelo Island, Georgia, Lake Placid, Florida, and Key Largo, Florida. (Qualifies as a laboratory course.)

Prerequisite: One organismal-level or field course in biology or IC

Satisfies: Lab requirement, Population/Ecology/Evolution requirement