2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook

BIOL 378 Field Biology Techniques

A field-based course teaching techniques used by biologists to count, measure, capture, describe, locate and otherwise investigate organisms and ecosystems in the wild. Techniques covered include trapping, transects, quadrant techniques, aquatic sampling, use of electronic probes, GIS and GPS, optics, and others. Experimental design, statistics, and use of taxonomic keys are also covered.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Complete BIOL 105

Distribution

Scientific Inquiry/No Lab