BIOL 4422 Tropical Ecology
A Travel course in which students will acquire a general understanding of ecosystem structure and function with specific focus on tropical ecosystems. Students will become familiar the biodiversity present though assigned readings, student presentations, and field-based activities. Students will also participate in a group project to hypothesize a biological/ecological question about organism and then design a field study to collect and analyze field data to address the question. Field trips to cultural and scientific museums may be included. Prerequisites: BIOL 1320, 1321 and consent of the instructor. May Term (odd years)