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Apr 19, 2024
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BIO 105 FIELD STUDIES: VALLEY AND GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS1 Unit - 0.5 hour lecture, 1.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Students must be able to travel, hike, camp, and traverse rocky and/or steep trails.
Recommended Preparation: BIO 1 and/or BIO 30 and WR 1
This field course introduces students to the valley and grassland ecosystems of California. The course emphasizes interrelationships among plant/animal communities and physical environments that characterize valley and grassland ecosystems. Topics will include natural history, ecology, diversity, and human impacts. Introductory lectures complement direct field observations and field experiments, data collection and analysis. The course is taught primarily in the field. It is intended for both science majors and non-majors. Students are limited to taking four field study courses in life sciences (BIO 101 , BIO 102 , BIO 103 , BIO 104 , BIO 105, or BIO 109 ) for a maximum of 5 units. NR
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