Bio 4452:

Field
Ecology & Evolution Laboratory

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Akumal Bay, Quintana Roo, México. The Centro Ecologico Akumal, our base of operations, is just 50 meters to the right of this scene.

 

Dr. Robert L. Curry

Dept. of Biology

Villanova University

Next anticipated offering: Spring 2010 (preceding by the prerequisite lecture course, Bio 4451 Field Ecology & Evolution, in Fall 2009). Focal region: Mesoamerica and the Yucatán Peninsula, México

Field trip dates: 27 Dec 2009 - 10 Jan 2010 (tentative) ... before the start of S10 classes

Students would need to return to Philadelphia on 26 Dec. to prepare for a group flight early on 27 Dec., or they would need to make approved independent flight arrangements coordinated with the group flights.

Format: 2 credit-hour field laboratory in off-campus location; on-campus follow-up activities throughout the semester, including analysis of project data, write-up, oral presentation, discussions

Appropriate for: undergraduates with at least some relevant prior course background  (e.g., BIO 3255, BIO 4305) and strong interest in ecology. See requirements page for more information about recommended background

Pre-requisite: Bio 4451

Writing Enriched

Also counts (with Bio 4451) for Arts & Sciences Diversity Requirement, Category 3 (because of our secondary focus on the environmental history of the Maya, and coverage of current environmental issues affecting the people and society of the region).

Focal regions of past offerings have included:

  • South Florida: Archbold Biological Station, Florida Keys, Everglades (S92, S96, S98, S06)

  • Puerto Rico (S94)

  • Arizona and the desert Southwest (S00)

  • Yucatán Peninsula, México (S04, S07)

  • Coastal Oregon (F08)

  • Nova Scotia (Summer 95, 01)