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 Department:    ENVC

 Course #:    422

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    030101

 EPC:    16B

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Carry out a field project including all aspects of documentation. Includes initial proposal, peer review processes, data collection and analysis, secondary research, time estimates, and report writing.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Admission to BASEC or Department Chair permission.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Master synthesizing and applying prior knowledge to designing and implementing a field project.
2. Be competent in outlining a research project.
3. Be competent in evaluating sampling alternatives.
4. Capable of manipulate results statistically both descriptive and inferencial.
5. Be familiar with researching and evaluating necessary secondary research.
6. Be competent with deadline driven projects in a team setting.
7. Be competent with presenting work to a group of peers and upper audiences.
8. Evaluate how the results and conclusions may impact the local people in which student conducted the study.
9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Use landscape ecology principles and technology to analyze ecological scenarios for management decisions at the watershed level.
10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Contribute to natural resource decision-making groups utilizing effective communication techniques.
11. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Apply conservation biology strategies and community ecology principles in the management of biodiversity at the landscape level.
12. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Incorporate watershed management science in management strategies for managing watersheds sustainably for ecosystem services and natural resources.
13. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Develop and demonstrate leadership skills within the environmental sciences and natural resources management.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Ecological idea to creation of a project.
2. Literature research for project.
3. Research proposal.
4. Peer review process and value.
5. Field data collection.
6. Data analysis and presentation.
7. Final reserach report.