EEB 4839 is also offered in Summer 2023
EEB 4839 is also offered in Summer 2022
EEB 4839 is also offered in Summer 2021
Summer 2023 | EEB 4839 Section 001: Field Studies in Mammalogy (81146)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Itasca
- Times and Locations:
Summer Session 13 wk
Tue,
Fri 08:00AM - 05:00PM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ROOM-TBA
- Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Techniques for studying small mammals. Lectures/field projects emphasize identification, distributions, community interactions, ecophysiology, population ecology. prereq: College-level biology course that includes study of animals or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- This course is taught at the UMN Itasca Biological Station and Labs (IBSL), located 220 miles northwest of the Twin Cities campus. Students are required to attend a mandatory orientation on Sunday, May 14, 2023, at IBSL and to pay $1,344 for housing and meals onsite 5/14/2023 - 6/17/2023. (You will only be charged for room and board once, regardless of how many IBSL field courses you are registered for in this May session.) For each field course there also is a $50 transportation fee and an $88 lab materials fee. Scholarships are available at https://cbs.umn.edu/itasca/field-biology-courses to defer costs of room, board, and tuition. For more information, visit cbs.umn.edu/itasca or contact ibsl@umn.edu. Learn more about life up north at z.umn.edu/fieldbio.
- Class Description:
- An introduction to the study of mammals. Class research projects will teach some of the standard techniques for studying mammals in the field while giving students experience in designing research projects, performing field work, analyzing data, and writing scientific papers. Laboratory work will include classification, anatomy, and natural history of mammals, with an emphasis on the mammals of Minnesota. Lecture topics emphasize mammalian diversity, evolution, ecology, and behavior.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81146/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2010
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