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BIOL 415 – Watershed Watch
Credits: 2.00
Project Watershed Watch brings together several highly successful areas of excellence at UNH: capabilities in satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems, forest ecology, limnology and microbial ecology. Watershed Watch will recruit up to 40 sophomores whose majors are currently undeclared to study watershed interactions and relate them to established methods of monitoring the quality of forest, lakes and streams. Students will work along side faculty in an authentic, experience-based, and hands-on learning environment. IA (continuous grading) course. Completion of BIOL 415 and 416 fulfills General Education 3B requirement. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. |
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BIOL 416 – Watershed Watch Research Experience
Credits: 2.00
This course builds upon the experiences gained while conducting the field and laboratory research from BIOL 415 (Watershed Watch Summer Institute). Students will be expected to integrate the conceptual and hands-on components learned in BIOL 415 into their own independent scientific research projects conducted under the mentoring of a faculty advisor from their college or university campus. Using a seminar format, students will receive additional lecture and reading materials (via distance-learning tools), compare their research progress (i.e., problems and accomplishments) with the progress of other students on other campuses, and will integrate their findings into the larger studies of the Merrimack and Pasquotank River watersheds. Ultimately, students will present their results at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference at the end of April. (IA-Continuous Grading). Prerequisite: BIOL 415 and Instructor approval. |
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