Oct 31, 2024  
2024-25 Catalog 
    
2024-25 Catalog
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BIOL 113 - Lichens of the Pacific Northwest


This course will explore Pacific Northwest lichens as simultaneous ecosystems and organisms, allowing an introductory setting and study system for student investigation into biological and ecological thinking. Topics will include natural history of lichens, lichen biology (structure, life history, diversity, reproduction, physiology, and ecology), ethnobotany, bioindication, and lichens as ecosystem engineers. Students will learn the ways in which living things are interconnected and interact with one another, using lichens to explore biological and ecological concepts and the local environment. Students will build natural history skills through place-based campus observations, form an understanding of basic lichen biology and ecology, and examine current topics in lichenology through academic literature. This course will include outdoor field-based components (class time as well as potential off-campus field trips). Students must be prepared to spend time in unpredictable field conditions.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group III
Instructional Method: Conference
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Not offered: 2024-25
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):
  • Use and evaluate quantitative data or modeling, or use logical/mathematical reasoning to evaluate, test or prove statements.
  • Given a problem or question, formulate a hypothesis or conjecture, and design an experiment, collect data, or use mathematical reasoning to test or validate it.



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