COLORADO FIELD COURSES
General Information 
Geology 1405 and Biology 2406
Not being offered in 2009. |
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Recognized
as an essential part of the general education curriculum, environmental science is a means of promoting a sustainable-earth world view to both major and non-major students. Environmental Geology (GEOL 1405) and Environmental Biology (BIOL 2406) is offered Tyler Junior College in a combined field experience. |
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be limited to sixteen students. Students must enroll in both
courses. Upon successful completion of course work, each student will
receive eight hours of laboratory science credit. Evaluation of students will involve
laboratory exercises, field work, field reports, and examinations. Cathryn Cates will be the instructor of Environmental
Biology, and Marsha Layton will be the instructor
of Environmental Geology.. Lodging will be in hotels, the YMCA of the Rockies cabins, and the
University of Denver Field Station on Mt. Evans. The Mt. Evans Field Station is located in the subalpine of the Arapaho National Forest near the town of Idaho Springs. The Mt. Evans alpine offers community types ranging from boulder, talus, and scree slopes to meadows, turfs, fellfields, and snowbeds. Mountain goats, big horn sheep, elk, marmots, pika, and ptarmigan are common fauna members. Spruce and subalpine fir dominate the area, but bristlecone - about 1500 years old - and limber pine will also be examined. Several aquatic ecosystems, including cirque lakes and watersheds will be surveyed. |
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FACULTY: CATHRYN CATES AND MARSHA LAYTON