BIOL 450/550 - Field Studies at Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
The Department of Biology at IUP is proud to offer the opportunity for students to enroll in summer field courses at the University of Pittsburgh's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology (PLE), a year-round biological station located in in northwestern Pennsylvania.
PLE offers and expectional range of summer field courses that draw from a consortium of Pennsylvania universities, including the University of Pittsburgh, Pitt-Bradford, Pitt-Greensburg, Pitt-Johnstown, Pitt-Titusville, Clarion University, Edinboro University, Slippery Rock University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students can enroll in one (or more) of a dozen different courses at IUP's normal tuition rate and receive credit directly, as if they were taking a class on campus.
During the summer, I teach Field Techniques in Ecology & Conservation, a broad-ranging class will offers students practical, hands-on experience in applied methods. The course is taught with an inquiry-based framework, wherein multidisciplinary teams of students develop and formally propose independent field-based research projects and then gain the experience of carrying out those projects, including the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of results.
This course, along with all PLE summer courses, meets the field biology requirement for Ecology, Conservation, and Environmental Biology Track students, or can be counted as a controlled elective in Biology.
PLE offers and expectional range of summer field courses that draw from a consortium of Pennsylvania universities, including the University of Pittsburgh, Pitt-Bradford, Pitt-Greensburg, Pitt-Johnstown, Pitt-Titusville, Clarion University, Edinboro University, Slippery Rock University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students can enroll in one (or more) of a dozen different courses at IUP's normal tuition rate and receive credit directly, as if they were taking a class on campus.
During the summer, I teach Field Techniques in Ecology & Conservation, a broad-ranging class will offers students practical, hands-on experience in applied methods. The course is taught with an inquiry-based framework, wherein multidisciplinary teams of students develop and formally propose independent field-based research projects and then gain the experience of carrying out those projects, including the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of results.
This course, along with all PLE summer courses, meets the field biology requirement for Ecology, Conservation, and Environmental Biology Track students, or can be counted as a controlled elective in Biology.