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BIOL 450/550 - Field Studies at Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology

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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.

See what students have to say about the course on the 2014 and 2013 Field Techniques Class Blogs
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  • Home
  • PEOPLE
    • Lab Alumni
  • RESEARCH
    • Evolution & Biogeography
    • Upland Toads
    • Chortis Salamanders
    • Diversity of Anoles
    • Cryptozoic Snakes
    • Education and Extension
    • Appalachian Salamanders >
      • Desmognathus Assemblage Ecology
      • 2014 - Black Mountains, North Carolina
      • 2013 - Northern Georgia Mountains
      • 2012 - Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
      • 2011 - Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Presentations
  • COURSES
    • Teaching Remotely from Honduras
    • BIOL 103 Life on Earth
    • BIOL 201 Principles of Ecology & Evolution
    • BIOL 425/525 Herpetology
    • BIOL 451/551 Evolutionary Biology
    • BIOL 450/550 Field Techniques at Pymatuning Lab of Ecology >
      • 2014 PLE Field Techniques Blog
      • 2013 Pymatuning Field Techniques Blog
      • 2013 Pymatuning Field Techniques Photos
  • PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
  • LINKS
  • Contact