NRE 320 - DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES

College of Ag, Food and Environment

Credit(s): 3

A field-oriented course taught off campus as a three-week summer camp. Emphasis is placed on methodologies for field data collection necessary to evaluate a variety of natural resources in multiple ecosystem contexts (for example–forested and agricultural). Students will become familiar with sampling instrumentation, collection, preservation, analysis, and data interpretation. Lecture, 10 hours, laboratory, 30 hours per week (Monday-Friday) for three weeks.

Prereq: BIO 148/152 and CHE 105.