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UC BERKELEY
Earth and Planetary Science
EPS 217. Fluvial Geomorphology
Application of fluid mechanics to sediment transport and development of river morphology. Form and process in river meanders, the pool-riffle sequence, aggradation, grade, and baselevel.
Reserve used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)- Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management / College of Natural Resources
ESPM 100. Environmental Problem Solving
Analysis of contrasting approaches to understanding and solving environmental and resource management problems. Case studies and hands-on problem-solving that integrate concepts, principles, and practices from physical, biological, social, and economic disciplines. Their use in environmental policies and resource and management plans.
Reserve used: Hastings Natural History Reservation
ESPM 101A. Sierra Nevada Ecology
Hands-on introduction to field ecology, exploring the structure and function of the complex Sierra Nevada ecosystem to understand how it changes in space and through time.
Reserve used: Sagehen Creek Field Station
ESPM 147. Field Entomology
Field observation, recording, and interpretation of insect relationships to habitats, their behavior, and plant-insect interactions. Collection and preparation of specimens with important biological data.
Reserve used: Angelo Coast Range Reserve
Integrative Biology / College of Letters and Science
IB 1B. General Biology
General introduction to plant development, form, and function. Population genetics, ecology, and evolution.
Reserve used: Angelo Coast Range Reserve
IB 157L. Ecosystems of California
Visits to sites representative of diverse grassland, chaparral, scrub land, forest, desert, river, marsh, and intertidal ecosystems of California. Natural history and ecological patterns, ecological issues relevant to processes and patterns exemplified at a given site, collection of quantitative data that test hypotheses about processes influencing species distributions and abundances.
Reserves used: Bodega Marine Reserve, Hastings Natural History Reservation, Jepson Prairie Reserve, McLaughlin Natural Reserve, Sagehen Creek Field Station
IB 175. Herpetology
Introduction to the diversity of amphibians and reptiles worldwide, with emphasis on behavior, ecology, functional morphology, evolutionary history.
Reserves used: Angelo Coast Range Reserve, Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
Physical Education
PHYS ED 47. Introduction to Scuba Diving
Introduction of non-divers to scuba diving as a future tool for research. Topics relate to working in the marine environment, including diving physics and physiology, life-support equipment, environment, diving safety, dive planning, and emergency preparedness.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
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UC DAVIS
Art Studio / College of Letters and Science
ART 110. Photography I (or: Graduate Seminar in Art)
Photography as an art form. Experiments with camera and light-sensitive materials.
Reserve used: Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
Animal Science / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
AVS 16LA. Raptor Migration and Population Fluctuations
Identification of raptors. Study of effects of weather, crops, and agricultural practices on fluctuations in raptor species and numbers.
Reserve used: Jepson Prairie Reserve
Ecology - A Graduate Group
ECL 200A-B. Principles and Application of Ecological Theory
Critical evaluation of ecological theory and applications to ecological management. Emphasis on historical development of ecological theory. Critical evaluation of ecological principles pertaining to the structure and dynamic properties of ecological systems, their organization and evolution.
Reserve used: Sagehen Creek Field Station
ECL 206. Concepts and Methods in Plant Community Ecology
Principles and techniques of vegetation analysis, including structure, composition, and dynamics. Emphasis on sampling procedures, association analysis, ordination, processes and mechanisms of succession, and classification.
Reserves used: Jepson Prairie Reserve, Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
ECL 214. Marine Ecology: Concepts and Practice
Critical review and analysis of concepts and practices in modern marine ecology at the interface of several fields of study, including oceanography, evolution, behavior, and physiology.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
English / College of Letters and Science
NAC 180. Fieldwork in Nature and Culture
Natural scientific, social scientific, and literary/artistic approaches to the study of nature and culture in one place.
Reserves used: McLaughlin Natural Reserve, Sagehen Creek Field Station, Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)-Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
Entomology / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ENT 109. Field Taxonomy and Ecology
Study of insects in their natural habitats, their identification and ecology.
Reserve used: Sagehen Creek Field Station
ENT 116. Biology of Aquatic Insects
Study of the life history, ecology, and identification of insects associated with streams, ponds, and lakes.
Reserves used: Jepson Prairie Reserve, Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
ENT 156. Biology of Parasitism
Biological and ecological aspects affecting host-parasite relationships, using selected examples from protozoan and metazoan fauna.
Reserve used: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
Environmental Science and Policy / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ESP 121. Population Ecology
Development of exponential and logistic growth models for plant and animal populations, analysis of age structure and genetic structure, analysis of competition and predator-prey systems. Emphasis on developing models and using them to make predictions and solve problems.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
ESP 123. Introduction to Field and Laboratory Methods in Ecology
Introduction to methods used for collecting ecological data in field and laboratory situations. Methods used by population ecologists and community ecologists. Emphasis on experimental design, scientific writing, and data analysis.
Reserves used: Angelo Coast Range Reserve, Eagle Lake Biological Field Station, Jepson Prairie Reserve, Quail Ridge Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve, Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
ESP 124. Marine and Coastal Field Ecology
Study of current ecological theory and problems with emphasis on marine populations and communities. Techniques and evaluation of quantitative field research.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
ESP 125A. Terrestrial Field Ecology
Value and approaches of experimental research, using the hypothetico-deductive experimental approach.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Environmental Toxicology / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ET 127. Environmental Stress and Development in Marine Organisms
Study of the impact that environmental stressors, both natural (nutritional and/or toxicological) and anthropogenic, have on early life stages of marine and aquatic organisms. Emphasis on contaminants of concern in aquatic environments and effects of combined stressors on developmental success. Developmental biology in model systems and use of experimental approaches to answer basic and applied questions.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
PTX 230.4. Experimental Approaches to Problems in Coastal Toxicology
Graduate Group in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Environmental toxicology is concerned with the environmental fate and health effects of toxic chemicals and their metabolites in terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments. Research often is multidisciplinary and frequently addresses chemical fate and effects from the molecular to the population level of biological organization. (Offered jointly through the Davis, Santa Cruz, and Los Angeles campuses.)
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Evolution and Ecology / College of Biological Sciences
EVE 112. Invertebrate Zoology
Survey of invertebrate phyla, emphasizing aquatic forms and focusing on morphology, development, natural history, and phylogenetic relationships.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Geography Graduate Group
GEO 298. Group Study
Graduate-level study group.
Reserve used: Jepson Prairie Reserve
Land, Air, and Water Resources / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
SSC 105. Field Studies of Soil Resources in California Ecosystems
Field-based studies of soils in California ecosystems, away from campus, with travel throughout much of California. Emphasis on description and classification of soils; relationships among soils, vegetation, geology, and climate; physical, chemical, and biological processes active in soils and landscapes; and the role of soils in land use. The course is approximately three weeks in length each summer, and alternates annually between northern and southern California.
Reserves used: Eagle Lake Biological Field Station, Jepson Prairie Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve
Landscape Architecture
LDA 50. Site Ecology
Introduction to ecological concepts, including nutrient dynamics, population regulation, community structure, ecosystem function. Principles applied to human activities, such as biological conservation, ecological restoration, landscape planning, and management.
Reserve used: Jepson Prairie Reserve
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior / College of Biological Sciences
NPB 141. Physiological Adaptation of Marine Organisms
Introduction to principles of and research on biophysical and biochemical adaptations to the environment. Students gain familiarity with instrumentation used in this area of research by carrying out formal experiments, using local marine organisms.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Physical Education / College of Letters and Science
PE 29. Basic Scuba
Introduction to basic knowledge required for scuba diving, function and maintenance of equipment, physics and physiology of diving, diver first-aid and CPR, oceanography and marine life, and underwater communication.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
PE 128A-B. Research Diving Techniques
Diver safety, rescue, accident management and patient care. Search and light salvage, night diving, research techniques, cold-water, low-visibility diving, blue water, deep and altitude diving.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Plant Biology / College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
PLB 102. California Floristics
Survey of California flora, with emphasis on field recognition and identification of important vascular plant families and genera characterizing the major floristic regions. Taxonomic diversity, evolutionary relationships, and geographical patterns.
Reserve used: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
PLB 118. Introductory Phycology and Bryology
Comparative morphology, physiology, development and reproduction of cyanobacteria, major algal groups, bryophytes. Focus on structure-function and evolutionary relationships. Ecological factors and commercial uses considered.
Reserve used: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
PLB 145. Sierra Nevada Flora
Introduction to the flora of the Sierra Nevada. Basic plant identification, the principal plant communities and species of the Sierra Nevada.
Reserve used: Sagehen Creek Field Station
PLB 147. Survey of Plant Communities of California
Analysis of selected plant communities for structure and relationship of their component species to the environment.
Reserve used: Jepson Prairie Reserve
Plant Biology - A Graduate Group
PBI 224. Water in Physiology and Ecology of Plants
Evapotranspiration and energy balance. Water and component potentials. Water transport to, within, and from plants. Dynamics and regulation of water status. Drought resistance. Responses to water deficits and salinity. Water-use efficiency. Adaptation to aridity. Productivity in relation to water.
Reserve used: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
Plant Pathology / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
PLP 135. Field Identification of Mushrooms
Introduction to the taxonomy and general biology of mushrooms. Methods of collecting wild mushrooms. Identification of mushrooms with taxonomic keys. Field-oriented instruction.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
Population Biology - A Graduate Group
PBG 298. Monte Carlo Seminar
Seminars sponsored by the Center for Population Biology and Population Biology Graduate Group. Participation required of all students in the Population Biology graduate program.
Reserve used: McLaughlin Natural Reserve
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
WFCB 10. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Introduction to the ecology and conservation of vertebrates. Complexity and severity of world problems in conserving biological diversity.
Reserve used: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
WFCB 100. Field Methods in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Introduction to field methods for monitoring and studying wild vertebrates and their habitats, with emphasis on ecology and conservation.
Reserves used: Quail Ridge Reserve, Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
WFCB 102. Field Studies in Fish Biology
Emphasis on theory of quantitative fish capture methods and design of individual research projects on ecology, behavior, physiology, or population biology of fishes.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
WFCB 102L. Field Studies in Fish Biology: Laboratory
Field investigations of fish biology, including quantitative capture methods and individual research projects on ecology, behavior, physiology or population biology of fishes at field site in relation to their habitats.
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
WFCB 110L. Laboratory in Biology and Conservation of Wild Mammals
Morphology, systematics, species identification, anatomy, and adaptations of wild mammals to different habitats.
Reserves used: McLaughlin Natural Reserve, Quail Ridge Reserve
WFCB 111L. Laboratory in Biology and Conservation of Wild Birds
Bird species identification, anatomy, molts, age and sex, specialized adaptations, behavior, research, with emphasis on conservation of wild birds.
Reserve used: Quail Ridge Reserve
WFCB 155. Habitat Conservation and Restoration
Analysis of characteristics of wildlife and fish habitats. Conservation of habitats, and restoration.
Reserves used: Jepson Prairie Reserve, Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
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UC IRVINE
School of Biological Sciences
BIO SCI 2B. Freshman Seminar: Desert Ecosystems
Faculty presentations and readings focused on structure, function, opportunities, and current issues in biological sciences. Introduction to a diversity of desert habitats.
Reserve used: Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
BIO SCI 9E. Horticultural Science
Scientific principles of horticulture. Taxonomy, plant-life history strategies; experiments with seed dormancy; morphological adaptations for specialized sexual and clonal reproduction; basics of plant propagation and ecological restoration.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 175. Restoration Ecology
Theoretical and practical aspects of habitat restoration and mitigation. Design, implementation, and monitoring of restoration projects in local habitats. Collection of seed and cuttings, planting and maintenance. Control of exotics in natural areas. Emphasis on environmental ethics of restoration.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 179. Limnology and Freshwater Biology
Biology of freshwater environments (lakes, ponds, rivers), their biota, and factors that influence distribution of organisms.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 179L. Limnology and Freshwater Biology Laboratory
(retitled Freshwater Biology Field Methods)
Analytical techniques for common water-quality variables of lakes, streams, rivers. Benthic fauna, vertebrates and invertebrates, algae, and aquatic plants. Emphasis on field methods with an experimental approach.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 184. Entomology
Central features of the Insecta reviewed in an evolutionary and ecological context. Topics include external and internal morphology, systematic relationships among insect orders, insects in ecological communities, and impacts of agricultural and medical pests.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 189. Environmental Ethics
History of evolution of environmental ethics in America. Management problems in national parks, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, national forests. Contemporary and historical aspects/contributors to the field. Mitigation, endangered species, habitat restoration, biodiversity, and environmental activism.
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 191A-B. Senior Seminar on Global Sustainability I, II
Current issues in global sustainability.
Reserves used: Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve, San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
BIO SCI 199. Independent Study in Biological Sciences Research: Wetland Ecology
Individual experimental laboratory or field research under a professor's direction (1 to 5 units per quarter).
Reserve used: San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
Earth System Science / School of Physical Sciences
ESS 114. Earth System Science Laboratory and Field Methods
Introduction to methods used to measure exchange of gases and energy between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems. Data acquisition and isotopic and chromatographic analysis. Field measurements include microclimate, hydrology, trace-gas exchange, and plant growth.
Reserves used: Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve, San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve
ESS 218 Terrestrial Ecosystems
A mechanistic perspective of the structure and functioning of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Includes the processes that control plant growth and community structure, nutrient cycling, and role of ecosystem dynamics in local and global biogeochemical cycling.
Reserve used: James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
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UC LOS ANGELES
Earth and Space Sciences
ESS 103A. Igneous Petrology
Mineralogy, chemical composition, and field occurrence of igneous rocks with reference to their origin by melting in earth. Introduction to thermodynamics as applied to petrology. Formation of magma, its movement, eruption, crystallization, and chemical evolution. Petrologic structure of crust and mantle and its relation to seismology. Overview of petrological and chemical evolution of Earth, moon, and other planets from their origin to the present.
Reserve used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)- Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
OBEE 106. Experimental Marine Invertebrate Biology
Advanced course of natural history, physiology, biochemistry of invertebrates, with emphasis on independent laboratory and field investigations. Presented as part of UCLA's Marine Biology Quarter, a field program planned to give advanced undergraduates an opportunity to gain intimate and firsthand knowledge of marine communities, their constituents and their structure. (Offered in 2002-03 and 2004-05.)
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
OBEE 122. Ecology
Introduction to population and community ecology, with emphasis on growth and distributions of populations, interactions between species, and structure, dynamics, and functions of communities and ecosystems. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
OBEE 123. Marine Ecology
Survey of current topics in marine ecology, including analysis of primary research literature combined with field study of ecology of marine organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Original research project required. Presented as part of UCLA's Marine Biology Quarter, a field program planned to give advanced undergraduates an opportunity to gain intimate and firsthand knowledge of marine communities, their constituents and their structure. (Offered in 2002-03 and 2004-05.)
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
OBEE 124. Field Ecology: Island Biogeography
Field and laboratory research in ecology; collection, analysis, and write-up of numerical data, with emphasis on design and execution of field studies. Concepts, models, patterns, and consequences to biology in terms of ecological and evolutionary shifts on islands. Reserve site used to illustrate plant distribution on rock habitat islands.
Reserve used: Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve
OBEE 128. Plant Physiological Ecology
Study of plant/environment interactions under natural conditions. Transpiration and photosynthesis, leaf temperatures, and water movement in soil/plant/atmosphere continuum.
Reserve used: Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
OBEE 132. Field Behavioral Ecology
Field research in behavioral ecology, emphasizing animal communication. Design and execution of individual and small-group field projects during extended field trip. Offered only as part of Field Biology Quarter.
Reserves used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)- Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve, Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
OBEE 154. California Ecosystems
Introduction to structure, biodiversity, and dynamics of California ecosystems, with focus on southern California, and impact of human activities on these systems.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
OBEE 164. Field Biology of Marine Fishes
Selected aspects of natural history, ecology, and behavior of the diverse assemblage of local marine fishes. Fieldwork strongly emphasized. Presented as part of UCLA's Marine Biology Quarter, a field program planned to give advanced undergraduates an opportunity to gain intimate and firsthand knowledge of marine communities, their constituents and their structure. (Offered in 2002-03 and 2004-05.)
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
OBEE 165. Ecological Physiology of Marine Vertebrates
Introduction to physiological adaptations of marine vertebrates to major physicochemical variables in the oceans of the world and to major marine habitats. Presented as part of UCLA's Marine Biology Quarter, a field program planned to give advanced undergraduates an opportunity to gain intimate and firsthand knowledge of marine communities, their constituents and their structure. (Offered in 2002-03 and 2004-05.)
Reserve used: Bodega Marine Reserve
OBEE 265. Special Topics in Plant Ecology: Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystems
Graduate student seminar.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
General Education Cluster
GE CLST M1A. The Global Environment
Human effects on Earth's ecosystem. Social and technological solutions to environmental pollution and overpopulation.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
GE Env 1. The Global Environment: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
This cluster addresses one of the most pressing social issues our time:relations between the world's rapidly growing human population and the global environment that makes human existence possible. Faculty and students examine the many interactions between the environment and humankind, the worldwide environmental degradation currently being wrought by human activities, and the environmental protection and restoration essential to the long-term well-being of Earth's human population.
Reserve used: Santa Cruz Island Reserve
GE 70CW. (Earth and Space Sciences) Life in the Cosmos Seminar
Interdisciplinary, year-long introduction to life and physical sciences. Examination of issues surrounding such questions as: what are the prospects of life elsewhere in the universe? how do we search for evidence of this life? Major topics include: the "Drake equation" and prospects for extraterrestrial intelligence; the origin and evolution of life in the extraterrestrial context; life in the solar system; searching for other planetary systems; and SETI - searching for signals for extraterrestrials.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
Geography
GEOG 100. Principles of Geomorphology
Study of processes that shape the world's landforms, with emphasis on weathering, mass movement and fluvial erosion, transport, deposition, energy and material transfers, space and time considerations.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
GEOG 100A. Principles of Geomorphology: Field and Laboratory
Investigations of weathering, mass movement, fluvial erosion, transport, deposition, related geomorphic phenomena.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
GEOG 101. Coastal Geomorphology
Study of origin and development of coastal landforms, emphasizing past and present changes, hydrodynamic processes, sediment transfers, and such features as beaches, estuaries, lagoons, deltas, wetlands, dunes, seacliffs, and coral reefs, together with coastal zone management.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
GEOG 101A. Coastal Geomorphology: Field and Laboratory
Investigations of coastal landforms, emphasizing past and present changes, hydrodynamic processes, sediment transfers, and such features as beaches, estuaries, lagoons, deltas, wetlands, dunes, and seacliffs, together with coastal zone management.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
GEOG 159D. Problems in Geography
Physical geography seminar course in which students carry out intensive research projects developed from courses within a concentration.
Reserve used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)- Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
GEOG 163. Field Analysis in Biogeography
Examination of field procedures and intellectual concepts used in observation, measurement, analysis, and interpretation of phenomena pertinent to biogeography and interrelated human influences.
Reserves used: James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, Santa Cruz Island Reserve
Physics and Astronomy
ASTRONOMY 3. (Nature of the Universe:) Astronomical Observation
Development of ideas in astronomy and what has been learned of the nature of the universe.
Reserve used: Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
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UC RIVERSIDE
Biology
BIOL 163. Evolutionary Ecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates
Ecology, evolution, and behavior of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Systematics, morphology, and identification.
Reserves used: Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, Motte Rimrock Reserve, Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
BIOL 166. Conservation Ecology
Introduction to ecological concepts and strategies for conserving biodiversity. Genetics and evolution in small populations, community assembly, landscape structure, ecosystem processes, human impacts, and global change.
Reserve used: James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
Botany and Plant Sciences
BPSC 31. Spring Wildflowers
General approach to the study of vegetative and floral features of plants as a means of identification and botanical classification of major plant families in southern California. Secondary emphasis on the field biology of flowering plants.
Reserve used: James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
BPSC 146. Plant Ecology
Study of fundamentals of plant ecology, emphasizing community ecology, environment, life histories, population dynamics, species interactions, succession, disturbance, and special topics in applied ecology.
Reserve used: James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
Earth Sciences
GEO 100. Introductory Petrology
Introduction to the nomenclature and classification of igneous and sedimentary rocks and their metamorphosed equivalents. Identification of the major rock-forming minerals and common rocks in hand samples and thin sections, and interpretation of rock fabrics and textures. Exploration of tectonic setting and the origins of major rock types.
Reserve used: Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
Environmental Sciences
(In 2003-04, a new joint program with California State University at Fresno.)
ENSC 176. Acquisition and Analysis of Environmental Data
General principles of environmental sampling. Sampling and analysis of air, water, and soil, hydrologic and limnological measurements, and biological characterization of soils and surface waters. Also, principles and use of geographic positioning systems (GPS), basic surveying and cartographic techniques for site characterization, and interpretation and presentation of field and laboratory data using computer software.
Reserve used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)- Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
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UC SAN DIEGO
Earth Sciences
ERTH 10. The Earth
Introduction to geology. Concepts of Earth structure and the processes that formed it and continue to modify it. Emphasis on material that every educated citizen should know for appreciation and enjoyment of the world, for understanding geological events as reported in the news, and for participating in making intelligent decisions regarding the future of the environment.
Reserve used: Scripps Coastal Reserve
ERTH 15. Natural Disasters
Introduction to environmental perils and their impact on everyday life. Exploration of eological and meteorological processes, including earthquakes, volcanic activity, large storms, global climate change, mass extinctions throughout Earth's history, and human activity that causes and prevents natural disasters.
Reserve used: Scripps Coastal Reserve
ERTH 100. Introduction to Field Methods
Mapping and interpretation of geologic units. Fieldwork done locally;
data analyzed in laboratory.
Reserve used: Scripps Coastal Reserve
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution / Division of Biological Sciences
BIEB 102. Introductory Ecology - Organisms and Habitat
General principles in ecology and conservation that shape organisms, habitats, and ecosystems, with emphasis on the unique organisms and habitats of California. Topics include population regulation, physiological ecology, competition, predation, and human exploitation.
Reserve used: Scripps Coastal Reserve
BIEB 131. Marine Invertebrate Ecology Laboratory
Laboratory course introducing students to marine ecology. Students participate both in outdoors fieldwork and in laboratory work, gathering and analyzing ecological data. Focus on ecological communities in estuary, sandy beach, and rocky intertidal habitats.
Reserve used: Scripps Coastal Reserve
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UC SANTA BARBARA
Anthropology / College of Letters and Science
ANTH 162. Prehistoric Food Production
History of the process of plant and animal domestication in the Americas, the Near East, Asia, and Africa. Focus on the specific biological changes in the major domesticates, as well as associated social changes in human life.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
ANTH 181. Methods and Techniques of Field Archaeology
Introduction to archaeological research designs and field techniques of data collection, including survey, excavation, and site data-recording.
Reserves used: Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
ESM 201. Ecology of Managed Ecosystems (formerly Ecological Principles)
Principles of individual ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology. Emphasis on applications - conservation, resource management, ecological effects of pollution and habitat fragmentation, etc.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
ESM 212. Biological Community Survey and Analysis
Design and execution of field sampling campaigns to characterize, map, and inventory plant and animal communities. Includes review of basic sampling theory, measurements for terrestrial vegetation, vertebrate and invertebrate survey methods, multivariate analysis of community data, vegetation and species habitat mapping and modeling.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
ESM 215. Landscape Ecology
Relationships between spatial patterns in landscape structure (physical, biological, and cultural) and ecological processes. Role of ecosystem pattern in mass and energy transfers, disturbance regimes, and species' persistence, and applications of remote sensing and GIS for landscape characterization and modeling.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
ESM 235. Watershed Analysis
Hydrologic and geomorphic basis of environmental management problems concerning land surfaces and channels in small drainage basins, including effects of land use and engineering. Emphasis on use of theory and field methods.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
College of Creative Studies
CS 101. Landscape Painting with an Artist and a Naturalist
Art and science both require careful observation and an understanding of what is being observed in order to yield good results. In this class, an artist and a botanist/geologist help students to examine the natural landscape with eye and brush. Demonstrations and brief lectures focus upon the biological, geological, and artistic aspects of two of UCSB's great natural reserves.
Reserves used: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology / College of Letters and Science
EEMB 106. Biology of Fishes
Evolution, systematics, biogeography, and ecology of fishes.
Reserve used: Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
EEMB 113L. Ecology and Evolution of Terrestrial Vertebrates:
Laboratory and Fieldwork in Vertebrate Biology
Introduction to such techniques as trapping and banding to study vertebrates in the field. Weekly field trips to numerous locations and laboratory work emphasizing classification, identification, and observation of local terrestrial vertebrates. Concurrent enrollment required in EEMB 113: Evolution and Ecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates.
Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
EEMB 116. Invertebrate Zoology: Higher Invertebrates
Introduction to classification, structure, life histories, and habits of annelids and arthropods, with emphasis on aquatic fauna of the Santa Barbara area.
Reserves used: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
EEMB 120AL-BL. Field and Laboratory Studies in Ecology
Practical studies in ecology in both field and laboratory. Individual projects emphasized. Concurrent enrollment required in EEMB 120: Introduction to Ecology.
Reserves used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
EEMB 140L. General Plant Ecology Laboratory
Field and laboratory research techniques.
Reserves used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve
EEMB 170. Biology/Ecology of the Marine-Land Interface
Influence of physical factors on adaptations of shoreline organisms, with emphasis on the arthropods.
Reserves used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Cruz Island Reserve
Environmental Studies / College of Letters and Science
ES 1. Introduction to Environmental Studies
Global effects of human activities that raise important questions about the future of the human and other species. Examination and analysis of representative views on the dynamics of global environmental change and the implications for present and future generations.
Reserve used: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
ES 111. The California Channel Islands (Summer Session)
Discussion of biological, geological, ecological, anthropological, and oceanographic characteristics of the Channel Islands area, as well as the management and human uses of this region. Emphasis on islands and ocean waters off southern California.
Reserve used: Santa Cruz Island Reserve
ES 114B. Soil Genesis and Classification
Introduction to chemical, physical, and biological processes that produce soils and influence their management. Emphasis on morphology, genesis, classification, and global distribution of soils.
Reserve used: Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
ES 193SP (in the 193AA-ZZ series). Special Topics in Environmental Studies: Shoreline Preservation
One-time courses, each focusing on a special area of interest in environmental studies. Course titles and topics announced each quarter by the Environmental Studies program.
Reserve used: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (Teacher Education Program)
ED ST 390. Curriculum and Instructional Procedures and Materials Used in the Teaching of Science
Consideration of secondary school, science curriculum materials, along with objectives and teaching strategies appropriate to these materials.
Reserve used: Sedgwick Reserve
ED 393. Science Professional Issues
Student science teachers participate in inquiry-based lessons to further their understanding of how junior high and high school students experience science.
Reserve used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center / College of Letters and Science
INT 91. Interdisciplinary Issues in Aquatic Sciences and Policy
Seminar-style course examining biological, environmental, political, and economic issues in aquatic topics, including oceanography, marine pharmacology and biotechnology, coastal geology and coastal processes, fisheries, and ocean policy.
Reserve used: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
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UC SANTA CRUZ
Art/Photography
ART 133A-B. Senior Studio in Photography
Intensive studio experience, with emphasis on development of individual projects that will lead to required senior exhibition.
Reserve used: Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
ART 134. Special Topics in Photography
Special studies in photography, concentrating on specific subject matter or media. Topics may include documentary photography, landscape, alternative processes, or mixed media.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
Biological Sciences
BIOL 75. Scientific Diving Certification
Subtidal sampling techniques, navigation, low-visibility diving, search and recovery, rescues, small-boat use, oxygen administration for divers, technical blue-water deep-diving, physics, and physiology.
Reserves used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
BIOL 137L. Ichthyology Laboratory
Introduction to the biology of jawless, cartilaginous, and bony fishes-their classification, evolution, form, physiology, and ecology.
Reserves used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve
BIOL 139L. Biology of Marine Mammals Laboratory
Basic marine mammal taxonomy, anatomy, and field methods, with emphasis on local field identification and understanding of local species.
Reserve used: Año Nuevo Island Reserve
BIOL 141. Ecological Field Methods
(formerly Field Methods for the Study of Animal Biology)
Field-oriented course in the study of animal ecology and behavior. Combines overview of methodologies and approaches to field research with practical field studies.
Reserves Used: Año Nuevo Island Reserve, Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Younger Lagoon Reserve
BIOL 143L. Field Methods in Herpetological Research
Introduction to natural history, censusing techniques, physiological ecology, and behavioral analysis of reptiles and amphibians. Techniques for analyzing behavior and physiology.
Reserve used: Hastings Natural History Reservation
BIOL 165A-B-C-D. Field Ecology of Baja California Supercourse
Intensive, on-site learning experience in terrestrial field biology that covers: (A) ecology of plant form, function, distribution, abundance, and diversity; (B) field methods in animal biology; (C) field methods in plant ecology; and (D) independent field research, in which students, under the supervision of course instructors, develop research proposals, carry out fieldwork, analyze data, and prepare final research papers and oral presentations.
Reserves used: Año Nuevo Island Reserve, Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
BIOL 168. Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants
Examination of the taxonomy and evolution of flowering plants. Special topics include phylogenetics and cladistics, plant species concepts, and modern methods of systematic research.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
College Eight
C8 42A. Student-Directed Seminar: Ecopsychology and Social Change
Interdisciplinary course that combines the fields of ecology, psychology, sociological theory, and environmental theory. Examination of the reciprocal relationship between humanity and the Earth, along with methods of creating social change through uniting social justice movements with environmental movements.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
Earth Sciences
ES 109L. Field Geology Laboratory
Basic tools and techniques used in geologic fieldwork. Preparation, analysis, and interpretation of geologic maps. Topics include topographic maps, Brunton compass, rock identification and description, structure sections, and landslide recognition.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB 152. Community Ecology
Develops the major themes of community biology: structure, trophic dynamics, succession, complex interactions among species, herbivory, evolution and coevolution. Case histories of well-studied marine and terrestrial systems.
Reserve used: Fort Ord Natural Reserve
EEB 162A. Marine Ecology Field Quarter
Total immersion in marine ecology. Paradigms and designs in marine ecology. Review of paradigms that have shaped our understanding of marine ecology, and analysis and discussion of experiments with these paradigms.
Reserve used: Younger Lagoon Reserve
EEB 163. Marine Conservation Biology
In-depth comparison of the biology and conservation of marine versus terrestrial ecosystems. Examination of marine biodiversity loss resulting from overexploitation, habitat loss, species introduction, and pollution, with particular emphasis on the resulting trophic cascades, biodiversity losses, and climate change.
Reserve used: Younger Lagoon Reserve
Environmental Studies
ENVS 104A. Introduction to Environmental Field Methods
Basic field skills, including habitat description, behavior observation, specimen collection techniques, mapping and map interpretation, vegetation analysis, population sampling, microclimate measurement, soil and water sampling. Emphasis on use of scientific method; experimental design, data handling, statistical analysis and presentation; basic field methodologies.
Reserve used: Fort Ord Natural Reserve
ENVS 106A. Natural History of Birds
Evolution, taxonomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and management of birds. Birds observed in habitats that include bay, marsh, meadow, forest.
Reserve used: Younger Lagoon Reserve
ENVS 107A-B-C. Natural History Field Quarter
A 15-unit field course that uses California wild lands to develop skills of natural history observation and interpretation. Students gain the ability to identify plants, animals, vegetation types, and landscapes, as well as address the complex issues of preservation and management of these resources.
Reserves used: Angelo Coast Range Reserve, Hastings Natural History Reservation, Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center
ENVS 131L. Insect Ecology Laboratory
Field and laboratory exercises designed to test hypotheses or demonstrate principles in such areas as behavior, mutualism theory, community ecology, and agricultural ecology. Experimental design, analysis, and interpretation of data emphasized, along with observational skills.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
ENVS 152. Science and Land Use Decisions
Technical and policy dimensions of major land-use decisions assessed through a detailed case study (reuse of Fort Ord). Technical review will stress geological constraints; policy review will stress the CEQA process.
Reserve used: Fort Ord Natural Reserve
ENVS 162. Plant Physiological Ecology
Introduction to the theory of plant interactions with the physical environment. Emphasis on influence of abiotic stresses on the recruitment, survival, growth, productivity, and reproduction of plants.
Reserves used: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL)-Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve, Younger Lagoon Reserve
ENVS 167. Freshwater and Wetland Ecology
Physical and biological patterns and processes in freshwater and wetland systems, with primary focus on Central Coast systems from headwaters to coastal marshes.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
Ocean Sciences
OCEA 158. Biology and Conservation of Marine Birds and Animals
Designed for ocean sciences and biology majors, and interested non-majors with an understanding of basic marine ecology. Systematics, adaptations, ecology, behavior, and conservation of seabirds and marine mammals. Monterey Bay area faunas and issues emphasized.
Reserve used: Año Nuevo Reserve
Science Communication
SCIC 201C. The Science Essay
Survey of Science and nature essayists. Purpose, content, form, and style considered. Writing assignments include film and book reviews, as well as original essays on current issues in Science, technology, and society.
Reserve used: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve
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