Jul 08, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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T3 4091 - An Island as an Environment
Examines environmental issues in a tropical island ecosystem. The Bahamas provide a model for understanding the issues and processes impacting sustainability for the island’s natural environments and biological diversity, the local people’s livelihood and way of life, and the economic stability of the country. A wealth of diverse experiences provides students with firsthand knowledge of life at the land-sea interface. Weather conditions permitting, approximately 2/3 of the course will involve firsthand exposure to marine environments and 1/3, terrestrial environments.
Requisites: Tier II completed and Sr only
Credit Hours: 4
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 45.0 laboratory, 5.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will learn to recognize and describe the ecological role of many of the Island’s native terrestrial plants and animals.
- Students will learn to recognize and describe the ecological role of many of the reef and shoreline marine organisms.
- The students will understand the efforts and challenges of environmental protection of a tropical ecosystem.
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