Biology of the South Pacific Credit Hours: 3 hours. Level: Undergraduate The study of natural history on location throughout the South Pacific, with particular emphasis on New Zealand and Australia. During visits to nature reserves and parks, rain forests, coral reefs, coastlines, and mangrove forests, the animal, plant, and insect species will be identified, and the geological setting will be explained. Human migration and exploitation of the environment will also be discussed. Background lectures, usually at night, on the topics to be studied or the locations to be visited plus daily guided visits to various habitat. Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H Duplicate Credit: Not open to students with credit in BIOL 3460H, FANR 3460H Semester Offered: Summer
