Physical Geography

• Introductions to soil science, atmospheric sciences, and hydrology

• Learned basic statistics in Excel, ArcMap, soil analysis, streamflow measurements, and
surveying
Ecological Principles
• Learned about community ecology, population dynamics, competition, nutrient cycling,
and biomes
• Lab portion covered camera trapping, tree sampling, salt marsh ecology, forest ecology,
and stream macroinvertebrate sampling
Statistical Analysis of Ecological Systems
• Learned basic descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Chi-square, and nonparametric
statistical tests
• Introduction to basic statistical methods on SAS
Biodiversity and Evolution
• Learned characteristics and evolutionary traits of the major kingdoms of life
• Learned principles of evolution by natural selection and the history of human evolution
Wildlife Management
• Learned current issues in wildlife management through analysis of case studies with
black bears and coyotes
• Learned about the roles and points of view of different stakeholders
• Distributed a survey to the campus community and completed an issue analysis of coastal
wetland management
Mammalogy
• Learned about the evolutionary history of mammals
• Studied mammal taxonomy and mammalian traits
Ecosystem Ecology (graduate level course taken as an undergraduate)
• Learned about nutrient cycling, ecology of lentic and lotic systems, watersheds, and
ecological stoichiometry
Freshwater Ecology
• Learned various methods of studying lake and stream ecology
• Methods include phytoplankton, zooplankton, and periphyton analysis, invertebrate
sampling, ecotone measurements, abiotic sampling, nutrient cycling, and vertebrate
sampling
Geographic Information Systems
• Introduction to the use and applications of GIS software for map creation
 • Learned about geodatabase management, queries, overlaying multiple layers, coordinate
systems, raster, and 3D data analysis in ArcScene
Physical Geology
• Learned about characteristics, properties, and formation of igneous, metamorphic, and
sedimentary rocks, tectonic processes, structural geology, seismology, hydrology,
weathering and erosion, and characteristics, properties, and formation of minerals
• Lab component included identification of rocks and minerals
Environmental Issues
• Learned about various current environmental issues from environmental, ethical, and
economic perspectives
• Covered waste management, renewable energy, transportation, wildlife habitat,
environmental conflict, and urban planning
Remaining Courses
• Ornithology
• Genetics