Maymester in Biology USCB presents a series of Maymester classes based on Marine Ecology and Conservation
BBIO 499C&D – LIFE AND DEATH IN THE SALT MARSH:
2+2 credit hours. Prerequisite: BBIO 301 or permission of instructor. Intensive Maymester course teaching field research methods, statistical design, and culminating in an independent research project on aspects of ecological processes of Beaufort and surrounding counties. Students will spend more than 5 hours per day in classroom/field-laboratory context planning, developing, researching background, and carrying out their research project, approved and facilitated by course faculty. (Borgianini)
BBIO 480 – MOLECULAR MARINE ECOLOGY:
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: BBIO 301 and BBIO 303 or permission of instructor. Investigation of techniques and analysis of molecular data in marine organisms. Hands-on experience using molecular tools to investigate population genetic, ecological and systematic principles. (Staton)
BBIO 499M – PLANTS OF THE COASTAL LOWCOUNTRY:
3 credit hours. Prerequisite: BBIO 301 or permission of instructor. Field and lab identification and understanding of key anatomical traits of plants typical of the coastal, marsh and coastal forest of the region. Hands-on experience collecting and preparing museum (Herbarium) quality plant specimen mounts and the environmental conditions that drive plant zonation. (Payne)
BBIO 295A – DIRTY WORDS AND PICTURES: (2-3) (Permission of the
instructor). Interpreting nature through written and visual media. Field and lab documentation of the natural surroundings using fiction/non-fiction writing and photography to interpret the nature of the Lowcountry and coastal region. (Farris & Brasseur).
May 13 through 31, 2013 On the Historic Beaufort Campus Classes Begin - Monday, May 13 Last day of Classes - Thursday, May 30 Final Exam - Friday, May 31 Tuition Information: In-state tuition: $344 per hour Out of state tuition: $734 per hour
Dorm space for Maymester session: $760
Dorm space will be in the Grace White House
For more information regarding the Biology Maymester classes, please contact Joe Staton at jstaton@uscb.edu To register for Maymester courses, please do so through vip.sc.edu or visit the Office of the Registrar.