ENVI 225
Natural History of the Berkshires: Stone Hill Fall 2016
Division III Writing Skills
Cross-listed BIOL 225
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This field-seminar course examines the rich diversity of upland and wetland communities located within walking distance of the Williams College Campus in general and on Stone Hill in particular. The course will utilize the Summer/Fall 2016 exhibition Sensing Place: The Nature of Stone Hill that will be hosted by the Clark Art Institute at the Lunder Center on Stone Hill and co-curated by the instructor. Seminars/discussions/field exercises will focus on the biological, geological, climatological, and historical underpinnings needed to observe, interpret, and analyze the biological communities of this place. The field lab investigations will engage students in reading the landscape, field identification of indicator species, natural history, and using historical documents and textural materials. On a weekly basis, students will write response papers that integrate field observations and experiences with reading assignments. Students will also undertake a longitudinal study of a specific site on Stone Hill and write entries in a field journal on a weekly basis. These entries will serve as the foundation for a final research project report on the specific site.
The Class: Format: seminar / field laboratory, three hours per week
Limit: 12
Expected: 10
Class#: 1136
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: based on field journal entries, field trip / reading responses, one hour exam, class presentations, and a final project
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: seniors, Biology majors, and Environmental Studies majors and concentrators
Unit Notes: satisfies the distribution requirement in the Biology major
Distributions: Division III Writing Skills
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
BIOL 225 Division III ENVI 225 Division III
Attributes: AMST Space and Place Electives
ENVI Natural World Electives
ENVS Group EB-B Electives

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