BIO 4300 - Field Biology
Course Description
The Department of Biological Sciences offers Field Biology (BIO 4300) every year
in the May Term (mid to late May). Field Biology is a four hour (senior level) course
that is entirely field based. Students meet at William Carey campus and travel to
Leroy Percy State Park near Hollandale, MS, and stay in the group cabin for the
first week. The second week of the course is spent at cabins at Tishomingo State
Park near Tishomingo, MS. Each day students and faculty visit sites in and near
the state parks. Plant and animal species are identified, recorded, and the biology
and habitat of the organisms are reviewed. Each student works at keying out organisms
and compiling a list of all species. Students must apply for permission of the instructor
before registering for this course. Applications for the course should be turned
in to Dr. Thomas Rauch in Room 114, Green Science Hall.
Species Reports
Application