WINTER ECOLOGY (SMT-272514)

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Course Description:

There are elements of secrecy and risk embedded within a winter landscape that seemingly belies the change of seasons and the progression of living things. Yet to the observant, winter is replete with beauty, movement, and life. This course explores the vast intricacies of nature that encapsulate winter, drawing upon the sciences and our individual experience to reveal its pattern. The peculiar adaptations of plants and animals (including humans) to the cold will be understood from the constraints and opportunities afforded by the physical environment. The tutor will emphasize the student's own development as winter interpreters through a sequence of exercises and inquiry, including descriptions of the landscapes that surround us.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.

This online course is offered through Online Learning. You can take this as an individual course or as part of an online degree program, with term starts in March, May, September, November and January. View current term offerings and all online courses. Click here to register for online courses.

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Liberal Study
Lower Level
Credits: 4
Meets General Education Requirement In: Natural Sciences-Full
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1.

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