BIOLFS 310

Natural History Field Study: Mojave Desert

This field course explores the plants, animals, and geological features of the Mojave Desert. Two or three lectures will occur at Sacramento City College with a mandatory field trip of eight days to the Mojave Desert in Southern California. Accommodations are in a combination of outdoor tent camping for two or three nights and four or five nights at the Desert Studies Center field station. Students will provide their own tents, personal items, and personal field equipment. The course involves moderately strenuous hikes over uneven ground in the desert environment in temperatures that usually exceed 100 degrees. A field station expense fee is due up to four weeks before the first day of class to cover the cost of accommodations, the cost of meals while at the Center, entrance fees to parks, and transportation to and from the desert. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact David Wyatt at 916-558-2406 or by e-mail at wyattd@scc. losrios.edu . This course was formerly known as BIOL 394.

Units: 2.0

Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB