Course Details

This course explores the natural and history of the Pacific Northwest. The role that biodiversity and ecological processes have had in ancestral and modern societies in the PNW will be an important part of our understanding of natural history and the relationships of human and the environment. As a contribution to this, students will read about and discuss issues of the value and role of biodiversity in their own life. A further goal of the class will be to improve the student’s observation skills by turning them into written naturalist journals that include reflective pieces, and by contributing to a class blog. Other creative methods of communication to larger audiences, for example with visual or other artistic pieces, will also be encouraged.