This course integrates classroom instruction and intenxive field experiences to provide advanced training in field techniques useful in biodiversity assessment and research. Frequent travel to field sites where students will gain hands-on experience collecting and observing organisms will be a large portion of the course. This course is a major elective for the Bachelor of Science in Biology degree. This course includes both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: BIO 202 or BIO 280 or professor approval. Corequisite: BIO 373