4.00 Credits
(Prerequisite: a grade of C or better in two of the three core courses: BIOL B301, B302, B303) Intensive Summer May Term course teaching field research methods, statistical design, and culminating in an independent research project on aspects of ecological processes of Beaufort and surrounding counties. Students will spend more than 5 hours per day in classroom/field-laboratory context planning, developing, researching background, and carrying out their research project, approved and facilitated by course faculty.