Courses
Modified 2020 Schedule of Courses
Download the LIST of COURSES for 2020 [pdf 72 KB]
The table below will have links to instructor emails and draft syllabi as they become available. In the meantime, you may find copies of previous year's syllabi on the Biology Department web page. Please note that some classes cancelled for Summer 2020 may be moved to a modified version in the fall of 2020 – details to follow.
| Course subject & number | Course Name | Course dates | Days | Notes about field trips | Instructor | ||
| BIOL 3630.03 | Field Methods in Animal Behaviour | April 27-May 12 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only, for about the 1st week; afterwards students work on independent projects on their own | A. Horn | ||
BIOL 3634.03 |
Agroforestry | April 27 – May 12 | MTWRF Sat |
Mostly day trips, except one overnight trip near Lunenburg |
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MARI 3682.03 |
Tropical Marine Ecology | April 27 – May 24 | MTWRFSatSun | Includes an 11‐day field trip to Belize (May 7‐19); supplemental application required; $1000 deposit | N. McAllister-Irwin & M. Cooper | ||
| BIOL 3328.03 | Medical Entomology | May 14-30 | cancelled until SEASIDE 2021 | Overnight trip to Harrison Lewis Centre, Port Joli, NS, plus day trips | T. Rossolimo | ||
| MARI 3604.03 | Field Aquaculture | May 14 - 30 | MTWRF Sat | Field trips (5 days, including overnight and day trips) | D. Ibarra | ||
| BIOL 3635.03 cancelled until SEASIDE 2021 |
Species at Risk Field Course | June 1 - 16 | MTWRF SatSun | Approx. 7 – 10 days camping in Southwestern, NS. | C. Staicer | ||
| BIOL 3327.03 | Entomology | June 1 - 16 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only | T. Rossolimo | ||
| BIOL 3622.03 | Ornithology | June 17 – July 1 | MTWRF SatSun | 8-day field trip to explore diverse habitats around Kejimkujik National Park and Seaside Adjunct | S. Gutowsky | ||
| BIOL 3622.03 2nd offering |
Ornithology | July 24- Aug 10 |
MTWRF SatSun | 8-day field trip to explore diverse habitats around Kejimkujik National Park and Seaside Adjunct | S. Gutowsky | ||
| BIOL / ENVS / GEOG / MARI 3633.03 | Spatial Information & GIS in Ecology | June 17 – 30 | MTWRF SatSun | Overnight field trips to NS Provincial Parks (Dollar Lake) | P. Bush | ||
| BIOL 2601.03 & BIOL 3219.03 cancelled for Summer 2020 |
Flora of Nova Scotia (2601) and (3219) |
July 2-21 | MTWRF | Day trips from Dal (non-majors version BIOL 2601 held with majors version BIOL 3219) | M. Munro | ||
| BIOL / ENVS / MARI 3623.03 | Coastal Ecology | July 2-21 | MTWRF | Six field trips: 5 day-long trips by bus; 1 partial day, walking | J. Frail-Gauthier | ||
| BIOL / MARI / OCEA 3003.03 cancelled for SEASIDE 2020 |
Intro. to Field Oceanography | July 22-Aug 11 | MTWRF | Frequent day trips by boat, leaving from the dock near Dalhousie. | L. DeGeleke | ||
| BIOL / MARI 3626.03 cancelled until SEASIDE 2021 |
Field Studies of Marine Mammals | July 24 -Aug 11 | MTWRF SatSun | 5-day overnight trip with whale-watching | D. Lidgard & D. Austin | ||
| BIOL 4003.03 (with MARI content) | Indigenous Perspectives on Conservation Biology (Special Topics) | July 27 – Aug 10 | MTWRF SatSun | Approx. 7 days away from campus, camping at various locations in Nova Scotia | J. Ferrier | ||
| MARI 3627.03 cancelled for SEASIDE 2020 |
Biology & Conservation of Sharks, Skates & Rays | Aug 12 - 31 | MTWRF | One day-long boat trip to tag sharks; day trip(s) to DFO. | M. Dureuil & C. Harvey- Clark | ||
| BIOL 3664.03 Intertidal Ecology | Intertidal Ecology & Diversity (Distance-Learning) | June 1 - Aug 31 | |||||
| BIOL 2605.03 modified for Summer 2020, please stay tuned for details |
Marine Life of Nova Scotia | Aug. 12- 31 | MTWRFSatSun | For non-majors; multiple day trips and some overnight trips to the Harrison Lewis Centre | I. Aube |