Courses
2019 Schedule of Courses
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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 Dept web page.
| 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 / MARI 3221.03 | Diversity of Algae | May 6-28 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only; expect at least one on a Saturday; not offered summer 2020 | B. Hymes |
| BIOL 3228.03 | Medical Entomology | May 13-28 | MTWRF Sat | Overnight trip to Harrison Lewis Centre, Port Joli, NS, plus day trips | T. Rossolimo |
| BIOL 3622.03 | Ornithology | May 13-28 | MTWRF SatSun | Week-long overnight trip to Harrison Lewis Centre May 19-25; expect long days starting before sunrise | S. Gutowsky |
| BIOL 3639.03 | Herpetology | May 29-June 13 | MTWRF SatSun | Several day or evening trips in HRM; overnight trip for 3 consecutive days to Kejimkujik | T. Imlay |
| BIOL 4810.03 | Species at Risk Field Course (Special Topics in Ecology) | May 29-June 13 | MTWRF SatSun | Approx. 7-10 days camping in Southwestern NS, in and around Kejimkujik NP and/or Cape Breton HNP | C. Staicer |
| MARI 3604.03 | Field Aquaculture | May 29-June 13 | MTWRF Sat | Field trips (5 days, including overnight and day trips) | D. Ibarra |
| BIOL 3327.03 | Entomology | June 14-30 | MTWRF Sat | Day trips only | T. Rossolimo |
| BIOL / ENVS / GEOG / MARI 3633.03 | Spatial Information & GIS in Ecology | June 14-28 | MTWRF SatSun | Day trips from Halifax | P. Bush |
| MARI 3627.03 | Biology & Conservation of Sharks, Skates & Rays | June 14-30 | MTWRF | One day-long boat trip to tag sharks; day trip(s) to DFO. | M. Drueil & C. Harvey- Clark |
| BIOL 3640.06 | Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity (Sri Lanka Field Course) | June 24-Aug 5 | MTWRF SatSun | International field trip for 22 days to Sri Lanka; course starts and finishes at Dalhousie; supplemental application required | R. Rajaselvam, A. Gunawardena, G. Hitinayake, P. Bentzen, C. Staicer |
| BIOL / ENVS / MARI 3623.03 | Coastal Ecology | July 2-19 | MTWRF | Six field trips: 5 day-long trips by bus; 1 partial day, walking | J. Frail-Gauthier |
| BIOL 2601.03 & BIOL 3219.03 | Flora of Nova Scotia | July 2-19 | MTWRF | Day trips from Dal (non-majors version BIOL 2601 held with majors version BIOL 3219) | M. Munro |
| BIOL / MARI / OCEA 3003.03 | Intro. to Field Oceanography | July 22-Aug 9 | MTWRF | Frequent day trips by boat, leaving from the dock near Dalhousie. | L. DeGeleke |
| BIOL / MARI 3626.03 (01) | Field Studies of Marine Mammals (section 1) | July 25-Aug 12 | MTWRF SatSun | Camping trip of 5 days, 4 nights, to Digby Neck, with day trips on whale-watch boats on Brier Island, NS | D. Lidgard & D. Austin |
| BIOL / MARI 3626.03 (01) | Field Studies of Marine Mammals (section 2) | Aug 13-30 | MTWRF SatSun | Camping trip of 5 days, 4 nights, August 19-23, day trips on whale-watch boat, Bay St. Lawrence, Cape Breton, NS | D. Orbach |
| BIOL / MARI 3680.03 | Scientific Diving Methods in Ecology | Aug 14-30 | MTWRF SatSun | Daily scuba diving trips pending sea conditions; must be certified scuba diver; supplemental application required | R.Fairweather & J. Lindley |
| BIOL 4811.03 (with MARI content) | Indigenous Perspectives on Conservation Biology (Special Topics) | Aug 14-30 | MTWRF SatSun | Approx. 7 days away from campus, camping at various locations in Nova Scotia | J. Ferrier |