College of Creative Studies

Current Course Offerings
Spring 2007

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."

- John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra (1911)

This field course is designed to introduce non-biologists (and biology freshmen) to the "wild" natural habitats around us. We will visit a diverse range of habitats in Santa Barbara, including oak woodlands, chaparral, coastal dune, salt marsh, sandy beach, rocky inter-tidal, and stream. In each of these natural communities we will observe patterns, learn about its natural history and discuss ecological and evolutionary questions. Advanced biology students interested in general field experience are also welcome. There will be several reading and writing assignments.

Required Text(s):
Bakker, Elna, An Island Called California: An Ecological Introduction to Its Natural

Communities 2^nd edition, 1985. UC Press, Berkeley.

Instructor(s): Claudia Tyler
Time(s): Thursday, 2:00-5:00 pm
Place(s): Bldg. 494, Rm. 148


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