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Field Course in China (Joint Biology/Sociology)
- BIOL4449.1 Directed Studies Community Ecology I/
BIOL4449.1 Directed Studies Community Ecology
II /SOCI4440.0 Selected Studies in sociological
analysis Measuring Sustainability in Human
Communities Field methods - A field course focusing on methods by which the
disciplines of biology and sociology describe
structure within the communities of living
things. Methods used to describe structure
include species distribution, rank abundance
models, membership and diversity measures,
cluster analysis (for non-human communities), and
asset mapping, community capital measurements,
and social network analysis for human
communities. The course will take place in a
small village in the Qinling Mountains of central
China where students will conduct short term
projects. A central theme will be to describe the
nature of overlap between community views of the
two disciplines, including descriptive language
and conceptual models of stability, resilience,
and redundancy, with the goal of understanding
sustainability of small rural communities within
the framework of the broader biological community
(no prerequisite required).
Date July 15 to August 1, 2008 Place Shaanxi
Normal University, Xian, China Estimated cost
3,100 (includes Airfare, Accommodation,
Visa, and Subsistence) plus tuition Information
Session Jan 25, 2008 1000 am (Science
139) Contact Dr. Zhongmin Dong (902-420-5720)
6 Credit Hours
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