Land Resources (Biol/Geol/Geog 301)
Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I
Course Description
Systems level perspective on land forms and ecosystems. Includes analysis and interpretation of field data, remote sensing data derived from satellites and aircraft and geographic information systems (GIS). Field trips to and analysis of forests, wetlands, lakeshores, and rivers. Includes application to policy and land use planning. Prerequisite: one year of introductory science. Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary.
Professor: Dr. Jonathan Peterson, Dr. Mark Gathany, Dr. John Bratton
Meets: Tuesday & Friday
Field Experiences
- Alba quarry
- Field trip to East Jordan, Charlevoix, and Ellsworth
- Tar Lake EPA Superfund site
- Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore
- Kirtland’s Warbler protected area
- Traverse City city planning office
- Hartwick Pines
