OCEA 150 — Field Study of the Natural History of the Greater San Diego Region
An exciting, team-taught, interdisciplinary, field-based study of the natural environment of the San Diego region, including related parts of Imperial, Riverside, and Orange Counties. Vans are utilized to visit sites that best illustrate (1) the region's physical environment (including tectonics, geologic history, geomorphology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, and soils), (2) the evolutionary response to environmental variation (focusing on coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and desert ecosystems), and (3) the interaction of humans with the natural environment. Emphasis on field measurement includes use of GPS, compass, clinometer, maps, the current Jepson plant taxonomy, etc. Four weekends in spring semester only. Overnight campouts required. Students with credit in Oceanography150 will not be able to enroll in Biology 150, Geography 150 or Geology 150. (CSU/UC)