Syllabus
NOTE: This is the general syllabus; details vary from year to year.
You can download a .pdf file of this syllabus here.
Schedule of Activities and Syllabus for BIOL 453 (Summer Sessions I & II)
| Week 1 | |
|---|---|
| Wednesday: | REU Interns arrive |
| Thursday: | 9 am (full day): Introduction & mentor presentations |
| Friday: | 9 am (full day): Mentor presentations & safety training |
| Saturday: | 8 am (half-day): Field Experience: Grice Cove kayak trip |
| Week 2 | |
| Monday: | Mentor assignments; begin full-time independent research 5 pm: Lecture: Coastal Processes |
| Thursday: | 8 am: Introduction to “Roumillat Field Days” 5 pm: Lecture: Physiological Challenges of the Marine Environment |
| Week 3 | |
| Monday: | 5 pm: Presentation: How to write a good proposal |
| Tuesday: | 8 am (full day): Field Experience: Mudflat/beach walk |
| Friday: | 9 am: Lecture: Marine Conservation Genetics |
| Saturday: | 10 am (half-day): SC Aquarium tour |
| Week 4 | |
| Monday: | 5 pm: Journal Club: Marine Conservation Genetics |
| Wednesday: | 8 am (full day): Field Experience: Rice Field Canoe Trip |
| Thursday: | 9 am: Lecture: Forensics Issues in Fisheries Management 5pm: Research proposals due |
| Week 5 | |
| Monday: | 1 pm (half-day): Field Experience: Harbor Trawl 5 pm: Journal Club: Fisheries Management |
| Week 6 | |
| Thursday: | 9 am: Lecture: Harmful Algal Blooms |
| Week 7 | |
| Monday: | 5 pm: Journal Club: Harmful Algal Blooms |
| Tuesday: | 9 am (half-day): Field Trip: International Center for Birds of Prey |
| Thursday: | 9 am: Lecture: Toxin Impacts on Wildlife |
| Week 8 | |
| Monday: | 5 pm: Journal Club: Toxin Impacts |
| Thursday: | 7 pm: Discussion: Ethics in Science |
| Friday-Saturday: | 8 am (two days): Field Trip and Discussion: Overnight trip to ACE Basin |
| Week 9 | |
| Monday: | 7 pm: Discussion: Graduate School |
| Tuesday: | 1 pm (half-day): Practice for student talks |
| Week 10 | |
| Wednesday: | 9 am: Student Research Symposium (oral presentations) 5 pm: Research manuscripts due (hard and electronic copies) |
| Thursday: | REU Interns depart |