Fall/Coordinated Study
Faculty: Nalini M. Nadkarni, Susan Aurand
Enrollment: 50
Prerequisites: Junior standing; 1 yr of ecology/natural history coursework, desire to learn drawing skills
Faculty Signature: Yes, submit one-page letter outlining: 1) relevant course/programs, b) work/internship experience, c) reasons for taking the program, and d) 2 references - preferably TESC faculty - to either faculty Convenor by May 7, 1999.
Special Expenses: Approximately $220 for overnight field trip and art supplies
Part-Time Options: No
Internship Possibilities: No
Additional Course Allowed: No
Travel Component: In-state field trips

Temperate rainforests are a poorly understood and highly valued ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest and other parts of the world. They support a complex and interconnected web of life that encompasses a tremendous diversity of biota, including humans. In Temperate Rainforests, we will learn about ways of understanding these ecosystems using a variety of contemporary approaches in ecology and natural history, and drawing. Our focus will be on the ecology and aesthetics of rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula. We will also examine how temperate rainforests have been understood through art, particularly of the native cultures of the forest. We will make our own images expressing our understanding of and relationships to the forest. Students will undertake an independent study project that which combines science and art. The program will go on an extended field trip to the Olympics to study biological and aesthetic aspects of temperate rainforests.

Credit awarded for: forest ecology*; drawing; natural history; and art history/aesthetics
Program preparatory for careers and future study in forest ecology, arts, and humanities

* upper division credit