Restriction: Senior standing or higher; and permission of instructor.
Additional information: Students will need to provide an 8GB (or larger) thumb drive for data storage.
Teaches ENST students ecological sampling methods and applied spatial analysis skills. Students will work in small groups on research projects they develop and test during the semester. Students will develop a research hypothesis, test their hypothesis, display it visually in QGIS, and analyze it with appropriate statistical methods in QGIS and R Studio culminating in a final presentation.