2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

Courses of Instruction 277
permission. This is a pass-fail course in which students may earn credit for
providing tutorial services to peers. This opportunity is offered in conjunction
with the Learning Resource Center. The number of credits awarded is related to
the number of hours per week the student is able to dedicate to tutoring. This
course may be repeated in subsequent semesters for additional credits.
NAS 225 – Science Communication (3)
process. Scientists must strive to communicate their ideas with each other,
as well as across academic disciplines. This course will build a wide variety
NATURAL SCIENCES
NAS 300 Science Methods (3)
This course provides students
with an overview of select methodologies and skills necessary to conduct
collection and an introduction to tools for data analysis. Students are immersed
in the ways in which scientists pose questions (hypotheses) and how they go
about determining which types of data to collect and how to collect those data in
order to be able to support or refute their stated hypothesis. Students will then
endeavor, from choosing a research or monitoring topic all the way through the
analyses of data and preparation of their results. Students will enhance their
prepare them for upper-level coursework such as their Capstone course. A lab
fee is required for this course.
NAS 310 – Field Methods (4)
This course is offered only during
summer session, to provide an unparalleled opportunity to gain meaningful
both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. This course provides students with the
opportunity to learn methodologies and skills necessary to conduct ecological
species. Students are introduced to the ways in which ecologists pose questions
(hypotheses) and how they go about gathering the data needed to support