Sample Class Syllabus

2016 Training Syllabus

DATE                       PRESENTATION

     Classroom Training

18-Feb      Introduction
                 VMS log on and access
                 Naturalists take-home journal-take home with instr.
                 Risk Management
                 Eco-concepts

25-Feb      Lake Ecology/stream ecology

                 Aquatic Ecology

                 Herpetology

27-Feb      Dendrology

                 Mammalogy

                 Entomology

                 Forest Management (Online) classroom check-in

5-Mar       Ichthyology

                 Geology Soil Geomorphology

                 Environmental Presentations

                 Projects/regulations

                 Ornithology

10-Mar     Plant Id and Taxonomy

                 Naming/Nomenclature

                 Weather (Online) classroom check-in

                 Submit Journal

                 Submit Naturalist report

           Field Training

19-Mar     Geology & Soils

                 Stream ecology

2-Apr      Birds and insects

                Dendrology

                Wildflower

9-Apr      Field practical exercise

April 23 or 30   Graduation

*SUBJECT TO CHANGE