Restricted to seniors in the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science degree program. Work towards an understanding of the broader literature on a topic, identify hypothesis of interest, design an experiment to test the hypothesis, develop a budget, and write a research proposal. For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged as needed. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Biology 373, 373L, and Environmental Science 121, with a grade of at least C- in each.