Field Study of California's Coast

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Explores the physical geography of California's southern and central coast by way of field trips to iconic and interesting beaches, estuaries, bluffs, dunes, and salt marshes combined with topical lectures and guest speakers. Field trips may involve visiting parks, restored ecosystems, government facilities, or urban areas. Issues of landscape management and human-environment interactions in the coastal zone will also be explored. Student projects will study a visited site, or one of their own interest, and investigate its environmental and human histories, modern dynamics, and/or future challenges.