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<br /> <br /> <br />The RMBL Curriculum <br /> <br />Lf'ft . - - Biological SJKTiuwus arc:-- <br />a.s imp.onant a t(";)rhinK r(':j.OUIT(' <br />0'1:5 t('Xtbook~. eq uipm{,"llt, -m- lJll- <br />di~ mlwd hahitat:,;. Kathy Smi. h <br />worb wtth IJ.<'lll of the RMH I. <br />iuSC'{:trolk-(:ltoll. <br /> <br />Rocky Mountain lliolo,!{lcal l.aboTaroTY has never !'iUC- <br />cmnhcd to the mistaken, if widely held. view that .f{00:<l <br />scien l ific I'csca reh and ,r;:oo-d teac hing arc a ntlt het i<:..I. The <br />rcsl'arcner may he powerfully :stimulated hy the nCt'd to ex- <br />plain his OT her work w encrJ;N Ie I inq u i ri ng- sl utlen ~.'l. Thc.'lc <br />newcomers ! 0 biology may in Hlrn be i nspi rcd and CllCOU r~ <br />aged by the armosplw[{" of t.';I{ci1cmCnl and growiul{ i nS~Rlu <br />which :s.unounds the carrying out of imponant research. <br />The ilHcnningling of cour.s.cwork and research acti'l,litil~s <br />here is .. pl"{':,;cnt sl Tengl h and has pOlen I ia! for ru rt her <br />growlh. <br />. rhe ]~.. bora lory opera! t's il :seven-week course- session, in <br />which :students can Carn :,;ix scmcslc-r }lours' c:redil_ tLc;.uaUy, <br />f 0\1 r 01' five t h rec. hOll r cou rscs a re offered; t \\10 of ! ht'S('" eml - <br />:nitutc a standard program, Course wries, which val y from <br />su mn WI- to S1I mmcr, empll..size I he biology of I h c :5-~U romul- <br />i ng a r{"3 S, 0 r rei (l led t hC'Orct ieal and concepl ua I to pks. <br />Whatever the material, :;;matl class SilCS (r...rdy mOT(~ than <br />fOll r tec n st udcms pCT d ass) ,I lid d i ree t st uden l (:onlac: I wi th <br />the living nr-atUl'es and communities di~cussr.d g-ivc ... scu:sc- <br />of reality 10 karning which can seldom b~ achicwd -in the <br />usual academic. year -r:am r Ll S cont {"xt, Courses ill f{Tcn t <br />yeaTS h av{' :strcssed :liem i - j n dcpcndcn l projC(: t wnrk by in- <br />d ividu a Is or by sm ,Ill ! cams of Sl udc IUs as j 11lcgml p.1 rt.s. of <br />nonnal assigned work. <br />A noteworthy feature- of Ihe [.ahoraEol-Y's; edu[''''lional <br />philosophy is thc ('nt'oura~('meJlt of studClltS lo lake anive <br />rolN in thd.. own cdu(:ation_ Inlensc s-tu<ly of summari:;rcd <br />knowledge in imroduclOfY cour:iCwork. while Iwe<-'SSary, Gin <br />foster passivity by overwhelming .sllHlcUlS with the d<"tail of <br />wJwt is already known. Project work in com'Sf'S is one- way <br />w f050rer suulr.-Huj.' rcali7.ation lhat far mort' is yet unknown, <br />and that thcy can dcvelop the skms lO probe lh..1 unknown. <br />Anoth('r is full.timc independent research work with the <br />ad\'icc of .1 senior researcher. RMU I. hilS a long-:stOlnding <br />tradition of cncouragiug qualified umtergraduat(';'; to strollg, <br />active involv{"mem in Tes.carch. Thi5 COIll powerfully aCCc!CT- <br />ale stud(,lHS' developmelH of intrH('ctu~1 ~uhiative and <br />ma t u r~ 1 r. Som-c II ndf' rgrad u a tr rc,'\ca reh pro jt~cl:r; produce <br />1m port ant M:-ien [i fie resu hs. N('3 riyal' of l hem prod ucc <br />grcalcT c-onfidenct' and 5C'lf-tlircrlion in the mind:,; of the- <br />participants. <br /> <br />Ik-fo........ t..-.-r! John II..rt('-, of <br />tlw Uniwrsity of (;~lirorl1ia. <br />holtl~ ;1Il outdoor UUOl ial with <br />In-a ~tml('uls rrflEll the- A(h'anc('d <br />POjlul.atiml Iliotllgy ..OU'fSC'. <br />