BI 233 - Ecology

1. Develop an understanding of the following topics as well as have the capacity to:
   o Describe biodiversity across its hierarchical organization
   o Explain connections between life and the physical environment
   o Apply, explain, and interpret ecological models
   o Describe ecosystem, community, population, & species level dynamics
   o Apply and interpret introductory parametric statistics (e.g., student’s t-test)
2. Develop and test hypotheses using the scientific method
3. Discuss the primary literature