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BI 233 - Ecology

Credits: 4

Ecology is the scientific study of the connections and interactions among organisms and the environments in which they live. In this course, students will use the scientific method to investigate ecological phenomena across lecture and laboratory activities. Students will enhance their scientific literacy by researching, reading, writing, and presenting scientific literature. Laboratory activities will include training in field methods for data collection as well as the statistical analysis and interpretation of those data. Lecture and laboratory investigations will be focused in hypothesis testing for the purpose of understanding ecological mechanisms and scientific operations at large.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
Prerequisite: BI 121

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Develop an understanding of the following topics as well as have the capacity to:
    • Describe biodiversity across its hierarchical organization.
    • Explain connections between life and the physical environment.
    • Apply, explain, and interpret ecological models.
    • Describe ecosystem, community, population, & species level dynamics.
    • Apply and interpret introductory parametric statistics (e.g., student’s t-test).
  • Develop and test hypotheses using the scientific method.
  • Discuss the primary literature.
Notes
Students with a major or minor in Biology may take this course instead of ES 100. This course is open to science majors or minors.


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