General Ecology
General
Prefix
BIOL
Course Number
312
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Interactions between organisms and their organic and inorganic environment. Biomes, climate, populations, communities, biotic interactions, energy and nutrients, landscape and spatial ecology, biodiversity patterns. Lab.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Apply the scientific method to experimental problems in ecology.
Outcome
Calculate measures of population growth and biodiversity indices.
Outcome
Summarize principles of behavioral ecology, population ecology, community ecology and ecosystem ecology.
Outcome
Generate experimental hypotheses and carry out experiments, including correct data analysis and conclusions.
Outcome
Compare characteristics of aquatic and terrestrial environments, and explain the abiotic principles which determine those characteristics.
Outcome
Analyze the adaptations and responses living organisms have to their environment.
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