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Oct 15, 2024
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2018-2019 University Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BIOL 203 - Ecology Uses the study of ecology to explore the collaborative process of scientific research, the critical reading of primary literature, the design and implementation of experimental studies, quantitative skills, and the interpretation and communication of research results. Like in all 200-level courses, students focus on the “process” of exploring biology. Emphasizes the quantitative aspects of ecology by exploring concepts of population and community ecology including competition and predation, the use of diversity and community similarity indices, population regulation models, island biogeography, food web analysis, and community and ecosystem-level processes. In addition to textbook readings, students also read papers from the primary literature on topics covered in class.
Credits: 1.00 Corequisite: BIOL 203L Prerequisites: (BIOL 181 or BIOL 211) and (BIOL 182 or BIOL 212) Major/Minor Restrictions: None Class Restriction: No Senior Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Liberal Arts CORE: None
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