Undergraduate Catalog

BIO-250 Introduction to Ecology

A biology elective course introducing the study of ecology. Students will learn the basics of field studies, the ecosystem, and the organisms that reside in it. The course will explore three different scales of ecological study: 1) organismal ecology, 2) population ecology, and 3) community ecology. Discussions of influential scientific journal articles will supplement the material introduced in lectures. Laboratory activities will provide demonstrations and numerical evidence of core ecological concepts.

Prerequisite

Take BIO-103