Ecology

  • Understand the relationships between and among key ecology concepts
  • Use quantitative reasoning and skills to address issues in ecology
  • To appreciate and articulate the value of biodiversity and ecosystem services to sustain human welfare
  • Connect ecology to other disciplines
  • Understand the relationship between ecology and society
  • To understand how natural and anthropogenic variation across scales influence biological patterns
  • Apply the scientific method to test ecological concepts
  • Work effectively in a collaborative team environment

Expectations

Students will review and comprehend the readings, attend all classes, and participate in class and lab discussion and activities. Students are expected to put the reading and writing for this course as a high priority for this semester. I as the instructor will provide a schedule and framework of activities and assessment but students have the ultimate responsibility for learning in this course!

Assignments and Class Details (link)

Tentative Lecture, Readings, and Laboratory Schedule (Link)