This is an upper division course designed for juniors and seniors that already have completed some coursework in zoology and ecology. The course is structured as an examination of the factors that control the population dynamics of fishes. Students are introduced to the principles of fisheries science including the estimation of population metrics such as age, growth, mortality, and abundance, fish stock assessment, and fishery management strategies.
This course provides a general introduction to biodiversity of animals and plants and is designed primarily for freshman and sophmore students majoring in the biological sciences. It is a prerequisite for many upper division courses for Biology and Marine Biology majors. Lectures focus on basic concepts pertaining to the evolution of animal and plant diversity. A large part of the course is devoted to understanding how animals and plants are classified and the diversity of life. Lectures also cover the structure and function of major animal and plant systems.
This is a graduate-level course that evolved from an earlier course that I initially designed and co-taught with a faculty member from Math and Statistics during spring 2005. The course is designed for graduate students in the biological sciences as a conceptually based introduction to the principles of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and the basic linear models used in many statistical analyses. For most graduate students with little or no statistical background, this course should be the first statistics course taken as part of their graduate study.