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Dec 07, 2025
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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BIO 2700 - Ecology
Credits: 4
This majors-level course serves as a deep inquiry of important ecological topics. Review, analyses, and discussion of primary scientific literature is a core of this course. Dynamic processes in populations, communities, and ecosystems are reviewed and investigated in both lab and lecture. Sub-topics include ecosystem characteristics and adaptations, biodiversity, genetics, speciation, trophic interactions, biogeochemical cycling, community energetics, conservation biology, and local/global ecological issues. Outdoor field laboratory studies are required. Problem- solving, scientific communication, and exposure to fine-scale ecological research techniques and applied statistics are stressed. Field labs provide context on topics covered in lecture and may include: physical constraints, population dynamics, competition, species interactions, habitat classification, community structure analysis, animal behavior, and conservation biology. The use of computers and Blackboard are integral aspects of the course.
Prerequisite: BIO 1210 and ENG 1010 , and MATH 1200 all with a C or better.
Elective Code(s): LART, SCI
Course Fees: Supplemental Course Fee Level 2
Previous BIO* 270
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