Course Description
Builds on lecture themes of population structure and dynamics, community organization and classification, and ecosystem nutrient and energy flows.
Athena Title
Ecology Honors Laboratory
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ECOL 3500L, FANR 3200L
Prerequisite
[(BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (BIOL 2108H and BIOL 2108L)] and [(CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1311H and CHEM 1311L)] and permission of Honors
Corequisite
ECOL 3505H
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will understand how to observe the natural world, develop scientific writing, and provide practice formulating hypotheses about how and why things occur in nature and testing those hypotheses using data.
- Students will understand how to reinforce ecological principles learned in lecture.
- Students will understand how to communicate scientific knowledge and findings through writing.
- Students will understand how to design and implement ecological studies.
- Students will understand how to experience the benefits of collaboration and teamwork in science.
Topical Outline
- Ecological observations
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Science of team science
- Experimental design
- Scientific writing and communication
- Trophic dynamics
- Stream ecology
- Population ecology
- Forest ecology
- Macrosystems ecology
