BIOL 2209 - General Ecology

• BIOL 1106  or equivalent

AND

• BIOL 1107  or consent of instructor

AND

• MATH 1114  or MATH 1200  

 
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: College level mathematics, reading, and writing

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 03: Natural Sciences

Additional fee to student: No

Learner Outcomes

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships of organisms with their environment at the level of the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere.
2. Develop proficiency with critical thinking skills to understand, evaluate, and analyze ecological processes and interactions.
3. Develop the ability to select an appropriate sampling method, plan a sampling regime, and apply relevant statistical tests to ecological data.
4. Formulate a hypothesis, devise an appropriate experimental design, practice sound data collection techniques, and apply relevant statistical tests in the process of ecological investigation.
5. Develop scientific communication skills, including organization, preparing drafts, editing written work, and revising formal scientific writing.
6. Develop proficiency with scholarly literature to read, interpret, discuss, incorporate, and cite information and ideas from primary scientific literature into writing and oral presentations.
7. Utilize and understand the value to a diverse human society of ecological modeling, monitoring, and restoration.

1. History and Development of Ecology as a Science
2. The Physical Environment
3. Adaptation and Natural Selection
4. Population Ecology: Properties and Growth
5. Life History and Intraspecific Population Regulation
6. Behavioral Ecology
7. Species Interactions
8. Community Ecology: Structure and Dynamics
9. Ecosystem Ecology: Energetics, Decomposition, Nutrient Cycles, and Biogeochemical Cycles
10. Patterns of Biological Diversity
11. Biogeography
12. Disturbance and Climate Change