Interrelationships among organisms and their environments.
Student Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Describe in general terms the concepts of ecology and ecosystem science and how these relate to other sciences.
- Define "system" and understand what attributes are required for a system to be a system.
- Locate and describe boundaries of ecosystems of different scales in space.
- Identify and describe factors that separate one ecosystem from another across landscapes.
- Discuss the major physical factors that determine the geographic locations of biomes.
- Explain why those ecosystems exist where they do.
- Apply these outcomes to student's life experiences
This course meets the All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) requirements for Biological/Physical Sciences (Category 3A) and is approved under gtPathways in the content area of Natural and Physical Sciences without Lab (GT-SC2).
Prerequisite
Three credits of 100-level biology or HORT 100 (Horticultural Science); three credits of 100-level mathematics; Credit allowed for only one of the following: LAND 220, LIFE 220, LIFE 320, SOCR 220
Textbooks and Materials
Please check the
CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the
CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.
