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 Department:    BIOL

 Course #:    224

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    260603

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Fundamental ecological principles through basic theory and applications.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a grade of "C" or higher (or placement into college-level English); and either placement into OR co-enrollment in OR completion of a college-level Math course with a grade of "C" or higher.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Understand complex ecological interactions among and between individuals and populations as well as between different life forms and their physical and chemical environments by understanding a few basic principles that governs these interactions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Introduction: Order of the natural world.
2. Autecology
3. Energy and materials in the ecosystem
4. Population ecology
5. Population interactions
6. Evolution ecology
7. Community ecology