ECOL 1250 — - Ecology
Prerequisite: Placement determined by a minimum entry assessment score in reading and completion of MATH 0250 Math Concepts or an equivalent assessment score. Corequisite: none This course covers ecological concepts including physical factors of organisms, population regulation and interactions, nutrient cycling and energy flow, as well as community change and succession. Students will learn and apply ecological concepts to terrestrial ecoregions and aquatic environments to gain understanding of ecosystem function and implications for human use and management decisions. Natural and human disturbances of ecosystems and the concept of sustainability will also be within the concepts of ecology. The major biomes will be explored in relationship to these concepts, with an emphasis on regional ecosystems. Transfer Curriculum Goal(s): 3, 10