BIOL 303 - Principles of Ecology Lecture

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: BIOL 102-BIOL 103 and CHEM 151-CHEM 152
Corequisite: BIOL 304
Description: This course examines theories (including a variety of mathematical, verbal, and graphical models of important ecological processes) and natural history. The student explores: 1) various questions (in a broad sense) asked by ecologists and 2) the theories and models from which hypotheses are suggested to answer the questions. Specific ecological studies are used to illustrate what has been learned about the natural world. Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Offered Fall semester, annually.