BIO 204 - Ecology

Credits: 4

This course is intended for anyone who is interested in the world around them. Ecology should be a part of liberal education for it is essential that students who major in such diverse fields as economics, sociology, engineering, political sciences, history, and English have some basic understanding of ecology for the simple reason that it impacts their lives. The student will learn to appreciate or arrive at informed opinions on such highly politicized environmental issues as clean air and water, wetland preservation, endangered species, logging, ozone depletion, global warming, flood control, after obtaining a firm grounding in ecological concepts.

Theory: 3
Lab: 2
Prerequisites: Biology transfer majors must have completed BIO 114 and BIO 115 before admission to this class to complete their transfer sequence, or by permission of the instructor.