BIO
115: Environment and Society Taught
Spring Semesters
3 credits
Current and anticipated ecological problems of societal importance
and the basic scientific principles required for informed understanding
and assessment of these issues by the non-scientist.
BIO
428/GOL 428: Capstone Seminar in Environmental Science Taught Spring Semesters
(co-taught with Hank
Mullins of Earth Sciences), 011 HGL
3 credits
Seminar for students following the Environmental
Science curriculum within Biology or Earth Science.
Students will work together to critically evaluate and propose
solutions to current environmental problems using a combination
of reading, class discussion, written analyses and oral presentations.
Senior status in Environmental Science curriculum in Biology
or Earth Science.
BIO 688: Readings in Biodiversity Taught
Spring Semesters (co-taught with Doug
Frank of Biology)
1
credit
A
graduate seminar course examining the theoretical mechanisms
controlling biodiversity in which different students will discuss
papers each week. Topics covered include species interactions
and co-existence, habitat fragmentation, disturbance, species-area
relations and biogeographical patterns of species richness of
organisms from microbes to large mammals.
