Environmental Biology
Biology 105
Instructors:
Jerry G. Chmielewski, Dean M. DeNicola, Steven R. Strain
Objectives: This course for non-majors integrates the
introduction to ecological principles and concepts with an
examination of the biological basis of contemporary environmental
problems. Multiple sections of this course are offered in each of
the fall and spring semesters. A single section of this course is
typically offered in each of presession, and summer I.
Prerequisites: None
Credit
Value: 3
Contact
Time: Either
three 50 minute or two 75 minute lectures per week.
Outcomes:
The primary goal of this
course is to promote an awareness and understanding for the
biological basis of contemporary ecological problems. Upon the
successful completion of the course students should be able
to:
- identify contemporary
ecological problems
- explain the biological
basis for these problems
- justify mechanisms for
pollution control
- interrelate biotic and
abiotic factors in major ecosystems
- explain energy flow in
ecosystems
- apply the principles of
evolution to the human population in urban areas
- predict the possible
events that would occur to an uncontrolled increase in the human
population
- describe methods for
reducing the rate of human mortality
- list associated
environmental problems that result from stress
conditions
- explain nutrient flow in
ecosystems
- summarize the major characteristics
of Earth's biomes
Assessment:
- Term test one:
Questions will be comprehensive.
- Term test two:
Questions will be comprehensive but focussed toward lecture
material covered since the last term test.
- Term test three:
Questions will be comprehensive but focussed toward lecture
material covered since the last term test.
- Essay: Prepare a paper
in which you express your opinion relative to the federal
governments stand on environmental policy.
- Final examination:
Questions will be comprehensive.
- NOTE: Assessment format
and weighting may vary among instructors.
Lecture
Schedule:
- Introduction,
ecosystems and energy flow
- Ecosystems and
environmental change
- Nutrient
cycling
- Climate, Term test
one
- Biomes
- Population growth and
regulation
- Hydrologic cycle, water
pollution
- Term test two, water
pollution
- Managing aquatic
ecosystems
- Atmosphere, weather,
climate
- Air
pollution
- Air quality management,
term test three
- Resources of the earths
crust
- Waste management,
energy (fossil fuels)
- Energy (renewable),
endangered species
- Final
examination
- NOTE: Lecture sequence
may vary among instructors.
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