Ecology is a field oriented science, but the principles behind the conclusions you draw from field observations require explanation. Lectures will prepare you to make tenable conclusions of patterns you see in nature. Understand and apply some major ecological concepts 2. Learning to ask questions in a way that allows one to obtain answers. Learning to see patterns in the field.
Pattern recognition is the ecologist s best tool.
Obtaining high quality, quantitative data. Understand the natural world at a deeper level. Total e.g., say you get 108 pts out of 122 on the first test. I will calculate your grade in this way, converting each score to a number out of the possible percent value. Therefore, in the end you will have a total score equal to or less than 100.