Major topics include ecosystem dynamics, habitat assessment, pollution resource management and environmental restoration. Students must attend occasional scheduled field trips. Credit is not given for both BIO 107 and BIO 108. BIO 108 Ecosystems and the Environment Meets general education requirement in Science. Explore the activities of humans that influence the natural functioning of these Earth systems.
Study is global in scope and local in orientation.
Examine the interrelationships among science, technology, politics and history that govern past environmental policy, and consider how these disciplines will help shape the environment of the future. Credit is not given for both BIO 107 and BIO 108. Teaches basic principles of ecology in the classroom and the field. Discuss topics including the interrelationships between organisms and their environment and comparisons of ecosystems' structure and function. Fieldwork will include methods of sampling and identification of plants and animals within their habitats.