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.