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| BIOL 28600 - Introduction To Ecology And Evolution |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Evolutionary processes and ecological principles associated with individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Topics include genetic drift, natural selection, adaptation, life tables, population dynamics, competition, predation, biodiversity, and ecological stability, with emphasis on natural systems. Typically offered Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Biological Sciences Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students demonstrate subject-matter competency, including the mastery of biological theories. 2. Students demonstrate proficiency with professional skills needed by practicing biologists, including experimental design and execution, biological techniques, data collection and documentation, communication of results, and responsible conduct of science. 3. Students demonstrate the ability to discuss ethical issues in the application of biological sciences, and the impact of science on society. 4. Students demonstrate skills in critical thinking. These skills include understanding scientific methods, solving biology-related problems, interpreting and analyzing primary literature in biology, and interpreting data in a meaningful way. 5. Students demonstrate knowledge of the path leading to specific careers in biology. 6. Students will understand how biochemistry contributes to improvements in human health, industry, and broader scientific understanding. 7. Energy: Students will understand the principles of how energy is obtained, stored and used in biological processes. 8. Scope: graduates will understand the chemical and physical principles that govern biochemical and physiological processes. 9. Evolution: Students will understand the role of evolution of creating and modifying the macromolecular components of the cell, and in creating biological complexity and variability. 10. Scope: graduates will understand how chemical and biochemical processes relate to biological function at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and higher levels. 11. Students demonstrate subject-matter competency, including the mastery of biological theories. 12. Students demonstrate proficiency with professional skills needed by practicing biologists, including experimental design and execution, biological techniques, data collection and documentation, communication of results, and responsible conduct of science. 13. Students demonstrate the ability to discuss ethical issues in the application of biological sciences, and the impact of science on society. 14. Students demonstrate skills in critical thinking. These skills include understanding scientific methods, solving biology-related problems, interpreting and analyzing primary literature in biology, and interpreting data in a meaningful way. 15. Students demonstrate knowledge of the path leading to specific careers in biology. 16. Students demonstrate subject-matter competency, including the mastery of biological theories. 17. Students demonstrate proficiency with professional skills needed by practicing biologists, including experimental design and execution, biological techniques, data collection and documentation, communication of results, and responsible conduct of science. 18. Students demonstrate the ability to discuss ethical issues in the application of biological sciences, and the impact of science on society. 19. Students demonstrate skills in critical thinking. These skills include understanding scientific methods, solving biology-related problems, interpreting and analyzing primary literature in biology, and interpreting data in a meaningful way. 20. Students demonstrate knowledge of the path leading to specific careers in biology. 21. Students will understand ways in which organisms interact ecologically with each other and their environment. 22. Students will understand how evolutionary forces influence organisms to produce adaptations. 23. Students will acquire knowledge of the ways in which animals communicate with each other. 24. Students will exhibit proficiency in population and community ecology, animal behavior, and evolutionary mechanisms. 25. Students will exhibit proficiency in population and quantitative genetics. 26. Students will be familiar with taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships among organisms. 27. Students can extend basic ecological principles to species and ecosystem conservation. 28. Students will experience working with organisms in natural settings. 29. Students will learn to efficiently communicate scientific information or results from biological investigations using both oral and written methods. 30. Students will use and understand the scientific method, including how to generate hypotheses and predictions, develop an experimental design, collect data, statistically analyze data, and interpret results. 31. Students will be familiar with taxonomic, ecological, and phylogenetic relationships among microorganisms including biogeochemical nutrient cycling, microbial diversity, and the biotechnological application of microbes to address environmental and energy problems. 32. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of how evolutionary forces impact and shape microbial function and activity. 33. Students will be able to efficiently communicate scientific information or results from biological investigations using both oral and written methods. 34. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method including hypothesis generation and testing, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. |
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