BIOL 2220      General Ecology



Credits:   3.0

Formats:   Classroom

Prerequisites:   BIOL 1610 and 1615 or instructor permission

Course Description:

A course for applied and pure pre-plant sciences, biology, environmental hazardous materials technology, environmental sciences, natural resources, park naturalist, plant geography, range science, soil science, wildlife, weed control technology, and animal science majors.  Teaches students the nature and development of Utah, United States, and world communities and their relations to the environmental factors controlling them.  Covers organisms and their geographical distribution, interorganismic interactions, and speciation.
Teaches ecological methods of study in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.  This course prepares students to either enter the work force, summer employment or transfer into a bachelor's degree program.

Concurrent enrollment in lab section required.