Course format: Lectures (and weekly field trips): 9:30A-10:20A, MTW
and 9:30A-11:20A, R, JH A106.

Requirements: This is a non-majors course, but students w3ill be using
basic math skills.

Course description: Topic: The Science of Ecology and The Local
Natural Environment. Ecology deals with how organisms affect each
other and are effected by the environment. What determines the
diversity of species that are found in an area? What limits organisms'
population growth? Why do population sites of introduced species
explode? What happens when two species compete for the same resources?
Are humans' changes of the environment affecting how organisms live?
In this class, we will examine these and other questions in order to
learn about this new science. We will also test some ecological
theories in the campus forest during class periods. Students may
exchange some written work with each other for constructive criticism.
We will take on required field trip on Saturday, June 26.

Requried text: "Ecology: Concepts and Applications", third edition by
Manuel C. Molles, Jr.

Weekly assignments: TBA.

Exams/papers: TBA.