BIOL 5533

Ecological Methods

This course introduces graduate students to the theory, tools and techniques used to evaluate ecological communities.   The course is experiment based and gives students hands-on experience in field methods, statistical analyses, literature searches and scientific report writing.   Experiments cover habitat assessments, aquatic and terrestrial sampling, water quality analysis, species diversity, vegetation analysis and mark-recapture sampling.  On-campus and off-campus field work is required.

BIOL 5533 is an elective course for graduate BIOL majors and  ENSC-Biol majors.  Prior completion of an ecology course is highly recommended. 

BIOL 5533 is offered once per year in the summer or fall term.

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BIOL 5533   Fall 2010 syllabus         Fall 2010 schedule grid

BIOL 5533    Other course materials

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