9MWF
BIO 250
J.M.Sidie
J.M.Sidie
211 Thomas Hall
409-3000 x2287
jsidie@acad.ursinus.edu
office hours: 10MWF or by appointment
Required Texts:
Global Ecology in Human Perspective, Charles H.Southwick 1997. Oxford University Press
State of the World, Lester R. Brown (editor) W.W.Norton & Company
Ecobeaker 1.0 - Ecological Simulation, Eli Meir 1996 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Syllabus:
Aug
31 Introduction to Environmental Biology chap 1
Sep
2 Planet Earth 2
4 (Global Population and the Nitrogen Cycle)
7 The Biosphere 3
9 Ecosystem Ecology 4
11 (Chemical Ecology in Antarctic Seas)
14 Biogeochemical Cycles 5
16 Energy Flow and Trophic Structure 6
18 (Tadpole Communities)
21 Ecosystem Homeostasis, Succession and Stability 7
23 Human Impacts on Planet Earth 8
25 (Seamounts and the Ecology of Deep-Sea Fisheries)
28 Global Change,Development and Land Degradation 9,10
30 EXAM
Oct
2 (Shrimp Aquaculture and the Environment)
5 Desertification 11
7 Deforestation 12
9 (Can Sustainable Management Save Tropical Forests?)
12 Historical Aspects of Environmental Destruction 13
14 Population Biology 14
16 (Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems)
19 Human Populations 15
21 World Food Supplies 16
23 (Struggling to Raise Cropland Productivity)
26 Atmosphere,Weather,Climate 17
28 Air Pollution
30 (Is Combustion of Plastics Desirable)
Nov
2 Weather and Climate Change 18
4 EXAM
6 (Responding to the Threat of Climate Change)
9 Hydrologic Cycle
11 Water Pollution 19
13 (Recycling Organic Wastes)
16 Biodiversity 20
18 Earth's Resources
20 (Losing Strands in the Web of Life)
23 Energy I - Nonrenewable Energy Supplies
25 Thanksgiving Recess
27 Thanksgiving Recess
30 Energy II - Renewable Energy Supplies
Dec
2 Global Health Patterns 22
4 (The End of Cheap Oil)
7 Toxicology
9 Environmental Sustainability 25
11 Strategies for Sustainable Development
14 FINAL EXAM 9:00 AM
Grading:
Midterm Exam I 10%
Midterm Exam II 10%
Final Exam 20%
Friday Papers 20%
Semester Project 20%
Lab 20%