Freshwater Ecology

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Overview

Subject area

ENV

Catalog Number

3050

Course Title

Freshwater Ecology

Department(s)

Description

This course explores the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems with an emphasis on the interaction between the physiochemical environment and the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the organisms that inhabit them. All topics will include discussion of past and future human pressures on freshwater environments globally. (This course is cross-listed as BIO 3050. Students will receive credit for either ENV 3050 or BIO 3050, not both.) This course may be used as an elective within the Interdisciplinary Tier III Minor in Environmental Sustainability, or in the Tier III Minor in Natural Sciences.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Academic Progress Units

4

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

6

Requisites

034595

Course Schedule