BIOL 412 – Animal Behavior
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 or BIOL-108. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-412L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Topics within ecology and evolution combine as students examine the adaptive significance of behavior. Key concepts include altruism and selfishness, evolutionary stable strategies and game theory, coevolution in relation to predation and predator avoidance, […]
BIOL 400 – Fisheries Science and Management
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-106 BIOL-108 MATH-132. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: The relationship of fisheries to other natural resources; a survey of aquatic habitats and the characteristics of fish that affect their management; basic principles, practices, and techniques of management of freshwater fisheries.
BIOL 402 – Terrestrial Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-102. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-402L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, communities, and populations; relationships of organisms (including human beings) to their environments.
BIOL 318 – Tropical Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-318L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Principles of tropical ecology, plus individual research projects focusing on field techniques, biodiversity, and/or behavioral, population, or community ecology. Travel study course held at FMU and at WildSumaco Biological Station in Ecuador. The course incurs […]
BIOL 317 – Marine Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 or BIOL-108. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-317L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Structure and function of marine ecosystems, communities, and populations. Adaptations of marine organisms and their relationships to their environments will be examined. The ecology of coastal Carolina systems and animals will be emphasized. Credit […]
BIOL 411 – Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-102. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-411L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: General principles of ecology of individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems from an evolutionary perspective. The scientific method will be stressed.
BIOL 308 – Aquatic Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-102. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-308L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: An examination of the physical, chemical, and biological dynamics of standing and flowing freshwaters and how these dynamics affect the ecology of organisms.