ECOLOGY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT:
BIOSM 1610/MEFB (ZOOL) 674
dates: MAY 28 - JUNE 11, 2012
credits: 3 semester credits
total cost for CU/UNH students: $5,104 (includes room, board and tuition)
total cost for others: $5,932 (includes room, board and tuition)
Prerequisites: None.
This course is limited to 15 students who are either: a) matriculated students at Cornell, UNH or at any 4-year college or university; or b) incoming freshmen who will arrive at Cornell or UNH in fall 2012.
CALS Graduation requirement for Introductory Life Sciences/Biology
CALS Graduation requirement for Physical and Life Sciences
Core Course requirement for Biology majors
Ecology Course requirement for Science of Natural & Environmental Systems (SNES) majors
Introductory Biology Lecture requirement for Biology & Society majors
Required Biology course for Science of Earth Systems (SES) majors
Course description: Ecology and the Marine Environment is designed to introduce major concepts of ecology using examples from marine ecosystems. A fundamental knowledge of the relationship between organisms and their environments is critical to understand the intricacies of the natural world and solve environmental problems that confront us today. You will gain an understanding of: 1) major principles underlying the ways organisms interact with their physical and biological environments; 2) how complex ecological systems function; 3) approaches and tools employed in ecological research; and 4) application of ecological concepts to solving environmental problems and conserving biodiversity. We use a combination of lectures, discussions, laboratory and field exercises, and projects. Lectures highlight major points, often taking a different approach than the text, and providing examples from marine ecosystems. This course serves as the prerequisite for the paid Transect Internships offered in summer 2012.
Faculty:
Dr. Willy Bemis: Cornell University Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, and Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory
Dr.
Robin Hadlock Seeley: Cornell University; Assistant Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory
Dr. Hal Weeks, Cornell University; Assistant Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory
Dr. Jed Sparks: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Dr. Jan Factor: School of Natural and Social Science, Purchase College SUNY
Dr. Rick Zechman: California
State University, Fresno
