Course Syllabus : Contains information
on course goals, calendar, topics, and corresponding reading assignments.These notes provide an introduction to the material that will be discussed in BI301, Human Impacts on Ecosystems during winter term, 2013, and to course procedures. Notes on two of the topics that we'll discuss in the first lecture are included here as well (see "What is an ecosystem?" and "Causation in environmental sciences" near the bottom of this page.
Click on the following if you want detailed information on:
Course Syllabus : Contains information
on course goals, calendar, topics, and corresponding reading assignments.
Course Communications : Contains information
on how to communicate with me (Dr. Muir, course instructor), our Teaching Assistant, or
the rest of the class.
Navigate : Contains information on
how to move within and among these pages.
Material in this introduction is organized as follows (you can jump to any of the listed topics by clicking on the highlighted word or phrase):
Web Supplement (describes this supplement
in more detail, including rationale for its inclusion)
Readings (philosophy and requirements;
for a week-by-week list of readings, click Syllabus
)
Exams and quizzes (describes philosophy
and style; to see sample exams, click "Exams,"
here; for grading policy, click "Grading"
here).
Study guides (describes use of the
study guides; to see a listing of available study guides, click
"Contents" at the bottom of this page).
Topics for this term (brief discussion
of topics to be discussed; click "Contents" at the bottom
of this page for a full listing)
What is an ecosystem (describes ecosystems,
their properties, and services they provide)
Causation in environmental sciences
(discusses alternative levels of causation)
Relevant web links (provides some relevant
links to other Web resources, emphasizing general sources of environmental
and ecological information; additional links are provided from
within lecture notes)
(To continue scrolling through these notes for information on this web supplement, click the box labeled ">>" at the bottom of this page; to return to previous sections, click the box labeled "<<," and to return to the overall table of contents for the BI301 web site, click "CONTENTS." Click "Navigate," here for more information on moving within and among these documents.)
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