ES220

Natural Science (NS), Technology-Intensive

The diversity of life - the result of evolutionary and ecological processes - is a primary focus of environmental studies. In order to understand humans' effects on other species, ecosystems, and evolutionary and ecological processes and interactions, a deep knowledge of those entities and processes is critical. This course takes an interdisciplinary, theoretical approach to the evolution and ecology of human - environmental dynamics, including species concepts and speciation, extinction, conservation of biodiversity, political ecology, evolutionary ecology, the human dimensions of global change, demography, biogeography, human and non-human population ecology, and the status of evolutionary theory in the current political arena. Three lecture and four lab hours per week (students must register for both lecture and lab sections). Prerequisites: Chemistry (ES 108 or CHEM 115) and Statistics (MATH 150 or ECON/BUSN/FIN 130 or BIOL 150 or PSYC 221 or SOAN 310).