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| Course: BIO105 First Term: 2018 Fall
Final Term: Current
Final Term: 9999
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Lecture 4.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
Lab (zero credit) 0.0
Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s)
3.0 Load
Subject Type: AcademicLoad Formula: T - Lab Load |
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| 1. Analyze environmental information using the scientific method, statistics, and critical thinking. (I)
2. Perform investigations and report the results. (I) 3. Explain the concept of sustainability and its three interrelated components: ecological, economic, and social. (I) 4. Describe how the environment, working through evolutionary processes, has produced the diversity of species on the Earth. (II) 5. Discuss why biodiversity is essential for a healthy environment and how human activities affect biodiversity in both positive and negative ways. (II) 6. Explain the concepts of biogeochemical cycling and energy flow through ecosystems. (III) 7. Describe the methods used by ecologists to study populations, communities, and ecosystems. (III) 8. Describe the effects of various agricultural practices on soil, water, biodiversity, and animal welfare. (IV) 9. Recommend ways to reduce the production of solid waste, water pollution, and air pollution. (IV) 10. Assess the impacts of human activities on water resources and aquatic systems. (IV) 11. Discuss how human population growth and resource consumption affect the environment. (IV) 12. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of various sources of nonrenewable and renewable energy. (V) 13. Explain how humans contribute to global climate change and how climate change affects the earth`s ecosystems. (V) | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements. | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Outline | |||
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I. Foundational concepts in environmental biology
A. Process of scientific inquiry 1. Making observations 2. Developing hypotheses 3. Designing investigations 4. Collecting and analyzing data 5. Drawing conclusions 6. Communicating the results of an investigation B. Components of sustainability 1. Ecological sustainability 2. Economic sustainability 3. Social sustainability II. Evolution and biodiversity A. Evolution through natural selection B. Other evolutionary processes 1. Genetic drift 2. Gene flow 3. Mutation C. Speciation increases biodiversity D. Human impacts on biodiversity 1. Causes of species extinction 2. Efforts to preserve biodiversity III. Basic ecological principles A. Biogeochemical cycling 1. Water cycle 2. Carbon cycle 3. Nitrogen cycle B. Energy flow 1. Food chains and food webs 2. Trophic levels and energy pyramids C. Levels of ecological organization 1. Populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes 2. Methods of studying populations, communities, and ecosystems IV. Human impacts on the environment A. Environmental effects of agricultural practices B. Pollution and waste 1. Solid waste 2. Air pollution 3. Water pollution C. Effects of human activities on water resources D. Human population and resource consumption 1. Ecological footprints 2. Environmental problems are affected by population growth and resource consumption V. Energy and climate change A. Sources of energy 1. Nonrenewable sources 2. Renewable sources B. Global climate change 1. The greenhouse effect 2. Human activities that contribute to climate change a. Fossil fuel use b. Land use change 3. Effects of climate change on ecosystems | |||
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 22, 2018 | |||