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 Graduate Studies Calendar 2011-2012 Courses of Instruction Course Descriptions E Ecology ECOL
Ecology ECOL
ECOL 501 527 603 607 677 731
 

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Biological Sciences in the Faculty of Science.

Department Head - R.M.R. Barclay

†Limited amounts of non-scheduled class time involvement will be required for these courses.
 
Ecology 501       Ecological and Evolutionary Applications
A class project course in which students apply their understanding of ecological and evolutionary concepts and their analytical skills to investigate selected problems in detail. Project topics vary from year to year and will include fundamental and applied problems. Formal written and oral reports will be presented as a necessary component of the course.
Course Hours: H(0-3)
Prerequisite(s): Ecology 417, 425, 429 and completion of at least 12.5 full course equivalents.
Notes: Prior or concurrent completion of Biology 401, Ecology 419 and 439 are strongly recommended. Ecology 501 is intended to draw on experience gained throughout the Ecology program, and should be taken by students in the final year of the program.
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Ecology 527       Ecology of Fishes
The ecology of fishes with an emphasis on freshwater systems. Fish will be used as models for examining ecological principles and theory at various levels of organization including physiological, behavioural, population and community ecology. Topics covered include: morphology, systematics, foraging, bioenergetics, life history strategies, population dynamics and the role of fish in aquatic food webs.
Course Hours: H(3-1T)
Prerequisite(s): Biology 313, and one of Ecology 417 or Zoology 477.02.
Notes: Offered during even-odd dated academic years.
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Graduate Courses

Enrolment in any graduate course requires consent of the Department.

Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599. 600-level courses are available with permission to undergraduate students in the final year of their programs.
 
Ecology 603       Advanced Behavioural Ecology
Current problems and recent research in areas of particular significance. Topics will vary from year to year.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Notes: Offered during even-odd dated academic years.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Ecology 607       Limnology and Oceanography
Lectures, seminars and projects in the areas of limnology, aquatic ecology and oceanography.
Course Hours: H(0-6)
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Ecology 677       Advanced Population Ecology
The theory and practice of the study of populations, methods of population estimation, factors affecting populations, and systems approaches to the modelling of populations.
Course Hours: H(0-6)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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Ecology 731       Advanced Plant Ecology
Current problems and recent research in areas of particular significance. Topics will vary from year to year.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
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