EVPP 442: Urban Ecosystems and Processes

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 4

Provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities that urban environments present to the plants and animals inhabiting cities and the ways that those organisms and entire ecosystems respond. Includes ecosystem ecology for engineered ecosystems, along with reviews of urban metabolism, energy budgets, water cycles, and soil ecology. Students design and conduct a small-scale green infrastructure experiment/project on campus. Equivalent to BIOL 442.
Recommended Corequisite: Prereqs: CHEM 211 and CHEM 213; MATH 113 or equivalent; BIOL 308 or EVPP 301; PHYS 243 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Laboratory, Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.