NIPISSING UNIVERSITY BIOLOGY COURSES
(consider pre-requisites!)
BIOL 2446 Principles of Ecology
Prerequisite: BIOL 1007
Hours: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week for one term.
Credits: 3
Description:
This course is an introduction to the study of the interaction of organisms and the environment.
Topics include physiological ecology, population ecology, ecosystem processes, and life history
strategies. An emphasis is placed on selected terrestrial, wetland and aquatic environments.
BIOL 3007 Environmental Issues in Forestry
Prerequisite: BIOL 2446
Antirequisite: ENSC 3007
Hours: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week for one term.
Credits: 3
Description:
This course will introduce the student to forest ecology with an emphasis on the autoecology of
important organisms; the structure, function and diversity of communities and ecosystems;
responses of organisms and ecosystems to stress and disturbance; and the management of
forest resources from an ecological perspective. Mandatory weekend field trip(s) will be
conducted early in the semester.
BIOL 4437 Landscape Ecology
Prerequisite: BIOL 2446
Hours: Three hours of lecture per week for one term.
Credits: 3
Description:
This course will explore aspects of ecology and management that are applicable at the highest
levels of biological organization and over large spatial extents. Students will consider key
concepts including scale, spatial pattern and modeling through the examination of landscape
level themes such as land use, forest management, habitat fragmentation, global environmental
change, disturbance, biodiversity and conservation.
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BIOL 4506 Special Topics in Applied Ecology
Prerequisite: Restricted to students in the third or fourth year of the Honours Biology or
Environmental Biology and Technology programs.
Hours: Three hours of lecture per week for one term.
Credits: 3
Description:
This lecture/seminar course will examine a specific topic or theme in applied ecology (e.g.
restoration ecology, forest ecology, or global environment change), with an emphasis on relating
ecological and management issues.
BIOL 4607 Environmental Biology Seminar
Prerequisite: Restricted to students in the third or fourth year of the Honours Biology or
Environmental Biology and Technology programs.
Hours: Three hours of lecture per week for one term.
Credits: 3
Description:
In this seminar course, students will critically evaluate topics in environmental biology and
ecology from the current research literature, and present seminars on their preliminary honours
thesis results as well as on topics outside their thesis area.
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