BIO 3550 - Urban Ecology

Credits: 4 (3 + 3)

Prerequisite(s): BIO 1080 and BIO 1090 or one semester of chemistry, physics, or earth science; or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.

Description: An analysis is made of the urban ecosystem and the factors involved: water, transportation, solid wastes, energy, land, political institutions, economics, social patterns, communications, recreation, shelter, nutrition, and population. Field trips to key environmental locations in the greater metropolitan Denver area and field trip reports are required.

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