ECOL 4240 - Physiological Ecology

This is a very hands-on, informal class with a focus on understanding how ecologists utilize concepts in animal physiology to address ecological questions. The labs provide exposure to the many types of approaches to studying physiology, both in invertebrates and vertebrates. Most labs involve working with live critters, including butterflies, spiders, crayfish, caterpillars, beetles and sometimes birds. In labs we perform simple experiments to collect data, which we examine using basic statistics in the lab.

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Ecology 1000 - The Ecological Basis for Environmental Issues

This is a class designed for non-ecology majors and we cover topics such as human population growth, agriculture and food, biodiversity conservation and animal adaptations. Typically, I teach this class on Monday afternoons, but I sometimes teach it in a summer session. Regardless of the student's major (dance, physics or theatre), the issues and material in the class are all relevant to everyone who lives on this planet.

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I've been told this is a good class - below is a message I got from a Georgia football player after one summer session class.

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"I really enjoyed your class this summer, and I learned a lot. I am not usually very good at science or understand it all that well, but you made me excited to come to class and taught me a lot."

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