BIOL 315 - Natural Resources

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23NS, 23RE
Other Course Attribute(s): LASC, LAUP, SCIE

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100
In this course, student will explore vital natural resources that are provided by ecosystems (e.g., water, food, energy, soil, and wood products). The course will culminate in plans to sustainably manage those natural resources.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

List natural resources that ecosystems provide.
Explain how ecosystems produce these resources.
Analyze and evaluate how humans use these resources.
Synthesize plans to sustainably manage these resources.
Demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling.
Demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.
clearly articulate an issue or problem;
identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work;
acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias;
develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions.

Repeatable: No
CIP Code: 261305