Section Info: BIOL-223-01

Course Title: Ecology with Laboratory
Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Description: This ecology course will cover the fundamental factors controlling the distribution and abundance of organisms, including interactions with the abiotic environment, fitness and natural selection, population growth and dynamics, species interactions, community dynamics, and diversity. We will address variation across space and time. The course will combine observational, experimental, and mathematical approaches to some of the applications of ecological theory, including conservation, disease dynamics, and biological control.
Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Martha Hoopes             mhoopes@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   Lecture   Monday, Wednesday and Friday   10:00AM - 11:15AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: BIOL-145 or BIOL-160 and at least one semester of Calculus or Statistics. Take previously   Required  
Coreq: BIOL-223L. Take concurrently   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
BIOL-223 and/or BIOL-226 must be taken for the Biology major.  
Course Tags        
NXDTA0001   NXDTA: Nexus in Data Analytics and Society   This course is approved for the Data Analytics  
ENVST-NS   ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science   This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area.  
DATA0003   DATA-SE: Data Science Elective Course   This course is an elective option for the Data Science major.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 44     Enrollment: 44     Available: 0     Waitlist: 2
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.