Biodiversity and Global Change
Examines how global environmental change affects biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human well-being, applying ecological principles to evaluate solutions for environmental challenges.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.91 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify key aspects of climate change and other human-driven environmental changes across the globe in the Anthropocene
Evaluate the impacts of these changes on biological systems across scales of organization, including individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems
Explain the importance of feedbacks, interactions, non-linear responses, and irreversible changes in driving ecosystem responses to global change
Compare and contrast the values and services provided by biological diversity
Evaluate the role of biodiversity in mitigating or exacerbating the impacts of global environmental change, and in supporting human health and wellbeing
Critically interpret data and results from primary literature and apply this interpretation to supporting scientific arguments
Synthesize and critically evaluate scientific claims and hypotheses in global change biology using quantitative data analysis
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course map(BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 101,BOTANY/BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 151,BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130,ZOOLOGY 153,BIOCORE 381,GEOSCI/ATM OCN/ENVIR ST 102,ILS/ENVIR ST 126,GEOG/ENVIR ST 120, 127, or 139) and (MATH 112, 114, 171, or placement into MATH 221) or grad/prof standing
- BIOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 101
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 151
- BIOLOGY/BOTANY 130
- ZOOLOGY 153
- BIOCORE 381
- ATMOCN/ENVIRST/GEOSCI 102
- ENVIRST/ILS 126
- ENVIRST/GEOG 120
- ENVIRST/GEOG 127
- ENVIRST/GEOG 139
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.91 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).
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Topics
- Impact of global environmental change on biodiversity.
- Consequences for ecosystem function and human well-being.
- Species responses including migration, adaptation, and extinction.
- Ecosystem services and planetary health.
Skills
- Applying ecological principles to evaluate environmental solutions.
- Interpreting primary literature and supporting scientific arguments.
- Quantitative data analysis in global change biology.
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