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PBIO 1090 - Americans and their Forests: Ecology, Conservation and History

Provides an understanding of modern forests encompassing both recent and long-term effects arising from natural and human causes. The pattern and character of forest utilization is interpreted in terms of varied cultural experiences in different regions and times.

Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Pillar: Natural Sciences
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM course: TMNS Natural Sciences
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain basic terminology, concepts and methods of plant ecology, landscape/ecosystem dynamics, and community structure using forest communities of North America as examples.
  • Students will be able to apply scientific methods of inquiry appropriate to landscape and ecosystem dynamics to gather and analyze data and draw evidence¿based conclusions about forest community structure in Ohio.
  • Students will be able to evaluate evidence-based scientific arguments about forest conservation and management in a logical fashion and distinguish between scientific and non¿scientific evidence and explanations.
  • Students will be able to communicate how observations of plant community dynamics (specifically the structure and dynamics of forest communities) are controlled by human activity in forests and how they have shaped human social and economic development.


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