I teach an online course in Ecological Literacy for the Interdisciplinary Perspectives the Environment program at the University of Oklahoma. (course numbers: IPE 3913.995 for summer 2015, IPE 3913.992 for Fall 2015) There are no prerequisites so I aim it at non-science majors, but it is academically rigorous. I get many humanities and IPE majors in the class and it makes for fantastic discussions. I cover systems thinking and then population, community, and ecosystem ecology. The main differences from a regular ecology course are that I skip autecology, I do not ask the students to do any math (although I do expect them, by the end of the course, to understand complicated graphs, conceptual models, and the significance of a few important equations), and, of course, there is no lab :(
Textbooks are: Thinking in Systems, A Primer. By Donella H. Meadows, 2008. Ecology, 3nd Ed., 2014. By Cain, Bowman, and Hacker. Animate Earth, Science, Intuition, and Gaia, 2nd Edition. By S. Harding, 2009. UIT Cambridge Ltd. (Yes, we critique this rigorously.) Resilience thinking, Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World, By B. Walker and D. Salt, 2006. Island Press. Rebecca A. Sherry Plant Ecologist rshe...@ou.edu -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Sandheinrich, Mark Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 8:10 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Online Ecology Courses? Colleagues, I'm looking for colleges and universities that are offering an Ecology course online this summer. I've found one or two, but am looking for additional options for a couple of students that need an ecology class to graduate in August. Thanks for your help. Regards, Mark Sandheinrich -- *Mark B. Sandheinrich* *Chair and **Professor, **Department of Biology* <http://www.uwlax.edu/biology/> *Director, * *River Studies Center <http://www.uwlax.edu/biology/rivercntr/>* *University of Wisconsin-La Crosse* *1725 State Street* *La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601, USA* *Office: 2036 Cowley Hall* *E-mail: msandheinr...@uwlax.edu <msandheinr...@uwlax.edu>* *Voice mail: (608) 785-8261*
