Center
for Ecology
Center
for Ecology
Courses
The following senior/graduate courses in ecology are offered at SIUC. Please contact the faculty member listed for details. Course descriptions are available either through the links provided, else from the relevant Departmental home page.
Primate behavior and ecology (ANTH 455c). Reichard. Socioecology of Apes (ANTH 581 seminar). Reichard.
Advanced Silviculture (FOR 510-2) Fall, even years. Groninger. Advanced Watershed Hydrology and Management (FOR 502) Spring, odd years. Williard. Disturbance Ecology (FOR 531-2) Fall, odd years. Ruffner. Forest Ecology Field Studies (FOR 454 2-8 credits). Occasionally in Summer over a ~2 week period. Zaczek. Forest Soils (FOR 452-2). Spring even years. Schoonover Forest Urban Ecosystems (FOR 415). Schoonover Historical Ecology of Landscapes (FOR 508-2). Fall, even years.Ruffner. Resource Inventory (FOR 451-2). Fall. Ruffner. Tree Physiology Concepts and Applications (FOR 504-2). Zaczek. Watershed Management Field Laboratory (FOR 429-2). Fall semester. Williard. Wildland Watershed Management (FOG 430-3). Fall. Williard. Wildland Hydrology (FOR 402-3). Spring even years. Williard.
Climatology (GEOG 431) Schoof. Geography of Organic Farming. (GEOG 490/521 & ERP 594). 3 credit seminar. Fall semester. Duram. Global Climate Change (GEOG 439) Therrell. Intro to Environmental Management (GEOG 320). Therrell. Population and the Environment (human population!) (GEOG 452-3). Spring, even years. Duram. US Environmental Policy (GEOG 426-3). Spring, odd years. Duram. Weather, Climate, and Society (GEOG 104). Therrell
Graduate Certificate in Plant Ecology. Gibson, coordinator. Graduate Seminar in Ecology (PLB589a-1). Fall and Spring. Various instructors. Ecology and Analysis of Biological Communities (PLB 444-4). Spring even years. Battaglia. Ecosystem Ecology (PLB 545). Baer. Grasslands Ecology (PLB 440-3). Fall. Gibson. Limnology (PLB 416, Cross-listed with ZOOL 415, see below). Fall semester. Wilhelm. Plant Ecophysiology (PLB 530-3). Spring odd years. Ebbs. Plant Population Ecology (PLB 452-4). Spring. Gibson. Plant Geography (PLB 450-2). Fall. Vitt. Plant-insect Interactions (PLB 435). Sipes. Restoration Ecology (PLB 443). Spring of Odd years. Baer. Wetland Plant Ecology. (PLB 445). Fall even years. Battaglia
Advanced Biostatistics (ZOOL 585Z + 582, 4 hours) Spring semester. Reeve. Advanced wetland ecology and management (ZOOL585-D). Eichholz. Analysis of vertebrate populations (ZOOL585). Eichholz. Biostatistics (ZOOL 585Z + 582, 4 hours) Fall semester. Reeve. Conservation Biology (ZOOL 410) Spring semester. Lips. Fish Ecology (ZOOL 485-3). Spring odd years. Garvey. Freshwater Invertebrates (ZOOL414) Fall semester. Whiles. Issues in Aquatic Ecology (ZOOL 458) Spring semester. Wilhelm. Limnology (ZOOL 415) Fall semester. Wilhelm. Stream Ecology (ZOOL 521) Spring semester. Whiles. Wildlife Biology Principles (ZOOL 468). Schauber.
Waterfowl ecology and Management (ZOOL462). Eichholz.
Tropical Field Studies
SIUC is a member of the Organiation for Tropical Studies, a non-profit consortium of 65 universities. SIUC students can apply to take course work through OTS. The campus representative is Dr. Karen Lips (Zool). The most relevant courses for SIUC students include:
Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach . 8 credits. Spring or summer.
Tropical Ecology & Conservation. 7 credits. Summer
Agroecology. 8 credits. Summer
Tropical Marine Ecology. Summer.
Ecology of amazonian ecosystems. 8 credits. Summer.
Tropical Plant systematics .6 credits. Summer.
Molecular Methods in tropical ecology. Summer.
SIUC / College of Science / Ecocourses
URL: http://www.science.siu.edu/ecology/ecocourses