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• PHYS 2610: University Physics II Lab

  1.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the laboratory which accompanies the second course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics. Topics will include principles of current flow, electrical potential, electromagnetic and electrostatic fields, and optics.
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• PLE 2402: Principles of Ecology

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Examines the interaction of organisms and their biotic and abiotic environment, population dynamics and interactions, community structure and function, and ecosystem energetics and biogeochemistry. Two lecture and three laboratory hours weekly. Prerequisites: Completion of BIOL 156 and 166 and sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Offered Fall and Spring, annually.
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• PLE 4405: Ecological Applications

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Case history approach to the analysis and possible resolution of both terrestrial and aquatic environmental problems. Students analyze problems from a number of perspectives, including the biological, in an assessment of the problem. Incorporates sample design, cost considerations, data collection, and analysis into the assessment. Overall assessment of problems and possible resolutions will be conveyed both orally and in a written format. Intended as a capstone for students in the Applied Ecology Program, but appropriate for other students who meet prerequisites. Satisfies the writing intensive and second values flags of the university general education requirements.
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• PLE 4410: Field Meth in Environ Biol

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A field-based course designed to give students hands-on experience in the various methods needed in environmental studies. The course will focus on the environmental assessment of terrestrial and aquatic habitats and the impacts of perturbations on flora, fauna, and natural landscapes. Summer, on demand.
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• PLE 4420: Forest Ecology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course concerns the study of the ecology, management, and conservation of forest ecosystems focusing on the eastern deciduous forest biome. Overnight field trips will be taken to study the major regional forest types
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• PLE 4422: Wildlife Management

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A brief review of wildlife conservation will be followed by a review of ecological principles including population ecology. Application of these principles in management of wetlands, farmlands, range lands and forest lands for wildlife precedes more specialized aspects such as exotic, urban, nongame, and endangered wildlife programs.
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• PLE 4427: Field Botany

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Field-based course emphasizing the identification and natural history of common vascular plants native to western Pennsylvania and methods used to study them. Course will be taught at a time when the spring flora is conspicuous.
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• PLE 4473: Freshwater Ecology

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Field-oriented study of the physics, chemistry, and biology of standing and flowing inland waters. Prerequisite: Completion of two semesters of introductory biology or permission of instructor.
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• PLE 4475: Wetland Ecology

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Wetlands are an important transitional habitat from terrestrial to aquatic systems. They provide services that are critical to the health and functioning of the ecosystem, but in many ways wetlands defy easy definition. This class will investigate the different types of wetlands, the properties that define wetlands, the benefits they supply to the ecosystem and society, and the history and present status of ecosystem management.
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• PLE 4482: Behavioral Ecology

  4.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Behavior is studied from an evolutionary and ecological perspective. Current models of foraging, mating and social behavior are evaluated through lecture, readings, observations and experiments. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory.
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