PRINCWLESOFECOLOGY - Florida Atlantic University
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYBoca FL-SPRING2017COURSE SYLLABUSPRINCWLESOFECOLOGYINSTRUCTOR: Dale Gawlik, Ph.D.Office: SC 271Telephone: (561) 297-333 3Office Hours: MW 11:30-12:30 pm or by appt.E-mail: osci/Course: PCB 4043-002-31358Credits: 3Time: T/TR 9:30-10:50Location: BU 120TEACHING ASSISTANT:BSC 1010/1010L and BSC 1011/1011L)PREREQUISISITES: 8 credits of General Biology aCOREQUISITES: NoneOnlineresourcesBlackboard for PCB 4043 and Mastering Biology program. Students should checktheBlackboard site at least weekly to keep current with changes in the course and to obtaincoursematerial. The web site contains the syllabus, lecture notes, handouts, and many useful links.It also offers students the oppot1unity to monitor their grades at any time. T he MasteringBiology program is from Person Education Inc. and available for free atwww.masteringbiology.com .Required materials to be secured by the student Text "Ecology: the Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance". 2009. C. J.Krebs. Sixth edition. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA. SimUText program, SimBiotic Software, Ithaca, NY. Purchase through FAU Bookstoreor direct from SimBio for 10. See Blackboard Atmouncements for purchaseinstructions. ! clicker. Mastering Biology program from Person Education Inc. Detailed login instructions willbe posted to Blackboard announcements.Course Description:A functional approach to the basic principles and concepts of modern ecology. Lecture and field trips
Course objectivesStudents that have completed the course should be able to:1. Recall the fundamental concepts of ecology.2. Justify the use of models in ecology.3. Differentiate between patterns and processes.4. Understand how ecology is relevant to the quality of human life and the sustainabilityof all living things on the planet.Course proceduresThe course will be taught with a mix of active and passive teaching techniques. Passivetechniques include traditional textbook material and lectures. Lectures will focus on selectedconcepts from the text as well as interesting case studies, some from my personal researchprogram. You must the know the lecture material thoroughly. Each week I will post onBlackboard an outline of my lecture notes the night before a given lecture. Students may chooseto bring the lecture notes to class and fill in the voids with their own notes. Material from thetext will be given as homework and covered on exams. In some cases I may ask students to readthe text or other assigned reading on their own rather than to cover it in lecture. Students will beexpected to complete homework assignments as assigned. The active teaching elements of thecourse are the SimUText computer model exercises and Mastering Biology E-assignmentsoutside of class, and the ! clicker questions and short peer to peer discussions during class.SimUText exercises: Each student is required to purchase the software and complete threeassignments individually. Instructions for purchasing the software are available in theAnnouncements on Blackboard. SimUText exercises are not a team assignment. Eachassignment requires the student to use a simulation model to explore the effects of various modelparameters, which illustrate concepts pn:st:ntt:d in class or in the text book. The first twoassignments, Understanding Population Growth Models and Isle Royale, each consist of 10online graded questions. The third assignment, Intermediate Disturbance, consists of 10 onlinegraded questions and an electronic repott submitted through Blackboard Safeassigtm1ent. Therep01i should have enough detail so that someone unfamiliar with the exercise could understandwhat was done and why. The rep01i should have a cover page with the course information,exercise title and date, student name, etc . The body of the report will be responses to thequestions in the SimUText Workbook, which can be printed or saved to a pdf when theSimUText software is opened. Detailed instructions on formatting will be available throughBlackboard under assignments. The teaching assistant will be available during scheduledsessions to instruct students on how to use simulation model software. The material in themodeling exercises will be covered in exams.Mastering Biology online E-assignments: Each student will be required to register at the websiteand complete 10 assignments. This software is free. E-assignments are not team assignments.Each assigt1111ent consists of about 10 online questions designed to illustrate concepts presentedin class, the text book, or in additional required online reading from the eText available throughMastering Biology. Assigm11ents are due Friday at midnight each week except during springbreak and the 5 weeks in which we have exams. Each of the 10 assignments is wotih 10 points.2
! clickers: ! clicker questions will be given daily during lectures. Some questions will begraded whereas others are to promote discussion or help me determine how well the classunderstands a concept. Five of the lowest scores on graded questions will be dropped from thecalculation of the final grade. Each student must REGISTER THEIR I CLI CKERTHROUGH BLACKBOARD BY JANUARY 20 to receive the points for registration. Simplyclick on the link in Tools (! Clicker remote registration) and enter your ID number. ! clickerquestions cannot be answered without the I clicker so students should bring the device to eachlecture. Because an impmtant value of an I clicker question is the instant response I get duringclass, answers written on paper will not be accepted. Likewise, it is not possible to make upquestions missed because of an absence. However, remember that I drop the lowest 5 I clickerscores. Please be mindful that sharing ! clickers among students or using another student's! clicker is a breach of academic integrity.Class participation: Active teaching techniques rely heavil y on student participation in discussionsand demonstrations. Even though the class size is large, student participation is stronglyencouraged. Each student brings to class their unique perspective on ecology. Sharing thesediverse views will add greatly to the course content and it is a good habit for any studentconsidering going on to graduate school. Students are expected to confom1 to FAU's attendancepolicy as described in the Undergraduate Catalog below.Students are expected to attend all of their scheduled University classes and tosatisfy all academic objectives as outlined by the instructor. The effect of absences upongrades is determined by the instructor, and the University reserves the right to deal at anytime with individual cases of non-attendance.Students are responsible for arranging to make up work missed because of legitimate classabsence, such as illness, family emergencies, military obligation, court-imposed legalobligations or participation in University- approved activities. Examples of Universityapproved reasons for absences include participating on an athletic or scholastic team, musicaland theatrical performances and debate activities. It is the student's responsibility to give theinstructor notice prior to any anticipated absences and within a reasonable amount of timeafter an unanticipated absence, ordinarily by the next scheduled class meeting. Instructorsmust allow each student who is absentfor a University-approved reason the opportw1ity to make up work missed without any reductionin the student's final course grade as a direct result of such absence.Time requirementsStudents that want to receive an A should expect to spend about 4-6 hours per week on thiscourse outside of class. Time should be allocated each week for reading the text, reviewinglecture notes, completing E-assignments, and working on simulation exercises.ExamsThere will be four multiple choice exams plus a comprehensive final exam. On test days,students are responsible for bringing a scantron sheet, pencil, and photo ID. No electronicdevices of any type are allowed. Exams will include material from the text book, lectures, andsimulation exercises. If the final exam score is higher than the lowest regular exam score, thefinal exam score will be substituted for the regular exam score. Because the final can substitutefor a test, there will be NO MAKE UP EXAMS. The instructor should be notified of a missedexam prior to the absence. The instructor must notified within 24 hours of the missed exam
period. If for some extraordinary reason a student misses more than one exam for excusedabsences, a makeup exam may be given in the testing center on reading day. Format will beshort answer and fill in the blank. Any doctor's note to be used for an excuse absence mustinclude a legibly written doctor' s name, address, and a contact name and number for verification.Code of Academic IntegrityStudents at Florida Atlantic University are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards.Dishonesty is considered a serious breach of these ethical standards, because it interferes withthe University mission to provide a high quality education in which no student enjoys an unfairadvantage over any other. Dishonesty is also destructive of the University community, which isgrounded in a system of mutual trust and places high value on personal integrity and individualresponsibility. Harsh penalties are associated with academic dishonesty. For more information,see http://www.fau.edu/ctl/4.001 Code of Academic Integrity.pdf4
Letters of referenceOne of the best measures of your performance in class is your fmal grade. Thus, I do not provideletters of reference based only on my knowledge of your class performance. I do provide lettersof reference for students I observe participating in research projects or other professionalactivities outside the classroom.Grading criteriaGrades will be based on a student's perfmmance on 13 course components, with each componentaccounting for a percentage of the grade and total points as follows:%of GradeMaximum(approximate) PossiblePoints203101Course component! clicker registration by Jan 20SimUText graded questions Population GrowthModelsSimUText graded questions Isle RoyaleSimUText report Intermediate DisturbanceSimUText graded questions IntermediateDisturbanceMastering Biology E-assignments! clicker questionsExam 1Exam2Exam3Exam4Final ExamTotal 0,,Final percentages of total points will be converted to letter grades as below.GradeAAB BBC cCD DDFFinal Percentage of Maximum Possible 6962-6760-61 605
Communication devicesIn keeping with University policy, cell phones should be disabled or set to si lent in class.Students with disabilitiesIn complia nce with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), students whorequire reason able accommodations due to a disability to properly executecoursework must r egister with the Office of Student Accessibility Services(SAS) and follow a ll SAS procedures. SAS has offices acro ss three of FAD'scampuses· Boca Raton, Davie, and Jupiter , however , disability services areavailable for students on all campuses.Religious AccommodationsStudents who wish to be excused :fi:om coursework, class activities or examinations must notifythe instructor in advance of their intention to participate in religious observation and request anexcused absence.Tentative course schedule (see Blackboard calendar for final details and updates). Theschedule of topics to be discussed is subject to change during the semester, depending on theneeds of the class; however, the exam dates are firm.Date ToiJicsAssigned Reading Chat tersJan 9 SyllabusScientific method and definition of ecology111Scientific method and definition of ecology (cont.)1Evolution and natural selection2 (E-assignment due Jan 9)16Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday182320252730Feb 16131520Evolution and natural selection (cont.)Behavioral ecologyGeographic distributionsBiotic factors that limit geographic distributions! clicker registration in Blackboard dueAbiotic factors that limit geographic distributionsExam 1Abiotic factors that limit geographic distributions(cont.)Distribution and abundancePopulation parameters and demographic techniquesSimUText Population Growth Models and IsleRoyale exercisesPopulation parameters and demographic techniques(cont.)Population growthSpecies interactions: competitionSimUText Population Growth Models onlinequestions dueSpecies interactions: predationSimUText Isle Royale online questiOI)S dueu234 (E-assignment due Jan 16)56 (E-assignment due Jan 23)678SimUText Population Growthand Isle Royale8 (E-assignment due Feb 6)910 (E-assignment due Feb 15)11
1222716&813152022I Exam 2Species interactions: herbivory and mutualismSpecies interactions: disease and parasitismSpring BreakApplied ecology: harvesting populationsCommunity structure in space and time:biodiversity and successionApplied ecology: conservation biologyApplied ecology: conservation biology (cont.)10Exam3Community dynamics: Predation and Competitionin Equilibria! CommunitiesSimUText Intermediate DisturbanceCommunity Dynamics: Disturbance andNonequilibrium CommunitiesCommunity Dynamics: Disturbance andNonequilibrium Communities (cont.)SimUText Intermediate disturbance report andonline questions dueEcosystem metabolism: secondary production12Ecosystem metabolism: nutrient cycling1719Exam4Synthesis of key concepts2729Apr 351213 (E-assignment due Mar 1)1518, 19 (E-assignment due Mar15)Outside paperOutside paper, (E-assignmentdue Mar 22)20SimUText IntermediateDisturbance2121 , (E-assignment due Apr 5)22, 2323, 24, (E-assignment due Apr12)"Key Concepts" for each chaptercovered26Reading day (no class)May 1 Final Exam (7:45-10:15 AM) BU 1207
SimUText graded questions Population Growth 1 10 Models SimUText graded questions Isle Royale 1 10 SimUText report Intermediate Disturbance 4 30 SimUText graded questions Intermediate 1 10 Disturbance Mastering Biology E-assignments 14 100 ! clicker questions 7 50 Exam 1 14 100 Exam2 14 100 Exam3 14 100 Exam4 14 100
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