Course Details
Country:
Peru
Institution:
EdOdyssey Study Abroad in Lima
Course Title:
Ecology
Course Number:
INT 132
Course Description:
Introduces the student to the science of interactions between life forms and their environment. The goal is to train the student to consider the foundation of this science when assessing political and practical matters of the intervention of mankind in nature. First, we will study the environmental factors and biological and physical cycles: soil, water, light, atmosphere, biotic factors. Then, and as a central subject, the interactions between biotic agents and their medium, their adaptation and evolution, which include: biosphere, ecosystem, matter and energy cycles, biomass and production, competition, organization, territoriality, society and population dispersion, population regulation and fluctuation, main climatic formations, and biomass. Human intervention is examined from these points of view: human population and resources, urbanization, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity, ozone, global warming, politics and environment, personal ethics and environment.
Language:
Spanish
Approved Equivalent:
EVPP 3---
Attachment Files:
INT132.docx
