Lower-Division

ESCI 30 Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences

Introduction to biology and ecology for environmental sciences, focusing on the role of biological organisms within the Earth system. Topics span molecular/organismal interactions, such as photosynthesis and respiration, to global biogeochemical cycles including the role of microbes, net community production, and contaminant distributions.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kudela

General Education Code

PE-E

Quarter offered

Fall

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

OCEA 150 Field and Laboratory Methods in Coastal and Aquatic Science

Students become familiar with some of the core measurement and sampling techniques routinely employed by working aquatic scientists. In keeping with the multi-disciplinary nature of aquatic science, these techniques and measurements include those taken from biology, geology, chemistry and physics. The overarching goal of is having students become deeply familiar with a field site and observing it over an extended period of time while working collaboratively to accomplish all the measurements. The field component of the work is conducted at UCSC's Younger Lagoon Research Reserve, located adjacent to the Long Marine Lab on the coastal campus. Taught in conjunction with OCEA 250; students cannot receive credit for this course and OCEA 250.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

ESCI 150

Instructor

Carl Lamborg

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1C, and PHYS 5B or PHYS 6B, and MATH 11B or MATH 19B, and ESCI 30 or BIOE 20C.

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring