Ecology
Overview
Ecology, as you may have already guessed, is a science closely related to biology, psychology, and chemistry. Ecology focuses on the relationships between individual living things, like humans, and the chemical elements within their environment. You could call it a holistic approach to understanding nature.Given the breadth and scope of ecology, though, it's often necessary to break it down into smaller categories that focus on different aspects of this relationship. For example there is population ecology, which studies the distribution of animals and plants; community ecology, which studies the ways in which communities of living things are organized and relate to one another; and paleoecology, which studies the ecology of fossils.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM
Analytical Geometry and Calculus
Animal Ecology
Aquatic Ecosystems
Birds Principles of Chemistry I and II
Environmental Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Fish and Amphibians
General Physics I and II
Genetics
Organic Chemistry
Plant Ecology
Reptiles and Mammals
Terrestrial Ecosystems
HIGH SCHOOl PREPARATION
GRADUATE PROGRAMS & CAREERS
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