EES 450 - Wetlands

Upper Division

Concurrently
Must be taken concurrently with EES 450L.

Prerequisites
(EES 110/EES 110L, EES 100/EES 100L, OR EES 210/EES 210L) or permission of the instructor.

Wetlands was designed to enable non-science major students to experience science as a way of knowing. Students study the environmental and organismal characteristics of various ecosystems which have soil covered with water at least part of the year. They study the biotic and abiotic factors that make wetlands unique. By examining the hydrology and biogeochemistry of fresh and salt water marshes, swamps, mangroves, bogs, vernal pools and peatlands, students come to understand the ecological and economic values of wetlands and about the threat to their continued existence.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: EES 175

Course credits: 4