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Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 001: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49350)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Meets With:
GEOG 1403H Section 003
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Willey Hall 175
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
Have you ever wondered why northern Minnesota has an abundance of forests while the southwestern portion is composed of mostly grasslands? Why is it that deserts have such a unique array of organisms? Why is there so much biological diversity in tropical rainforests? A wide variety of plants and animals exist on Earth and many different factors control why different places have different communities of species. The geographies of plants and animals constantly change, contributing to the evolving biological diversity of places at both global and local scales. This course examines the spatial and temporal arrangement of plants and animals and the factors that shape these distributions. The course emphasizes the investigation of the linkages between abiotic and biotic systems including the influence of climate, soil, biotic interactions, and landscape configurations on biological diversity. In laboratory sections, students will make observations, and use mapping and computer-based technology to test hypotheses about the distributions and spatial behavior of plants and animals. The exercises will help students to understand (1) how the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) how factors, such as climates and soils, control biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
30% Laboratory Evaluation
10% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
80% Lecture
20% Discussion
Workload:
40 Pages Reading Per Week
3 Exam(s)
10 Homework Assignment(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49350/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 002: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49972)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 455
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49972/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 003: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49351)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Thu 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 455
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49351/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 004: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49352)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 455
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49352/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 005: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50318)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Thu 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 455
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50318/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 006: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49353)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Fri 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49353/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 007: Biogeography of the Global Garden (52064)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Wed 04:00PM - 05:55PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52064/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 008: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49354)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon 07:00PM - 08:55PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49354/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 010: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49355)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49355/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 011: Biogeography of the Global Garden (49356)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49356/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 012: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50319)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Mon 01:25PM - 03:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50319/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 013: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50929)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Fri 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 455
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50929/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 014: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50930)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Fri 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50930/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 015: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50940)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Wed 08:00AM - 09:55AM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50940/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 016: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50941)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue 10:10AM - 12:05PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50941/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

Spring 2017  |  GEOG 1403 Section 018: Biogeography of the Global Garden (50943)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Laboratory
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Thu 02:30PM - 04:25PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 628
Auto Enrolls With:
Section 001
Course Catalog Description:
The geography of biodiversity and productivity, from conspicuous species to those that cause human disease and economic hardship. The roles played by evolution and extinction, fluxes of energy, water, biochemicals, and dispersal. Experiments demonstrating interactions of managed and unmanaged biotic with the hydrologic cycle, energy budgets, nutrient cycles, the carbon budget, and soil processes.
Class Notes:
Geog 1403 lab sections do not meet the first week of classes.
Class Description:
INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Kurt Kipfmueller The trees, birds, grasses, fishes, mammals, and smaller organisms of the Earth are distributed in striking geographical patterns. These spatial and temporal differences in the types and diversity of organisms are the result of geographic processes of dispersal as well as the processes of evolution, adaptation, and extinction. Students will explore: (1) how the biological components of global environments create geographically and temporally varied resource patterns; (2) how the connections between the biotic and abiotic components of environmental systems interrelate; (3) how humans and natural processes bring about changes to the physical environment; (4) how to use simple experiments and models to examine biogeographical patterns, and to evaluate the results; and (5) how to describe and explain the role and place of science and scientific methods in modern society. In the laboratory, students will make observations, and use maps and simple simulation models to evaluate the sensitivity of organisms to environmental variables. Students will learn: (1) how the outcomes from the interactions of organisms with their environment vary geographically, and (2) why the outcomes frequently fail to support commonly held assumptions about the climatic controls on biotic distributions.
Grading:
60% Quizzes
40% Other Evaluation
Exam Format:
mostly objective and short essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Laboratory
Workload:
30 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
Other Workload: 7 quizzes
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50943/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
31 October 2013

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