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BIOL 251 - Fundamentals of Ecology

This course provides students with an introduction to the breadth of the ecology discipline, including laboratory and field components. It covers hypothesis testing and the nature of scientific inquiry, organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels of ecology.

Prerequisites

BIOL110 or 2A Faculty of Environment students.

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

BIOL150

Offerings

Fall 2025 [1259]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LAB 101789819 / 2908:30 - 11:20 T
LAB 102840427 / 2908:30 - 11:20 W
LAB 103840520 / 2908:30 - 11:20 Th
LEC 001789666 / 8714:30 - 15:50 M,W

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BIOL 251 leads to

BIOL 450 - Marine Biology

BIOL 351 - Aquatic Ecology

BIOL 452 - Quantitative Fisheries Biology

BIOL 455 - Ecological Risk Assessment and Management

BIOL 457 - Analysis of Communities

BIOL 490A - Biology Field Course 1

BIOL 490B - Biology Field Course 2

BIOL 490C - Biology Field Course 3

BIOL 490D - Biology Field Course 4

BIOL 498A - Short Biology Field Course 1

BIOL 498B - Short Biology Field Course 2

ERS 382 - Ecological Monitoring

PLAN 340 - Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics

BIOL 383 - Tropical Ecosystems

ENVS 444 - Ecosystem and Resource Management in Parks/Natural Areas

BIOL 350 - Ecosystem Ecology

ERS 335 - Restoration Ecology

BIOL 458 - Quantitative Ecology

ERS 340 - Ecosystem Assessment

ERS 341 - Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice 1

BIOL 485 - Conservation Biology

BIOL 489 - Arctic Ecology

ERS 342 - Professional Conservation and Restoration Practice 2

ERS 346 - Wildlife Ecology

ERS 446 - Wildlife Management

ERS 443 - Ecosystem Field Research

ERS 337 - ReWilding and Ecological Restoration

BIOL 451 - Advanced Ecology and Evolution

BIOL 312 - The Natural History of Aquatic Organisms

PLAN 240 - Environmental Planning and Policy

BIOL 352 - Populations and Communities