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Ecology Minor

A Connected World

We live in a world that is more connected than ever before. These connections include both relationships within the natural environment and our relationships to the natural environment.

Natural systems directly affect our lives through ecosystem services, for example by providing food, recreation, and clean air and water. Understanding how ecosystems function is critical to protecting the services they provide and to getting the most out of our relationships with these systems.

The ecology minor prepares students with diverse interests to make connections and explore these relationships in the context of their major area of study. Students who earn a minor in ecology will be able to use their knowledge of ecology to better inform their careers and lives.
 

Program Information

Campus
College of Arts & Sciences
Undergraduate
Minor

A quick preview of our ecology track and ecology minor:

 

Unrivaled Resources

Ecology students take advantage of the many resources available to them at Baker University, including the incomparable Baker University Wetlands, a 927-acre natural area with diverse habitats located 15 minutes from the Baldwin City campus, the Ivan L. Boyd Arboretum, home to hundreds of magnificent trees and shrubs on the Baldwin City campus, and a diverse teaching museum’s collection of thousands of vertebrate and invertebrate animals and an herbarium containing preserved plant specimens dating to the late 19th century.

 

Hands-On Field Experience

Ecology students go into the field to learn about aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems while gaining experience with techniques and equipment unique to the discipline. Field experiments, whether in streams and lakes or forests and fields, lead to exciting opportunities to share new knowledge and gain new insights into the natural world while providing a deeper appreciation for the process of science.

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  • Ecology core (required):

    BI 251 Ecology and Evolution

    BI 254 Organismal Diversity

    Ecology upper level (choose two):

    BI 335 Kansas Natural History (with BI 335L Kansas Natural History Field Expedition)

    BI 344 Forest Ecology

    BI 350 Conservation Biology

    BI 356 Ornithology

    BI 370 Biogeography

    BI 377 Population and Community Ecology

    BI 380 Behavioral Ecology

    BI 392 Wetland and Prairie Ecology

Contact Us

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Scott Kimball

Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Roger Boyd Professor of Biology