BIOL 456Population Biology

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Science
Subject: Biology

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The analysis of the structure and dynamics of plant and animal populations. Theoretical, mathematical, and experimental approaches to the study of population ecology will be discussed through lectures and tutorials.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
  - BIOL350 - Ecosystem Ecology (0.50)
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
  - ECON221 - Statistics for Economists (0.50)
  - ENVS278 - Applied Statistics for Environmental Research (0.50)
  - STAT202 - Introductory Statistics for Scientists (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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Was taught by Mike Power in Fall of 2024. Unless this course is required for you, DO NOT TAKE IT. By far the worst prof.
course had pop quizzes (4 x 2.5%), these were generally fair.
2 midterms (2x 20%) very awful, would take marks off but then never tell us why/how our answers could be better. would instead talk about how he has to curve because it seems like most of us don't come to class (it was a small class, pretty much everyone always showed up)
the rest of our grade was based on a presentation and associated tasks, this part was easier to do well on but even then, no one got +90 on this.
The one positive is that at the end of the course Dr. Power played with the weighting to…

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Spring 2021

Jun 11, 2021 Has anyone taken BIOL 467, BIOL 456, BIOL 434? 1 point, 2 comments

u/InformalDuck1506: “… BIOL 467 - systems neuroscience BIOL 456 - population biology BIOL 434 - human molecular genetics”

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