GRASSLAND ECOLOGY
Understand factors driving global, continental, regional, and local distribution of grasslands. Discuss how management affects provision of grassland ecosystem goods and services. Compare and contrast plant community and ecosystem dynamics in native prairie and intensively managed pastures.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: PL PATH/BOTANY 123 , BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 , SOIL SCI/ENVIR ST 101 , SOIL SCI/ATM OCN/BSE 132 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , BIOCORE 381 , BOTANY 100 , PLANTSCI 110 , AGRONOMY 100, ENTOM/AGROECOL/C&E SOC/ENVIR ST 103 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of grasslands Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of grasslands and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Predict the distribution, structure, function, and services of grasslands from global to local levels of resolution Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of grasslands Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of grasslands and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Predict the distribution, structure, function, and services of grasslands from global to local levels of resolution Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027