Mar 13, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

PCB 4408 - Urban Ecology


Credit(s): 3
Interrogates advanced concepts in ecology in the context of urban systems. The course examines flows of energy and matter through and in urban ecosystems; ecological populations, species interactions, food webs, and biodiversity in cities; interactions between urban and non-urban areas; and feedbacks among the social, ecological, and technological systems that shape urban resilience and human well-being.

Prerequisite(s): PCB 3043  with a minimum grade of C- OR PCB 3306  with a minimum grade of C- OR PCB 4315  with a minimum grade of C- OR PCB 4402  with a minimum grade of C- OR BSC 3312  with a minimum grade of C- OR BSC 3368C  with a minimum grade of C- OR BSC 4052  with a minimum grade of C- OR BSC 4866  with a minimum grade of C- OR EVR 3874  with a minimum grade of C- OR EVR 4027  with a minimum grade of C- OR EVR 4163  with a minimum grade of C- OR EVR 4807  with a minimum grade of C-
UN SDG(s):
  • SD11 - Sustainable Cities-Communities
  • SD13 - Climate Action
  • SD14 - Life Below Water
  • SD15 - Life on Land