Transfer Student Courses in RC Natural Science (Division 875)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Section 001 – Ecology, Conversation, and Development of the New World Tropics. Spanish Recommended.

Instructor(s): Iñigo de la Cerda (inyigo@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Reading and listening proficiency in Spanish; high school biology or environmental science. (4). (NS).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course will address problems of environmental conservation, agriculture and development for third World nations, especially the American Tropics. The focus will be on the interaction between ecological and socio-political aspects and the effects that the South-North imbalance has on the environment.

The course will help form the foundations needed to articulate your positions regarding ecology and development in the tropics. Topics covered will include: (1) Ecology of the Tropics (climate, soils, history (paleo and modern), biodiversity, conservation, and field trips to the Botanical Gardens); (2) Agriculture (traditional, ecological, and industrial); and (3) Development (economics, controversies, and myths regarding hunger/overpopulation).