Course Description
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, BIOL 166
Explores how global environmental change affects the ecology, physiology, behavior, and evolution of organisms. Topics include global change and its drivers including rising CO2, nitrogen deposition, temperature, and habitat alteration. Illustrates how organismal responses scale up to influence species interactions, ecological communities, and ecosystem processes.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Riverside, Biology
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
General Education: Social Analysis
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (See your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: UCR GSST 021
Major Requirement: requirement for Sustainability Studies Majors/Minors
UC San Diego:
General Education: Seventh - 1 course towards Alternatives - Natural Sciences and Engineering; TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 Analytic Methodologies; Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC, Transfer students may use for UD noncontiguous GE depending on major;
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Cruz:
Course Equivalence: UCSC ENVS 169 or UCSC BIOE 159F
Major Requirement: Upper division elective for all Environmental Studies major and combined Environmental Studies majors
Prerequisites
BIOL 116 with a grade of C- or better; CHEM 008C, CHEM 08LC or CHEM 08HC, CHEM 08HLC; PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC or PHYS 02HC, PHYS 02HLC; BCH 100 or BCH 110A or BCH 110HA; STAT 010; or consent of instructor.
Course Creators
Kurt Anderson
Helen Regan
Helen Regan is a Professor in the Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Department at UC Riverside. She uses integrated modeling frameworks to assess threats to plant biodiversity in fire-prone ecosystems and to inform management decisions under uncertainty. She served as a Senior Scientist for Conservation International leading the Freshwater Health Index project which evaluates freshwater sustainability in river basins around the world.
Helen Regan is a Professor in the Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Department at UC Riverside. She uses integrated modeling frameworks to assess threats to plant biodiversity in fire-prone ecosystems and to inform management decisions under uncertainty. She served as a Senior Scientist for Conservation International leading the Freshwater Health Index project which evaluates ...Helen Regan is a Professor in the Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Department at UC Riverside. She uses integrated modeling frameworks to assess threats to plant biodiversity in fire-prone ecosystems and to inform management decisions under uncertainty. She served as a Senior Scientist for Conservation International leading the Freshwater Health Index project which evaluates freshwater sustainability in river basins around the world.
