Credit Hours:4 Lecture Hours:3 Lab Hours:3 Contact Hour Total:96 Principles of environmental systems and ecology, including biogeochemical cycles, energy transformations, abiotic interactions, symbiotic relationships, natural resources and their management, lifestyle analysis, evolutionary trends, hazards and risks, and approaches to ecological research. Lab activities reinforce lecture topics. Prerequisite(s): One of the following courses: BIOL 1406 or BIOL 1407, BIOL 1411 or BIOL 1413. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) course