課程資訊
課程名稱
 族群生物學
Population Biology 
開課學期
 100-1 
授課對象
 生命科學院  生態學與演化生物學研究所  
授課教師
 林雨德 
課號
 EEB5009 
課程識別碼
 B44 U1110 
班次
  
學分
 3 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期三6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 生科419 
備註
 限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：25人 
Ceiba 課程網頁
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1001PopBio 
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課程概述

This is a 3-unit course in population ecology. Population genetics is offered as a different course. Since some students taking this course have minimal ecology background, the material covered in this course will be mostly basic topics. Each week, I will incorporate lectures with various activities, including indoor/outdoor experiments, computer simulation, and classroom discussions to achieve the following goals for this course. Much of what you will learn is your own work, including weekly reading and assignments. I welcome your suggestions anytime. 

課程目標
 1.Students understand science as a process of inquiry. This means they are
able to ask scientific questions, gather data and observations, process their
results, and synthesize coherent, justifiable trends or conclusions that can
be applied to other systems.
2.Students are able to locate scientific information and analyze its
usefulness and validity.
3.Students are able to use mathematical principles and computer technology to
solve scientific problems.
4.Students have a broad knowledge of the biological systems, and the
principles which govern them.
5.Students recognize that science is based upon a small number of important
principles which allow scientists to understand a diverse range of natural
phenomena. 
課程要求
 1.Attendance: You need to attend lectures to earn points from quizzes. Only absences with supporting official documents are excused. For example, if you need to do field work in a given week, please provide a note detailing the reason and have it signed by your advisor.
2.Group collaboration: You will be divided into random groups. Each will ideally be led by a graduate student. You will sit together during the class and generate products for exercises together.
3.Quizzes: There will be weekly quizzes. Quizzes will be based on material covered in lectures and reading assignment. They will include mainly short answer questions. Sometimes, an in-class assignment will replace part of a quiz. There is no final exam per se.
4.Homework: There will be weekly homework assignments. Homework are usually short reports of laboratory exercises. Frequently, you will turn in homework as groups. In that case, all group members will share the same score for the homework. No make-up quizzes will be allowed; no late homework will be accepted. Quiz & homework total 20 points per week.
5.Group Investigation: Students will work in groups to complete two group projects. You need to apply the scientific methods to answer a question of interest to you, report the process in a written report, and give an oral presentation to your class. At the end of semester, you will turn in, as a group, a portfolio that contains everything you have done related to the group project. No late reports will be accepted. All group members will share the same score for the written and oral report.
6.Peer-grading: You will grade yourself and your group member at the end of semester.
7.Discipline: There is absolutely no food during the class. We encourage active academic interactions during class discussion. However, we trust you know when it’s time to shut up. Tardiness, leaving early, or having cell phone ringing are annoying behaviors. Serious tardiness will be treated as absences. If you need to leave early, please inform me in advance.
8.Honesty: Cheating will not be tolerated. It includes plagiarism. Do not copy materials from sources that are not your own. We observe the highest standard of academic integrity. 
預期每週課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
 另約時間 
指定閱讀
 Suggested Textbooks:
Any big fat ecology textbooks, read the population and community ecology parts.
A primer of ecology, 3rd ed., by Nicholas J. Gotelli, Sinauer, 2001
 
參考書目
 Suggested Textbooks:
Any big fat ecology textbooks, read the population and community ecology parts.
A primer of ecology, 3rd ed., by Nicholas J. Gotelli, Sinauer, 2001
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
  
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
 Evalution policy 
100% 
 Your grades will be based on the following components: 7 Lab Report 140 points 5 Homework 50 points 10 Quizzes 100 points STELLA oral report 50 points 1 Project Written Report 80 points 1 Project Oral Report 50 points 1 Peer Grading 30 points (also grade yourself) TOTAL 500 points Grading Standards: The total points you collect will be prorated to a 100-point scale. Undergraduate students need to receive 60 points (or higher), and graduate students 70 points (or higher) to pass the course. I will use a normal distribution scale to evaluate the whole class. 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
 2011/09/14  Introduction 
第2週
 2011/09/21  Distribution & dispersion 
第3週
 2011/09/28  Population abundance 
第4週
 2011/10/05  Demography -- Life Table 
第5週
 2011/10/12  Population dynamics 
第6週
 2011/10/19  Life history 
第7週
 2011/10/26  STELLA basics 
第8週
 2011/11/02  STELLA 
第9週
 2011/11/09  Interspecific competition 
第10週
 2011/11/16  Exploitation 
第11週
 2011/11/23  Overview: Food, predation, & competition 
第12週
 2011/11/30  No lecture 
第13週
 2011/12/07  Work on STELLA project (concept map) 
第14週
 2011/12/14  Dispersal 
第15週
 2011/12/21  Metapopulation 
第16週
 2011/12/28  Continue to simulate your projects 
第17週
 2012/01/04  STELLA model presentation 
第18週
 2012/01/11  Group Project Presentation