NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 生態學(3279)
(Eng.) Ecology
Offering Dept Department of Life Sciences
Course Type Required Credits 3 Teacher CHUAN-WEN HO ect.
Department Department of Life Sciences / Undergraduate Language Chinese 英文/EMI Semester 2025-FALL
Course Description 瞭解生物與生物以及生物與環境之關係;探討生態系之結構與機能以及環境變遷之影響。
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1. 瞭解生物與生物以及生物與環境之關係;生態系的結構與功能以及環境變遷之影響
1.The knowledge of basic science and basic life science
2.The methods and techniques of experiments
3.The training of the ability of expression and the logics of thinking.
4.The background knowledge of biodiversity
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Lecturing
Exercises
Discussion
Quiz
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 9/9 Introduction to the course
Week 2 9/16 CH1 Ecology and How to do it CH2 Ecology’s evolutionary backdrop
Week 3 9/23 CH3 Physics conditions and the availability of resources
Week 4 9/30 CH 04 Climate and the world’s biomes
Week 5 10/07 CH 05 Birth, death, and movement
Week 6 10/14 CH 06 Interspecific competition
Week 7 10/21 CH 07 Predation, grazing, and disease
Week 8 10/28 1st Semester Examination (CH 01-07)
Week 9 11/4 CH 08 Molecular and evolutionary ecology
Week 10 11/11 CH 09 From populations to communities
Week 11 11/18 CH 10 Patterns in species richness
Week 12 11/25 CH 11 The flux of energy and matter through ecosystems
Week 13 12/2 CH 12 Global biogeochemical cycles and their alteration by humans
Week 14 12/9 CH 13 Conservation Ecology
Week 15 12/16 CH 14 The ecology of human population growth, disease, and food supply
Week 16 2/23 2nd Semester Examination (CH 08-14)ϴ/30 自主學習_臺灣國家公園之生態與保育 12/25 Final Semester Examinatione/6 自主學習_臺灣之自然碳匯
self-directed
learning

Evaluation
期中考試、期末考試、上課表現
Textbook & other References
Begon M, Howarth RW, Townsend CR. (4th ed). 2016. Essentials of Ecology. Wiley
Smith TM, and Smith RL. (9th ed). 2015. Essentials of Ecology. Pearson
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
置於iLearning
Office Hours
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Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
13.Climate Action   14.Life Below Water   15.Life On Landinclude experience courses:N
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