Ecology
Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between living organisms and their environment. Students who choose an ecology major will be introduced to two major ecosystem types, terrestrial and freshwater, and will undertake extensive studies into the biological, chemical, and physical properties of each. Ecology courses stress the differences and similarities between the two approaches to ecological studies: autecology, the ecology of individual organisms or species; and synecology, the ecology of populations, communities, and ecosystems.