(Cal Poly) Ecology Degree, Program Information at California Polytechnic State University

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. Includes instruction in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology, and evolutionary ecology. Find Colleges Offering Ecology Degree.

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Natural Sciences Managers
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Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.
Projections
- Total Employment (2006): 40,743
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 45,381
- Percent Job Growth: 11.38%
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- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
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- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
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Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.
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- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Category Flexibility
- Near Vision
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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
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Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management, including the collection and analysis of biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water areas.
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- Total Employment (2006): 20,091
- Total Employment Projected (2016): 21,830
- Percent Job Growth: 8.66%
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- Oral Expression
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- Problem Sensitivity
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
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- Category Flexibility
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Teach courses in biological sciences.
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- Deductive Reasoning
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