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SCI04 7101 Tropical Forest     4(4-0-8)   None  Origin, evolution, succession, and distribution      1. Explain the concept and knowledge of tropical forest
Ecology and Management                    None  of tropical forests, forest structures, the abiotic      ecosystem and management (PLO4, Understand);
                                          None  components such as water, soil, nutrient, and
SCI04 7102 Wetland Ecology and 4(4-0-8)   None  fire, and biotic components such as plants and       2. Analyze and apply the concept and knowledge to solve
Management                                None  animals, forest dynamic, human influence,                tropical forest ecosystem problems (PLO5, Apply,
                                                technology and sustainable management of                 Analyze);
                                                tropical forest, forest certification, and field
                                                trips.                                               3. Analyze and present current research of tropical forest
                                                                                                         ecosystem and management in Thailand and other
                                                The importance of wetland, major wetland                 countries (PLO5, Analyze).
                                                ecosystems, bog, marsh, lake, and estuary,
                                                importance and factors affecting wetlands,           1. Explain the concept and knowle dge of wetla nd
                                                restoration and creation of wetland, economic            ecosystem and management (PLO4, Understand);
                                                values of wetland, the Ramsar Convention,
                                                sustainable management of wetlands, and field        2. Analyze and apply the concept and knowledge to solve
                                                trips.                                                   wetland ecosystem problems (PLO5, Apply, Analyze);

                                                                                                     3. Analyze and present current research of wetland
                                                                                                         ecosystem and management in Thailand and other
                                                                                                         countries (PLO5, Analyze).

SCI04 7103 Wildlife Ecology and 4(4-0-8)        Wildlife diversity, water, food and habitat          1. Explain the concept and knowledge of wildlife ecology
Management                                      requirement, growth, reproduction, migration,            and management (PLO4, Understand);
                                                competition, predation, behavior, population
SCI04 7104 Species and         3(3-0-6)         dynamic, genetic diversity, disease dispersal,       2. Analyze and apply the concept and knowledge to solve
Speciation                                      wildlife survey techniques, conservation,                wildlife management problems (PLO5, Ap pl y,
                                                propagation, and management of wildlife.                 Analyze);
SCI04 7105 Ecology and Sensor  4(4-0-8)
Technology                                      Investigations of various concepts of species        3. Analyze and present current wildlife ecology and
                                                and possible mechanisms of speciation by both            management research in Thailand and other countries
                                                genetic and organismic level approaches, and             (PLO5, Analyze).
                                                discussion of methods for species protection,
                                                especially in endangered species.                    1. Explain and compare the species concepts (PLO4,
                                                                                                         Understand);
                                                Sensor technology; deployment and monitoring
                                                protocols; error and validity consideration; data    2. Explain the main mechanisms behind speciation (PLO4,
                                                retrieval, acquisition, and data analysis;               Understand);
                                                extreme environment cases e.g. cloud forests,
                                                deciduous forest.                                    3. Assess the most recent literature about evolutionary
                                                                                                         history and speciation (PLO5, Analyze);

                                                                                                     4. Present the idea concept for species conservation
                                                                                                         (PLO5, Apply).

                                                                                                     1. Explain the concepts of sensor technology; deployment
                                                                                                         and monitoring protocols (PLO4, Understand);

                                                                                                     2. Determine the error and validity consideration; data
                                                                                                         retrieval, acquisition, and data analysis (PLO5, Apply);

                                                                                                     3. Choose the appropriate sensor technology for collecting
                                                                                                         physical data corresponding to the research study
                                                                                                         (PLO5, Evaluate).

M.Sc. (Biology)
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