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SCI04 6106 Soil Ecology 4(4-0-8) None and climate change, sustainable ecosystem 3. Analyze and present current research or case studies of
4(4-0-8) None management, case studies, and field trips. terrestrial ecosystem management in Thailand and other
SCI04 6107 Biodiversity and countries (PLO5, Analyze).
Conservation 4(4-0-8) None Soil components, soil-forming factors and
4(4-0-8) None processes, soil characteristics, nutrient cycling, 1. Explain the concept and knowledge of soil ecosystem
SCI04 6108 Biogeography soil biodiversity, relationships of plants and soil (PLO4, Understand);
SCI04 6109 Paleontology organisms, soil trophic dynamics,
decomposition, soil fertility, impacts of human 2. Analyze and apply the concept and knowledge to solve
activities on soil, soil pollution and degradation, soil ecosystem problems (PLO5, Apply, Analyze);
soil conservation, climate change and soil, and
field trips. 3. Analyze and present current research of soil ecosystem
Analysis of biodiversity in genetic level, in Thailand and other countries (PLO5, Analyze).
species, and ecosystem levels, possible world’s
biodiversity, especially in biodiversity surveys 1. Interpret academic literature pertaining to biodiversity
in the tropics, biodiversity preservation both in metrics and utilize diversity measures from specific
situ and ex situ, minimum viable population datasets (PLO3, Understand).
size, extinction, genetics conservation,
ecological restoration, and sustainable 2. Assess the scientific capacity for measuring biodiversity
development, including introduce concepts of at various scales from local to globally (PLO4,
international legal protection such as Understand).
Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and build
understanding to apply at local and regional 3. Develop a conservation management plan applicable to
levels. a real-world biodiversity conservation example (PLO5,
Evolution of earth and life on earth, distribution Apply).
and distribution assumption, environmental
factors affecting distribution, relationships 4. Examine conservation techniques for maintaining
between organisms and landform, climate and biodiversity-rich regions, and interpret states of the art
soil types, organism adaptation, geographical literature (PLO6, Apply).
identification, and field trips.
1. Explain the concept and knowledge of how organisms
Studies of the evolutionary history of life on allocate around the world (PLO4, Understand);
earth, origin and evolution of major taxa,
extinctions and radiations, changes in climates 2. Analyze and apply the concept and knowledge to solve
and environments over time, use of fossils in problems related to biogeography (PLO5, Apply,
biostratigraphy and biogeography, and field Analyze);
trips to museums or fossil sites.
3. Analyze and present current research of biogeography
(PLO5, Analyze).
1. Describe the general evolutionary history of planet
earth and taphonomic biases to interpret paleontological
academic literature (PLO4, Understand);
2. Use ba sic pale ocli mat ic int erpretati on kill s t o
reconstruct the paleo-environment based on fossil
dating (PLO5, Apply);
3. Assess various fossil preparation methods to determine
ideal fossil storage techniques (PLO5, Evaluate).
M.Sc. (Biology)
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