Teaching
Gareth teaches the following courses. Note that because of Federation, all courses are open to students at both NJIT and Rutgers.
- Population Biology (Undergraduate)
- Ecology and Evolution of Disease (Undergraduate) — Next taught Spring 2010
- Computational Ecology (Graduate) — Next taught Fall 2010 (probably)
- Approaches to Quantitiative Analysis in the Life Sciences (Graduate) — CURRENT
Note to Rutgers students: NJIT courses do appear in the Rutgers schedule of classes, but usually at the end because they have a special school number. So make sure you you scroll all the way down.
POPULATION BIOLOGY (Undergraduate). NJIT MATH 372. 3 Credits.
Last taught by GJR: FALL 2007. Has now been merged with MATH 373, Mathematical Biology.
An undergraduate course covering the basics of one-, two- and multi-species models. Topics covered include density-dependent models, chaos, metapopulations, disease models, predator-prey and competitive interactions.
Prerequisites: Calculus II.
More course information and downloads.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF DISEASE (Undergraduate). NJIT BIOL 368. RUTGERS 28:120:368. 3 Credits.
Last taught SPRING 2010. Expected SPRING 2011.
An undergraduate course covering the basics of one-, two- and multi-species models. Topics covered include density-dependent models, chaos, metapopulations, disease models, predator-prey and competitive interactions.
Prerequisites: General Biology I and II.
More course information and downloads.
COMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY (Graduate). NJIT BIOL 638. RUTGERS 48:120:638. 3 Credits.
Being taught now, FALL 2010.
- Learn about ecological theories and models by exploring them in an interactive, visual environment.
- Learn to use Mathematica, a multi-purpose programming package.
- Adapt and apply what you’ve learned to your research.
This course is designed to be accessible to biology and ecology graduate students. This is not an “equations on chalkboard” course. As well as ecological theory, you will learn how to use a general-purpose computing package — a skill which will likely help you in your own research, whether you use it for design, analysis, or simply processing data.
Pre-requisites: Premission of instructor. I'm looking for a level of comfort with algebra and the concepts of calculus.
More course information and downloads.
APPROACHES TO QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES (Graduate). NJIT MATH 615. Rutgers 48:120:615. 3 Credits.
Last taught FALL 2009. Expected FALL 2011.
- Learn about ecological theories and models by exploring them in an interactive, visual environment.
Pre-requisites: Premission of instructor. I'm looking for a level of comfort with algebra and the concepts of calculus.
