Leberg Courses : Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology : UL Lafayette

Paul Leberg's Courses

Below are some brief descriptions of courses I teach. Enrolled students can find notes and other information on the University's MOODLE site.

Mammalogy field trips include western Texas and several different habitats in Louisiana. Students should be willing to camp and hike.

On field trips, students capture mammals using live trips, mist nets, and harp traps. After examination, mammals are released.

Biol 405(G): Mammalogy

Offered alternate (odd year) Fall semesters. The course focuses on the systematics, evolution, ecology, and diversity of mainly North American mammals, with an overview of mammals of the world. A major portion of the laboratory is devoted to laboratory methods and field identification. There is typically one extended field trip to western Texas or the mountains of Tennessee as well as several local trips. 4 Credits.

Biol 412(G): Conservation Biology

Offered during alternate (odd year) Spring semesters. Lecture course mainly focusing on development of Conservation Biology as a discipline, and introduction to conservation concerns, population genetics and ecology in conservation biology, and overview of management practices. 3 Credits.


Ornithology students take trips to diverse habitats including coastal forests, beaches, and wetlands. The numbers of avian species observed at these sites are among the highest for any eastern state. On our two-day trip to coastal Louisiana, it is not uncommon to observe >130 species.	Field trips often include early AM departures, and students should be willing to camp (on the beach!). In addition to learning species-habitat associations, these trips help students to be able to identify birds by sight and sound.

Biol 414(G): Ornithology

Offered every alternate (even year) Spring. Course emphasis on avian evolution, systematics, ecology, and diversity. Laboratories focus on avian identification and life history, as well as field methods in ornithology. 4 Credits.

Biol 575: Statistical Ecology

Offered every alternate (odd year) Fall. Graduate level course aimed at introducing advanced statistical methods in biology. Course involves programming in SAS sytem and discusses topics including ANOVA, Non-Parametric methods and Multivariate statistical methods. Students are required to select a project with real data to analyze during the project. 4 Credits. (Course jointly taught with Dr. Susan Mopper).