Course Title
Conservation Biology
Course Description
Explores patterns of local and worldwide biological diversity to better understand factors that generate hotspots of diversity, ways to measure diversity, value derived from biodiversity, and the variety of threats to diversity. Examines topics of basic ecology, including characteristics of individuals, populations and communities, and how conservation applies to these levels of diversity. Explores the design and management of protected areas and the role of people in them. All topics are infused with examples from local regions as well as from around the world in order to form connections between the theory and real life. Both BIOL-330 and BIOL-331 must be taken to satisfy the Ethics Intensive area of the Central Curriculum. Prerequisites: BIOL-101 or ECOL-100. 3SH. CC: Ethics Intensive.
Course Types
Standard (STAND), Ethics Intensive (INETH)
Semester Hours
3