ES 220 Topics in Conservation Biology
A course designed to improve the scientific literacy of students interested in solving the conservation/environmental challenges that result from overuse of natural resources. Using concepts and practices from taxonomy, ecology, genetics, and geography, conservation biology seeks the most effective strategies for addressing threats to biological diversity, ecological integrity and environmental health. The course will be divided into roughly 50 percent lecture/discussion and 50 percent laboratory and thus, fulfills the CORE requirements for Natural Science. The course will change geographic focus from year to year to allow students to take the course more than once and explore different bioregions. The neotropics (Latin America) will be the geographic focus in even numbered years and will fulfill a requirement for the Latin American Studies Minor.
Offered
Even Year Fall Semester