2018-2019 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

BIO 486 Conservation Biology

Conservation biology is an integrated discipline that emphasizes the protection of biodiversity at all different scales. Topics include biodiversity, ethics and valuation, ecological economics, habitat fragmentation, conservation genetics, invasive species, ex situ conservation, landscape ecology, and reserve design. Students in the course will be introduced to modeling, complete assignments, readings, and a poster project. This is a link course with BIO 586.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BIO 200 and Bio 290

General Education

Offered

  • Spring
  • On Demand