2017-2018 Academic Bulletin 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENVSC 335 - Conservation Biology

(also listed as BIO 335 )
Credits: 4
The study of biological diversity and the increasingly severe effects of human society on populations and communities of wild organisms. Emphasis on local and global patterns of diversity, causes and consequences of declines in diversity, and ways to work with natural or managed systems to maintain or restore diversity. The laboratory emphasizes learning local flora and fauna, investigating local conservation biology issues, and using tools and techniques of wildlife and natural resource management to understand and resolve conservation problems. Laboratory, one period.

Prerequisite: ENVSC 110 ; or BIO 220  and BIO 221  and FSBIO 201 .

Distribution Requirements: QR, SP.

This course counts as Natural Science for the purpose of satisfying the College distribution requirement for students who matriculated before Fall 2016.