ENS 346 Conservation Biology

A study of the biological and human factors relating to the current global extinction crisis and how conservation practices are used to evaluate and preserve threatened species and habitats. Emphases are placed on how issues in ecology, population, biology and taxonomy affect the status of species, and how these issues relate to policy and management decisions. Materials covered are connected to current literature in in weekly discussion periods.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Biology lower-core curriculum.

Corequisite

ENS 346L

Distribution

(W) (NS) (Category III)

Offered

spring