Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development

Catalog description

This course focuses on the theory and practice of conserving biological diversity. Lecture, lab, and field activities involve defining and measuring biodiversity, understanding the importance of biodiversity and the anthropogenic mechanisms that result in species extinction, and exploring biological strategies for the conservation of biodiversity from genes to entire ecosystems. Students also examine how conservation biology is related to broader efforts for sustainable development, including asking under what conditions sustainability is a useful scientific concept. This course is cross-listed as ENV 3009. Student will receive credit for BIO 3009 or ENV 3009, not both. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.