TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
1:00pm-2:15pm
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Math & Science Center - N306
Gillespie, Thomas. SNT. 43028 TBA.

August 29, 2012- December 11, 2012

Prerequisites: Biol 142 (for Biol), ENVS 120 or 131 (for ENVS), or permission of instructor.
Crosslisted: ENVS345-000.

Catalog Description: (Same as ENVS 345.) Prerequisites: Biology 141 or 142 or Environmental Studies 120 or 131 or permission of instructor. This course focuses on the conservation of biodiversity and introduces students to ways that ecological and evolutionary principles can be used to conserve and protect species and ecosystems at risk. Specific topics include the causes and consequences of biodiversity, systematics, and endangered species, the demography and genetics of small populations, invasive species, habitat loss and fragmentation, design of reserves, and restoration ecology.

Semester Details:

This course originates in the ENVS Department and may be taken as a biology elective.

The natural and social sciences perform a critical role in 1) understanding how the natural world operates and how human societies and actions can both positively and negatively affect the natural world and 2) informing policy and management decisions affecting biodiversity.  The course focuses on the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity and introduces students to the multidisciplinary problems and solutions of conserving and protecting species and ecosystems at risk.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. SEE ENVS 345.

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