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Conservation Biology

Course #: BIOL 363

Description:
This course investigates the conservation of nature at the population, species, and ecosystem levels. Students discover nature provides many services for humans such as purification of water, carbon sequestration, pollination, and foods, all necessary for human health and survival. Lectures, student investigations of the primary literature, and discussions lead to the factors such as over-harvesting, habitat loss, and climate breakdown are causing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem disfunction. Students learn about the people engaged in conservation work and the broad-scale efforts underway to protect, restore, and rewild nature. In this applied interdisciplinary course students contribute their own biodiversity observations to the global biodiversity knowledge network and draw on social sciences to understand conservation policy and actions.
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Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 14031 MWF
10:00 - 10:50 am
Stevenson,Robert D University Hall Y01-1350 TEAL
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024
Capacity: 40
Enrolled: 18
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
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