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Conservation Biology

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.		 University Hall Y01-1350 TEAL 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
MoWeFr 10a.m. – 10:50a.m.
Location
University Hall Y01-1350 TEAL
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

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.

Prerequisites

BIOL 252 or 254 (lecture and lab); BIOL 290

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/3/2024 - 12/13/2024

Location

University Hall Y01-1350 TEAL

Enrolled / Capacity

18 / 40

Status

Closed

Instructor

Robert Stevenson

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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