11:216:317 Conservation Ecology (3cr)
Syllabus/lec schedule 11:216:317 (890k PDF)
Instructor: Dr. Rachael Winfree
Pre-Requisite(s): 01:119:116 OR equivalent OR permission of instructor. (SEBS/SAS Core Curriculum -Contemporary Challenges [CC] & Discipline-based writing [WCd])
Lec. 3 hrs.
This is a writing- and reading- based course in which students will become familiar with the major environmental challenges of our time, including species extinctions, terrestrial and marine habitat destruction, climate change, invasive species, and the environmental consequences of food and energy systems. Typically 50 pages of reading per week and weekly writing assignments.
*This course meets the Core Curriculum requirement for Contemporary Challenges [CC] and Writing and Communication [WCD]. On completion, students will be able to analyze the relationship that science and technology have to a comtemporary social issue [CC] and communicate effectively in modes appropriate to a discipline or area of inquiry [WCD].