BIOL 402 - Conservation & Wildlife Management

3 Credit(s)

The application of scientific principles to understanding and solving the conservation problems facing most of the Earth’s ecosystems and species. This discipline is both derived from and nested within such areas of biological science as ecology, wildlife and fisheries management, zoology and botany and draws heavily on expertise from physiologists, microbiologists, molecular biologists and population geneticists. This course will be a mix of lecture, discussions, field trips, lab and classroom exercises and one large project. Spring, alternate years.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 300 or instructor permission required.