Biology 440 - Conservation Biology

Fall
2019
01
4.00
Rachel Levin
TH 02:30PM-05:30PM
Amherst College
BIOL-440-01-1920F
SCCE D103
rlevin@amherst.edu
BIOL-440-01,ENST-441-01

(Offered as BIOL 440 and ENST 441) Conservation biology is a highly interdisciplinary field, requiring careful consideration of biological, economic, and sociological issues. Solutions to biodiversity conservation and environmental challenges are even more complex. Yet, conservation is a topic of timely importance in order to safeguard biological diversity. Utilizing articles from the primary literature, course topics will include invasive species, restoration, climate change, and biodiversity banking, as well as how to determine appropriate conservation priorities. Three classroom hours per week.

Requisite: BIOL 230/ENST 210 or consent of the instructor. Not open to first-year students. Limited to 14 students. Fall Semester. Senior Lecturer Levin.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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