Section III: Majors, Minors, Courses of Instruction

BIO 345. Conservation Biology      1 course Includes laboratory. This course will address the impacts of humans on Earth's biodiversity, and strategies taken to conserve and protect global natural resources. Topics covered may include global patterns of biodiversity, ecological community structure, habitat exploitation and restoration by humans, genetics of small populations, design of nature reserves, problems associated with invasive species. Prerequisites: BIO 135 and BIO 145, Ecology and Evolution or permission of instructor.