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ESCI 30: Conservation Biology

• 5 Units
• Hours: Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory.
• Materials Fee: $4.00
• (Formerly Biology 30.)
• General Education Status: GE
• Degree Status: Degree Applicable
• Credit Status: Credit - Degree applicable
• Grading Method: Letter Grade

Prerequisites:

(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.) Advisory: English Writing 1A or English as a Second Language 5.

Course Description:

An introduction to conservation biology as a branch of the environmental sciences with particular focus on maintaining genetic, species and ecological diversity of life on Earth. Contemporary bio-conservation issues will be explored and adaptive, community-based conservation techniques applied to develop practical problem-solving approaches to the biodiversity crisis including habitat fragmentation. In addition cultural, economic and philosophical aspects of biodiversity conservation will be explored. (Off-campus field trips will be required.)

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