Environmental Studies (ES) Courses>Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

ES348 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Description

Study of biological organisms and ecosystems with particular reference to mechanisms of change and human impacts on the environment. Focuses on: biodiversity (definition, assessment methods, loss, and evaluation); population biology (concepts and research methods); habitat loss; species extinction; exotic species and their impacts; and possibilities for human intervention in alleviating trends in species loss and ecosystem degradation.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Cross-listed courses

ER313 - Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of ES 348, ES 318, ES 320, ER 313, BIOL 370.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of:
    • ES200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (1.5)
  • Complete 1 of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • BIOL184 - Evolution and Biodiversity (1.5)
      • BIOL186 - Physiology and Cell Biology (1.5)
    • Complete all of:
  • or permission of the school.

Course offered by

School of Environmental Studies

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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