BIO 125 - EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Biology

Description:

This course provides students with a theoretical and experiential overview of biological diversity. Topical themes of this course include the human connections to biodiversity, benefits of biodiversity, spatial patterns and biological scales of biodiversity, historic and contemporary threats to biodiversity, local to global trends of extinction and endangerment, data collection and analysis techniques, and site-specific management practices to conserve or restore biodiversity. In addition, students will be asked to consider and devise solutions to conservation issues within a sociopolitical context. This lecture course will have an extensive field-based (outdoor) component. Field trips will be conducted during lecture time and on weekends. This face-to-face course is intended for the general education of non-majors and is not applicable to biology major programs or biology major GPA accounting.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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