Overview
This graduate sequence provides students with a broad-based education in Conservation Biology by combining education in basic research and classes in ecology, evolution, conservation biology, and other conceptual or organismal focused courses.
The classes are targeted to provide a broad conceptual framework for addressing applied problems such as preservation of biodiversity, restoration, and the effects of anthropogenic environmental change. Students' research projects range from applied science, such as management of natural areas, to basic research, such as evolutionary consequences of habitat fragmentation and of environmental toxins.
The Conservation Biology sequence is an option for students enrolled in the M.S. degree program.