BIO 336/BEE572: Conservation Biology

Active learning course. Introduces the scientific foundations of conservation biology, along with real-world examples. Seven learning units: demography, population genetics, between-species interactions, island biogeography, biogeochemistry, and environmental economics. Classroom is partially flipped, course includes pre- and post-assessments of class content, activities in every class period, numerous in-class exercises, online-based textbooks, and open-notes, in-person exams.

Taught Fall 2026. The course was part of a NSF-funded project to evaluate the effectiveness of one-semester interventions in building critical thinking skills. Results show that students used to gain some critical thinking skills as part of the course. Results have not been reevaluated in the post-LLM era.

Prerequisite: BIO 201

DEC: H

SBC: STAS

3 credits

Hours: 2 lectures (80-min each) per week.

Grading type: A-F

Instructor: Liliana M. Dávalos