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(BIOL 348L) Natural Resource Management Laboratory

Laboratory for Natural Resource Management.

Credit hours 1.0 lab
Prerequisites BIOL 113, BIOL 350
Corequisite BIOL 348
Offered Fall
Programs Biology (BS), Conservation Biology Minor

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Discuss ethical and economic issues related to natural resource management.
  • Apply ecological concepts to natural resource management.
  • Describe the relationship between human population dynamics and natural resource management.
  • Evaluate the issues and solutions related to soil conservation and sustainable agriculture.
  • Describe and evaluate rangeland, forest, and wildlife management challenges and solutions.
  • Understand aquatic ecosystem and water management issues, and how they relate to water pollution and fisheries conservation.
  • Evaluate the issues and solutions related to global change, and the use of renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy.
  • Develop practices and identify personal behaviors that will help create a sustainable future.