CB Concentration

The Conservation Biology concentration is designed to allow students to explore conservation as it applies to a diversity of species and ecosystems, as well as the social sciences that are critical to managing biodiversity and other natural resources. Students enrolled in this curriculum are often active in the University of Maine’s chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology, an organization that represents the global community of conservation professionals. In addition to the core curriculum, students must take the following courses:

WLE 323 Introduction to Conservation Biology OR WLE 445 Management of Endangered & Threatened Species	3 credits
*Organismal biology course e.g.,** BIO 310 Plant Biology BIO 326 General Entomology BIO 342 Plants in our World BIO 353 Invertebrate Zoology BIO 430 Ecology & Systematics of Aquatic Insects BIO 432 Biology of the Fungi BIO 433 Mammalogy BIO 434 Avian Biology & Ecology BIO 354 Biology of Behavior INT 308 Conservation & Ecology of Marine Mammals SMS 322 Biology of Marine Vertebrates SMS 422 Biology of Fishes SMS 425 Applied Population Genetics WLE 340 Freshwater Fisheries Ecology & Management	3-4 credits
*Ecology & management of ecosystems course, e.g.** BIO 447 Experimental Aquatic Ecology BIO 463 River Ecology BIO 468 Limnology FTY 349 Principles of Forest Management SMS 531 Coral Reefs WLE 423 Wetland Ecology & Conservation	3-4 credits
Social science aspects of conservation (two courses) e.g.,** ANT 250 Conservation Anthropology: The Socio-Cultural Dimension of Environmental Issues ANT 464 Cultural Ecology EES 324 Environmental Protection Law & Policy HTY 479 U.S. Environmental History PHI 232 Environmental Ethics PHI 432 Environmental Philosophy & Policy REP 381 Sustainable Development Principles & Policy SMS 555 Resource Management in Cross-cultural Perspective	6 credits

* These courses should be complementary and additive to the core curriculum. For example, if you have taken BIO 326 then consider BIO 353 because you cannot count BIO 326 twice.

** Some of these courses can be used to meet your General Education requirements.