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2011-2012 University Catalog

CONS 490 - Integrated Conservation Strategies

Credits: 3 (NR)
Integrates the course work of the Smithsonian-Mason Semester through study of current conservation issues. Students incorporate interdisciplinary aspects of conservation into a summative group case study on a chosen conservation issue and present formally before a faculty panel.

Fulfills general education requirement in synthesis.

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and a college level biological or environmental science course

Notes: Must be taken concurrently with CONS 320, CONS 401, CONS 402, and CONS 410. Only offered through the Smithsonian-Mason Semester.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0