2014-2015 University Catalog 
  
2014-2015 University Catalog

EVPP 427 - Disease Ecology and Conservation

Credits: 3 (NR)
Presents the trans-disciplinary discipline of conservation medicine, the study of relationships between organism and ecosystem health and environmental conditions. Topics include infectious and noninfectious diseases, pathogens, processes, and impacts on human, biotic, and ecosystem health, and how to address the consequences of diseases to populations and ecological communities.

Prerequisite(s): 60 credits and BIOL 213 or BIOL/EVPP 305/306 and BIOL 308.

Notes: This course will co-meet with EVPP 527. Undergraduate students in this course will have separate (shorter) reading and writing assignments and will be graded according to a different rubric than the graduate students.

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