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Conservation Biology

University of Mary Washington · Fredericksburg, VA

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Program
Award
Conservation Biology
CIP
26.0101
Total credits (published)
41
Credits (computed from items)
15
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232681
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232681_cdc00c35
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Major Requirements

major core · 4 items
  1. BIOL 132
    - Organism Function and Diversity
    As published: “Organism Function and Diversity”
    or: BIOL 126 Phage Hunters II
    4
  2. BIOL 210
    - Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
    As published: “Introduction to Ecology and Evolution”
    3
  3. BIOL 260
    - Biostatistics and Research Design
    As published: “Biostatistics and Research Design”
    4
  4. BIOL 341
    - General Genetics
    As published: “General Genetics”
    4

Select one of the following:

4 items
  1. BIOL 428
    - Conservation Biology
    As published: “Conservation Biology”
    4
  2. CONS 402
    - Applied Conservation
    As published: “Applied Conservation”
    4
  3. CONS 404
    - Biodiversity Monitoring
    As published: “Biodiversity Monitoring”
    4
  4. CONS 491
    - Conservation Management Planning
    As published: “Conservation Management Planning”
    4

Select one of the following:

3 items
  1. EESC 205
    - GIS Applications in Environmental Science and Geology with Lab
    As published: “GIS Applications in Environmental Science and Geology with Lab”
    4
  2. GISC 200
    - Introduction to GIS
    As published: “Introduction to GIS”
    4
  3. GISC 250
    - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Cartography
    As published: “Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Cartography”
    4

Select one public policy, economic, and cultural perspectives course:

14 items
  1. ANTH 320
    - Sustainable Design & Permaculture
    As published: “Sustainable Design & Permaculture”
    4
  2. ANTH 330
    - Ethnobotany
    As published: “Ethnobotany”
    3
  3. ANTH 365
    Environment and Development Narratives: The
    As published: “Environment and Development Narratives: The Modern Myths of Nature and Progress”
  4. CONS 410
    - Human Dimensions of Conservation
    As published: “Human Dimensions of Conservation”
    3
  5. ECON 331A
    - Environmental and Resource Economics
    As published: “Environmental and Resource Economics”
    3
  6. EESC 230
    - Global Environmental Problems
    As published: “Global Environmental Problems”
    3
  7. EESC 330
    - Environmental Regulations
    As published: “Environmental Regulations”
    3
  8. EESC 360C
  9. EESC 360D
  10. GEOG 245
    - Environment and Society
    As published: “Environment and Society”
    3
  11. HIST 322
    - US Environmental History
    As published: “US Environmental History”
    3
  12. PHIL 330
    - Environmental Ethics
    As published: “Environmental Ethics”
    3
  13. SOCG 354
    - Environmental Sociology
    As published: “Environmental Sociology”
    3
  14. SOCG 456
    - Environmental Justice
    As published: “Environmental Justice”
    3

Students must take a minimum of 15 credits from the following:

0 items

    Select at least two of the following diversity courses:

    10 items
    1. BIOL 231
      - Plant Biology
      As published: “Plant Biology”
      4
    2. BIOL 313
      - Natural History: Observing Plants from Individuals to Ecosystem
      As published: “Natural History: Observing Plants from Individuals to Ecosystem”
      4
    3. BIOL 321
      - Invertebrate Zoology
      As published: “Invertebrate Zoology”
      4
    4. BIOL 323
      - Entomology
      As published: “Entomology”
      4
    5. BIOL 372
      - Parasitology
      As published: “Parasitology”
      4
    6. BIOL 425
      - Vertebrate Zoology
      As published: “Vertebrate Zoology”
      4
    7. BIOL 426
      - Biology of Fishes
      As published: “Biology of Fishes”
      4
    8. BIOL 427
      - Ornithology
      As published: “Ornithology”
      4
    9. BIOL 444
      - Bioinformatics
      As published: “Bioinformatics”
      3
    10. BIOL 471
      - Topics in Biology
      As published: “Topics in Biology 1”
      2-4

    Select at least one upper-level ecology course:

    9 items
    1. BIOL 311
      - Plant Ecology
      As published: “Plant Ecology”
      4
    2. BIOL 322
      - Animal Ecology
      As published: “Animal Ecology”
      4
    3. BIOL 401
      - Animal Behavior
      As published: “Animal Behavior”
      3
    4. BIOL 402
      - Population Biology
      As published: “Population Biology”
      3
    5. BIOL 423
      - Ecology and Evolution in the Galapagos Islands
      As published: “Ecology and Evolution in the Galapagos Islands”
      4
    6. BIOL 424
      - Tropical Ecology
      As published: “Tropical Ecology”
      4
    7. BIOL 471
      - Topics in Biology
      As published: “Topics in Biology 1”
      2-4
    8. CONS 405
      - Landscape and Macrosystems Ecology
      As published: “Landscape and Macrosystems Ecology”
      4
    9. CONS 406
      - Small Population Management
      As published: “Small Population Management”
      4

    Select at least one Research Intensive (RI) course or Course Sequence:

    7 items
    1. BIOL 427
      - Ornithology
      As published: “Ornithology (Select at least one Research Intensive (RI) course or sequence)”
      4
    2. BIOL 445
      - Research Practices in Aquatic Ecology
      As published: “Research Practices in Aquatic Ecology”
      4
    3. BIOL 462
      - Research Practices in Plant Ecology
      As published: “Research Practices in Plant Ecology”
      4
    4. BIOL 472
      - Research-Intensive Topics in Biology
      As published: “Research-Intensive Topics in Biology 1”
      4
    5. BIOL 481& BIOL 491
      Research Design & Proposal Development in Biologyand Special Problems in Biology 1
      Not resolved to a course
    6. CONS 490
      - Integrated Conservation Strategies
      As published: “Integrated Conservation Strategies”
      3
    7. CONS 496
      - Research in Conservation
      As published: “Research in Conservation”
      6

    Select additional electives to meet the 41 credit requirement:

    electives · 8 items
    1. BIOL 442
      - Evolution
      As published: “Evolution”
      3
    2. BIOL 499
      - Internship
      As published: “Internship”
      1-12
    3. BIOL 416
      - Vertebrate Endocrinology
      As published: “Vertebrate Endocrinology”
      3
    4. CONS 400
      - Conservation Seminar
      As published: “Conservation Seminar”
      2
    5. EESC 357
      - Sustainable Aquaculture
      As published: “Sustainable Aquaculture”
      3
    6. EESC 418
      - Applied Ecotoxicology
      As published: “Applied Ecotoxicology”
      4
    7. GEOG 241
      - Biogeography
      As published: “Biogeography”
      3
    8. GEOG 327
      - Climate Change
      As published: “Climate Change”
      3
    Source. University of Mary Washington, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.umw.edu/undergraduate/majors/conservation-biology/. Captured page pages/0032.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.