Integrative Conservation (BS in Interdisciplinary Studies)

Required Credits: 37

Introduction to Integrative Conservation

1. CONS 201

   Introduction to Integrative Conservation
   3

Methods in Integrative Conservation

1. Students must complete three credits from Category 1 (Geospatial Methods) and a further three credits from another Category of methods courses. The Geospatial course meets the major computing requirment.

   Not resolved to a course
   6

Category 1: Geospatial Methods:

1. CONS 210

   Introduction to Conservation GIS
   3

or other approved course

Category 2: Quantitative Methods:

1. CONS 301

   Quantitative Methods in Conservation
   3

or other approved course

Category 3: Qualitative and Mixed Methods:

1. ANTH 445

   Issues in Anthropology

   As published: “Issues in Anthropology (with topic Ethnographic Methods)”
   3
2. GOVT 301

   Research Methods
   3

or other approved course

Biodiversity:

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   3
2. BIOL 318

   Conservation Biology
   3
3. BIOL 461

   Marine Ecology and Conservation
   3
4. CONS 440

   Advanced Topics in Conservation

   As published: “Advanced Topics in Conservation (with topic Disease Ecology)”
   1-3
5. CONS 460

   Conservation Behavior
   3
6. CONS 461

   Biodiversity Conservation
   3

or other approved course

Communities, Voices, and Conservation:

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   3
2. CONS 370

   Environmental Justice
   3
3. CONS 401

   Conservation Ethics
   3
4. CONS 410

   Indigenous Knowledges & Conservation
   3

or other approved course

Human Wellbeing and Nature

1. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   3
2. CONS 371

   Political Ecology of Conservation
   3
3. CONS 372

   Sustainable Livelihoods
   3
4. CONS 440

   Advanced Topics in Conservation

   As published: “Advanced Topics in Conservation (with topics Economics of Conservation, One Health or Sustainable Food Systems)”
   1-3

or other approved course

Applied Integrative Conservation

1. CONS 415

   People-Centered Conservation & Climate Solutions
   3
2. CONS 421

   Introduction to Conservation Planning
   3
3. CONS 440

   Advanced Topics in Conservation

   As published: “Advanced Topics in Conservation (with topic Design Science Research for Conservation)”
   1-3

or other approved course

Capstone Integrative Conservation Project

1. Select four credits from the following: 1

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. CONS 490

   Conservation Practicum
   1-3
3. CONS 491

   International Conservation Practicum
   1-3
4. CONS 492

   Capstone Conservation Practicum
   1-3
5. CONS 495

   Honors
   3
6. CONS 496

   Honors
   3

Or other approved research or independent study course on an applied conservation topic that is in collaboration with an external conservation partner organization.

Electives

1. Select the remaining 12 credits to be taken from any of the 300 or 400-level courses listed above, any other CONS prefix course, and/or a relevant selection from the courses listed below that are offered by other departments and programs. We prefer students to take as many CONS prefix courses as possible. Choice of electives should be discussed with an academic advisor from the IIC, and we encourage students to use their elective courses to develop a specialization or focus within areas of integrative conservation. For example, the choice of electives could be a short series of GIS or data science courses, a series of ecology-focused courses, a series of environmental economics or business-related courses, or a series of courses that help students deepen their understanding of how people and communities connect with nature. 2

   Not resolved to a course
   12
2. ANTH 250

   Introduction to Native Studies
   3
3. ANTH 324

   Native People of the American Southwest
   3
4. ANTH 325

   Native People of the Great Plains
   3
5. ANTH 338

   Native Cultures of South America
   3
6. ANTH 351

   People, Cultures, and the Environment of Polynesia
   3
7. ARTH 430

   Seminar Topics in Art History

   As published: “Seminar Topics in Art History (with topic Art and Environmental Justice)”
   3
8. CONS 440

   Advanced Topics in Conservation
   1-3
9. BIOL 311

   Ecology
   3
10. BIOL 410

    Animal Behavior
    3
11. BIOL 411

    Ecology Lab
    1
12. BIOL 413

    Plant Diversity and Identification
    1
13. BIOL 413L

    Plant Diversity and Identification Laboratory
    2
14. BIOL 416

    Intro to Ornithology
    4
15. BIOL 417

    Population and Community Ecology
    4
16. BIOL 426

    Aquatic Ecology
    4
17. BIOL 445

    GIS for Biologists
    3
18. BIOL 458

    Not resolved to a course
19. BUAD 340

    Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship
    3
20. BUAD 451

    Customer Insights for Innovation
    3
21. BUAD 453

    Sustainability Inspired Innovation & Design
    3
22. DATA 301

    Applied Machine Learning
    3
23. DATA 305

    Designing AI Agents
    3
24. ECON 322

    Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
    3
25. GIS 405

    Geovisualization & Cartographic Design
    3
26. GIS 410

    Introduction to Remotely Sensed Imagery and Analysis
    3
27. GIS 420

    Advanced GIS Analysis & Programming
    3
28. GOVT 322

    Global Environmental Politics
    3
29. HIST 226

    American West, 1890-
    3
30. HIST 238

    Native American History since 1763
    3
31. MSCI 250

    People, Society, and the Coast
    3
32. MSCI 340

    Marine Biology
    3
33. PHIL 308

    Issues in Environmental Ethics
    3
34. SOCI 303

    Quant Research Methods
    3
35. SOCI 442

    Political Ecology of Health & Disease
    3

or other approved course