Coursework
The Conservation Practice course comprises 80 credits in total, of which 25 are from the project semester and the remaining are from practice-oriented immersive and experiential classroom semesters. The first semester comprises interdisciplinary foundation courses, including ecology, sociology for conservation and sustainability, environmental science, environmental economics, and scientific communication. The second semester comprises domain knowledge courses on biodiversity, food systems, and ecosystem services and a perspectives course on interdisciplinary practice. The third and final semester includes practice-oriented domain skills courses on landscape restoration, conservation technologies, decision science, approaches to conservation, climate change, and conservation psychology. In addition, during the third semester, students can take a range of electives on project cycle management, adaptive learning, effective advocacy, ethnobotany, transdisciplinarity, environmental humanities, and medicinal plants based on their interests.
The Conservation Practice course comprises 80 credits in total, of which 25 are from the project semester and the remaining are from practice-oriented immersive and experiential classroom semesters. The first semester comprises interdisciplinary foundation courses, including ecology, sociology for conservation and sustainability, environmental science, environmental economics, and scientific communication. The second semester comprises domain knowledge courses on biodiversity, food systems, and ecosystem services and a perspectives course on interdisciplinary practice. The third and final semester includes practice-oriented domain skills courses on landscape restoration, conservation technologies, decision science, approaches to conservation, climate change, and conservation psychology. In addition, during the third semester, students can take a range of electives on project cycle management, adaptive learning, effective advocacy, ethnobotany, transdisciplinarity, environmental humanities, and medicinal plants based on their interests.
