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BIOE 281ZConservation Science in a Changing World

2 creditsGraduateStudent Option

Selected readings and guest speakers in conservation, climate science and the ecology of environmental change coupled with peer review of participants' research proposals, grant proposals, manuscripts and scientific presentations.

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to ecology and evolutionary graduate students.

Find a section and add it to your scheduleLive seat counts, time-conflict checks and the walk from your previous class.

When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01SeminarAsynchronousStaffOpen 0/15

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01SeminarAsynchronousStaffOpen 2/15

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
TBA
TBD In PersonE. S. ZavaletaOpen 3/15

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
TBA
TBD In PersonE. S. ZavaletaOpen 3/15

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
TBA
TBD In PersonE. S. ZavaletaOpen 3/15

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Erika Zavaleta3.6 / 53.1 / 538%17

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