SIO295/295L: Introduction to Marine Biodiversity, Conservation and Global Change
The
goal of this intensive course is to provide a basic conceptual framework
in marine biodiversity, conservation, and global change through the lenses of science, economics, business, governance, ethics and communications. We are
striving to engage and challenge the students from the start with a
broad overview of the diversity of scope and major questions and
problems in the field, and to provide an initial road map to help to
guide their future study and research.
Comments from some of our students:
"...genius in its design " "...an amazing experience for me"
"The best course I have taken in my life"
"The course is great and the discussions, field trips, class workshops are something hard to find anywhere else"
"I learned more in this course than I thought was possible to learn in two months" and From the Boston Globe
Summer 2012
This course is available to students enrolled in the MAS Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program and selected PhD students. Orientation (June 20-22) is required for this 10 week course.
Classes for this summer start on June 25, 2012.
Required reading - Prior to June 25, 2011 Economics: A very short introduction
By: Partha Dasgupta Field notes from a catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change
By Elizabeth Kolbert Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die
By: Chip & Dan Heath Bare Bones Camera Course for Film & Video
By: Tom Schroeppel
Comments from some of our students:
