RPTS 460: Nature, Values, and Protected Areas

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Writing-intensive discussion of the ways in which protected areas reflect human values about nature; identify stakeholders in and around protected areas, exploring how interests either conflict or coincide; evaluate social, economic, cultural, and ecological trade-offs of different approaches to conservation.Prerequisite:Junior or senior classification or approval of instructor.Cross Listing:ECCB 460/RPTS 460.