PEOPLE, WILDLIFE AND LANDSCAPES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Compare and evaluate the three types of social research in terms of how they engage with biodiversity conservation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Differentiate attitudes, values and norms and explain why sociologists suggest norm change is the best path to changing human environmental behavior. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze shifts in attitudes to wildlife among the public in the U.S. and in Global South settings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the social and political factors shaping popular explanations for wildlife decline and human-wildlife conflict. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Organize evidence to guide policy makers how to reduce wildlife loss or how to resolve conflicts with wildlife including invasive species. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Improve professional writing and speaking skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Practice measuring attitudes toward wildlife. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Compare and evaluate the three types of social research in terms of how they engage with biodiversity conservation. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Differentiate attitudes, values and norms and explain why sociologists suggest norm change is the best path to changing human environmental behavior. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze shifts in attitudes to wildlife among the public in the U.S. and in Global South settings. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the social and political factors shaping popular explanations for wildlife decline and human-wildlife conflict. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Organize evidence to guide policy makers how to reduce wildlife loss or how to resolve conflicts with wildlife including invasive species. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Improve professional writing and speaking skills. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Practice measuring attitudes toward wildlife. Audience: Graduate