OCUBAE - Field Ecology & Conservation

The aim of this degree is to develop ecologically and scientifically literate, informed, and responsible citizens who are prepared to offer solutions to environmental problems, and to help develop sustainable relationships between people and nature. Students gain an interdisciplinary understanding and experience of the scientific, political, economic, community-based, and social justice aspects of contemporary environmental problems. Through field-based application of knowledge, they develop the skills to be part of the solutions in a variety of fields ranging from field ecology to resource management to community-based conservation and science communication. Students pursuing a BA in Field Ecology & Conservation will be able to address the values, processes, inquiry- and solution-generating abilities, and applications required to develop a philosophical understanding of, and ethical stance regarding, human-nature interactions and relationships. The program advances and integrates understanding across many disciplines, including the biological, physical, and social sciences, and the humanities. Students use these insights to illuminate the interrelationships between human and non-human realms, meanwhile learning specific skills in community development, application to real-world situations, critical thinking, field and laboratory methods, and oral and written communication