Spring 2027

Preserving Nature

Study the theory and practice of effective, scientific, ethical, and legitimate preservation of nature, including biodiversity, atmosphere, and water.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Adrian Treves2.4/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.52 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=62 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 59.3% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.83 GPA, 29.8% A/AB (n=161 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of the environmental provisions in national constitutions and U.S. co-sovereign federal-state-tribal governance as these relate to environmental protection.

  • Display mastery of the fundamentals of biodiversity and the atmosphere, and what human activities threaten extinction, climate change, and water quality.

  • Summarize the ethical and legal roles – of the public, civil society activist organizations, legislatures, executive branches, the judiciary, and public scholars – in preserving and impairing nature.

  • Communicate professionally about effective conservation practice and scientific integrity.

  • Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of preserving nature for future generations.

  • Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of preserving nature for future generations.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing or ZOOLOGY/​BOTANY/​ENVIR ST 260

ENVIRST 413

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Professors

Spring 2027

Adrian Treves

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Raw average: 2.14/5 from 83 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.52 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=62 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 59.3% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.83 GPA, 29.8% A/AB (n=161 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADRIAN TREVES is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 1900

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.52 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=62 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 59.3% A/AB (n=91 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.83 GPA, 29.8% A/AB (n=161 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Environmental provisions in national constitutions and U.S. federal-state-tribal governance
  • Fundamentals of biodiversity, atmosphere, extinction, climate change, and water quality
  • Ethical and legal roles of various stakeholders in preserving nature
  • Social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability challenges

Skills

  • Professional communication about conservation practice and scientific integrity
  • Analyzing causes and solutions for sustainability challenges in nature preservation

Grades

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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ENVIRST 413 · Spring 2027

Preserving Nature

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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