Prefix

Cr.

Course Name

Faculty

Prereqs

Time

Description

Requirements fulfilled in GDPE

AP 515

3

Culture and Environment

Pickering

6 credits in antro

T 5-8

Theoretical accounts of societies' variable relationships to their environments; indigenous peoples' interactions with nature in context of modernity.

AP 529

Anthopology and Development

Galvin

9 credits in anthro

M 2-5

Process of socio-economic development intervention and the evolving role of anthropologists.

AP 570

3

Contemporary Issues - Biological Anthropology

Magennis

6 credits in biological anthropology

W 3-5

Theory and applications in biological anthropology focusing on syntheses and interpretations of human biology, variation, adaptability, and evolution.

BZ 526

3

Evolutionary Ecology

Ghalambor and McKay

BIO 320 or SOCR 220/LAND 220.

T, Th 11-12:15

Adaptation to abiotic and biotic environments; how current ecological processes interact with evolutionary history.

BZ 548

4

Theory of Population and Evolutionary Ecology

Webb

math 355

MWF 1- 2 and Th 3-6

Principles and methods for building, analyzing, and interpreting mathematical models of ecological and evolutionary problems in biology; research module.

Group A OR C

BZ 577/MB577

1

Computer Analysis in Population Genetics

Antolin

BZ 578/MIP 578 or concurrent registration.

TBA

Computational and statistical techniques and practical exercises in discrete and quantitative genetics.

BZ 578/MB578

4

Genetics of Natural Populations

Antolin

BZ 350 or LIFE 201A or LIFE 201B or SOCR 330; STAT 201 or STAT 301 or STAT 307/ ERHS 307.

TBA

Theoretical and empirical aspects of the genetics of natural populations; molecular techniques and statistical analysis.

F 524

3

Forest Fire Meteorology and Behavior

Rocca

AT 350 or permission from instructor

T, Th 2-4

Effects of atmospheric processes on wild and prescribed fires; interrelationships of weather, fuels, and topography on forest and range fires.

FW 551

3

Design of Fish and Wildlife Studies

Wilson

STAT 301 or STAT/ERHS 307. Must register for lecture and recitation

Design of Fish and Wildlife Studies

Principles, types of studies, and philosophy of science in design of experimental, observational, and sampling studies for wildlife investigation.

FW 580

Applied Sampling for Wildlife-Fish Studies

Doherty

STAT 301 or STAT 307 or ERHS307.

T, Th 3:30-5

survey sampling theory and techniques with emphasis on wildlife studies

FW 677

Wildlife Habitat Management

Savidge

FW 260. Must register for lecture, laboratory and recitation. Required field trips

W, F morning

Habitat models; vegetation manipulation and monitoring for wildlife; extended field trips.

MB 624

2

Microbial Ecology

Klein

MB 300 or relevant

T Th 4-6

Concepts in ecology as applied to microbial systems including analysis of communities, interactions, and biogeochemical cycling.

MB580

3

Disease Vectors in the Field and Laboratory

Foy

BZ 462/BSPM 462/MIP 462 or MIP 563.

Th 2-5, F 9-12

Screen collections for vector-borne pathogens, how to use current molecular analysis. Techniques include most aspects of collecting, keying vector species; proper experimental techniques and data-keeping when working with disease vectors.

NR 460

3

Wilderness Management

Wallace

LAND 220/SOCR 220; NRRT 231.

T Th 4-5:15

Management of wilderness in the U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System and equivalent international wildlands.

NR 505

4

Concepts in GIS

Laituri

STAT 301 or STAT 511.

2-4 W, 2-5 M

Concepts of geographic information systems and spatial data analysis.

NR 512

4

Spatial Statistical Modeling - Natural Resources

Reich

STAT 301; NR 322; NR 323.

TR 9-10:15

Statistical techniques used to model natural and environmental resources; GIS, remote sensing, and spatial statistics.

NR 621

3

Design of Geographic Information Systems

Dean

LAND 520 or NR 322; CS 110.

8-10 T, Th

Algorithms, procedures, and applications of spatial data handling and spatial analysis.

NR 660

3

Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems

Burke

C 245; SC 240, one course in advanced ecology

T, Th 12:30 1:45

Biotic and abiotic processes responsible for distribution and fluxes of elements at ecosystem, landscape, and global scales.

Group B

RS 531

3

World Grassland Ecogeography

Lauenroth

BZ 223

T, Th 10-11, Th 8-10

Distribution, climate, and structure of the world's major grasslands with emphasis on North America.

RS 630

3

Ecology Grasslands and Shrublands

Lauenroth

one course in ecology

MWF 9 -10

Distributions and climatic controls on grassland and shrubland plant communities.

Group B