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MATH 1142 - Short Calculus (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

A streamlined one-semester tour of differential and integral calculus in one variable, and differential calculus in two variables. No trigonometry/does not have the same depth as MATH 1271-1272. Formulas and their interpretation and use in applications. prereq: Satisfactory score on placement test or grade of at least C- in [1031 or 1051]

MATH 1271 - Calculus I (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Math 1271/Math 1381/Math 1571/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Differential calculus of functions of a single variable, including polynomial, rational, exponential, and trig functions. Applications, including optimization and related rates problems. Single variable integral calculus, using anti-derivatives and simple substitution. Applications may include area, volume, work problems. prereq: 4 yrs high school math including trig or satisfactory score on placement test or grade of at least C- in [1151 or 1155]

FW 4001 - Biometry

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course covers the basic foundations of statistical methods. In contrast to traditional methods of teaching statistics based on analytical formulas and hand-calculations, we will initially emphasize simulation-based methods (randomization tests, bootstrapping) for analyzing data. Students will learn how to implement common statistical methods (e.g., one and two sample tests, interval estimation techniques, linear regression) in the R programming language, and gain experience analyzing real data from a variety of fields, with particular emphasis on biological examples and applications.

ESPM 3012 - Statistical Methods for Environmental Scientists and Managers (MATH)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AnSc 3011/ESPM 3012/Stat 3011/
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to statistical principles, foundations, and methods for examining data and drawing conclusions. Confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and regression modeling of relationships in environmental and natural resource science and management problems. prereq: Two yrs of high school math

CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I (PHYS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1061/ 1071/H/ 1081
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Atomic theory, periodic properties of elements. Thermochemistry, reaction stoichiometry. Behavior of gases, liquids, and solids. Molecular/ionic structure/bonding. Organic chemistry and polymers. energy sources, environmental issues related to energy use. Prereq-Grade of at least C- in [1011 or 1015] or [passing placement exam, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1065]; intended for science or engineering majors; concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1065; registration for 1065 must precede registration for 1061

CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory (PHYS)

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1065/Chem 1075H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Basic laboratory skills while investigating physical and chemical phenomena closely linked to lecture material. Experimental design, data collection and treatment, discussion of errors, and proper treatment of hazardous wastes. prereq: concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1061

BIOL 1009 - General Biology (BIOL)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 1009/Biol 1009H
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

A comprehensive introduction to biology - includes molecular structure of living things, cell processes, energy utilization, genetic information and inheritance, mechanisms of evolution, biological diversity, and ecology. Includes lab. This comprehensive course serves as a prerequisite and requirement in many majors.

FW 4301 - Conservation Genetics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

This course introduces students to fundamental principles of population genetics and molecular phylogenetics and explores their applications to problems in the conservation, management, and restoration of biodiversity.

GCD 3022 - Genetics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 4003/GCD 3022
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Mechanisms of heredity, implications for biological populations. Applications to practical problems. prereq: Introductory biology course such as Biol 1009

EEB 3807 - Ecology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Population growth/interactions. Ecosystem function applied to ecological issues. Regulation of human populations, dynamics/impacts of disease, invasions by exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity. Lab, field work. prereq: [One semester college biology], [MATH 1142 or MATH 1271 or MATH 1281 or equiv]

EEB 3407 - Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Principles of ecology from populations to ecosystems. Applications to human populations, disease, exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity and global dynamics of the earth.

EEB 3408W - Ecology (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Principles of population growth/interactions, communities and ecosystem function applied to ecological issues. Regulation of populations, dynamics/impacts of disease, invasions by exotic organisms, biodiversity, global change. Lab. Scientific writing. Quantitative skill development (mathematical models, data analysis, statistics and some coding in R). prereq: [One semester college biology or instr consent], [MATH 1142 or MATH 1271 or Math 1272 or Math 1241 or Math 1242 or MATH 1281 or Math 1282 or equiv]

FW 1001 - Orientation in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Survey of technical requirements and education needed for careers in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology. Introduction to fields of work, problems, career opportunities. Prerequisite: FWCB major or instructor permission.

FW 3106 - Vegetation Sampling for Habitat Assessments

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Common vegetation sampling methods used for habitat assessments. Identify approximately 75 vascular plant species typical of Minnesota terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems using taxonomic keys and readily observable traits. Importance of plants for providing food, cover, and nesting habitat. prereq: [soph, jr, sr], FW major, must be taken concurrently with FW 3108

FW 3108 - Field Methods in Research and Conservation of Vertebrate Populations

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The goal of this course is to help students develop skills and confidence in planning and implementing effective field research. The topics we will cover include species identification, basic statistical analysis, aquatic ecological assessments, and wildlife research. 1. Students in the course will gain experience in planning and conducting field-based research projects and will be introduced to a variety of techniques used in assessing and/or monitoring terrestrial and aquatic wildlife populations. 2. Students will learn to (1) identify common terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate species in Minnesota, (2) design, plan, and conduct field-based research, (3) collect, analyze, and interpret field data including telemetry, bird point counts, amphibian surveys, and trap-grid and remote-camera data, (4) put data findings into a context of management implications and decisions, and (5) communicate findings in written formats 3. Multiple full-day field trips or a 5-day field session is required for this course. prereq: [soph, jr, sr], FW major, must be taken concurrently with FW 3106

FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish, wildlife, and other forms of biodiversity. Single species, populations, ecosystem, and landscape approaches. Experiential/interactive course. Decision-case studies. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009

CFAN 3096 - Making the Most of your Professional Experience

Credits:	1.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course is designed to meet the CFANS Experiential Learning requirement which defines the importance and processes of learning through experience. This course also is a Diversity Enriched course. Students will undertake an experience in an authentic work-place setting related to agriculture, food or natural resource settings as a prerequisite to the course. The professional/internship experience will serve as a foundation for learning professional competencies including reflection, problem solving, managing interpersonal relationships, professional communication, and goal setting. Current theories of career development and career readiness will be introduced to help students construct meaning from their experiences to inform future goals and strategies. prereq: Secured internship, instr consent

EEB 3408W - Ecology (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Principles of population growth/interactions, communities and ecosystem function applied to ecological issues. Regulation of populations, dynamics/impacts of disease, invasions by exotic organisms, biodiversity, global change. Lab. Scientific writing. Quantitative skill development (mathematical models, data analysis, statistics and some coding in R). prereq: [One semester college biology or instr consent], [MATH 1142 or MATH 1271 or Math 1272 or Math 1241 or Math 1242 or MATH 1281 or Math 1282 or equiv]

EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3202WESPM /5202
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Negotiation of natural resource management issues. Use of collaborative planning. Case study approach to conflict management, strategic planning, and building leadership qualities. Emphasizes analytical concepts, techniques, and skills.

ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Political processes in management of the environment. How disagreements are addressed by different stakeholders, private-sector interests, government agencies, institutions, communities, and nonprofit organizations.

ESPM 4061W - Water Quality and Natural Resources (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Water quality decision making. International focus. Ecology of aquatic ecosystems, how they are valuable to society and changed by landscape management. Case studies, impaired waters, TMDL process, student engagement in simulating water quality decision making.

FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Environmental interactions of wildlife at population/community levels. Environmental threats from human activities. Habitat management practices. Objectives, policies, regulations in population management. prereq: [FW 4102 or FW 4103], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408 or EEB 3807]

WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course introduces students to technical and professional writing through various readings and assignments in which students analyze and create texts that work to communicate complex information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Students gain knowledge of workplace genres as well as to develop skills in composing such genres. This course allows students to practice rhetorically analyzing writing situations and composing genres such as memos, proposals, instructions, research reports, and presentations. Students work in teams to develop collaborative content and to compose in a variety of modes including text, graphics, video, audio, and digital. Students also conduct both primary and secondary research and practice usability testing. The course emphasizes creating documents that are goal-driven and appropriate for a specific context and audience.

AECM 2421W - Professional and Oral Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Speaking/writing about scientific/technical issues. Student-centered, relies on interaction/participation. Public communication.��Lectures for this course will be online, while discussion sections will be held in-person.

COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.

WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course introduces students to technical and professional writing through various readings and assignments in which students analyze and create texts that work to communicate complex information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Students gain knowledge of workplace genres as well as to develop skills in composing such genres. This course allows students to practice rhetorically analyzing writing situations and composing genres such as memos, proposals, instructions, research reports, and presentations. Students work in teams to develop collaborative content and to compose in a variety of modes including text, graphics, video, audio, and digital. Students also conduct both primary and secondary research and practice usability testing. The course emphasizes creating documents that are goal-driven and appropriate for a specific context and audience.

ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3202WESPM /5202
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Negotiation of natural resource management issues. Use of collaborative planning. Case study approach to conflict management, strategic planning, and building leadership qualities. Emphasizes analytical concepts, techniques, and skills.

ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3245/ESPM 5245
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Policies affecting land use planning at local, state, and federal levels. Ecosystem and landscape scale planning. Collaborative and community-based approaches to planning for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Class project applies interdisciplinary perspectives on planning and policy, including information gathering techniques, conservation planning tools, and evaluation of planning options.

FNRM 3101 - Park and Protected Area Tourism

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3101/FNRM 5101
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Tourism is a significant industry locally, nationally, and internationally. Park and protected area attractions are among the most visited but also the most vulnerable attractions. This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic concept of park and protected area tourism, including cultural and ecotourism, and then develop your expertise to plan and evaluate sustainable tourism development and operations. Accordingly, you will complete assignments that apply the knowledge gained to planning and evaluation activities. This course is offered partially on-line. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the class you will be able to: 1.Differentiate and appreciate the complexities involved with defining and developing nature, eco, heritage, geo-, park and protected, cultural and "sustainable tourism." 2.Identify specific social, economic, and environmental impacts associated with park and protected area tourism, how to measure them, and methods to minimize the negative and maximize the positive impacts. 3.Analyze domestic and international case studies of park and protected area tourism. 4.Critically evaluate park and protected area tourism services and effective management and planning. 5. Create elements of a business plan for park and protected area tourism operations that emphasize sustainability.

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Political processes in management of the environment. How disagreements are addressed by different stakeholders, private-sector interests, government agencies, institutions, communities, and nonprofit organizations.

ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior (CIV, SOCS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What is necessary to achieve sustainable societies. What influences societal deliberation/decisions about environmental issues. How our behaviors affect natural systems. Key theoretical concepts of environmental social psychology and political science. How people respond to policies, using theoretical concepts from social psychology about attitudes, values, and social norms; applying these ideas to specific environmental problems and ethical debates.

FW 3925 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Human dimensions of fish and wildlife concerns. Theory and methods from social sciences to address challenges and issues of managing fish and wildlife resources. Integrating social science information into fish and wildlife decision-making. Guest lecturers.

ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management (SOCS, ENV)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3261/ESPM 5261
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Microeconomic principles and their application to natural resource management problems. Economic and policy tools to address market failures. Discussion of regulatory and market-based instruments. Discounting and compounding concepts. Methods for conducting financial and economic analyses of natural resource management projects. Decision criteria when conducting benefit/cost analysis of natural resource projects. Methods for valuing non-market natural resource goods and services. Economics of managing renewable natural resources such as forests and fisheries. Land economics. Payments for environmental services. Planning and management problems. Case studies. prereq: MATH 1031 or equivalent.

APEC 3611W - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Concepts of resource use. Financial/economic feasibility. External effects, market failures. Resource use, environmental problems. Measuring impacts of resource development. Economics of alternative resource programs, environmental strategies. prereq: 1101 or ECON 1101 or 1101H or ECON 1101H

GCC 3031 - The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	GCC 3031/GCC 5031
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Students will explore ecological and human health consequences of climate change, the psychology of climate inaction, and will be invited to join us in the radical work of discovering not only their own leadership potential but that of others. We will unpack the old story of domination and hierarchy and invite the class to become part of a vibrant new story of human partnership that will not only help humanity deal with the physical threat of climate change but will help us create a world where we have the necessary skills and attitudes to engage the many other grand challenges facing us. Using a strategy of grassroots empowerment, the course will be organized to help us connect to the heart of what we really value; to understand the threat of climate change; to examine how we feel in the light of that threat; and to take powerful action together. Students will work in groups throughout the course to assess the global ecological threat posed by climate change, and they will be part of designing and executing an activity where they empower a community to take action. This is a Grand Challenge Curriculum course. prereq: soph, jr, sr

GCC 5031 - The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	GCC 3031/GCC 5031
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Students will explore ecological and human health consequences of climate change, the psychology of climate inaction, and will be invited to join us in the radical work of discovering not only their own leadership potential but that of others. We will unpack the old story of domination and hierarchy and invite the class to become part of a vibrant new story of human partnership that will not only help humanity deal with the physical threat of climate change but will help us create a world where we have the necessary skills and attitudes to engage the many other grand challenges facing us. Using a strategy of grassroots empowerment, the course will be organized to help us connect to the heart of what we really value; to understand the threat of climate change; to examine how we feel in the light of that threat; and to take powerful action together. Students will work in groups throughout the course to assess the global ecological threat posed by climate change, and they will be part of designing and executing an activity where they empower a community to take action. This is a Grand Challenge Curriculum course. For: so, jr, sr, grad

FW 4101 - Herpetology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Reptiles/amphibians, their systematics, behavior, ecology, physiology, development, and morphology. Diversity of reptiles/amphibians. Focuses on Minnesota fauna. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 2012

FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Nature of oceans, their role sustaining life on planet. Diversity/ecology of organisms that live in coastal, deep, open seas. Effects of humans on marine life. Resilience of marine life, its importance to human society. Cultures of oceanic peoples. Selected topics. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2002 or ESCI 1006 or ESCI 1106 or instr consent

FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Identification nomenclature, classification, and distribution of common/important forest trees/shrubs. Use of keys. Field/lab methods of identification.

FW 4136 - Ichthyology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish biology, adaptations to different environments and modes of living, and environmental relationships. Lab emphasizes anatomy and identification of Minnesota fishes. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

ENT 5021 - Insect Biodiversity and Evolution

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 3021/Ent 5021
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms on Earth with almost 1 million described species. Millions more remain to be described, especially in tropical regions of the world. Insects come in a remarkable array of sizes, colors, and shapes. Taxonomists use this morphological complexity as the primary means of identifying insects, but also for inferring evolutionary relationships. In this course, we will learn how to identify insects, explore methods of collection and curation of insects, discuss their evolutionary relationships, see how insects fit in the natural world, and discuss exciting new efforts to inventory, describe, and conserve the remarkable diversity of insects.

ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to the classification, ecology, and identification of insects that are dependent on aquatic habitats during portions of their life cycle. The goal of the course is to provide the student with essential technical skills to perform research, using field and laboratory methods, on insect communities in aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop skills to identify insects to family without reference to taxonomic keys as a way to successfully pass the Family-Level Proficiency Certification administered by the Society for Freshwater Sciences. prereq: ENT 1005 or BIOL 1009 or Instructor consent

PMB 4321 - Minnesota Flora

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Practical skills for identifying plant species/surveying Minnesota vegetation to students of biology, environmental sciences, resource management, horticulture. Integrates botany, ecology, evolution, earth history, climate, global change in context of local plant communities. Labs/Saturday field trips explore Minnesota plants/plant communities. prereq: One semester college biology

PMB 4511 - Flowering Plant Diversity

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Systematics of flowering plants of the world. Ecology, geography, origins, and evolution. Family characteristics. Floral structure, function, evolution. Pollination biology. Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction. Molecular evolution. Taxonomic terms. Methods of collection/identification. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or 1009 or 1009H or 2002

FW 4401 - Fish Physiology and Behavior

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish mechanisms/behavior. Links between fish biology, fisheries ecology, management, aquaculture. Homeostasis, neurobiology, bioenergetics, reproduction, movement. prereq: 4136, BIOL 2012, CHEM 1021(may be taken concurrently)

EEB 4129 - Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of mammalia. Recognize, identify, and study natural history of mammals at the ordinal level, North American mammals at familial level, and mammals north of Mexico at generic level. Minnesota mammals at specific level. Includes lab. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

EEB 4839 - Field Studies in Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Techniques for studying small mammals. Lectures/field projects emphasize identification, distributions, community interactions, ecophysiology, population ecology. prereq: College-level biology course that includes study of animals or instr consent

EEB 4844 - Field Ornithology

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Biology of breeding birds through use of field techniques at Itasca Biological Station/Laboratories. Daily fieldwork emphasizes identification, behavioral observations, netting/censusing. prereq: One semester college biology or instr consent

EEB 4134 - Introduction to Ornithology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Structure, evolution, classification, distribution, migration, ecology, habitats, identification of birds. Lecture, lab, weekly field walks. One weekend field trip. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3204/FNRM 5204
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to landscape ecology at different scales in time/space. Development/implications of broad-scale patterns of ecological phenomena, role of disturbance in ecosystems, characteristic spatial/temporal scales of ecological events. Principles of landscape ecology as framework for landscape research, analysis, conservation, and management. prereq: Ecology course

EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.

ESPM 3575 - Wetlands

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3575/ESPM 5575
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Freshwater wetland classification, wetland biota, current/historic status of wetlands, value of wetlands. National, regional, Minnesota wetlands conservation strategies, ecological principles used in wetland management.

FNRM 3104 - Forest Ecology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3104/FNRM 5104
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Form and function of forests as ecological systems. Characteristics and dynamics of species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystem processes. Examples applying ecology to forest management. Weekly discussions focus on research topics in forest ecology, exercises applying course concepts, and current issues in forest resource management. Required weekend field trip. Prereq: Biol 1001, 1009 or equivalent introductory biology course; 1 semester college chemistry recommended.

FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Environmental interactions of wildlife at population/community levels. Environmental threats from human activities. Habitat management practices. Objectives, policies, regulations in population management. prereq: [FW 4102 or FW 4103], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408 or EEB 3807]

EEB 5601 - Limnology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Advanced introduction to description/analysis of interaction of physical, chemical, and biological factors that control functioning of life in lakes and other freshwater aquatic environments. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

FNRM 3203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3203/FNRM 5203
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Ecology, history, management, control of fire, wind, insect infestation, deer browsing, other disturbances in forests, including disturbance regimes of boreal, northern hardwood, savannas of North America. Influence of disturbance on wildlife habitat, urban/wildland interfaces, forest management, stand/landscape dynamics. Tree mortality in fires, successional patterns created by fires, interactions of life history traits of plants with disturbances.

GCC 5008 - Policy and Science of Global Environmental Change (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EEB 5146/FNRM 5146/GCC 5008/P
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Through readings, lectures, discussions, written assignments, and presentations this course introduces the critical issues underpinning global change and its environmental and social implications. The course examines current literature in exploring evidence for human-induced global change and its potential effects on a wide range of biological processes and examines the social and economic drivers, social and economic consequences, and political processes at local, national, and international scales related to global change. This is a Grand Challenge Curriculum course.

FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (TS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Spatial data development/analysis in science/management of natural resources. Data structures/sources/collection/quality. Geodesy, map projections, spatial/tabular data analysis. Digital terrain analysis, cartographic modeling, modeling perspectives, limits of technology. Lab exercises. Both onsite and fully online options for course enrollment. prereq: Soph or jr or sr or UHP fr

FW 4102 - Principles of Conservation Biology (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	introductory biology course
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Introduction to themes/concepts of diverse, dynamic, and interdisciplinary field. Biological/social underpinnings of conservation problems/solutions. prereq: introductory biology course

PMB 2022 - General Botany

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the biology of plants, algae, and fungi. Structure, growth, development, reproduction, diversity, and aspects of their ecology. Includes laboratory that focuses on structures in photosynthetic organisms and fungi as well as an introduction to physiology. prereq: One semester of college biology

FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EEB/FW 5051
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Regulation, growth, general dynamics of populations. Data needed to describe populations, population growth, population models, regulatory mechanisms. prereq: [4001 or STAT 3011 or ESPM 3012], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408W or EEB 3807], Senior or grad student

ESPM 3251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3251/ESPM 5251/LAS 3251
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

International perspectives on resource use and sustainable development. Integration of natural resource issues with social, economic, and policy considerations. Agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, non-timber forest products, water resources, certification, development issues. Global case studies. Impact of consumption in developed countries on sustainable development in lesser developed countries.

ESPM 4601 - Environmental Pollution

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course uses the principles of chemistry, microbiology, physics, and toxicology to understand the fate and behavior of environmental contaminants and the pollution of soils, surface waters, groundwater, and sediments. The course is structured around a semester-long risk assessment project that provides a framework for integrating concepts of pollution, contaminant movement, contaminant degradation, human health risk, ecological risk, risk mitigation, environmental remediation processes, and interactions among them. The history of federal regulations concerning environmental contamination is presented in the context of the major episodes of environmental pollution that motivated legislative action. prereq: SOIL 2125, CHEM 1061 and 1062 or equiv, or permission

ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 5071/Hort 5071
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Each ecosystem restoration is the product of a myriad of decisions made in response to existing site conditions (biotic and abiotic), anticipated effects from the surrounding landscape, predictions about future events, logistical realities, and, of course, desired conditions. During this course, you will learn about the ecological and social factors that affect ecosystem recovery and how people intervene to reverse ecosystem degradation. The course includes examples from ecosystems around the world, with emphasis on those found in the Midwestern US. Field trips. PREREQUISITES: This course presumes previous courses in basic ecology and plant science.

FNRM 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3411/FNRM 5411
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Management of forest ecosystems for sustaining ecological integrity, soil productivity, water quality, wildlife habitat, biological diversity, commodity production in landscape context. Silvics, forest dynamics, disturbances, regeneration, restoration, silvicultural systems. Ramifications of management choices. Weekend field trip. FEMC track students should take FNRM 5413 concurrently

EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Fundamentals of aquatic ecology. Case study approach to water problems faced by society (e.g., eutrophication, climate change, invasive species, acid rain, wetland protection, biodiversity preservation). Science used to diagnose/remediate or remove problems. prereq: One semester college biology

FW 4103 - Principles of Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course covers the ecological basis for management of wildlife, including biological and sociological factors that influence management. Goals include: understanding the ecological mechanisms influencing the distribution and abundance of wildlife, learning the ecological and historical foundations of wildlife management and the ecological and social ramifications of management actions, thinking critically and logically about current wildlife issues, honing writing skills, and developing technical skills in key areas. prereq: Intro biology course, [jr or sr]

FW 4101 - Herpetology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Reptiles/amphibians, their systematics, behavior, ecology, physiology, development, and morphology. Diversity of reptiles/amphibians. Focuses on Minnesota fauna. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 2012

FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Nature of oceans, their role sustaining life on planet. Diversity/ecology of organisms that live in coastal, deep, open seas. Effects of humans on marine life. Resilience of marine life, its importance to human society. Cultures of oceanic peoples. Selected topics. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2002 or ESCI 1006 or ESCI 1106 or instr consent

FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Identification nomenclature, classification, and distribution of common/important forest trees/shrubs. Use of keys. Field/lab methods of identification.

FW 4136 - Ichthyology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish biology, adaptations to different environments and modes of living, and environmental relationships. Lab emphasizes anatomy and identification of Minnesota fishes. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

ENT 5021 - Insect Biodiversity and Evolution

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Ent 3021/Ent 5021
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms on Earth with almost 1 million described species. Millions more remain to be described, especially in tropical regions of the world. Insects come in a remarkable array of sizes, colors, and shapes. Taxonomists use this morphological complexity as the primary means of identifying insects, but also for inferring evolutionary relationships. In this course, we will learn how to identify insects, explore methods of collection and curation of insects, discuss their evolutionary relationships, see how insects fit in the natural world, and discuss exciting new efforts to inventory, describe, and conserve the remarkable diversity of insects.

ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to the classification, ecology, and identification of insects that are dependent on aquatic habitats during portions of their life cycle. The goal of the course is to provide the student with essential technical skills to perform research, using field and laboratory methods, on insect communities in aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop skills to identify insects to family without reference to taxonomic keys as a way to successfully pass the Family-Level Proficiency Certification administered by the Society for Freshwater Sciences. prereq: ENT 1005 or BIOL 1009 or Instructor consent

PMB 4321 - Minnesota Flora

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Practical skills for identifying plant species/surveying Minnesota vegetation to students of biology, environmental sciences, resource management, horticulture. Integrates botany, ecology, evolution, earth history, climate, global change in context of local plant communities. Labs/Saturday field trips explore Minnesota plants/plant communities. prereq: One semester college biology

PMB 4511 - Flowering Plant Diversity

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Systematics of flowering plants of the world. Ecology, geography, origins, and evolution. Family characteristics. Floral structure, function, evolution. Pollination biology. Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction. Molecular evolution. Taxonomic terms. Methods of collection/identification. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or 1009 or 1009H or 2002

FW 4401 - Fish Physiology and Behavior

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish mechanisms/behavior. Links between fish biology, fisheries ecology, management, aquaculture. Homeostasis, neurobiology, bioenergetics, reproduction, movement. prereq: 4136, BIOL 2012, CHEM 1021(may be taken concurrently)

FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3204/FNRM 5204
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to landscape ecology at different scales in time/space. Development/implications of broad-scale patterns of ecological phenomena, role of disturbance in ecosystems, characteristic spatial/temporal scales of ecological events. Principles of landscape ecology as framework for landscape research, analysis, conservation, and management. prereq: Ecology course

EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.

ESPM 3575 - Wetlands

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3575/ESPM 5575
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Freshwater wetland classification, wetland biota, current/historic status of wetlands, value of wetlands. National, regional, Minnesota wetlands conservation strategies, ecological principles used in wetland management.

FNRM 3104 - Forest Ecology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3104/FNRM 5104
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Form and function of forests as ecological systems. Characteristics and dynamics of species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystem processes. Examples applying ecology to forest management. Weekly discussions focus on research topics in forest ecology, exercises applying course concepts, and current issues in forest resource management. Required weekend field trip. Prereq: Biol 1001, 1009 or equivalent introductory biology course; 1 semester college chemistry recommended.

FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Environmental interactions of wildlife at population/community levels. Environmental threats from human activities. Habitat management practices. Objectives, policies, regulations in population management. prereq: [FW 4102 or FW 4103], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408 or EEB 3807]

EEB 5601 - Limnology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Advanced introduction to description/analysis of interaction of physical, chemical, and biological factors that control functioning of life in lakes and other freshwater aquatic environments. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

FNRM 3203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3203/FNRM 5203
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Ecology, history, management, control of fire, wind, insect infestation, deer browsing, other disturbances in forests, including disturbance regimes of boreal, northern hardwood, savannas of North America. Influence of disturbance on wildlife habitat, urban/wildland interfaces, forest management, stand/landscape dynamics. Tree mortality in fires, successional patterns created by fires, interactions of life history traits of plants with disturbances.

GCC 5008 - Policy and Science of Global Environmental Change (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EEB 5146/FNRM 5146/GCC 5008/P
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Through readings, lectures, discussions, written assignments, and presentations this course introduces the critical issues underpinning global change and its environmental and social implications. The course examines current literature in exploring evidence for human-induced global change and its potential effects on a wide range of biological processes and examines the social and economic drivers, social and economic consequences, and political processes at local, national, and international scales related to global change. This is a Grand Challenge Curriculum course.

ESPM 3251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development (GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3251/ESPM 5251/LAS 3251
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

International perspectives on resource use and sustainable development. Integration of natural resource issues with social, economic, and policy considerations. Agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, non-timber forest products, water resources, certification, development issues. Global case studies. Impact of consumption in developed countries on sustainable development in lesser developed countries.

ESPM 4601 - Environmental Pollution

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This course uses the principles of chemistry, microbiology, physics, and toxicology to understand the fate and behavior of environmental contaminants and the pollution of soils, surface waters, groundwater, and sediments. The course is structured around a semester-long risk assessment project that provides a framework for integrating concepts of pollution, contaminant movement, contaminant degradation, human health risk, ecological risk, risk mitigation, environmental remediation processes, and interactions among them. The history of federal regulations concerning environmental contamination is presented in the context of the major episodes of environmental pollution that motivated legislative action. prereq: SOIL 2125, CHEM 1061 and 1062 or equiv, or permission

ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 5071/Hort 5071
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Each ecosystem restoration is the product of a myriad of decisions made in response to existing site conditions (biotic and abiotic), anticipated effects from the surrounding landscape, predictions about future events, logistical realities, and, of course, desired conditions. During this course, you will learn about the ecological and social factors that affect ecosystem recovery and how people intervene to reverse ecosystem degradation. The course includes examples from ecosystems around the world, with emphasis on those found in the Midwestern US. Field trips. PREREQUISITES: This course presumes previous courses in basic ecology and plant science.

FNRM 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3411/FNRM 5411
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Management of forest ecosystems for sustaining ecological integrity, soil productivity, water quality, wildlife habitat, biological diversity, commodity production in landscape context. Silvics, forest dynamics, disturbances, regeneration, restoration, silvicultural systems. Ramifications of management choices. Weekend field trip. FEMC track students should take FNRM 5413 concurrently

EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Fundamentals of aquatic ecology. Case study approach to water problems faced by society (e.g., eutrophication, climate change, invasive species, acid rain, wetland protection, biodiversity preservation). Science used to diagnose/remediate or remove problems. prereq: One semester college biology

FW 4103 - Principles of Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course covers the ecological basis for management of wildlife, including biological and sociological factors that influence management. Goals include: understanding the ecological mechanisms influencing the distribution and abundance of wildlife, learning the ecological and historical foundations of wildlife management and the ecological and social ramifications of management actions, thinking critically and logically about current wildlife issues, honing writing skills, and developing technical skills in key areas. prereq: Intro biology course, [jr or sr]

EEB 4129 - Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of mammalia. Recognize, identify, and study natural history of mammals at the ordinal level, North American mammals at familial level, and mammals north of Mexico at generic level. Minnesota mammals at specific level. Includes lab. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

EEB 4839 - Field Studies in Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Techniques for studying small mammals. Lectures/field projects emphasize identification, distributions, community interactions, ecophysiology, population ecology. prereq: College-level biology course that includes study of animals or instr consent

EEB 4134 - Introduction to Ornithology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Structure, evolution, classification, distribution, migration, ecology, habitats, identification of birds. Lecture, lab, weekly field walks. One weekend field trip. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

EEB 4844 - Field Ornithology

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Biology of breeding birds through use of field techniques at Itasca Biological Station/Laboratories. Daily fieldwork emphasizes identification, behavioral observations, netting/censusing. prereq: One semester college biology or instr consent

AECM 2421W - Professional and Oral Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Speaking/writing about scientific/technical issues. Student-centered, relies on interaction/participation. Public communication.��Lectures for this course will be online, while discussion sections will be held in-person.

COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.

WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course introduces students to technical and professional writing through various readings and assignments in which students analyze and create texts that work to communicate complex information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Students gain knowledge of workplace genres as well as to develop skills in composing such genres. This course allows students to practice rhetorically analyzing writing situations and composing genres such as memos, proposals, instructions, research reports, and presentations. Students work in teams to develop collaborative content and to compose in a variety of modes including text, graphics, video, audio, and digital. Students also conduct both primary and secondary research and practice usability testing. The course emphasizes creating documents that are goal-driven and appropriate for a specific context and audience.

FW 3925 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Human dimensions of fish and wildlife concerns. Theory and methods from social sciences to address challenges and issues of managing fish and wildlife resources. Integrating social science information into fish and wildlife decision-making. Guest lecturers.

ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3202WESPM /5202
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Negotiation of natural resource management issues. Use of collaborative planning. Case study approach to conflict management, strategic planning, and building leadership qualities. Emphasizes analytical concepts, techniques, and skills.

ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3245/ESPM 5245
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Policies affecting land use planning at local, state, and federal levels. Ecosystem and landscape scale planning. Collaborative and community-based approaches to planning for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Class project applies interdisciplinary perspectives on planning and policy, including information gathering techniques, conservation planning tools, and evaluation of planning options.

FNRM 4232W - Managing Recreational Lands (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 4232W/FNRM 5232
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Most of us participate in some form of outdoor recreation: hiking, hunting, riding all-terrain vehicles, or simply enjoying nature. Managing for outdoor recreation on public lands is mandated by federal law and an integral part of natural resource management. In this class, we'll learn why and how agencies manage recreation at the federal level, the management frameworks that guide this work, and apply management principles to an actual federal property in Minnesota. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles and practices of outdoor recreation management. Specific objectives are to: 1)compare and contrast federal recreation land management policies & organizations, 2)develop and demonstrate an understanding of conceptual frameworks for recreation resource and visitor use management, 3)evaluate visitor caused impacts to resources and to visitor experiences, 4)understand and apply management tools designed to reduce recreation- related impacts and conflicts, and 5)demonstrate an understanding of course material through exams & applied assignments.

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Political processes in management of the environment. How disagreements are addressed by different stakeholders, private-sector interests, government agencies, institutions, communities, and nonprofit organizations.

ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior (CIV, SOCS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What is necessary to achieve sustainable societies. What influences societal deliberation/decisions about environmental issues. How our behaviors affect natural systems. Key theoretical concepts of environmental social psychology and political science. How people respond to policies, using theoretical concepts from social psychology about attitudes, values, and social norms; applying these ideas to specific environmental problems and ethical debates.

FW 4401 - Fish Physiology and Behavior

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish mechanisms/behavior. Links between fish biology, fisheries ecology, management, aquaculture. Homeostasis, neurobiology, bioenergetics, reproduction, movement. prereq: 4136, BIOL 2012, CHEM 1021(may be taken concurrently)

FW 5459 - Stream and River Ecology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Structure/dynamics of running waters from ecosystem perspective. Historical perspective, basic hydrology/fluvial geomorphology, terrestrial-aquatic interactions, detrital dynamics, metabolism, drift, trophic relations, biotic/abiotic interactions, ecosystem experiments and natural alterations, stability/succession, ecosystem dynamics in a watershed. prereq: Limnology course or instr consent

FW 4136 - Ichthyology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Fish biology, adaptations to different environments and modes of living, and environmental relationships. Lab emphasizes anatomy and identification of Minnesota fishes. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

FW 4107 - Principles of Fisheries Science and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Principles of Fisheries Management is an engaging and dynamic exploration to the principles and practices of fisheries management. The course is designed as a major requirement for Fisheries subplan majors in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. It is also appropriate as an elective course for other majors and minors in FWCB, ESPM, or related biological disciplines. We cover the basics of fisheries science (habitats, ecology, and population dynamics) and management (e.g., goals, tools, implementation, and assessment) with an emphasis on human intervention and regulation. We first cover management approaches and planning, the development of an information base, and the identification of problems. We then provide a brief overview of applied limnology, fish ecology, and population dynamics, followed by approaches to manage fishery populations and habitats in freshwater and marine systems along with methods to assess management outcomes. Throughout, we demonstrate applications to specific fisheries and habitats. This is primarily a lecture-based course that also integrates field trips, group discussions, and activities. We use exams to measure comprehension, and case studies and assignments to encourage practical application. Prerequisite: Intro biology course, [jr or sr]

EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Fundamentals of aquatic ecology. Case study approach to water problems faced by society (e.g., eutrophication, climate change, invasive species, acid rain, wetland protection, biodiversity preservation). Science used to diagnose/remediate or remove problems. prereq: One semester college biology

EEB 5601 - Limnology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Advanced introduction to description/analysis of interaction of physical, chemical, and biological factors that control functioning of life in lakes and other freshwater aquatic environments. prereq: Grad student or instr consent

FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Nature of oceans, their role sustaining life on planet. Diversity/ecology of organisms that live in coastal, deep, open seas. Effects of humans on marine life. Resilience of marine life, its importance to human society. Cultures of oceanic peoples. Selected topics. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2002 or ESCI 1006 or ESCI 1106 or instr consent

FW 2003 - Introduction to Marine Biology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Nature of oceans, their role sustaining life on planet. Diversity/ecology of organisms that live in coastal, deep, open seas. Effects of humans on marine life. Resilience of marine life, its importance to human society. Cultures of oceanic peoples. Selected topics. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2002 or ESCI 1006 or ESCI 1106 or instr consent

FW 4101 - Herpetology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Reptiles/amphibians, their systematics, behavior, ecology, physiology, development, and morphology. Diversity of reptiles/amphibians. Focuses on Minnesota fauna. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 2012

ENT 4361 - Aquatic Insects

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Introduction to the classification, ecology, and identification of insects that are dependent on aquatic habitats during portions of their life cycle. The goal of the course is to provide the student with essential technical skills to perform research, using field and laboratory methods, on insect communities in aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop skills to identify insects to family without reference to taxonomic keys as a way to successfully pass the Family-Level Proficiency Certification administered by the Society for Freshwater Sciences. prereq: ENT 1005 or BIOL 1009 or Instructor consent

ESPM 3015 - Invasive Plants and Animals: Ecology and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3015/ESPM 5015
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Overview of invasive plants/animals in North America and around the world. A range of taxa are covered along with their impact and approaches to control. Readings, discussions, and lectures from experts on topics such as invasion theory and real world management.

PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phys 1101W/Phys 1107
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles of physics in the context of everyday world. Use of kinematics/dynamics principles and quantitative/qualitative problem solving techniques to understand natural phenomena. Lecture, recitation, lab. prereq: High school algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry; primarily for students interested in technical areas

CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II (PHYS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1062/1072/1072H/1082/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Chemical kinetics. Radioactive decay. Chemical equilibrium. Solutions. Acids/bases. Solubility. Second law of thermodynamics. Electrochemistry/corrosion. Descriptive chemistry of elements. Coordination chemistry. Biochemistry. prereq: Grade of at least C- in 1061 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1066; registration for 1066 must precede registration for 1062

CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory (PHYS)

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1066/Chem 1076H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Basic laboratory skills while investigating physical and chemical phenomena closely linked to lecture material. Experimental design, data collection and treatment, discussion of errors, and proper treatment of hazardous wastes. prereq: concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1062

ESPM 3131 - Environmental Physics

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Concepts and principles of classic and modern physics applied to environmental problems arising from interaction between humans and the natural environment. Forms of pollution (e.g., land, water, air). Transport mechanisms. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Global climate change. Social issues related to environmental problems. prereq: Phys 1101

BIOC 2011 - Biochemistry for the Agricultural and Health Sciences

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of organic chemistry and biochemistry outlining structure and metabolism of biomolecules, metabolic regulation, principles of molecular biology. prereq: Chem 1015, Bio 1009

BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	BioC 3021/BioC 3022/BioC 4331/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Fundamentals of biochemistry. Structure/function of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates. Enzymes. Metabolism. DNA replication and repair, transcription, protein synthesis. Recommended prerequisites: Introductory biology (BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2003 or equivalent), organic chemistry (CHEM 2301 or CHEM 2081/2085 or equivalent). Note: CBS students should take BIOC 3022 not 3021.

CHEM 3101 - Introductory Analytical Chemistry Lecture

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Primarily for chemistry majors. Methods/concepts of measurement by chemical/instrumental analysis, including titrimetry, quantitative spectrophotometric analysis, chromatographic separations, equilibrium/rate methods. prereq: 1062/1066 or equiv

CHEM 3111 - Introductory Analytical Chemistry Lab

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Lab for 3101. High precision methods, acidimetry and complexometry, single and multicomponent analysis by spectrophotometry, analysis of mixtures by ion exchange and gas chromatography, enzymatic and rate methods. prereq: 3101 or concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 3101

CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 2301/Chem 2331H
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Organic compounds, constitutions, configurations, conformations, reactions. Molecular structure. Chemical reactivity/properties. Spectroscopic characterization of organic molecules. prereq: C- or better in 1062/1066 or 1072H/1076H

CHEM 2311 - Organic Lab

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 2311/Chem 2312H/2312
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Laboratory techniques in synthesis, purification and characterization of organic compounds with an emphasis on green chemistry methodologies. prereq: Grade of at least C- in [2302] or [concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 2302

PHYS 1001W - Energy and the Environment (PHYS, ENV, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles governing physical world in context of energy/environment. Lab. prereq: 1 yr high school algebra

BIOC 2011 - Biochemistry for the Agricultural and Health Sciences

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Survey of organic chemistry and biochemistry outlining structure and metabolism of biomolecules, metabolic regulation, principles of molecular biology. prereq: Chem 1015, Bio 1009

CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II (PHYS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1062/1072/1072H/1082/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Chemical kinetics. Radioactive decay. Chemical equilibrium. Solutions. Acids/bases. Solubility. Second law of thermodynamics. Electrochemistry/corrosion. Descriptive chemistry of elements. Coordination chemistry. Biochemistry. prereq: Grade of at least C- in 1061 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1066; registration for 1066 must precede registration for 1062

CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory (PHYS)

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1066/Chem 1076H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Basic laboratory skills while investigating physical and chemical phenomena closely linked to lecture material. Experimental design, data collection and treatment, discussion of errors, and proper treatment of hazardous wastes. prereq: concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1062

ESPM 3111 - Hydrology and Water Quality Field Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3111/ESPM 5111
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Integrates water quality, surface/groundwater hydrology. Case studies, hands-on field data collection, calculations of hydrological/water quality parameters. Meteorological data, snow hydrology, stream gauging, well monitoring, automatic water samplers. Designing water quality sampling program. Geomorphology, interception, infiltration.

FNRM 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3114/FNRM 5114
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Hydrologic cycle and water processes in upland/riparian systems. Applications of hydrological concepts to evaluate impacts of forest and land management activities on water yield, streamflow, groundwater erosion, sedimentation, and water quality. Concepts, principles, and applications of riparian/watershed management. Regional/national/global examples. Forest ecosystems. prereq: [[BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009], [[CHEM 1015, CHEM 1017] or CHEM 1021], MATH 1151] or instr consent

AECM 2421W - Professional and Oral Communication for Agriculture, Food & the Environment (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Speaking/writing about scientific/technical issues. Student-centered, relies on interaction/participation. Public communication.��Lectures for this course will be online, while discussion sections will be held in-person.

COMM 1101 - Introduction to Public Speaking (CIV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Comm 1101/Comm 1101H/PSTL 1461
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Public communication processes, elements, and ethics. Criticism of and response to public discourse. Practice in individual speaking designed to encourage civic participation.

WRIT 3152W - Writing on Issues of Science and Technology (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Science and technology are key parts of nearly every aspect of our lives, and, just as important, science and technology are highly debated topics in political, economic, social, public, and personal spheres. For example, consider debates regarding genetically modified foods, space exploration, vaccines, oil pipelines, or clean drinking water. This course will push you to consider the ways you think, feel, and write about science and technology. This course will ask you to examine the relationship between language and science and technology. We will spend the semester reading about science and technology, in addition to studying and practicing different strategies, techniques, and approaches for communicating about science and technology. Using rhetorical studies as a foundation, this course will give you the tools to more effectively engage with scientific and technological topics and debates. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, this course aims to foster engagement with scientific and technological conversations. Put simply, students should leave this course caring about scientific and technological issues and wanting to participate in the conversations that surround such issues.

WRIT 3221W - Communication Modes and Methods (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course presents a survey of fundamental theories and philosophies of communication. Students will become acquainted with several theories of language and linguistic meaning and with principles of non-verbal and relational communication, and will engage in reflection on differences between older and newer media or ?modes? of discourse (speaking vs. writing; conventional print vs. digital text, etc.). In addition to introducing theories and concepts, the course seeks to develop competencies in evaluating and applying them in the analysis of communication in various contexts including face-to-face conversations, ongoing interpersonal relationships, and digitally-mediated interactions.

WRIT 3257 - Technical and Professional Presentations

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

In this course students develop oral presentation skills for technical or professional topics. Areas of study in the course include visual communication, audience analysis, presentation strategies, and presentation of complex research material. The course emphasizes use of digital technologies. Recommend that students take Comm 1101 or equivalent first

WRIT 3562W - Technical and Professional Writing (WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Writ 3562V/Writ 3562W
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course introduces students to technical and professional writing through various readings and assignments in which students analyze and create texts that work to communicate complex information, solve problems, and complete tasks. Students gain knowledge of workplace genres as well as to develop skills in composing such genres. This course allows students to practice rhetorically analyzing writing situations and composing genres such as memos, proposals, instructions, research reports, and presentations. Students work in teams to develop collaborative content and to compose in a variety of modes including text, graphics, video, audio, and digital. Students also conduct both primary and secondary research and practice usability testing. The course emphasizes creating documents that are goal-driven and appropriate for a specific context and audience.

ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3202WESPM /5202
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Negotiation of natural resource management issues. Use of collaborative planning. Case study approach to conflict management, strategic planning, and building leadership qualities. Emphasizes analytical concepts, techniques, and skills.

ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3245/ESPM 5245
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Policies affecting land use planning at local, state, and federal levels. Ecosystem and landscape scale planning. Collaborative and community-based approaches to planning for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. Class project applies interdisciplinary perspectives on planning and policy, including information gathering techniques, conservation planning tools, and evaluation of planning options.

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Political processes in management of the environment. How disagreements are addressed by different stakeholders, private-sector interests, government agencies, institutions, communities, and nonprofit organizations.

ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior (CIV, SOCS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

What is necessary to achieve sustainable societies. What influences societal deliberation/decisions about environmental issues. How our behaviors affect natural systems. Key theoretical concepts of environmental social psychology and political science. How people respond to policies, using theoretical concepts from social psychology about attitudes, values, and social norms; applying these ideas to specific environmental problems and ethical debates.

FW 3925 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Human dimensions of fish and wildlife concerns. Theory and methods from social sciences to address challenges and issues of managing fish and wildlife resources. Integrating social science information into fish and wildlife decision-making. Guest lecturers.

PMB 2022 - General Botany

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the biology of plants, algae, and fungi. Structure, growth, development, reproduction, diversity, and aspects of their ecology. Includes laboratory that focuses on structures in photosynthetic organisms and fungi as well as an introduction to physiology. prereq: One semester of college biology

FW 4101 - Herpetology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Reptiles/amphibians, their systematics, behavior, ecology, physiology, development, and morphology. Diversity of reptiles/amphibians. Focuses on Minnesota fauna. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 2012

EEB 4129 - Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of mammalia. Recognize, identify, and study natural history of mammals at the ordinal level, North American mammals at familial level, and mammals north of Mexico at generic level. Minnesota mammals at specific level. Includes lab. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

EEB 4839 - Field Studies in Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Techniques for studying small mammals. Lectures/field projects emphasize identification, distributions, community interactions, ecophysiology, population ecology. prereq: College-level biology course that includes study of animals or instr consent

EEB 4134 - Introduction to Ornithology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Structure, evolution, classification, distribution, migration, ecology, habitats, identification of birds. Lecture, lab, weekly field walks. One weekend field trip. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

EEB 4844 - Field Ornithology

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Summer

Biology of breeding birds through use of field techniques at Itasca Biological Station/Laboratories. Daily fieldwork emphasizes identification, behavioral observations, netting/censusing. prereq: One semester college biology or instr consent

FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Identification nomenclature, classification, and distribution of common/important forest trees/shrubs. Use of keys. Field/lab methods of identification.

PMB 4321 - Minnesota Flora

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Fall Even Year

Practical skills for identifying plant species/surveying Minnesota vegetation to students of biology, environmental sciences, resource management, horticulture. Integrates botany, ecology, evolution, earth history, climate, global change in context of local plant communities. Labs/Saturday field trips explore Minnesota plants/plant communities. prereq: One semester college biology

PMB 4511 - Flowering Plant Diversity

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Odd Year

Systematics of flowering plants of the world. Ecology, geography, origins, and evolution. Family characteristics. Floral structure, function, evolution. Pollination biology. Methods of phylogenetic reconstruction. Molecular evolution. Taxonomic terms. Methods of collection/identification. Lab. prereq: BIOL 1001 or 1009 or 1009H or 2002

FNRM 3104 - Forest Ecology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3104/FNRM 5104
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Form and function of forests as ecological systems. Characteristics and dynamics of species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystem processes. Examples applying ecology to forest management. Weekly discussions focus on research topics in forest ecology, exercises applying course concepts, and current issues in forest resource management. Required weekend field trip. Prereq: Biol 1001, 1009 or equivalent introductory biology course; 1 semester college chemistry recommended.

FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	FNRM 3204/FNRM 5204
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to landscape ecology at different scales in time/space. Development/implications of broad-scale patterns of ecological phenomena, role of disturbance in ecosystems, characteristic spatial/temporal scales of ecological events. Principles of landscape ecology as framework for landscape research, analysis, conservation, and management. prereq: Ecology course

EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.

ESPM 3575 - Wetlands

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3575/ESPM 5575
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Freshwater wetland classification, wetland biota, current/historic status of wetlands, value of wetlands. National, regional, Minnesota wetlands conservation strategies, ecological principles used in wetland management.

ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems (ENV)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3108/ESPM 5108
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Ecology of ecosystems that are primarily composed of managed plant communities, such as managed forests, field-crop agroecosystems, rangelands and nature reserves, parks, and urban open-spaces. Concepts of ecology and ecosystem management. prereq: BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or HORT 1001 or instr consent

ESPM 5071 - Ecological Restoration

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 5071/Hort 5071
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Each ecosystem restoration is the product of a myriad of decisions made in response to existing site conditions (biotic and abiotic), anticipated effects from the surrounding landscape, predictions about future events, logistical realities, and, of course, desired conditions. During this course, you will learn about the ecological and social factors that affect ecosystem recovery and how people intervene to reverse ecosystem degradation. The course includes examples from ecosystems around the world, with emphasis on those found in the Midwestern US. Field trips. PREREQUISITES: This course presumes previous courses in basic ecology and plant science.

HORT 5071 - Ecological Restoration

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 5071/Hort 5071
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Each ecosystem restoration is the product of a myriad of decisions made in response to existing site conditions (biotic and abiotic), anticipated effects from the surrounding landscape, predictions about future events, logistical realities, and, of course, desired conditions. During this course, you will learn about the ecological and social factors that affect ecosystem recovery and how people intervene to reverse ecosystem degradation. The course includes examples from ecosystems around the world, with emphasis on those found in the Midwestern US. Field trips. PREREQUISITES: This course presumes previous courses in basic ecology and plant science.

FW 4103 - Principles of Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course covers the ecological basis for management of wildlife, including biological and sociological factors that influence management. Goals include: understanding the ecological mechanisms influencing the distribution and abundance of wildlife, learning the ecological and historical foundations of wildlife management and the ecological and social ramifications of management actions, thinking critically and logically about current wildlife issues, honing writing skills, and developing technical skills in key areas. prereq: Intro biology course, [jr or sr]

FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (TS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Spatial data development/analysis in science/management of natural resources. Data structures/sources/collection/quality. Geodesy, map projections, spatial/tabular data analysis. Digital terrain analysis, cartographic modeling, modeling perspectives, limits of technology. Lab exercises. Both onsite and fully online options for course enrollment. prereq: Soph or jr or sr or UHP fr

FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EEB/FW 5051
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Regulation, growth, general dynamics of populations. Data needed to describe populations, population growth, population models, regulatory mechanisms. prereq: [4001 or STAT 3011 or ESPM 3012], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408W or EEB 3807], Senior or grad student

FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Environmental interactions of wildlife at population/community levels. Environmental threats from human activities. Habitat management practices. Objectives, policies, regulations in population management. prereq: [FW 4102 or FW 4103], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408 or EEB 3807]

PHYS 1001W - Energy and the Environment (PHYS, ENV, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles governing physical world in context of energy/environment. Lab. prereq: 1 yr high school algebra

PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phys 1101W/Phys 1107
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles of physics in the context of everyday world. Use of kinematics/dynamics principles and quantitative/qualitative problem solving techniques to understand natural phenomena. Lecture, recitation, lab. prereq: High school algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry; primarily for students interested in technical areas

CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II (PHYS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1062/1072/1072H/1082/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Chemical kinetics. Radioactive decay. Chemical equilibrium. Solutions. Acids/bases. Solubility. Second law of thermodynamics. Electrochemistry/corrosion. Descriptive chemistry of elements. Coordination chemistry. Biochemistry. prereq: Grade of at least C- in 1061 or equiv, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1066; registration for 1066 must precede registration for 1062

CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory (PHYS)

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 1066/Chem 1076H
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Basic laboratory skills while investigating physical and chemical phenomena closely linked to lecture material. Experimental design, data collection and treatment, discussion of errors, and proper treatment of hazardous wastes. prereq: concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 1062

BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	BioC 3021/BioC 3022/BioC 4331/
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Fundamentals of biochemistry. Structure/function of nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates. Enzymes. Metabolism. DNA replication and repair, transcription, protein synthesis. Recommended prerequisites: Introductory biology (BIOL 1009 or BIOL 2003 or equivalent), organic chemistry (CHEM 2301 or CHEM 2081/2085 or equivalent). Note: CBS students should take BIOC 3022 not 3021.

CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 2301/Chem 2331H
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Organic compounds, constitutions, configurations, conformations, reactions. Molecular structure. Chemical reactivity/properties. Spectroscopic characterization of organic molecules. prereq: C- or better in 1062/1066 or 1072H/1076H

CHEM 2311 - Organic Lab

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 2311/Chem 2312H/2312
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Laboratory techniques in synthesis, purification and characterization of organic compounds with an emphasis on green chemistry methodologies. prereq: Grade of at least C- in [2302] or [concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 2302

VBS 2032 - General Microbiology With Laboratory

Credits:	5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 2032/MicB 3301/VBS 2032
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Bacterial metabolism, growth/genetics, biology of viruses/fungi. Control of microorganisms. Host-microbe interactions, microorganisms/disease, applied microbiology. prereq: One semester each of college chemistry, biology

MICB 3301 - Biology of Microorganisms

Credits:	5.0 [max 5.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 2032/MicB 3301/VBS 2032
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathogenesis, immunology, ecology of microbes. Molecular structure in relation to bacterial function/disease. Includes lab. prereq: [Biol 1961 and Biol 2003] or Biol 1009 or instructor permission

MICB 3303 - Biology of Microorganisms (without laboratory)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Biol 2032/MicB 3301/VBS 2032
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathogenesis, infectious disease, immunology, ecology of microbes. Molecular structure in relation to function of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses. prereq: Biol 2003 or Biol 1009 or instructor permission

CHEM 2302 - Organic Chemistry II

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Chem 2302/Chem 2332HChem 2304
Prerequisites:	Grade of at least C- in 2301
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Reactions, synthesis, and spectroscopic characterization of organic compounds, organic polymers, and biologically important classes of organic compounds such as lipids, carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids. prereq: Grade of at least C- in 2301

PHYS 1101W - Introductory College Physics I (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phys 1101W/Phys 1107
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental principles of physics in the context of everyday world. Use of kinematics/dynamics principles and quantitative/qualitative problem solving techniques to understand natural phenomena. Lecture, recitation, lab. prereq: High school algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry; primarily for students interested in technical areas

PHYS 1102W - Introductory College Physics II (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	PHYS 1102W / PHYS 1108
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Fundamental principles of physics in context of everyday world. Use of conservation principles and quantitative/qualitative problem solving techniques to understand natural phenomena. Lecture, recitation, lab. prereq: 1101W or 1107

PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phys 1201W/1301W/1401V/1501V
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Use of fundamental principles to solve quantitative problems. Motion, forces, conservation principles, structure of matter. Applications to mechanical systems. Prereq or Concurrent: MATH 1271/1371/1371H or equivalent

PHYS 1302W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II (PHYS, WI)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Phys 1202W/1302W/1402V/1502V
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Use of fundamental principles to solve quantitative problems. Motion, forces, conservation principles, fields, structure of matter. Applications to electromagnetic phenomena. Prereq: PHYS 1301 or equivalent, Prereq or Concurrent: MATH 1272/1372/1572H or equivalent

ANSC 1101 - Introductory Animal Science

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamental concepts of animal breeding, physiology, nutrition, and management as they apply to the production of beef, dairy, horses, poultry, sheep, swine, and other livestock. Fall term class open only to ANSC majors. Spring term class open to all majors.

FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources (TS)

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Spatial data development/analysis in science/management of natural resources. Data structures/sources/collection/quality. Geodesy, map projections, spatial/tabular data analysis. Digital terrain analysis, cartographic modeling, modeling perspectives, limits of technology. Lab exercises. Both onsite and fully online options for course enrollment. prereq: Soph or jr or sr or UHP fr

FW 4103 - Principles of Wildlife Management

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course covers the ecological basis for management of wildlife, including biological and sociological factors that influence management. Goals include: understanding the ecological mechanisms influencing the distribution and abundance of wildlife, learning the ecological and historical foundations of wildlife management and the ecological and social ramifications of management actions, thinking critically and logically about current wildlife issues, honing writing skills, and developing technical skills in key areas. prereq: Intro biology course, [jr or sr]

ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (SOCS, CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Political processes in management of the environment. How disagreements are addressed by different stakeholders, private-sector interests, government agencies, institutions, communities, and nonprofit organizations.

ESPM 3575 - Wetlands

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	ESPM 3575/ESPM 5575
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Freshwater wetland classification, wetland biota, current/historic status of wetlands, value of wetlands. National, regional, Minnesota wetlands conservation strategies, ecological principles used in wetland management.

FW 5603W - Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Environmental interactions of wildlife at population/community levels. Environmental threats from human activities. Habitat management practices. Objectives, policies, regulations in population management. prereq: [FW 4102 or FW 4103], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408 or EEB 3807]

EEB 4129 - Mammalogy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of mammalia. Recognize, identify, and study natural history of mammals at the ordinal level, North American mammals at familial level, and mammals north of Mexico at generic level. Minnesota mammals at specific level. Includes lab. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources (CIV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Normative/professional ethics, and leadership considerations, applicable to managing natural resources and the environment. Readings, discussion.

FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Identification nomenclature, classification, and distribution of common/important forest trees/shrubs. Use of keys. Field/lab methods of identification.

FW 5051 - Analysis of Populations

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	EEB/FW 5051
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Regulation, growth, general dynamics of populations. Data needed to describe populations, population growth, population models, regulatory mechanisms. prereq: [4001 or STAT 3011 or ESPM 3012], [EEB 3407 or EEB 3408W or EEB 3807], Senior or grad student

EEB 4134 - Introduction to Ornithology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Structure, evolution, classification, distribution, migration, ecology, habitats, identification of birds. Lecture, lab, weekly field walks. One weekend field trip. prereq: Biol 1001 or Biol 2012

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