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4.00 Credits
This course examines in depth the nature and scope of scientific writing, including style, format, and conventions. Students will examine the primary literature for examples of effective scientific writing, and practice constructing various aspects of research papers, theses, research proposals, and science journalism. Student evaluation is based on homework, class participation and discussion, class critiques of student drafts, and a writing portfolio. Students may incorporate components of a senior project or graduate thesis into their portfolio for credit. Prerequisite: LL 20100 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
The relationship between the political process and natural resource inventory, planning, development, management, and conservation. Emphasis is placed on Alaskan renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and the impact of local, state, and national legislation, regulation, and political action.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the entire spectrum of possible interactions between humankind and the physical environment. Topics include: earth materials, natural hazards, hydrology, waste disposal and environmental health, minerals, energy, and an introduction to environmental law and land use planning. Lab included. Lab fee required.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the physical aspects of the land resource including the soils and sediments that comprise the landforms of the earth's surface. The course presents detailed study of landforms and the processes that control their formation, whether erosional, depositional, tectonic, or volcanic. An introduction to land capability is included. Laboratory work includes field-sampling techniques, analysis of soils, and interpretation of landforms on air photos and topographic maps. Lab fee required. Prerequisites: MT 12100 and SC 12000 or SC 42000.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the science of preserving biological diversity, its principles, policy, and applications. Topics include: extinction, ecological and genetical effects of habitat fragmentation, minimum viable population analysis, reserve design and management, the Endangered Species Act, and conflict mediation. Lab included. Lab fee required. Prerequisites: SC 33000.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to laws and regulations governing environmental and natural resource management. Designed to introduce non-law students to the legal process and the role of the judiciary in environmental and natural resource management.
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical and applied concepts of collaboration and conflict resolution in both public and private sectors of natural resource and environmental management, historical and legal mandates, government agency responsibilities, applied methods and techniques, case studies, and hands-on experience.
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4.00 Credits
Causes and consequences of climate variability on a variety of timescales will be addressed, with a primary focus on evidence for natural and anthropogenic climate fluctuations in arctic regions. Topics will include structure of the climate system, proposed mechanisms of climate variability, techniques for paleoclimatic reconstruction, and an overview of climate modeling and associated uncertainties. We will use case studies to explore known and projected impacts of climatic changes on Alaskan environments. Emphasis will be placed on the science of climate change, but policy issues will be discussed.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of land use planning at the municipal, county, and state levels and on public or private lands that have their own planning jurisdiction. Coverage of the history, legal framework, processes needed for successful land use planning. Requires project-based exercise using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Lab fee required. Prerequisite: SC 36000.
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4.00 Credits
This course includes the principles and processes of groundwater occurrence and flow including aquifer properties, well pumping tests with analyses, and groundwater development and management. The topics include field methods with an introduction to geophysical techniques, as well as pollution sources and contaminant migration and computer modeling. Lab included. Lab fee required. Prerequisites: SC 112000 or instructor permission; SC 17100; and MT 12100.
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