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3.00 Credits
General wildlife management course for resource planners, interpretative naturalists, and educators. Fish and wildlife values, conservation principles and practices, and current policy issues.
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3.00 Credits
Study of renewable energy resources as alternatives to nuclear energy and the traditional fossil fuels; the use of sunlight, wind, water, biomass etc.; policy options and issues for managing energy resources towards a sustainable future.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of trends in municipal solid waste generation, collection, disposal, and management. Discussion of the roles of federal, state, county, and state governments, with a review of national and international waste issues.
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3.00 Credits
Students will explore the concepts of sustainability in the context of socio-economic development at various scales and around the world. Sustainable Development is an alternative to a traditional industrial-economic model of growth which can marginalize people and destroy nature. Specific strategies, policies, and implications of this approach will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the geographical distribution and locational factors influencing the use of fossil energy resources and the dynamics of their consumption, including an overview of historical patterns, and current and future trends; new technologies and managment strategies against the background of finite resource base and projected need for worldwide conservation of fossils fuels. Several sessions to be held in the field.
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3.00 Credits
Field exploration of portable water treatment facilities in urban and rural settings. Students will visit municipal treatment plants and distribution systems as well as small-scale operations, such as private wells and small municipal water plants. Methods of water acquisition, treatment and management used in other part of the country, and in other countries, will be explored. Field trips are required.
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3.00 Credits
Field exploration of waste and drinking water treatment facilities in urban and rural settings. Water intake, treatment, and distribution and sewerage system collection methods will be explored. Alternate methods used elsewhere will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This field class explores the geographic, environmental, historic, economic, engineering, recreation and other aspects of the Chicago River. Students will study water quality, land use and ownership issues, habitat restoration, and the importance of rivers in metropolitan areas. Most classes are held in the field.
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3.00 Credits
Detailed study of communities within Chicago and its surrounding area, with an emphasis on spatial distribution and arrangement of distinct regions; field trips.
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3.00 Credits
Issues and principles of historic urban neighborhood preservation, revitalization, restoration and gentrification emphasizing public and private market intiatives. Field work in the Chicago metropolitan area using various methods of surveying, collecting, recording and processing data.
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