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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Description: Basic techniques for isolation and characterization of environmental soil and water microflora including methods for enumeration and measurement of physiological activity. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Special course fee required: $10. Prerequisite(s): SWES 425. Identical to: MIC 426. May be convened with: SWES 526. Usually offered: Fall.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Description: Laboratory associated with lecture course on Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages. This is a Writing Emphasis Course. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Special course fee required: $50. Prerequisite(s): ECOL 320, PL S 312 and PL P 428R. Satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA). Identical to: PL P 428L; PL P is home department. May be convened with: SWES 528L. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Prokaryotic gene structure and function; methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. Hands-on computer analysis of DNA sequences and gene cloning strategies. Principles of regulation of gene expression. Biology of plasmids and bacteriophages. This is a Writing Emphasis Course. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA). Identical to: PL P 428R; PL P is home department. May be convened with: SWES 528R. Usually offered: Spring.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Description: The laboratory/field trip part (SWES 430L/530L) focuses on hands-on, laboratory and field experiences design to help the student better understand the principles of and the tools necessary for environmental monitoring. Basic principles and reviewed during lecture (SWES 430R/530R) as necessary to assist the student in connecting theory with hands-on experiences in the lab and the field. Students are required to complete several problems, review publications, and write weekly or bi-weekly reports that summarize each of the nine topics covered, their laboratory/field trip experiences, and provide answers to questions and exercises. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Concurrent course, SWES 430R. May be convened with: SWES 530L. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Designed to provide the graduating students and interested graduates with a combination of lectures, labs and field trips that describe relevant topics in environmental monitoring, characterization and remediation. The topics covered include: basic statistics, data quality, field surveying, near-surface air measurement, automated data acquisition, soil, vadose zone and groundwater sampling and monitoring, soil and water biological properties, including pathogen monitoring and remote sensing. This course focuses on hands-on, laboratory and field experiences design to help the student better understand the principles of and the tools necessary for environmental monitoring. Basic principles and reviewed during lecture as necessary to assist the student in connecting theory with hands-on experiences in the lab and the field. Students are required to complete several problems, review publications, and write weekly or bi-weekly reports that summarize each of the nine topics covered, their laboratory/field trip experiences, and provide answers to questions and exercises. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): SWES 305; Concurrent registration, SWES 430L. May be convened with: SWES 530R. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Theory and practice of describing characteristics of soils; principles of soil classification and classification systems; making soil interpretations for selected land uses. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): SWES 200, SWES 201. May be convened with: SWES 531. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Broadly covers fundamental topics in the atmospheric sciences. Topics include composition of the atmosphere, atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics, radiative transfer, atmospheric dynamics, and climate. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): MATH 125. Identical to: ATMO 436A; ATMO is home department. May be convened with: SWES 536A. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Description of modern pollution problems and potential biological remediation techniques focusing on the chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology of biodegradation of hazardous and toxic compounds. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): SWES 425. Identical to: MIC 440. May be convened with: SWES 540. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: A guided journey through real world environmental law; U.S. legal system, major environmental laws-criminal and civil; common marketplace problems and solutions; high profile cases; essential professional skills. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: WS M 444. May be convened with: SWES 544. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Remote sensing techniques and applications for improved natural resource utilization of soils, water, grasslands, and forest. Fundamental energy-matter interactions that influence the spectral characteristics of vegetation, soil, and water. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): SWES 330 or PHYS 103. May be convened with: SWES 553. Usually offered: Spring.
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