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4.00 Credits
Spring semester. 4 semester hours. Students receive an intensive introduction to the evolutionary relationships of vascular plants and their classification. The course emphasizes plant identification based on use of taxonomic keys and focuses on angiosperm species in the Yellowstone River watershed, particularly the prairie habitats, the Pryor Mountains, the riparian habitats of the Yellowstone, and the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains. Field trips are required. This course may be taken at the lower-division level or at the upper-division level, but not both. Prerequisite: BIO112 or ESS105.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. Students are introduced to the concepts of energy, power and the physical laws that control their transformations. This understanding is applied to analyze human use of energy. Issues considered include the various sources of energy and their limits, the technologies of energy conversion, the end uses of energy, and the environmental consequences of energy use.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester. 3 semester hours. This course introduces students to the concepts of population and community ecology through studies of rainforest geography, flora, and fauna. Students read scientific papers focusing on rain forest plants and animals and the complex interactions of these organisms in rainforest environments. Students discuss environmental issues such as sustainable agriculture, global cycling of air and water, and conservation biology as those issues pertain to rainforest issues today. Prerequisites: ENG119 and ENG120.
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2.00 Credits
Spring semester, during Spring Break. On demand. 2 semester hours. This field course, which takes place in Costa Rica during Spring break, provides an introduction to the complexity and diversity of tropical forest ecosystems. Lectures and field activities focus on those ecological concepts particular to rainforests, natural history walks, bird studies, field activities that explore adaptations of plants and animals to tropical ecosystems, and examination of issues of tropical conservation. Students stay at field stations in three different tropical environments - lowland rainforest, cloud forest, and seasonally dry forest.
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4.00 Credits
Summer semester. 4 semester hours. Students receive an intensive introduction to the evolutionary relationships of vascular plants and their classification. The course emphasizes plant identification based on use of taxonomic keys and focuses on angiosperm species in the Yellowstone River watershed, particularly the prairie habitats, the Pryor Mountains, the riparian habitats of the Yellowstone, and the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains. Field trips are required. Students in the 300-level course will collect, identify, and prepare a greater number of plants for the herbarium. This course may be taken at the lower-division level or at the upper-division level, but not both. Prerequisite: BIO112 or ESS 105.
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4.00 Credits
Fall semester, alternate years. 4 semester hours. Range ecology is the study of mixed grass prairies of the West and an introduction to ecological concepts applicable to that area. Topics include historical and current land use, ecosystem responses to change, methods for maintaining natural prairie habitats, the use of prairies as rangelands, and determinations of ecological conditions and trends on rangelands. The laboratory focuses on identification of common prairie plant species and their importance for both wildlife and domestic animals. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory session per week. Prerequisites: BIO112, CHM101, and CHM102.
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4.00 Credits
On demand. 4 semester hours. This course introduces students to the theory and practical application of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include fundamentals of cartography, GIS data types, data input, GIS database structure and management, analysis of spatially distributed data, and report preparations using GIS. Prerequisite: MAT100 and a previous science course.
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4.00 Credits
Fall semester, alternate years. 4 semester hours. The biology and chemistry of wetlands is studied in this course. Topics include the investigation of wetland structure, wetland functions, and the ecological value of wetlands. The laboratory introduces protocols for analyzing wetland plant communities and includes a field study of a wetland in the Billings community. Students learn legally acceptable methods for determining wetland boundaries. The course examines the ecology of rivers and compares differences in hydrological processes of rivers and wetlands. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory session per week. Prerequisites: BIO112, CHM101, and CHM102.
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3.00 Credits
Spring semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. A multidisciplinary approach to conservation and management issues encompassing genetics to ethics. Topics include population genetics, evolutionary mechanisms, biodiversity, reserve design, and re- introduction strategies. Written reports and oral presentations required. Prerequisites: BIO112 and ESS105.
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4.00 Credits
Fall semester, alternate years. 4 semester hours. This course provides an introduction to the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils; soil formation and classification; nutrient cycling; and land resource planning and protection. The laboratory includes field trips. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory session per week. Prerequisites: CHM101, GEO101 and GEO104.
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