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5.00 Credits
5 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ESSP. Corequisites: ESSP 501R, 501L. An overview of the fundamental issues from five research areas: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning; Climate and Environmental Change; Land and Resource Management; Environmental Policy, Management, and Communication; and Human Health and the Environment. Material will be presented "situationally" in a problem-based learning environment. ESSP faculty and guest lecturers will present background information relevant to the topics. Students are expected to engage actively in the learning process by 1) determining what further information they need to understand the problem, 2) researching the questions, 3) clearly and concisely presenting the findings of their research to one another.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ESSP. Corequisites: ESSP 501, 501R. Laboratory session. Will require one or more full day field trips; may require one or more weekend field trips.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ESSP. Corequisites: ESSP 501, 501L. Small group discussions to include many parties to an environmental issue.
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5.00 Credits
5 credits. Prerequisites: ESSP 501, 501R, 501L. Corequisites: ESSP 502R, ESSP 502L. Course follows the design of ESSP 501 but with more emphasis on written reports and team projects. At the beginning of the semester, students will either select or be assigned a topic for an interdisciplinary team project for completion by the end of the semester. The team project helps students acquire an interdisciplinary outlook, and fosters communication and cooperation within a positive multi-disciplinary work environment. This will provide students with skills that are integral to the management of complex environmental problems they will face in the world beyond academia.
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2.00 Credits
2 credits. Prerequisites: ESSP 501, 501R, 501L. Corequisites: ESSP 502, 502R. Laboratory session.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisites: ESSP 501, 501R, 501L. Corequisites: ESSP 502, 502L. Small group discussion.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Analyzes the services and goods provided by natural and human-made ecosystems with a primary focus on the agroecosystems and grasslands of the northern Great Plains. Explores the scientific framework of ecosystem services, their disruption or disturbance, economic and ecological values, methods of analyzing these values, and policy implications.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in ESSP, or consent of instructor. Introduction to statistical and deterministic approaches for modeling earth systems, including use of modeling to support management and policymaking. Develops systems thinking skills and emphasizes modeling as a framework for environmental analysis and problem solving. Students will learn how different classes and scales of models are used to explore different type of environmental questions. Emphasis will be on the dynamic, interdependent and interactive relationships between human activities and ecosystem function and structure as well as the effects of these activities on biogeochemical cycles, energy flow, and biodiversity. Students will use these analyses to evaluate opportunities to shift toward more sustainable human behavior.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. The course's intent is to stay abreast of technological developments in a rapidly evolving field. Course contents will vary according to where the advances have the most immediate impact. The goal is to provide students exposure and hands-on experience needed to apply technologies to significant Earth System problems. Among technologies to be discussed are sensors for satellites and aircraft, data acquisition and image processing tools, verification and validation techniques, precision navigation by Global Positioning Satellites, and advanced uses of Geographic Information Systems.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Examines the principles of economics, natural resource limitations and management, and the role of science in public policy decision-makingwith the intent of preserving Earth's vital life-support systems while meeting human needs and aspirations. Through case studies, guest speakers, and personal experience, studies how science does or does not inform environmental policymaking. Students apply economic theory and analysis to evaluate environmental problems and policies and apply ecological principles to shape economic policy. Particular emphasis will be on wetland habitats and agroecosystems.
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