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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIO 234 A study of exploited populations of fish and other aquatic organisms. Theory and methods of defining fish growth, survival, mortality, abundance, and community interactions will be emphasized. Wisconsin, Great Lakes, and marine fisheries will be addressed. Management strategies will be reviewed and management plans developed. Liberal Education: Environmental Perspectives.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIO 234 A course in wetland science that includes a study of the ecology, biology, conservation, and management of wetlands. Students will be introduced to the natural history and classification of wetlands through a series of field trips to regional wet lands. Liberal Education: Environmental Perspectives.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NRS 164, NRS 264, GIS 201 or GIS 260 This course offers students leadership opportunities on a wildlife research team. The research questions will pertain to wolves in northern Wisconsin. Students will lead team members in project-based work groups investigating aspects of wolf biology and behavior. Projects will be field-oriented and will require students to travel away from the college to collect data. You will be expected to work with your team in remote settings of northern Wisconsin conducting howling and tracking surveys, as well as investigating wolf movements via radio telemetry.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: BIO 234 A study of the ecological principles and field methods used in silviculture and other types of vegetation management. The social and biological impacts of managing vegetation for wood products, wildlife resources, biodiversity, natural area maintenance, and restoration are discussed. Liberal Education: Environmental Perspectives.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing This is a capstone course that enhances students' proficiency in many aspects of field ecology. Students will review sampling methods in the areas of forest and aquatic ecology, plant and animal ecology, hydrology, and GIS mapping. Field studies will be conducted within regional natural areas. Students will collect, enter, and analyze data, and summarize findings in the form of technical reports.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing This course is an accepted substitute for the Field Ecology class (NRS 409) required for Natural Resources majors. Students will meet weekly and choose, design, and implement an assessment, monitoring, or research project with guidance from faculty or outside agency professionals.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the social, economic, and political forces that have influenced nursing and nursing education. We will discuss nursing theory, explore concepts central to nursing, and analyze the work of selected nurse theorists with particular emphasis on environmental theories. Carper's patterns of knowing will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover a range of statistical topics from descriptive statistics to one-way ANOVA. This course will focus on choosing appropriate statistical methods, interpreting output, and applying fundamental statistical principles. Appreciation and interpretation of statistics in health care journal articles is a feature of the course material. Students will read health care journal articles, interpret the study objectives, explain the experimental design, the nature of the data collected, the reported statistics, and interpret any associated graphs and tables. Liberal Education: Quantitative Reasoning for Evening Degree Program majors.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is on the health care delivery system and the financing of health care. We will explore how the health care delivery system affects nursing and how nurses can effect social change. Legal issues in nursing will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is on the influence of culture on health and illness. Asian, African-American, Hispanic, and Native American cultures will be discussed. The student is encouraged to explore his or her own cultural heritage and beliefs. Liberal Education: Cultural Diversity for Evening Degree Program majors.
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