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3.00 Credits
The application of economic principles to environmental problems. Emphasizes applying the economist's decision-making model to environmental issues and the advantages and shortcomings of the economist's analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 201 and 3 semester hours in NREM, preferably NREM 101, or permission of the department chairperson. Not open to students who have credit in ECON 311.
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3.00 Credits
Natural resource use in agricultural systems with emphasis on principles of sustainability. Includes integrated pest management, permaculture, and other production practices that conserve soil, water, and biological resources. Field trips included.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of challenges facing management of urban environments and the rural-urban interface in the developing nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Pacific Oceania. Features interdisciplinary approach with frequent guest speakers to discuss existing and potential management, economic, technical, and policy solutions in their regional, cultural, and historic contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Systematic exploration of major topics of human and environmental change from local to global scales, including: population, energy, agriculture, industry, technology, urbanization, water, climate, natural hazards, socioeconomic systems, land use, trade, marginalized societies, and biodiversity. Prerequisite: International/Global Studies distribution elective; junior standing; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Drinking and surface water quality issues: point and non-point sources of pollution, regulated and unregulated contaminants and their management, drinking water treatment and regulation. Role of Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Acts in water quality management. Laboratory and field work includes sampling and analysis of various water quality parameters. Prerequisite: NREM 211 or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Study of wetland functions and values. Delineation of wetland boundaries according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers criteria (wetland hydrology, hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation). Includes a substantial component of field work. Prerequisite: NREM 221; permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Chemical, physical, and biological properties of soil that affect plant production and other land uses. Emphasizes nutrient cycles in natural and cropped systems. Use and fate of pesticides. Land application of agricultural and urban wastes. Prerequisite: NREM 221 or its equivalent; CHEM 111 or its equivalent or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Includes soil genesis, morphology, classification, and survey. Stresses the relationship between soil information and the land-use decision-making process with practical applications provided. Considerable emphasis is placed on field study of soils and their uses. Prerequisite: NREM 221 or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Stresses principles and methods of control of soil erosion using basic soil concepts. Studies management systems and individual practices with special emphasis on soil resource maintenance. Prerequisite: NREM 221 or permission of the department chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Appraisal of the problems, prospects, and societal and technical issues surrounding the use of energy and mineral resources. Emphasizes environmental problems and ecoenergetics, consideration of the natural resource base, distribution and production problems, conservation, alternative energy systems, resource policy, and research.
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