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3.00 Credits
Much of southern Africa has adopted Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) approaches to conservation, led and implemented by community organizations, traditional leaders, conservation NGO's, private-sector investors, and government authorities. The goal of CBNRM is for local communities and private landowners to benefit directly from both consumptive and non-consumptive natural resource utilization strategies. This course covers major approaches to CBNRM focusing on evaluating the success of local strategies. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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3.00 Credits
Understanding a culture's relationship to the natural world provides insight into successful conservation strategies. Successful approaches to community-based conservation often incorporate local knowledge and necessitate perceiving humans as part of the environment. Drawing on disciplines such as anthropology and geography, and this reading and discussion-based course covers topics such as Human Wildlife Conflict, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, impacts of protected areas on local people, ecosystem services, and the methods and problems associated with applying research to conservation and development efforts. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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3.00 Credits
Conservation biology and ecology are based on a solid foundation of skills related to field methodology and the observation, recording, and reporting of plants and wildlife in their natural environments. This course provides an introduction to a variety of field methodologies and natural history observation techniques, and will provide students with the information and tools needed to understand the scientific process: formulating a research question, collecting data, compiling and analyzing data, writing a scientific paper, and presenting research results. This course gives students practical research skills and field experience that cannot be gained in a classroom setting. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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3.00 Credits
Natural history is the study of plants and animals in their natural environments and is the basis of all scientific learning. The concepts of conservation biology and ecology are enhanced by a solid foundation in natural history. No great technical knowledge is necessary to comprehend the practice of natural history, but it is necessary to practice these skills in the field. Students will become familiar with the flora and fauna native to their program area, and will learn standardized methods to record observations, patterns, and experiences in the field. Students will also read and discuss a variety of natural history-related essays. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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1.00 Credits
Students receive credit for meeting pre-arranged learning objectives while working for a business, a non-profit, a government program, or some other organization that engages the environment. Hands-on experience is especially important to Environmental Studies students, and the faculty will work to support internship opportunities for all students. Requires junior or senior standing (transfer students must complete a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours); completion of the Career Center Internship Workshop; minimum 2.5 GPA; and consent of Program Chair and Career Center Internship Coordinator. REGISTRATION NOTE: Registration for internships is initiated through the Career Center website and is finalized upon completion of required paperwork and approvals. More info: 801-832-2590 https://westminstercollege.edu/about/resources/career-center/internships
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1.00 Credits
Students undertake a portion of a research project and learn all aspects of interdisciplinary inquiry in Environmental Studies. This course may be taken one credit at a time and more than once. Prerequisites: ENVI 101, and permission of a faculty mentor is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce strategies for reading and producing American academic writing. Special attention will be paid to vocabulary development, grammar, and paragraph structure. Instructor permission required. This course is intended for students with a paper TOEFL score of 450?474 or its equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to comprehending spoken academic English and both pronouncing and using new vocabulary in conversation. Instructor permission required. This course is intended for students with a paper TOEFL score of 475?499 or its equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
The emphasis in this course will be on basic reading strategies that aid comprehension (e.g., scanning, skimming, identifying main information, etc.) and basic expository writing strategies through which students develop competence in paragraph and essay structure. Additional emphases will be placed on vocabulary development and grammar and stylistics.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn to recognize new academic vocabulary in listening to academic lectures and presentations and will practice pronouncing and using the new words in small group discussions and activities. ESL students will also receive basic instruction on effective strategies for academic listening and speaking.
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