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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: junior standing, major in environmental health sciences, minimum GPA of 2.50, minimum of one semester of ENHS 3391, and consent of program director. Cooperative education seeks to integrate academic and professional work experiences. Students will be placed in a work setting consistent with their environmental education career objectives. This course requires a minimum of 200 semester work hours. Three credit hours.
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Prerequisite: ENHS 3310 or the equivalent. Environmental planning process and evaluation methods applicable to environmental programs; resource allocation and procurement; emphasis on environmental planning case studies including watershed planning, land use, solid and hazardous waste, air quality, wastewater treatment facilities planning, wetlands, and master planning. Group discussions and role-playing exercises will supplement class lectures. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.
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Prerequisites: ENHS 3340 or 3350, RHET 3316, BIOL 3303 and 3103, STAT 2350, or consent of instructor. Knowledge and skills necessary to prepare and review environmental impact assessments and statements. The content of the National Environmental Policy Act is presented and analyzed. Case studies and group discussions are used to supplement class lectures. Field studies are performed on a selected site for which an environmental impact assessment will be written. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.
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Prerequisites: ENHS 3340 or 3350, BIOL 2401, STAT 2350, or consent of instructor. The principles of environmental epidemiology are introduced with emphasis on application to various environmental settings. A brief introduction to vital statistics is provided. Health effects of various environmental agents will be identified with appropriate indicators and epidemiological methods for environmental health sciences professionals to monitor environmental effects. Dual-listed in the UALR Graduate Catalog as ENHS 5430. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. This course will help biology, chemistry, and earth science students reach their educational objectives. Interactive instructional methods promote the development of skills that lead to success in college and a successful career in science. Students I) identify and use appropriate campus resources, 2) master common computer programs, 3) learn graphing and statistical methods, 4) develop better strategies to manage money, time, and stress wisely, and 5) explore the research conducted by UALR science faculty. Grading is based on projects, attendance, and participation. This course cannot be used for credit toward a biology, chemistry, or earth science major or minor. Three credit hours.
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Recommended prerequisite: RHET 1311. Introduction to how society is impacted by and responds to science-driven decision-making. Examines how societyembraces and applies (including governmental institutions) scientific principles and technological advances to solving global societal problems such as sustainability of natural resources, development of new energy resources due to population and economic growth, changes in climate and weather, pollution, and human health issues. Case studies will examine societal response (particularly governmental) to both past and current global scientific and technological issues.
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Prerequisites: ERSC 1302, ERSC 1102, and CHEM 1402. Introduction to mineralogy including the silicate and nonsilicate groups, their crystalline structure, and their occurrence and origins as determined by chemical equilibria and optical properties in thin section. Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week. Three credit hours.
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Prerequisites: ERSC 1302, ERSC 1102, ERSC 1303, ERSC 1103. Introduction to geologic field methods. Topics include: outcrop description; map and aerial photo interpretation; navigation skills; stratigraphic section measurement; cross-section construction; GPS and GIS techniques; computer drafting techniques; and geologic mapping in the Ouachita Mountains. Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week. Three credit hours.
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Prerequisites: ERSC 1303/1103, or BIOL 1401, or consent of instructor; ERSC 2320 recommended. The evolution and ecological structure of the biosphere from the origin of life to the present emphasizing the evolution and paleobiology of animal life as shown by the fossil record. Lectures discuss the methods used to interpret the fossil record, and cover topics such as ontogeny, speciation, phylogeny and systematics, functional anatomy, biogeography, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and macroevolution. Laboratories will focus on paleobiological principles that can be demonstrated by the major groups of invertebrates that are common in the geologic record. Two hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week; one 1-2 day field trip. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 1304 or 1311 and consent of instructor; junior standing in earth science, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental health science, or engineering technology. Hydrologic cycle, basin analysis, runoff analysis, stream hydraulics, flooding, case histories, field methods in hydrology, hydrologic planning. Three hours lecture per week. Three credit hours.
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