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3.00 Credits
Advances GIS skills by focusing on the use of raster and vector geospatial data to address issues in the natural sciences. Students research, obtain, assess, and manipulate at minimum: atmospheric, topographic, hydrologic, biogeographic, land cover and soils data. Students apply learning to a personalized project requiring a literature review, 2 or 3D analysis, and the production of maps that address environmental issues. Project subdisciplines can include biogeography, ethnobiology, atmosphere, geology, ecology, and natural resource management.
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4.00 Credits
Provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills in soil morphology, genesis, and classification. Students will learn to describe and classify soil profiles using US Soil Taxonomy and explain soil formation, with a focus on the local region. Students will also learn methods, use, and applications of USDA Soil Survey. Field trips are required.
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4.00 Credits
Provides theoretical knowledge in soil biology, chemistry, and fertility, and practical skills in soil analysis. Applications include agriculture and horticulture, with a focus on maintaining and improving soil health and sustainability. Field trips are required.
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4.00 Credits
Provides theoretical knowledge in wetland science and practical skills in identifying the three wetland criteria: hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydric soils. Trains students to delineate wetland boundaries for regulatory purposes with a focus on hydric soils in the region. Field trips are required.
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4.00 Credits
Provides practical skills and problem-based learning in soils, land use and development. Applications include on-site wastewater treatment, stormwater management, engineering, and erosion and sedimentation control, with a focus on regulatory compliance in Pennsylvania. Field trips are required.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the science of enhancing a watershedn++s natural ability to recover from human-induced disturbances. Discusses restoration strategies that integrate hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology to improve water quality and watershed function and are used to mitigate environmental degradation of watersheds and water supplies. An advanced course that covers what Watershed Restoration is, how it is accomplished, and who carries it out. Students complete hands-on fieldwork and address current watershed problems at local field sites
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3.00 Credits
Introduces General Permits, NPDES permits, Erosion and Sedimentation plans, and water obstruction and encroachment permits (section 401 and 404 permits). Students will complete appropriate permitting forms and supporting materials in the context of an environmental professional who works for a consulting company or a government agency. Students will write letters to clients, collect and interpret data, write field reports for agency files, make presentations to peers, complete permit applications, and review the work of others.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with advanced analytical and practical skills in geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis. The course emphasizes common geoprocessing workflows and applied projects that incorporate systematic approaches to collecting, analyzing, modeling, interpreting, and visualizing spatial data. Conceptually, the course highlights the geographic information science (GIScience) principles that underlie geographic information software procedures.
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3.00 Credits
Addresses the care and management of the different kinds of natural history collections and the processes of designing public exhibits through lecture and hands-on experience with collections. A one- or two-day field trip may be required.-a-a
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the basics of conservation for natural history collections through lecture and hands-on experience. Skills covered include object cleaning, conservation, repair, molding and casting, housing, cataloging and photography. A one- or two-day field trip may be required. A fee may apply.
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