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Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM)
NREM 3012 Applied Ecology Laboratory Prerequisites: NREM 3013 or concurrent.
NREM 3101 Forest Resource Field Studies Prerequisites: NREM 2134 and BOT 1404 and SOIL 2124.
Description: Field experience aimed at navigating and working effectively and safely in the natural environment. Identification, measurement and interpretation of abiotic and biotic components to understand and describe ecosystem function and current natural resource management tools and issues. Focus on representative forest, grassland and aquatic ecosystems.. Credit hours: 2
Description: One-week summer presession field experience at an off- campus site. Field study in the dynamics of forest ecosystems and related components including trees, soils, water, fauna, and associated flora as they relate to site productivity and the production of resource outputs, products, and services. Previously offered as NREM 3112. Credit hours: 1
Contact hours: Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3102 Forest Measurements II Prerequisites: NREM 2103.
Contact hours: Lab: 4 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3013 Applied Ecology and Conservation Prerequisites: BIOL 1114 or BIOL 1604 or PBIO 1404; Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class standing; SOIL 2124 preferred. Description: Development of critical thinking for conservation and land management through the application of ecological concepts and theory. Principles of population, community, ecosystem and landscape ecology, with applications to management of wildlife, fisheries, forest and rangeland resources. Application of scientific method and literature to natural resource ecology and management. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Description: Two-week summer presession field experience at an off- campus site. Land, tree, stand and forest-level measurements, and the use and care of measurement equipment. Emphasis on statistical and tactical design of forest inventory methods, and their implementation in the field. Previously offered as FOR 3102. Credit hours: 2
Contact hours: Lab: 4 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3111 Natural Resource Field Studies
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Description: One-week summer presession field experience at off-campus site. Field study, analysis, and assessment of natural resource ecosystems at multiple scales with application to integrated management of forest, wildlife, range, water, soil, and recreation resources to sustain a broad array of uses and values, and to understand associated ecological, social, policy, and ethical issues. Includes visits to private and public natural resource lands and projects. Previously offered as FOR 3103 and NREM 3103. Credit hours: 1
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3063 Natural Resource Biometrics Prerequisites: STAT 2013; and MATH 1513 or MATH 1483.
Description: Application of statistical concepts to problems in natural resource sampling and estimation including simple random sampling, stratified sampling, regression analysis, double sampling and ratio and regression estimation. Statistical analysis using spreadsheets. Applications to forest, range and wildlife management. Previously offered
Contact hours: Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3224 Silviculture
as NREM 3363. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 3083 Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Prerequisites: MATH 1483 or MATH 1493 or MATH 1513.
Prerequisites: NREM 2013, or NREM 3012 and NREM 3013, or BIOL 3034. Description: Theory and practice of controlling forest establishment, composition, structure, and growth to meet multiple objectives. Principles and techniques of natural and artificial regeneration, intermediate cultural treatments, and silvicultural systems applicable in various forest cover types. Two-day field trip is required. Previously offered as NREM 3223. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
Description: Principles and application of geospatial technologies for natural resource ecology and management including remote sensing (aerial photography and satellite data), geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) technologies. Previously offered as FOR 3883. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
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