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Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM)

NREM 4093 Natural Resources, People and Sustainable Development (I) Description: Relationship between people, the land, and associated natural resources in the developing world, including the ecological and cultural basis for resource use and development. Examines issues of traditional agriculture and deforestation, and explores sustainable strategies for land use, resource management, and community development. Includes two-week study abroad component. Previously offered as NREM 4393. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt General Education and other Course Attributes: International Dimension NREM 4213 Forest Biology Prerequisites: BOT 1404. Description: The response of trees and forest ecosystems to environmental, cultural and genetic factors. Application of physiological and ecological principles in predicting the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on tree growth and community interactions. Previously offered as FOR 4563. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

NREM 4403 Wetland Ecology and Management Prerequisites: NREM 3012 and NREM 3013, or BIOL 3034 or consent of instructor. Description: Ecology, classification, restoration, and management of wetlands. Adaptations of wetland plants and animals, structure and function of wetlands, field identification of wetland plants, restoration techniques, wetland classification systems, management and conservation of wetlands, and regulatory processes. Previously offered as COSC 4403 and ZOOL 4403. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4414 Fisheries Management Prerequisites: NREM 3012 and NREM 3013, or BIOL 3034. Description: Techniques and principles involved in management of fishes. Field trip fee required. Previously offered as COSC 4414, ZOOL 4414, and ZOOL 4524. Credit hours: 4

Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 4 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4424 Fisheries Techniques Prerequisites: NREM 4414.

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4234 Forest Management and Economics Prerequisites: NREM 3224 and AGEC 1113.

Description: Research techniques and methodology in fisheries science, including sampling design, habitat measurements, sampling gears and abundance estimation, age and growth analysis, recreational surveys, data analysis, and report writing. No credit for students with credit in NREM 5424. Previously offered as COSC 4424. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4443 Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality Description: Processes that comprise the hydrologic cycle and how land use affects those processes and the quantity and quality of water from watersheds, focusing on surface water from forest, range and agricultural watersheds. Measurement and evaluation of water quantity and quality. Additional flat fee of $22.00 applies. Previously offered as NREM 4413

Description: Regulation of forest growing stock to meet financial and biological management objectives; stand level optimization; linear programming principles in harvest scheduling; timberland taxation; timberland investment criteria; risk and uncertainty in timberland investment; economics of non-market goods. Previously offered as NREM 4323. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4333 Forest Resource Management: Planning and Decision- Making Prerequisites: NREM 4323. Description: Integrated problem solving, to apply biological, quantitative, economic, political, and administrative principles in solving forest resource management problems. Previously offered as FOR 4333. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4360 Ecotourism and Wilderness Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

and FOR 4813. 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 4452 Pond Management Prerequisites: BIOL 1114.

Description: Principles and practice of aquatic plant management, pond construction, and maintenance, fish population management, and human factors associated with pond ownership and management. No credit for students with credit in NREM 5452. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt