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Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM)
NREM 4960 Undergraduate Internship Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
NREM 5023 Restoration Ecology Description: Application of ecological theory to ecological restoration with the goal of improving populations, communities and ecosystems degraded directly or indirectly by human activities. Case studies and applications of ecological principles to restorations across circumstances and systems will be discussed. May not be used for degree credit with NREM 4023. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5030 Special Problems in Natural Resource Ecology and Management Description: Special problems in areas of natural resource ecology and management other than those covered in the student's thesis research. Previously offered as FOR 5030. Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-9 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5033 Ecology of Invasive Species Description: Ecological principles and their application to invasive species. Discussion of population level characteristics and community and ecosystem level effects of a wide variety of taxa including invasive microbial, fungal, plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate examples. Current global consequences and governmental policies/programs designed to limit the spread of invasives. No credit for students having completed NREM 4033. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Description: Supervised internship with an approved natural resource business, government agency, or nongovernment organization, including a diversity of learning opportunities in a work environment. For every hour of credit, 45 hours of work are required. Graded on a pass-fail basis. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4980 Undergraduate Research Prerequisites: Upper-division standing, GPA of 2.50 or better and consent of instructor. Description: Participation in faculty research or execution of a research problem formulated by the student. Previously offered as FOR 4500. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 4990 Special Topics in Natural Resource Ecology and Management Description: Advanced topics and new developments in natural resource ecology and management. Previously offered as RLEM 4990. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5000 Master's Thesis Report Description: Independent research planned, conducted and reported in consultation with a major professor. Previously offered as RLEM 5000. Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, max 12 (Thesis) 4 (Report). Credit hours: 1-12 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5020 Graduate Seminar Description: Special topics in Natural Resource Ecology and Management; philosophy, methods and interpretation of research. Previously offered as RLEM 5020. Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 10 credit hours. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5043 Ecology and Evolution of Symbiosis
Description: Ecology and evolution of symbiotic and mutualistic interactions in different ecosystems. Theory, current questions, and general patterns involving biotic interactions of plants and animals with other plants, animals, or microbes. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5053 Global Ecology and Biogeochemistry
Description: Examines key nutrient pools and transformations in the atmosphere, soils, and hydrosphere, with an emphasis on the role of living organisms in nutrient transformations and fluxes. Emphasis placed on processes relevant to biogeochemical cycles at ecosystem and global scales in reference to aspects of global change. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
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