Before construction begins on an offshore wind farm, there is a rigorous process of assessing ecological and environmental impacts, obtaining any Federal and State permits, and engaging with stakeholders. This process is expensive, and vital to the successful installation of an offshore wind farm. A thorough understanding of these procedures is essential to all professionals in the offshore wind industry.

The course serves as a dynamic sampling of the multiple disciplines necessary to create or modify the Built Environment. Discussions based on lectures presented by various educators, researchers, and practitioners; experts in their fields will provide students with a broadened perspective, which will help foster critical thinking and provide a more expansive view of the Built Environment.

This seminar offers students an opportunity to explore environmental careers that are appropriate for students in environmental conservation, sustainability science, and related fields. We will meet weekly to work on the requested elements for the professional world after graduation, such as resumes, networking, mentoring, interview skills, and more. We will also examine top sectors and growing fields to help students in professional degree programs position themselves for their intended career.

This course will cover a number of methods and applications in GIS. Basic automation methods of repetitive or complex tasks using Model Builder and Python scripting will be covered first. Then these methods will be applied to a number of common problems in Natural Resources including home range definition species habitat relationships, occupancy models, and movement analysis.

This course will introduce primary aspects of sustainable building and smart growth certification systems (SBSG) such as the WELL Standard, the Living Building Challenge, Passivhaus and LEED for Neighborhood Development, Cities and Communities. Through instructor-led, individual and collaborative exercises, discover the core concepts and standards related to high performance building systems and interact with front-line practitioners and learn from case-study examples of high-performance buildings.

Scientific basis for modern fisheries management, emphasizing coldwater fishes, anadromous species, large reservoir and river fisheries, and conflicts of interest with other water uses.

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At the end of this course, students should have all of the basic skills to successfully design, implement, and analyze a survey. Although the content of the course will have a natural resources focus, the principles will be applicable to all surveys of people. After an overview of the survey process, the class will discuss the different types of surveys and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Next, the class will study the ?Dillman? method for designing surveys. The practical elements of implementing a survey, including the Internal Review Board process, will be discussed.

Intermediate statistics illustrated using examples from ecology. Topics include ANOVA, linear regression (simple and multiple), correlation, logistic regression, continency tables and noparametric methods. Techniques discussed in lectures and applied in laboratories.

This course introduces concepts related to the management of urbanized landscapes, focusing on what comprises the urban forest, its function as a natural system and the value of urban forests as an environmental and social catalyst. Examination of what makes up the urban forest, how these components function and the importance of sustainable urban natural landscapes will be undertaken.