ST-Forest Fire Control
Training in forest fire control principles and procedures including fire-line safety, fire weather, and fire behavior. Students may meet Federal Interagency Fire Qualification for "Firefighter."
Sem-Curric Planning
Development of individualized curricula for the major's elective credits. University and program graduation requirements, second majors, minors, and curriculum plans discussed.
Fisheries Sci & Mgt
Introduction to the principles of fish stock assessment, with emphasis on harvest modeling and forecasting techniques. Implications of overfishing and habitat degradation.
Introduction to GIS
The goals of this course are to teach you basic GIS concepts such as spatial data sources and structures, projections and coordinate systems, geospatial analysis, cartographic modeling, and the integration of remote sensing and GIS. By the end of the course, students will be proficient in ESRI ArcGIS software.
Evolution and Conservation
This course provides the evolutionary basis for understanding biological problems in conservation. Evolutionary thinking provides more comprehensive approaches to conservation biology and future conservation practitioners must be equipped with the ability to think about conservation from an evolutionary perspective. Major topics will include: (1) a survey of evolutionary theory; (2) the application of evolutionary thinking to case studies and problems in conservation biology.
Cree Culture, NatRes&Sustnblty
Interdisciplinary course combines reading and group discussions, a winter camping trip with a Cree family in northern Quebec, and an individual term project to explore Cree culture, natural resources, and issues of sustainability, stewardship of the environment, and social justice.
Independent Study
Description not available at this time
Practicum
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Practicum
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Introduction to GIS
The goals of this course are to teach you basic GIS concepts such as spatial data sources and structures, projections and coordinate systems, geospatial analysis, cartographic modeling, and the integration of remote sensing and GIS. By the end of the course, students will be proficient in ESRI ArcGIS software.