Introduction to the principles of fish stock assessment, with emphasis on harvest modeling and forecasting techniques. Implications of overfishing and habitat degradation.

Topics course. This course studies the discourse of sustainability ? both advocacy and criticism ? in Latin American architecture and planning theory and practice. We study both locally produced theory ? written from Latin America with a Latino/Latina public in mind, and theory produced in the North American context with an intended global audience.

What is quicksand and can you really drown in it? Why is Venice sinking? In this class students will be introduced to the engineering behavior of soil within the context of a variety of real-world applications that include constructing dams, roads and buildings; protecting structures from earthquake and settlement damage; and preventing groundwater contamination. Topics to be covered include soil classification, permeability and seepage, volume changes, effective stress, strength and compaction.