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  • 3.00 Credits

    Analyzes environmentalism as a political phenomenon. Provides students with a basic understanding of how to analyze political issues by: (1) examining the historical and contemporary issues that produce controversy over environmental matters; and (2) surveying the impacts of these issues on the formulation and implementation of laws, policies, and regulations. Cross listed with POLS, AMST, GEOG and REWM 4051. Prerequisite: POLS 1000.
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    Examines the political forces that have shaped and continue to shape federal land policy and management. Explores the interactions between democratic decision making and science in the management of federal lands. Surveys the sources of controversy over federal land management and methods for harmonizing public demands with technical expertise. Cross listed with POLS/AMST/G&R/REWM 4052. Prerequisite: POLS 1000.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to 1) how interactions among species, ecosystems, human systems, and abiotic components of the environment affect patterns and processes of disease, 2) considerations for coevolution of hosts and pathogens, conservation biology, models used to understand disease dynamics, and approaches to manage and control disease in animals, plants, and humans. Dual/Cross List: PATB/ENR 4240/5240. Prerequisites: LIFE 2022 or 2023 and STAT 2050 or 2070.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Teaches essential and unique characteristics of the hydrologic cycle as it occurs on range and forest lands, concentrating on quantification of these processes and storages. Course consists of lectures and a computer lab. Cross listed with ENR 5285. Dual listed with REWM 4285. Prerequisite: MATH 1000, MATH 1450, or MATH 1405.
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    Addresses how human societies interact with their surroundings, emphasizing cultural understandings of the environment. Introduces variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to topics ranging from problems of the American West to global environmental change. Cross listed with ANTH 4310. Dual listed with ENR 5310. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the new field of global environmental history. The Global Environmental History course will provide a new way of looking at humans, animals, and the lives they've built in the environment and the costs of their decisions to the environment.Prerequisite: WA or COM 1 Course with grade of C or better. Dual/Cross Listing: HIST 4412, HIST 5412
  • 3.00 Credits

    Addresses the broadest environmental issues facing society (habitat loss, invasion, overexploitation) and the mechanisms driving them, with particular attention to the Intermountain West. Through computer exercises, students also learn how to evaluate conservation efforts and make management recommendations. Cross listed with BOT & ZOO 4420. Prerequisites: LIFE 3400 and one of the following: ENR 3500, STAT 2050, or STAT 2070.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focus incudes study of the chemistry of air, water, and soil as well as the effects of anhropogenic activities onnatural processes. Emhasis is also placed on sustainability and green chemistry practices and technologies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines how to use negotiation to resolve conflict and get agreement. Describes conflict; outlines ways to address conflict; examines different negotiation strategies and the impact of cognitive bias, power, ethics, and individual and cultural differences; and explores mediation practices. Students complete negotiations, role-plays, and questionnaires. Cross listed with AGEC 4450. Dual listed with ENR 5450. Prerequisites: Completion of USP O requirement; junior standing.