2021-2022 General Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: To search archives, MUST use search box to left. Current catalog: catalog.usu.edu.
Course Numbers and Descriptions
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Wildland Resources |
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WILD 7400 - Plant Population Ecology
3 credits
Dynamics of plant populations as influenced by interactions with their abiotic and, especially, biotic environments. Topics include dormancy and germination strategies, intra- and interspecific competition, facilitation, disturbance, herbivory, pathogenic and mutualistic fungi, pollination, seed dispersal, and vegetative reproduction.
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WILD 7720 - Advanced Conservation Biology
3 credits
Examines cases and consequences of population and species declines, including activities such as habitat fragmentation and introduction of exotic species, as well as natural causes due to genetics and demography.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6720 .
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WILD 7800 - Wildland Resources Departmental Seminar
1 credit
Review of current research by graduate students and faculty. Exposes students to new developments in research and management in the fields of wildland resources. Features participation by students, faculty, and guest lecturers. Graduate students are required to register for one semester of seminar credit but are encouraged to attend as many seminars as possible throughout their academic experience.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6800
Repeatable for credit
Pass/Fail only.
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WILD 7900 - Graduate Special Topics
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
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WILD 7910 - Directed Study
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
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WILD 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-12 credits
Original research and study for PhD degree.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
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WILD 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
This course provides graduate students with continued support and advisement. It is usually taken following completion of all coursework required for the degree.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
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Workforce Development (USU Eastern) |
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WDEV 0001 - Skills Lab
1-180 contact hours
Student can obtain additional help and study on their Open Entry/Open Exit Courses.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0002 - Test Preparation
1-30 contact hours
Student can prepare for a variety of tests such as Accuplacer, GED, MOS Certification and other tests.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0011 - A+ Writing I-A
1-60 contact hours
This course covers writing complete sentences, recognizing simple sentences, sentence types, writing about a main idea, looking for errors, writing about personal surroundings, telling a story from a character’s point of view, using descriptive words, and writing ideas and opinions. This course also covers writing complete subjects, complete predicates, complete sentences, fragments, run-on sentences, the writing process, writing paragraphs, writing letters, journals, titles, story endings, details, sensory words, and figurative language.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0012 - A+ Writing I-B
1-60 contact hours
This course reviews subjects, predicates, fragments, run-on sentences, recognizing sentence types, the writing process from pre-writing to publishing, letters, journals, descriptions, newspaper stories, titles, story endings, details, book reports, sensory words, expository writing, comparison and contrast, literary conventions, and figurative writing. This course also reviews and guides students through the writing process, writing sentences, writing paragraphs, specialized writing assignments including narratives, journals, letters, descriptions, titles, story endings, and book reports. This title also covers sensory words, expository writing, imagery, and analogies.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0013 - A+ Writing I-C
1-60 contact hours
This course reviews the writing process, writing using a variety of writing strategies, sequencing ideas, writing complete sentences, identifying run-on sentences and sentence fragments, formal and informal language in writing, writing analogies, using the library to access information, summarizing, writing sketches, ideas and opinions, essays, poetry, drama, and folk literature. Course also covers writing sentences and paragraphs, narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive paragraphs, analogies, newspaper stories, book reports, summarizing, writing story endings, using formal and informal language, and sketches.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0014 - A+ Writing II
1-90 contact hours
This course includes the following topic areas: identifying the audience, writing of introductory and concluding sentences using a variety of techniques, organization skills, identifying sentence types and their punctuation, writing narrative and expository stories, summarizing skills, writing biographical sketches, essays, and creative writing. Course also reviews the writing process from brainstorming to publishing, specialized writing assignments including journal writing, writing paragraphs, writing using formal and informal language, letter writing, analogies, summaries, and book reports. This course also provides hints on how to use a library to access information.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0015 - Technical Writing
1-45 contact hours
This course is designed to cover the basic writing skills needed by students who are enrolled in auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, electronics, machine tool technology, and welding. Write logical sentences and paragraphs, utilize correct word usage, grammar and punctuation rules, compose clear and concise messages and produce mail able business documents.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0020 - Applied Math
1-30 contact hours
This course is designed to cover the basic skills needed by students who are enrolled in auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, electronics, machine tool technology, and welding. Review of the basic arithmetic, learn problem solving skills, gain skills in metric measurement systems and conversions. gain skills in ratio and proportions and operations with formulas.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0021 - A+ Math I-A
1-60 contact hours
This course is an introduction to mathematical concepts. The lessons cover numbers and counting, ordering numbers, ordinal numbers, addition readiness, vertical addition, subtraction readiness, number sense, vertical subtraction, fact families, word problems, addition sentences, subtraction sentences, identifying the operation needed to solve a problem, reading and creating graphs, identifying and counting coins, measuring length, weight, and temperature, telling time, three-dimensional figures, symmetry, and fractions. This course also strengthens mathematical skills in the following areas: numbers and counting, odds and evens, money and money strategy, graphing, addition and subtraction, using a calculator, measurement, telling time, solving story problems, fractions, and estimating. It also introduces students to measuring perimeter, congruent and symmetrical objects, probability, problem-solving strategies, logic, ordered pairs, multiplication, and division. The lessons also review reading time on digital or analog clocks.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0022 - A+ Math I-B
1-60 contact hours
This course covers the following topics: addition and subtraction with regrouping, counting bills and coins, using a number line, using mental math, measuring length with standard and nonstandard measurements, using bar graphs, using a calculator, finding mean, median, mode and range, estimating and measuring capacity, time, and weight, reading temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit, multiplying three numbers, measuring area, dividing by tens and hundreds, adding and subtracting fractions, solving problems using pictographs, decimals, probability, plane figures, ordered pairs, identifying faces, edges, and corners, and using logical reasoning. This course also contains lessons covering the five-step process for problem solving, grouping addends, addition and subtraction, odd and even numbers, multiplication and division problems using money , using a calendar, temperature, writing decimals to the tenths and hundredths positions, line segments and angles, comparing maps and grids, comparing graph types, and formulating information into a story problem.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0023 - A+ Math I-C
1-60 contact hours
This course covers exponents, standard, expanded, and word forms of numbers, writing decimals, adding and subtracting decimals, the properties of addition, the five-step thinking plan, multiplying two- and three-digit numbers, surveys, uses of line and circle graphs, Venn diagrams, least common multiples, units of length, elapsed time, lines and angles, circles, perimeter, circumference, pyramids, and probability. This course also strengthens mathematical knowledge and ability in the areas of rounding numbers, estimation, place value, properties of numbers, multiplying decimals, dividing by one- or two-digit numbers, prime numbers, equivalent fractions, tallies, identifying variables, solving equations, length, capacity and weight units, temperature, lines and rays, parts of a circle, perimeter, positive and negative integers, and ordered pairs.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0024 - A+ Math II
1-90 contact hours
This course introduces the student to advanced math; the student will learn distributive properties, inverse operation, factors, number theory, mixed numbers, ratios, percent concepts, commissions, measurements of length, mass/weight, metric units, points, angles, calculating perimeter, area, volume, using a number line, graphing ordered pairs, randomly occurring events, counting principle factorials, introduction to algebra, rays, quadrilaterals, Pythagorean Theorem, slope, binomials, determinants, Cramer’s Rule, number notation, multiplicative property of zero, inverse operations of multiplication and division, factors, exponents, statistics, scatter plots basic geometric terms, circles, area, volume, size, and cosine ratios.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0031 - A+ Reading I-A
1-60 contact hours
This course introduces students to the identification of upper and lower case letters, vowels, consonants, patterns in consonants and vowels, classifying, word families, antonyms, homophones, compound words, synonyms, phonograms, prefixes and suffixes, introduction to nouns and verbs, predicting outcomes, interpreting feelings, drawing conclusions, story details, similarity and difference, cause and effect, spatial-position clues, charts, and graphs. Course also covers consonants and vowels, verbs, nouns, plurals, pronunciation, root words, prefixes and suffixes, context clues, abbreviations, core subject words, analogies, sequencing, main ideas and details, fact and opinion, classifying, characterization, common expressions, story elements, purpose in writing, fiction, and nonfiction.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0032 - A+ Reading I-B
1-60 contact hours
This course continues with a review of consonants, vowels, verbs, plurals, syllables, prefixes and suffixes, context clues, core subject words, abbreviations, alphabetizing, sequencing, classifying, recognizing main ideas, story details, tables, diagrams, graphs, fact and opinion, comparison and contrast, predicting outcomes, fiction and nonfiction, folktales and fables, reality and fantasy, literary forms, and figurative language. This course also focuses on consonants, vowels, verbs, plurals, pronunciation, syllables, root words, prefixes and suffixes, homonyms, words with multiple meanings, recognizing main ideas, cause and effect, characterization and other story elements, summarizing and paraphrasing, point of view, purpose in writing, common expressions, fiction and nonfiction, tall tales, folktales, fantasy, literary forms, and figurative language. Selected authors include White, Henry, Irving, and Emerson.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0033 - A+ Reading I-C
1-60 contact hours
This course covers sound-letter correspondences, blends, digraphs, diphthongs, review of vowels, verbs, contractions, plurals, word analysis skills including suffixes, prefixes, analogies, connotation and denotation, pronunciation and syllabification, comprehension skills including sequencing and classifying, recognizing main ideas, story elements, prior knowledge, reading selections to demonstrate setting, reality and fantasy, poetry, short stories, propaganda and bias, narrative and expository materials, and high frequency words. Selected authors include Irving, Burnett, Tennyson, Emerson, Twain, and Wordsworth. This course also instructs students in pronunciation skills and symbols, review of consonants, vowels, verbs, word analysis skills, sight words, core subject words, words with multiple meanings, sequencing, alphabetization, comprehension skills including conflict and climax, fiction, nonfiction, fables, poetry, figurative language including alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, irony, personification, flashback, and foreshadowing. Selected authors include Burnett, Longfellow, Irving, Defoe, Crane, Burns, and Poe.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0034 - A+ Reading II
1-90 contact hours
This course teaches and reviews verbs, consonants, vowels, word analysis skills including Greek and Latin words, connotation and denotation, word similarities, abbreviations, comprehension skills including classifying, comparing and contrasting, recognizing cause and effect, point of view, literary terms, elements of fiction, examples of newspaper writing, poetry, drama, and figurative language. Selected authors include Dickens, Twain, Washington, Crane, Stevenson, Hardy, London, Shelley, Dryden, and Sidney. This course also focuses on consonants, vowels, verbs, word analysis skills including Greek and Latin words, compound words, antonyms, homonyms, core subject words, comprehension skills including recognizing outcomes and conclusions, cause and effect, predicting outcomes, common expressions, biography and autobiography, poetry, literary devices, and figurative language. Selected authors include Tolstoy, Longfellow, Emerson, Henry, Franklin, Thoreau, Irving, Bierce, Bradstreet, Henry, Shakespeare, and Lawrence.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0041 - A+ Vocabulary I-A
1-60 contact hours
This course is an introduction to sounds, long and short vowel sounds, special sounds formed by various letter combinations, using the letter as a vowel, silent vowels, the schwa sound, various diphthongs, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters, blends and digraphs, basic sight words, word families, root words, and compound words. Also includes recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, and special vocabularies.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0042 - A+ Vocabulary I-B
1-60 contact hours
This course builds on the skills of recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, special vocabulary words, base words, compound words, synonyms, and antonyms. Also provides dictionary and thesaurus skills and usage, review of sight words, parts of speech, words in context, analogies, Latin and Greek roots, word recognition, words borrowed from names and places, core word vocabulary, words used in testing, grade-level review of long and short vowels, silent consonants, sounds, and combinations.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0043 - A+ Vocabulary I-C
1-60 contact hours
This course covers parts of the dictionary, open and accented syllables, review of the eight parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, homographs, prefixes, suffixes, Latin and Greek roots, core vocabulary words, short and long vowel sounds, words that have the /ur/ sound, words ending in the letter “y,” consonants, digraphs, and the /or/ sound. Also covers how to use a thesaurus, multiple meanings of words, strategies for solving types of word relationships, improving vocabulary through synonyms and antonyms, using context, prefixes, suffixes, and roots, foreign terms, short vowel sounds, diphthongs, initial consonants, and the /oo/ sound.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0044 - A+ Vocabulary II
1-90 contact hours
This course includes identification and use of closed, open, and accented syllables, using a pronunciation key, synonyms, antonyms, words in context, words borrowed from names and places, foreign phrases, test taking strategies, identifying the /y/ sound in words, vowel clusters, separate sounds for the consonants “c,” “g,” and “s,” and the sound of /ph/. Also reviews how to use a dictionary, the origin of words, parts of speech, analogies, homonyms, homographs, strategies for critical recognition of small words in larger words, foreign terms, sounds made by /au/ and /aw/, initial and final consonants, and introduces words that use silent letters.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0050 - A+ Personal Finance
1-90 contact hours
An important aspect of every student’s future is the ability to plan and implement sound and responsible financial goals. The Personal Finance course will educate students in a variety of financial and monetary subjects, including the foundations of economics, preparing a budget, understanding paychecks and tax deductions, banking, and the importance of researching the quality of goods to make consumer choices.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0100 - Motorcycle Safety
15 contact hours
Riding a motorcycle can be a challenge. To meet the challenge of motorcycling, a rider needs skill and knowledge. That’s what the Motorcycle Safety Foundation: Basic Rider Course will give you, physical skills to make your motorcycle perform like an extension of yourself.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0200 - OSHA Construction
30 contact hours
The OSHA 30-Hour Training for the Construction Industry course includes several topics valuable to construction related work such as Fall Protection, Excavations, Scaffolding, Concrete and Masonry, OSHA Inspection Procedures and more.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0210 - OSHA Hydrogen Sulfide H2S
4 contact hours
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas is a common hazard in the oil and gas industry. Upon completion of this H2S training, student will demonstrate knowledge of the sources of hydrogen sulfide, its physical and chemical properties and effects on the body, hydrogen sulfide exposure controls and exposure response. This H2S training course is intended to assist the student in meeting the requirements of OSHA Standard 1910.1000 Table Z-2 and the General Duty Clause Section 5(a)(1).
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0220 - OSHA Workplace Hazard Assessment
10 contact hours
For hazard assessment in the workplace, the strongest weapon in controlling and removing workplace hazards is for all associates to recognize them. Course will review types of hazards (physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic), hazard recognition, associate training concepts and control strategies relating to general industry and construction.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0230 - OSHA Welding & Hot Works
8 contact hours
Welding and Hot Work, such as brazing or grinding present a significant opportunity for fire and injury. All precautions of this program must be applied prior to commencing any welding or hot work by company employees or contractors. Reference: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.252
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0240 - OSHA General Industry Training/30 Hour
30 contact hours
The OSHA 30-Hour Training for the General Industry course includes several topics related to general industry work such as Personal Protective Equipment, Fire Detection and Prevention, Flammable and Combustible Liquids, Machine Guarding, Industrial Hygiene.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0250 - OSHA General Industry Training/10 Hour
10 contact hours
The 10 - Hour General Industry Outreach Training Program is intended to provide entry-level general industry workers broad awareness on recognizing and preventing hazards on a general industry site. Students will be introduced to OSHA policies, procedures and standards as well as general industry safety and health principles covered in OSHA Act part 1910. special emphasis will be placed on areas most hazardous using OSHA standards as a guide.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0300 - Flagger Certification
6 contact hours
Individuals who successfully complete this training will receive a Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) “Flagger” certification. Training is three hours and concludes with a final examination. The job of being a Flagger is an important one. The lives of workers and the traveling public rest with a flagger’s ability to competently perform the job. Certification is good for three years.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0401 - Energy Essentials
60 contact hours
This course will explore both current and potential energy sources that may be used to meet our future energy needs. Industry guest speakers will provide additional information on energy resources and give students an understanding of career prospects in the energy field.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0500 - College Readiness - Elementary Algebra
1-90 contact hours
Preparation is the key to success. Many students initiate their postsecondary education only to find they are underprepared to begin college-level coursework. This course can be used in preparation for college-level placement tests or as an intervention for skill level development. Elementary Algebra encompasses some of the basic concepts of algebra, one of the main branches of mathematics. It is typically used by students who are wanting to build their understanding of arithmetic. Course is aligned to Accuplacer.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0505 - College Readiness-College Arithmetic
1-90 contact hours
This course is a review of basic mathematical concepts. The student will review and learn: addition and subtraction, multiplication, division, number sense, fractions, decimal number operations, statistics, fraction concepts, percent concepts, basic operations, positive and negative rational numbers, equivalent fractions, cross products, absolute value, order of operations, graphs and tables, solving equations, square roots and triangles and problem-solving.
Pass/Fail only
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WDEV 0510 - College Readiness - College Algebra
1-90 contact hours
Preparation is the key to success. Many students initiate their postsecondary education only to find they are underprepared to begin college-level coursework. This course can be used in preparation for college-level placement tests or as an intervention for skill level development. Prepares students for 4-year college and university mathematics by developing thorough mastery of the intermediate algebra topics necessary for students to progress into College Algebra. Course is aligned to Accuplacer.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0520 - College Readiness - Sentence Skills
1-90 contact hours
This course will help prepare the student to begin their postsecondary learning experience. Skill-level assessments for Sentence Skills and automatic and individualized prescriptions that ensure proper coursework assignments to most efficiently address each student’s learning needs.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0530 - College Readiness - Reading Comprehension
1-90 contact hours
This course will help prepare the student to begin their postsecondary learning experience. Skill-level assessments for Reading Comprehension and automatic and individualized prescriptions that ensure proper coursework assignments to most efficiently address each student’s learning needs.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0600 - Remote-Ready Workforce
1-360 contact hours
This course is designed for those currently unemployed, underemployed, or who have left the workforce to obtain freelance jobs, remote employment, or online commerce opportunities. Participants access this entry-level course to learn fundamental skills in preparation for the changing workforce.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Spring 2022.
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WDEV 0798 - Special Problems
1-360 contact hours
Individual work approved by the department instructor. Time and membership hours to be arranged.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WDEV 0799 - Special Problems
1-360 contact hours
Individual work approved by the department instructor. Time and membership hours to be arranged.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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