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WATS 6491 - Streamflow Analysis
1 credit
This course will provide theory and applications for analyzing streamflow data, focusing on the scale of small wildland watershed. We will use conceptual and mathematical models to understand hydrologic processes and quantitatively predict stocks and fluxes of water.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6500 - Limnology: Ecology of Inland Waters
3 credits
Ecosystem analysis of physical, chemical, and biological interactions in lakes and streams. Application of these concepts for managing aquatic system. Graduate students write an additional research paper and present a lecture.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1210
Cross-listed as: WATS 4500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $15.00
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WATS 6520 - Applied Hydraulics
3 credits
Basic fluid mechanics applied to wildland watershed systems and directed at nonengineering students. Explores nature of fluid state, fluid motion, and steady uniform and varied flow in open channels, under both subcritical and supercritical conditions. Surveys concepts of boundary layers, turbulence, convection, dispersal, and wave formation in unsteady flows. Emphasizes problem formulation and solving.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 6490 /WATS 4490 ; MATH 2280 (recommended)
Cross-listed as: CEE 6520 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6530 - Water Quality and Pollution
3 credits
Reviews biological and social problems caused by point and nonpoint source water pollution; toxicology; abiotic and biotic water quality parameters; and use criteria of the Clean Water Act. Graduate-level class will require additional readings of the peer-reviewed literature and an additional class meeting to have in-depth discussions of those readings. Each graduate student will be responsible for making a presentation at the beginning of class, and leading the discussion.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4530 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $20.00
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WATS 6550 - Assessment of Abundance and Related Parameters for Biological Populations
3 credits
Students learn to estimate population abundance and associated error bounds using mark-recapture, area-swept, declining catch, line-transect, and other techniques. Emphasizes sampling design considerations to match objectives of an assessment to appropriate/feasible level of accuracy and precision.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6650 - Principles in Fishery Management
3 credits
Emphasizes management of fish populations within context of community and ecosystem dynamics. Stresses use of simulation models to assess effects of growth, recruitment, and mortality on age-structured populations.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4650
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6680 - Paleoclimatology
3 credits
Covers climate through the past four billion years of geologic time. Explores driving forces behind climate changes. Examines data and methods used in paleoclimate research. Includes discussion of literature and stresses local paleoclimate records. Three lectures per week, along with field trips.
Prerequisite/Restriction: GEO 3600 /WATS 3600 or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: WATS 5680 and GEO 6680 /GEO 5680 and PSC 6680 /PSC 5680 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $75.00
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WATS 6700 - Restoration Ecology
4 credits
Provides an understanding of ecological restoration, how to determine restoration goals, how to establish targets, and how to determine what are good measures of success. Teaches restoration implementation, best practices for restoration monitoring, and how to develop and sustain community support for restoration.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6700
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $38.00
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WATS 6800 - Watershed Sciences Departmental Seminar
1 credit
Exposes students to new developments in research and management in the fields of watershed sciences. Features participation by students, faculty, and guest lecturers. Graduate students should register for only one semester each year, but attend all year. Undergraduate students are only required to register once. Graduate students will participate in an additional reading and discussion group for the seminars.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4980 /WATS 7800 .
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WATS 6820 - Stream Ecology
3 credits
Explores structure, function, and dynamics of flowing water ecosystems.
Cross-listed as: WATS 7820 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $70.00
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WATS 6840 - Fluvial Hydraulics and Ecohydraulics
1 credit
Theory and application of fluid mechanics and open channel flow to natural rivers and streams. Topics include steady and unsteady uniform flow, gradually varied flow and rapidly varied flow in 1D and 2D as well as ecohydraulics. Students will build proficiency in 1D, 2D and ecohydraulic models.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6850 - Geomorphic Change Detection: Restoration Monitoring
1 credit
Instills background theory of geomorphic change detection and sediment budgeting in rivers and surveying with repeat topographic surveying. Builds proficiency in applying principles to real datasets using GCD software. 1 credit; 3 day workshop. ArcGIS experience recommended.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6860 - Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Design
1 credit
Covers stream/river restoration and conservation methods that partner with beaver as ecosystem engineers. Builds appreciation of beaver ecology and complex feedbacks between beaver activity, hydrogeomorphic responses, riparian vegetation and fish ecology. 1 credit; 3 day workshop.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WATS 6870 - Ecology Seminar
1 credit
The Ecology Center schedules regular seminars throughout the school year with ecological scientists from other institutions participating. Ecology majors are required to attend a minimum of 10 such lectures. Students should register for fall semester, but attend through spring semester.
Cross-listed as: BIOL 6870 and ENVS 6870 and PSC 6870 and WILD 6870 .
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WATS 6900 - Graduate Special Topics
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 6910 - Directed Study
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 6915 - GIS Fundamentals
1 credit
This intensive four week crash course is GIS and is intended for graduate students who are new to GIS or to serve as a refresher for those who have not used GIS for awhile. Students will build proficiency in producing maps in ArcGIS and disseminating interactive maps via Google Earth/Google Maps.
Campus: Main campus and online through Distance Education
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6920 - Advanced GIS and Spatial Analysis
3 credits
Builds proficiency in geoprocessing in GIS to solve spatial problems. Topics include: data acquisition, web GIS, georeferencing, vector and raster analyses, surface interpolation, DEM construction, morphometric analysis, modeling, geoprocessing, and error assessment. Course will be taught the first ten weeks of the semester. Enrollment in a lab section is mandatory.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4930
Campus: Offered online through Distance Education
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $75.00
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WATS 6921 - GIS Research Projects
2 credits
Students will undertake an independent research project that requires use of advanced GIS, geoprocessing and spatial analytical techniques. Students will present their research at a peer-reviewed poster session and synthesize findings in a mock manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal of their choice. Course will be taught in the last five weeks of the semester. Students should take WATS 4930 /WATS 6920 taught the first 10 weeks of the semester.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4931
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 6940 - Snow Hydrology
3 credits
Focuses on snow science, including atmospheric formation, precipitation, distribution on the landscape, metamorphosis prior to melt, and snow pack melt dynamics. Also covers related issues, such as snow melt modeling, remote sensing, water supply, and biogeochemical cycling.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 3700 or CEE 3430 , or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: CEE 6940 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $35.00
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WATS 6960 - Graduate General Ecology
4 credits
General concepts, history, and issues in all major areas of the science of ecology including: environmental biophysics; and physiological, behavioral, evolutionary, community, ecosystem, and applied ecology in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Cross-listed as: BIOL 6960 and ENVS 6960 and PSC 6960 and WILD 6960 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WATS 6970 - Thesis Research
1-12 credits
Offers credit for field or laboratory research at master’s level.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Offers credit for students currently enrolled in a master’s program, who are not currently taking classes. Students may be conducting research or waiting for final approval from School of Graduate Studies.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 7120 - Aquatic Production Biology
2 credits
Review of current literature on bacterial, algal, invertebrate, and fish production in lakes, rivers, and the sea. Particular emphasis is placed on whole-ecosystem productivity studies.
Cross-listed as: WATS 6120 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 7230 - Fish Ecology
2 credits
Reviews current literature on physiological, behavioral, population, and the community ecology of fishes. Particular emphasis placed on current literature relevant to management of sport and endangered freshwater species.
Cross-listed as: WATS 6230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WATS 7640 - Riparian Ecology and Management
3 credits
Explores structure and function of riparian ecosystems and management options for maintaining sustainable ecological function.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 2220 /BIOL 2220 , WATS 3700
Cross-listed as: WATS 5640 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WATS 7800 - Watershed Sciences Departmental Seminar
1 credit
Exposes students to new developments in research and management in the fields of watershed sciences. Features participation by students, faculty, and guest lecturers. Graduate students should register for only one semester each year, but attend all year. Undergraduate students are only required to register once. Graduate students will participate in an additional reading and discussion group for the seminars.
Cross-listed as: WATS 4980 /WATS 6800 .
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WATS 7820 - Stream Ecology
3 credits
Explores structure, function, and dynamics of flowing water ecosystems.
Cross-listed as: WATS 6820 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $70.00
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WATS 7900 - Graduate Special Topics
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 7910 - Directed Study
1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-12 credits
Offers credit for field or laboratory research at doctoral level.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WATS 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Offers credit for students currently enrolled in a doctoral program, who are not currently taking classes. Students may be conducting research or waiting for final approval from School of Graduate Studies.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WELD 0010 - Welder Certification
6 contact hours
Welding certifications are designed to ensure the welders skills are up to the code they will be working under. Welding certifications are also documented to prove that the welder is qualified under that code. Welding codes vary a lot depending on the type of work being done.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 0301 - Intro to Welding Technology
1-180 contact hours
This course is designed for the beginner. Includes shop safety and introduction to welding methods.
Pass/Fail only
Campus: USU Eastern only
Effective Term
Spring
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WELD 0302 - Intro to Welding Technology II
1-180 contact hours
Intermediate level including student projects and industrial applications.
Pass/Fail only
Campus: USU Eastern only
Effective Term
Spring
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WELD 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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WELD 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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WELD 1010 - Beginning Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
3 credits
Designed for the general public and for related trades such as auto mechanics, carpentry, diesel mechanics and mining. Beginning course which covers the basics of SMAW and oxy-fuel cutting theory. Course permits 4 lab hours per week for practical hands-on experience. Emphasis is on safety, joint types, base material and electrode identification, welding positions, and proper care and use of equipment.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1100 - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
7 credits
Designed for welding technology majors who plan on choosing a career in the welding industry. This is also a beginning course but covers more theory and hands-on practice to help develop the necessary skills to become a proficient welder. Covers safety aspects associated with welding and fabrication, SMAW, carbon arc cutting and oxy-fuel cutting, fundamentals of electricity as it relates to the SMAW process, joint design and base metal preparation, preheat/interpass temperatures, heat input/cooling rates, AWS electrode classifications, ASTM base metal identification, and welding procedures and quality of the welds associated with the SMAW process. Proper use of oxy-fuel with portable and line burning applications will also be taught. (5 joint designs)
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1110 - Advanced Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
3 credits
Designed for welding technology majors and for people who are already in the industry working as welders. Designed to help prepare certify welders to any of the following welding codes: AWS D1.1, API 1104, and ASME Section I to meet current industry qualification standards for employment. Emphasis is on welding open root structural and pipe joints with E6010, and fill with E7018 electrodes. Training will be performed in all appropriate welding positions. At the end of the course, welding technology students will be required to take certification test in accordance with AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code book. Mostly butt welds on groove joints.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1120 - Beginning Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
7 credits
Designed for welding technology majors to cover theory and practical hands-on experience with semiautomatic wire fed machines. Emphasis is on safety and maintenance of equipment, basic fundamentals of each process, mode of transfers associated with GMAW process, and electrode selection, gas selection, proper regulator and flowmeter calibration. Joint design and equipment troubleshooting will also be discussed.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1130 - Advanced Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
3 credits
Designed for welding technology majors and for people who are already in the industry working as welders. Designed to certify welders to any of the following welding codes: AWS D1.1, API, 1104, and ASME Section IX to meet current industry qualification standards for employment. Emphasis is on welding structural steel with the five basic joint designs. Training will be performed in all appropriate welding positions. At the end of the course, welding technology students will be required to take an all-position certification test in accordance with AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code book.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1140 - Related Welding Processes
7 credits
Designed for welding technology majors to expand their knowledge of other related welding processes such as: Submerged Arc Welding, Stud Welding, Plasma Arc Cutting and Welding, Electroslag Welding, Thermal Spraying, Explosion Weld, Laser Beam and Water Jet Cutting, Brazing and Soldering. Combination of theory and practice.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1150 - Beginning Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
7 credits
Designed for welding majors to cover theory and practical hands on experience with the manual GTAW process. Emphasis is on safety, equipment maintenance, material selection, gas selection, and proper regulator and flowmeter use. Joint design and equipment troubleshooting will also be discussed.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1160 - Advanced Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
3 credits
Designed for welding technology majors and for people who are already in the industry working as welders. Designed to prepare welders to certify to various industry qualification standards for employment. Emphasis is on welding structural steel with the five basic joint designs. Training will be performed in all appropriate welding positions.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 1500 - Professional Vocational Leadership
1 credit
Supports and facilitates the goals and objectives of Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (Skills USA). Students will gain skills in the following areas: personal development, service, team building and leadership, workplace skills, and interview skills. Students may participate in regional, state and national competitions.
Repeatable for credit
Campus: USU Eastern only
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WELD 2400 - Print Reading for Welders
3 credits
Designed for the person who has had no previous experience with reading blueprints or mechanical drawings. Includes learning how to determine arrangement of views, shape analysis, pictorial sketching, types of lines used in prints, dimensions/tolerances, finish marks, bill of materials, and threads; with special emphasis on welding symbols in accordance with the American Welding Society.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 2410 - Practical Fabrication and Layout
3 credits
Designed for students to simulate on-the-job work experience. Students will work with plans, determine size and selection of building materials, perform cost estimation, and build projects. Intended to use current fabrication techniques on personal and industry related projects.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 2500 - Weld Inspection
3 credits
Designed for students who plan on taking the Certified Welding Inspector’s Test. Will outline the general duties and responsibilities of welding inspectors. Each welding code book will be briefly discussed in order to familiarize students with procedure qualifications and welder qualifications that are currently used in industry. Destructive and non-destructive methods of inspection will be covered.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 2600 - Metallurgy
3 credits
Designed for welding technology majors. Beginning course which covers the study of metal characteristics and how those characteristics are affected by common welding techniques. Common heat treating processes such as quenching, annealing, normalizing, tempering, and crystallization will be discussed. Students will learn to recognize the internal structures of various metals and metal identification techniques used in industry. Mechanical properties, failure and deformation, isothermal transformation diagrams and iron carbon diagrams will be discussed.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WELD 2988 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Individual work approved by instructor. Time and credit to be arranged.
Repeatable for credit
Campus: USU Eastern only
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WGS 1010 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (BSS)
BSS Breadth Social Sciences
3 credits
Survey course covering fundamentals of women and gender studies. Explores women’s and men’s diverse experiences, perspectives, and contributions to society and its institutions. Examines cultural beliefs and stereotypes concerning women’s and men’s roles in society. Reviews feminist theory, socialization, ideology, and history of women’s movement.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WGS 3010 - Women and Leadership (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
This class will cover the components of feminist leadership and the issues and challenges of intersectionality, self-silencing, and self-efficacy relative to feminist leadership.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WGS 4410 - Gender and the Mass Media
3 credits
Examines the nature of gender-based images in a variety of mass media, from advertising to magazines, television, and film. Analysis of gender stereotypes and portrayals in news and entertainment media, along with resulting social impacts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Fulfillment of Communications Literacy CL2 requirement; junior standing or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: WGS 6410 and JCOM 6410 /JCOM 4410 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 4550 - Women and Gender in America (DHA/CI)
DHA/CI Depth Humanities and Creative Arts and Communications Intensive
3 credits
Writing intensive course drawing on film, primary documents, and readings to trace the history of women, emphasizing race, class, and gender influences of each era.
Cross-listed as: HIST 4550 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 4900 - Directed Study: Women and Gender Studies
1-3 credits
Directed research, writing, and reading in relation to gender studies. Provides students with an in-depth opportunity to work individually with a faculty member. Contract for work to be completed must be signed by the Women and Gender Studies director, the faculty member, and the student, then filed with the Women and Gender Studies Program. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for a WGS 6900 contract.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of program chair
Cross-listed as:
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WGS 4910 - Feminist Theories
3 credits
This course is designed to explore the topic of feminist theory, primarily as is has developed in the Western world and particularly the United States. The class will explore what feminist theory is, as well as the various sub-types of feminist theory. The class will then explore the development of Western/U.S. feminist thought from a historical standpoint. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for WGS 6910 .
Cross-listed as: WGS 6910
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 4920 - Feminist Research Methods
3 credits
This course explores feminist epistemologies and research methods. It explores disciplinary constructions of research and methodology, how research can be feminist, how feminist scholars challenge dominant theories of knowledge, and what elements must be present in order for research to be feminist. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for WGS 6920 .
Cross-listed as: WGS 6920
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WGS 4930 - Culture and Politics of Motherhood
3 credits
This course will survey the current literature and debates within motherhood and mothering studies, with a focus on deconstructing the disclosures that have led to hegemonic social constructions of motherhood and its impact upon the lived experience of mothers. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for WGS 6930 .
Cross-listed as: WGS 6930
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 4940 - Girls’ Studies
3 credits
This course explores historical and contemporary concepts within the field of Girls’ Studies. There is a focus on deconstructing discourses that have led to hegemonic social constructions of girlhood, and what that means for girls’ everyday lives. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for WGS 6940 .
Cross-listed as: WGS 6940
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WGS 6410 - Gender and the Mass Media
3 credits
Examines the nature of gender-based images in a variety of mass media, from advertising to magazines, television, and film. Analysis of gender stereotypes and portrayals in news and entertainment media, along with resulting social impacts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment in WGS 6410 limited to graduate students only
Cross-listed as: and JCOM 6410 and
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 6900 - Directed Study: Women and Gender Studies
1-3 credits
Directed research, writing, and reading in relation to gender studies. Provides students with an in-depth opportunity to work individually with a faculty member. Contract for work to be completed must be signed by the Women and Gender Studies director, the faculty member, and the student, then filed with the Women and Gender Studies Program. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for a WGS 6900 contract.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Permission of program chair
Cross-listed as:
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WGS 6910 - Feminist Theories
3 credits
This course is designed to explore the topic of feminist theory, primarily as is has developed in the Western world and particularly the United States. The class will explore what feminist theory is, as well as the various sub-types of feminist theory. The class will then explore the development of Western/U.S. feminist thought from a historical standpoint. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for this course.
Cross-listed as: WGS 4910
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 6920 - Feminist Research Methods
3 credits
This course explores feminist epistemologies and research methods. It explores disciplinary constructions of research and methodology, how research can be feminist, how feminist scholars challenge dominant theories of knowledge, and what elements must be present in order for research to be feminist. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for this course.
Cross-listed as: WGS 4920
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WGS 6930 - Culture and Politics of Motherhood
3 credits
This course will survey the current literature and debates within motherhood and mothering studies, with a focus on deconstructing the disclosures that have led to hegemonic social constructions of motherhood and its impact upon the lived experience of mothers. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for this course.
Cross-listed as: WGS 4930
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WGS 6940 - Girls’ Studies
3 credits
This course explores historical and contemporary concepts within the field of Girls’ Studies. There is a focus on deconstructing discourses that have led to hegemonic social constructions of girlhood, and what that means for girls’ everyday lives. Additional or more advanced readings and assignments will be required for this course.
Cross-listed as: WGS 4940
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences
3 credits
Introduces students to background and theory behind geographic information systems and spatial analysis. Students learn to integrate and analyze spatial information from different geographic sources. Includes a weekly laboratory section.
Cross-listed as: GEOG 1800
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WILD 2000 - Natural Resources Professional Orientation
1 credit
Through a combination of in- and out-of-classroom activities, students develop an understanding of curriculum requirements and career opportunities associated with the Natural Resources majors. Students will also be introduced to natural resource management issues and research involving multiple disciplines.
Cross-listed as: ENVS 2000 and WATS 2000
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
Effective Term
Spring 2017
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WILD 2200 - Ecology of Our Changing World (BLS)
BLS Breadth Life Sciences
3 credits
Foundations of ecological and evolutionary relationships of organisms with other organisms and with the physical environment, emphasizing populations, communities, and ecosystems. Integration of basic science with applications of science to understanding human interactions with the environment.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WILD 2250 - Introductory Internship/Co-op
1-3 credits
Introductory-level educational experience in internship/cooperative education position approved by department.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Departmental signature
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 3300 - Management Aspects of Wildlife Behavior
3 credit
Principles, concepts, and mechanisms of animal behavior, emphasizing behavioral ecology, development, and comparative aspects of special relevance to management of fish and wildlife.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 1610 , BIOL 1620 , and BIOL 2220 /WATS 2220
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Effective Term
Spring 2016
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WILD 3800 - Wildland Plants and Ecosystems
4 credits
Autecology and identification of dominant plants in important terrestrial ecosystems of the Intermountain West, and the structure, function, and dynamics of those ecosystems as related to the environment. Enrollment limited to WILD Department majors.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 1620 and WATS 2220 or BIOL 2220 Department authorization required for all nonmajors
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $30.00
Effective Term
Spring 2017
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WILD 3820 - Forest Plants: Identification, Biology, and Function
3 credits
This course explores the identification, biology, and function of forest plants of western North America with an emphasis on the woody plants of Utah’s forest ecosystems. Introduction to woody plant anatomy, forest communities, and indicator species.
Prerequisite/Restriction: MATH 1050 or higher (C- grade or better)
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $28.00
Effective Term
Spring
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WILD 3830 - Range Plant Taxonomy and Function
3 credits
This is a field and laboratory-based course. Students will learn how to identify dominant grass, forb, and woody plants of the Intermountain West using taxonomic keys.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to WILD Department majors or permission of department
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WILD 3850 - Vegetation and Habitat Management
3 credits
Applying ecological principles and concepts to manipulate the composition, structure, and productivity of wildland vegetation for a range of objectives, including the creation and maintenance of wildlife habitat, using biological, chemical, and mechanical methods, as well as fire.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WILD 3800
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 4000 - Principles of Rangeland Management
3 credits
Modern principles of rangeland management, including history of the profession, ecology, plant physiology, impacts of grazing on individual plants and plant communities, grazing management, range animal nutrition, rangeland watersheds, and the economics and planning of rangeland practices. Also introduces range-wildlife relations and vegetation manipulation.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 4250 - Advanced Internship/Co-op
1-9 credits
Advanced-level educational experience in internship/cooperative education position approved by department.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Departmental signature
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 4340 - Range Ruminant Nutrition and Management
3 credits
The purpose of this course is to explore the nutrition of ruminants grazing on rangelands under the framework of environmental variability and animal adaptations.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6340
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Taught Alternate Odd Years
Effective Term
Spring 2016
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WILD 4500 - Principles of Wildlife Management
3 credits
Provides students with a working knowledge of the application of basic concepts in ecology and animal behavior to the management of wildlife resources to achieve diverse objectives of conservation, control, or cropping.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WILD 3810
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 4520 - Wildland Fire Behavior
3 credits
Comprehensive examination of fuels, weather, and topography and how they interact to determine wildland fire behavior, including rate of spread, energy release, and intensity.
Repeatable for credit.
Campus: WebCT.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 4550 - Wildlife Law Enforcement
3 credits
Explores essential topics relating to enforcement of wildlife and other natural resource laws, including applicable state and federal laws, policy formulation, rights of the individual, search and seizure, field forensic procedures, and the judicial process.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 4570 - Forest Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains
3 credits
This field experience uses an ongoing research project at the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot as a vehicle for learning field methods, natural history, and ecological theory. Students learn the ecology of mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada and bristlecone pine.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6570
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
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WILD 4600 - Conservation Biology
3 credits
Patterns and processes creating biological diversity. Causes and consequences of diversity losses from genes to ecosystems, including habitat fragmentation and exotic invasion. Conservation laws and organizations. Approaches to conserving diversity loss, including reserve design, corridors, and species reintroductions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WATS 2220 /BIOL 2220
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Effective Term
Spring 2017
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WILD 4700 - Ecological Foundations of Restoration
3 credits
An advanced plant ecology course emphasizing topics especially relevant to successful establishment of plants in disturbed environments and restoration of functioning dynamic ecosystems. It covers basic ecological processes from the population the ecosystem level and applications to ecological restoration.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 1610 , BIOL 1620 and WATS 2220 or BIOL 2220
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Effective Term
Spring 2017
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WILD 4750 - Monitoring and Assessment in Natural Resource and Environmental Management
4 credit contact hours CEU
Lectures, laboratory exercise, and field-based projects introduce students to the concepts, strategies, and analytical methods of natural resource and environmental monitoring and assessment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 2220 or WATS 2220 , MATH 1100 or higher (C- grade or better), STAT 2000 or STAT 3000 (C- grade or better), WILD 2400 , and WILD 3810 (may be taken concurrently)
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $40.00
Effective Term
Spring
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WILD 4880 - Genetics in Conservation and Management
3 credits
Introduces principles of modern genetics, with applications, examples, and assignments related to ecology and management issues. Emphasizes genetic marker systems, gene flow, genetic drift, and adaptation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1110 or CHEM 1210 ; and BIOL 1610
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 4910 - Assessment and Synthesis in Natural Resource Science (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Science-based assessments of natural resources conducted through implementation of analytical methods and synthesis. Case studies used to develop concepts, strategies, and problem-solving skills. Basic GIS and remote sensing skills developed.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WILD 2400 , WILD 3800 , WILD 3810 , and WILD 4750
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Effective Term
Summer 2016
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WILD 4950 - Special Topics
1-3 credits
Individual study and research upon selected problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Departmental permission
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 4960 - Directed Readings
1-3 credits
Individual reading research on forest, range, and wildlife science readings.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Departmental approval
Repeatable for credit
Pass/Fail only
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 4970 - Undergraduate Research
1-3 credits
Individual or team research.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Departmental permission
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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WILD 4980 - Undergraduate 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.
Repeatable for credit
Pass/Fail only
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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WILD 5220 - Community-based Conservation Partnerships
3 credits
Seeks to infuse ecology with applied conservation and management approaches. Conservation and management of natural resources requires an understanding of ecological relationships and strategies for working with diverse stakeholders. PhD-level students present their research.
Cross-listed as: WILD 7220 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 5300 - Wildlife Damage Management Principles
3 credits
Explains current legal, ethical, and biological principles for the control and/or management of problem vertebrate species.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Department authorization required for all non QCNR majors
Cross-listed as: WILD 7300 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Effective Term
Summer 2016
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WILD 5350 - Wildland Soils
3 credits
Application of basic principles of soil science to wildland ecosystems. Effects of disturbance and land use on wildland soil properties. Role of soils in natural resource management.
Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1110 ; PSC 3000 , and one additional upper-division Soils course, or instructor permission
Cross-listed as: WILD 6350 and PSC 5350 /PSC 6350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 5560 - Applied Avian Ecology
3 credits
Application of ecological principles to avian population, community and habitat management. Includes applied aspects of physiology, anatomy, and taxonomy of N.A. bird groups, and review of state and federal management plans and practices.
Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 1620 and WATS 2220 or BIOL 2220
Cross-listed as: WILD 6560
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
Course Fee: $60.00
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WILD 5700 - Forest Assessment and Management (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Detailed analysis of forest stand structure and growth. Development of silvicultural prescriptions to meet specific objectives. Analysis of costs and benefits of alternative forest management strategies. Emphasizes forest management to achieve a broad range of objectives.
Prerequisite/Restriction: WILD majors or students with instructor permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management
3 credits
Examines causes, effects, and management options for selected biotic and abiotic agents of disturbance in wildland ecosystems.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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WILD 5750 - Applied Remote Sensing
3 credits
Covers the application of remote sensing to landcover mapping and resource monitoring at a quantitative level. Students instructed on the effects of atmosphere and surface interaction on the reflectance collected by electro-optical sensors, as well as on the proper use and interpretation of various calibration and classification algorithms.
Cross-listed as: WILD 6750 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
Course Fee: $75.00
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