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PSYC 5800 - Research in General Psychology
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max 24)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5810 - Research in Psychology and Law
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5820 - Research in Social Psychology
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5830 - Research in Clinical Psychology
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5840 - Research in Developmental Psychology
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5850 - Research Cognitive Psychology
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor and graduate standing in the department.
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PSYC 5920 - Continuing Registration: On Campus
Credits: 1-2
Max Credit (Max. 16)
Prerequisite: advanced degree candidacy.
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PSYC 5940 - Continuing Registration: Off Campus
Credits: 1-2
Max Credit (Max. 16)
Prerequisite: advanced degree candidacy.
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PSYC 5959 - Enrichment Studies
Credits: 1-3
Max Credit (Max. 99)
Designed to provide an enrichment experience in a variety of topics.
A&S College Core 2015 Note: credit in this course may not be included in a graduate program of study for degree purposes.
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PSYC 5960 - Thesis Research
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Graduate level course designed for students who are involved in research for their thesis project. Also used for students whose coursework is complete and are writing their thesis.
Prerequisite: enrollment in a graduate degree program.
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PSYC 5980 - Dissertation Research
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 48)
Designed for students who are involved in research for their dissertation project. Also used for students whose coursework is complete and are writing their dissertation.
Prerequisite: enrollment in a graduate level degree program.
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PSYC 5990 - Internship
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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REWM 2000 - Principles of Rangeland Management
Credits: 3
Basic principles of range management as they apply to various regions and vegetative types. Relationship of range management practices to livestock production, wildlife management, forestry, hydrology and other land uses. Introductory course for majors and non-majors.
Prerequisite: LIFE 1101 or LIFE 1010 .
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REWM 2400 - Range Ecosystems and Plants
Credits: 4
Ecology of range ecosystems of western North America and identification of 200 most common plants species, including taxonomic keying.
Former Course Number [2500]
Prerequisite: REWM 2000 with a grade of C or better.
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REWM 3000 - Plant Ecophysiology/Plant Form and Function
Credits: 4
Integration of basic vascular plant anatomy, morphology, physiology within the contexts of modern evolutionary and ecological theory. Students receive in depth exposure to fluid flow, energetics, development, growth, general metabolism, and structure, and functions for plant cells, tissue and organs.
Prerequisite: LIFE 2022 or LIFE 2023 .
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REWM 3100 - Principles of Wildland Water Quality
Credits: 3
Basic principles of aquatic chemistry and water quality as they relate to watershed management practices including livestock production, agronomic production, mineral and natural gas extraction and other land uses.
Cross Listed ENR 3100 .
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: CHEM 1000 .
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REWM 3390 - Range Judging
Credits: 2
Judging rangelands based on soil, plant and animal resources and applying science-based information to make management decisions. Participation in a field trip and UW SRM judging teams is required including Plant Team and URME. This course is intended for members of the SRM competitive Teams.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: C or better in REWM 2000 , REWM 2400 and REWM 3020, as well as the Team Coach permission.
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REWM 3500 - Rangeland Plant Ecophysiology
Credits: 3
Examines plant physiological processes that have application to ecological and land management issues. Topics include carbon assimilation, water relations, mineral nutrition as applied to plant distributions, plant and system responses to grazing, as well as plant tolerance of extreme conditions including drought, excessive temperatures and changes in climate.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: LIFE 2022 or LIFE 2023 .
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REWM 4000 - Poisonous Plants and Plant Toxins
Credits: 3
Plants poisonous to livestock in Wyoming and the Mountain West; identification, ecology, toxic principles, physiologic responses of animals, situations leading to poisoning, control and management to prevent losses.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: 12 hours of biological and chemical sciences.
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REWM 4051 - Environmental Politics
Credits: 3
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 laws, policies, and regulations.
Cross Listed AMST 4051 , ENR 4051 , GEOG 4051 and POLS 4051 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3WC
Prerequisite: POLS 1000 .
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REWM 4052 - Federal Land Politics
Credits: 3
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 POLS 4052 /ENR 4052 /GEOG 4052 /AMST 4052 .
Prerequisite: POLS 1000 .
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REWM 4100 - Nutritional Ecological Management of Range Herbivores
Credits: 3
Examines ecological processes and management of nutritional resources by domestic and wild rangeland herbivores. Topics include nutrient availability, nutritional demand, foraging behavior, diet composition, grazing systems, stocking rates, livestock/wildlife competition, predation, parasitism, plant toxicity, and influences on ecological condition. Students evaluate case studies and analyze nutritional data using current technologies.
Dual Listed REWM 5100 .
Prerequisite: LIFE 1010 or LIFE 1020 .
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REWM 4103 - Range and Ranch Recreation
Credits: 3
Understanding of public demands for leisure use of public and private rangelands; potential impacts on rangeland resources, ranch practices and families and other rangeland users. Students prepare public range or private ranch recreation operations plan. Graduate students assist in preparation and presentation of lecture.
Dual Listed REWM 5103 .
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Former Course Number [3103]
Prerequisite: C or better in REWM 2000 and CS course.
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REWM 4150 - Behavior Modification for Production of Grazing Herbivores
Credits: 3
Strategies for manipulation of behavior and management of the grazing herbivore will be developed from scientific and practical information. Designed to equip the student to manage for animal and natural resource production.
Dual Listed REWM 5150 .
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Former Course Number [3150]
Prerequisite: C or better in REWM 2000 and REWM 3020 or ANSC 3100 .
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REWM 4200 - Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands
Credits: 3
Overviews reclamation of drastically disturbed lands in the west, emphasizing surface mined lands. Includes principles of ecology, agronomy, soils and other relevant disciplines as applied to mitigate adverse environmental impacts of land disturbance.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: LIFE 3400 , AECL 2100.
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REWM 4285 - Wildland Hydrology
Credits: 3
Teaches essential and unique characteristics of hydrologic cycle as occurred on range and forest lands, concentrating on quantification of these processes and storages.
Cross Listed ENR 4285 .
Dual Listed REWM 5285 .
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: QA
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REWM 4300 - Grass Taxonomy
Credits: 3
Identification of grasses and their place in range management and world agriculture.
Dual Listed REWM 5300 .
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Former Course Number [3320]
Prerequisite: REWM 2500 or LIFE 2023 .
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REWM 4330 - Rangeland Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring
Credits: 4
Assessment, monitoring, and analysis of rangeland ecosystems and proesses. Students integrate sampling design, measurements of vegetation attributes, indicators of rangeland health, ecological site information, riparian and wildlife habitat values, utilization, and statistical applications to evaluate rangeland resource integrity and sustainable use. Students collect, analyze, and report data using current technologies. REWM students will be given enrollment preference.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: REWM 2400 and STAT 2050 or STAT 2070 . Concurrent enrollment in REWM 2400 and STAT 2050 or STAT 2070 is allowed with permission.
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REWM 4340 - Reclamation Techniques Field Trip
Credits: 2
Provides increased comprehension of current land reclamation problems and solutions by means of a field trip to sites in region where land reclamation is occurring.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: REWM 4200 .
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REWM 4440 - Applied Fire Ecology
Credits: 3
Course examines drivers and patterns of wildfire in rangeland and forested ecosystems, fire behavior, fuel characteristics, fire effects, suppression tactics and mitigation strategies, prescribed burning precautions and applications, applications/uses of fire to meet resource objectives, policies and regulations, and modeling software. Required field trips out of class time.
Dual Listed REWM 5440 .
Restricted Junior standing or greater class standing required.
Prerequisite: General biology and MATH 1400 or above.
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REWM 4500 - Rainfall-Runoff Modeling
Credits: 3
Introduction to hydrologic modeling that teaches the foundations of model development, calibration, and interpretation. Examines the different components of the water cycle and how they are being integrated into watershed models. Equips the students with the necessary skills to parameterize hydrologic models, understand the underlying principles, and interpret model outputs.
Dual Listed REWM 5500 .
Prerequisite: REWM 4285 .
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REWM 4530 - Seminar
Credits: 1
Max Credit (Max. 2)
Discusses pertinent range management problems.
Prerequisite: REWM 2000 (earn at least a C) or ENR 4000.
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REWM 4540 - Problems
Credits: 1‑4
Max Credit (Max. 6)
Experimental work or intensive reading and discussion on range management problems. Includes problems offered in the following areas of range management: natural resources ecology, livestock habitat, business, improvements, watershed, reclamation, extension, and international development.
Prerequisite: basic training in field of problem selected and consent of instructor.
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REWM 4550 - Internship in:
Credits: 1
Max Credit (Max. 4)
Supervised field experience in range management or disturbed land reclamation. No more than 4 credits.
Prerequisite: basic course work in subject selected and consent of instructor.
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REWM 4580 - Rangeland Restoration Ecology
Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of various disturbed ecosystems unique to western rangelands. Primary emphasis on plant community restoration following degradation from edaphic, biotic, hydrologic, and topographic influences on degradation and strategies for vegetative rehabilitation. Strong focus on current research to formulate restoration strategies.
Dual Listed REWM 5580 .
Prerequisite: REWM 4200 or LIFE 3400 .
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REWM 4600 - Drone-Based Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
This class teaches the basics of remote sensing applications in environmental sciences with a focus on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, aka “drones”). Students will receive training in drone operation, data collection and analysis, and will be prepared to take the FAA Remote Pilot Certification.
Prerequisite: MATH 1400 or higher
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REWM 4700 - Wildland Watershed Management
Credits: 3
Studies hydrological cycle with specific emphasis on the role of vegetation in hydrologic processes such as interception, surface detention storage, infiltration, percolation, run-off, and water quality. Utilization of watersheds and vegetation manipulation practices to modify these hydrologic processes.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: LIFE 1101 or LIFE 1010 .
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REWM 4710 - Watershed Water Quality Management
Credits: 3
Studies watershed processes controlling water quality. Examines impacts of land use activities such as agriculture production, livestock grazing, and mineral and natural gas extraction on surface water and ground water quality. Emphasis will be placed on water quality modeling and management.
Dual Listed REWM 5710 .
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Former Course Number [4180]
Prerequisite: CHEM 1000 .
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REWM 4750 - Wildlife Habitat Restoration Ecology
Credits: 3
Emphasis on fundamental and applied aspects of restoration ecology for terrestrial wildlife habitats following anthropogenic and natural disturbances. Although the course overviews theoretical concepts applicable to many systems, there is a focus on applications for wildlife habitats in western North America.
Dual Listed REWM 5750 .
Prerequisite: Minimum of 6 hours of Biology or Life Sciences courses.
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REWM 4810 - Experiments in Restoration
Credits: 2
Emphasis on the experimental design using examples from restoration science. Focus on experiments to test concepts in ecosystem science, food webs, population genetics, metapopulation biology, biodiversity and invasion, and climate change. Address topics in experimental, ecological restoration.
Dual Listed REWM 5810 .
Prerequisite: STAT 2050 or equivalent.
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REWM 4830 - Ecological Applications for Wildland Management
Credits: 3
Emphasis on applying understanding of intereactions among components of rangelands to facilitate sustainable provision of ecosystem services. The influences of stocasticity and disturbances on ecosystem structure and function will be the focus of discussion and technical writing exercises.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
USP 2003-2014 Code U3WB
Prerequisite: WA, REWM 2000 (earn at least a C), LIFE 3400 (latter may be concurrent).
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REWM 4850 - Rangeland Vegetation Management Techniques
Credits: 3
Uses applied ecological principles in restoration of degraded rangeland ecosystems to introduce methods for manipulating rangeland vegetation that satisfy land management objectives. Provides ecologically-sound practices to maintain optimal and sustained yield of rangeland products.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: C or better in REWM 2000 and SB.
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REWM 4900 - Rangeland Management Planning
Credits: 3
Applies planning processes that integrate soil, vegetation, water, livestock, wildlife, and environmental regulatory considerations within the context of satisfying ecologically sustainable rangeland management objectives.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
USP 2003-2014 Code U3WC
USP 2015 Code U5C3
Prerequisite: REWM 4830 , ECON 1010 or AGEC 1010 or AGEC 1020 , SOIL 4120 or SOIL 4150 (may be concurrent), REWM 3020 (may be concurrent), REWM 4330 (may be concurrent).
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REWM 4990 - Undergraduate Teaching Practicum
Credits: 1
Max Credit (Max. 2)
Teaching experience in classroom or laboratory assisting faculty instructor.
When Offered (Offered based on sufficient demand and resources)
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REWM 5000 - Range Resource Management
Credits: 3
Basic concepts and theories of rangeland resource management, trends in rangeland classification, grazing management and improvement practices.
Prerequisite: graduate classification in agriculture or related natural resource subject matter areas.
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REWM 5100 - Nutritional Ecological Management of Range Herbivores
Credits: 3
Examines ecological processes and management of nutritional resources by domestic and wild rangeland herbivores. Topics include nutrient availability, nutritional demand, foraging behavior, diet composition, grazing systems, stocking rates, livestock/wildlife competition, predation, parasitism, plant toxicity, and influences on ecological condition. Students evaluate case studies and analyze nutritional data using current technologies.
Dual Listed REWM 4100 .
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REWM 5103 - Range and Ranch Recreation
Credits: 3
Understanding of public demands for leisure use of and private rangelands; potential impacts on rangeland resources, ranch practices and families and other rangeland users. Preparation of public range or private ranch recreation operations plan. Graduate students assist in preparation and presentation of lecture.
Dual Listed REWM 4103 .
Prerequisite: REWM 2000 and CS course.
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REWM 5150 - Behavior Modification for Production of Grazing Herbivores
Credits: 3
Strategies for manipulation of behavior and management of the grazing herbivore are developed from scientific and practical information. Designed to equip the student to manage for animal and natural resource production.
Dual Listed REWM 4150 .
Prerequisite: REWM 2000 and ANSC/REWM 3020 or ANSC 3100 .
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REWM 5250 - Water Resources Seminar
Credits: 1
Objective is to develop interaction among students from the various water resource disciplines to enhance their perspectives on how water problems are addressed within an interdisciplinary environment.
Prerequisite: graduate status.
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REWM 5285 - Wildland Hydrology
Credits: 3
Teaches essential and unique characteristics of hydrologic cycle as occurs on range and forest lands, concentrating on quantification of these processes and storages.
Cross Listed ENR 5285 .
Dual Listed REWM 4285 .
Prerequisite: graduate standing and University Studies QA.
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REWM 5300 - Grass Taxonomy
Credits: 3
Identification of grasses and their place in range management and world agriculture.
Dual Listed REWM 4300 .
Prerequisite: REWM 2500 or LIFE 2023 .
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REWM 5400 - Community Ecology
Credits: 3
Community ecology is the study of interactions within and among groups of species. This course focuses on (1) the major classical concepts and theories in community ecology, (2) the ways in which population dynamics can impact communities and how community dynamics can impact ecosystem processes and functioning, and (3) implementation of quantitative methods for conducting research that includes community ecology.
Cross Listed ECOL 5400 .
Prerequisite: LIFE 3410 or equivalent.
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REWM 5440 - Applied Fire Ecology
Credits: 3
Course examines drivers and patterns of wildfire in rangeland and forested ecosystems, fire behavior, fuel characteristics, fire effects, suppression tactics and mitigation strategies, prescribed burning precautions and applications, applications/uses of fire to meet resource objectives, policies and regulations, and modeling software. Required field trips out of class time.
Dual Listed REWM 4440 .
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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REWM 5500 - Rainfall-Runoff Modeling
Credits: 3
Introduction to hydrologic modeling that teaches the foundations of model development, calibration, and interpretation. Examins the different components of the water cycle and how they are being integrated into watershed models. Equips the students with the necessary skills to parameterize hydrologic models, understand the underlying principles, and interpret model outputs.
Dual Listed REWM 4500 .
Prerequisite: REWM 5285 .
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REWM 5520 - Ecology and Management of Grasslands
Credits: 3
Ecological nature, management strategies, and management problems of North American and world grassland ecosystems.
Prerequisite: REWM 4300 , REWM 5300 and BOT 4700 .
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REWM 5580 - Rangeland Restoration Ecology
Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of various ecosystems unique to western rangelands. Primary emphasis on plant community restoration following degradation from edaphic, biotic, hydrologic, and topographic factors. Application of ecological principles to rehabilitate vegetation and restore ecosystem function. Strong emphasis on current research to formulate restoration strategies.
Cross Listed ECOL 5580 .
Dual Listed REWM 4580 .
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REWM 5610 - Quantitative Modeling in Landscape Ecology
Credits: 3
Emphasis on quantitative, spatial analysis of landscapes and application of these quantitative tools to making sound management decisions. Work with real data, acquire high-level quantitative skills, develop problem-solving skills, and discuss management application of model results. Analysis will encompass abiotic, biotic (plant and animal), and human use of ecological systems in a spatial context.
Cross Listed ECOL 5610 .
Prerequisite: upper division stats course (e. g. , STAT 4015 or STAT 4025 ) and graduate standing.
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REWM 5640 - Investigation
Credits: 1-4
Max Credit (Max. 10)
Research on specialized problems in range management. Investigations offered in the following areas of range management, habitat management, business management, range improvements and monitoring, watershed management, extension and international development.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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REWM 5680 - Landscape Genetics
Credits: 3-4
Provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary training and international collaboration uniting some of the most active landscape genetics groups in North America and Europe. A key objective of landscape genetics is to study how landscape modification and habitat fragmentation affect organism dispersal and gene flow across the landscape. Meeting this and other landscape genetic objectives requires highly interdisciplinary specialized skills making intensive use of technical population genetic skills and spatial analysis tools (spatial statistics, GIS tools and remote sensing). To bring these diverse topics and skills together effectively, we are using a distributed model of teaching. Population genetics, spatial analysis/ statistics, and previous experience in Rare all extremely useful but not required.
Cross Listed ECOL 5680 .
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REWM 5710 - Watershed Water Quality Management
Credits: 3
Studies watershed processes controlling water quality. Examines impacts of land use activities such as agriculture production, livestock grazing and mineral and natural gas extraction on surface water and ground water quality. Emphasis is placed on water quality modeling and management.
Dual Listed REWM 4710 .
Prerequisite: CHEM 1000 .
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REWM 5750 - Wildlife Habitat Restoration Ecology
Credits: 3
Emphasis on fundamental and applied aspects of restoration for terrestrial wildlife habitats following anthropogenic and natural disturbances. Although the course overviews theoretical concepts applicable to many systems, there is a focus on applications for wildlife habitats in western North America.
Dual Listed REWM 4750 .
Prerequisite: Minimum of 6 hours of Biology or Life Sciences courses.
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REWM 5810 - Experiments in Restoration
Credits: 2
Emphasis on the experimental design using examples from restoration science. Focus on experiments to test concepts in ecosystem science, food webs, population genetics, metapopulation biology, biodiversity and invasion, and climate change. Address topics in experimental, ecological restoration.
Dual Listed REWM 4810 .
Former Course Number [5800]
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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REWM 5830 - Wildlife Habitat Ecology
Credits: 2
For students in wildlife and rangeland ecology emphasizing the relationships between wildlife populations and their habitats. Concepts forming the basis of wildlife habitat ecology including habitat and niche, habitat metrics, resource selection, habitat-relationships modeling, and habitat restoration and management.
Prerequisite: Graduate-level course in statistics and graduate standing or instructor consent.
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REWM 5900 - Practicum in College Teaching
Credits: 1-3
Max Credit (Max. 3)
Work in classroom with a major professor. Expected to give some lectures and gain classroom experience.
Prerequisite: graduate status.
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REWM 5920 - Continuing Registration: On Campus
Credits: 1-2
Max Credit (Max. 16)
Prerequisite: advanced degree candidacy.
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REWM 5940 - Continuing Registration: Off Campus
Credits: 1-2
Max Credit (Max. 16)
Prerequisite: advanced degree candidacy.
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REWM 5960 - Thesis Research
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Designed for students who are involved in research for their thesis project. Also used for students whose coursework is complete and are writing their thesis.
Prerequisite: enrollment in a graduate degree program.
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REWM 5980 - Dissertation Research
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 48)
Designed for students who are involved in research for their dissertation project. Also used for students whose coursework is complete and are writing their dissertation.
Prerequisite: enrollment in a graduate level degree program.
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RELI 1000 - Introduction to Religion
Credits: 3
Introduces world religions and shared characteristics. Draws on various academic approaches to religion study, emphasizing similarities and differences among wide variety of religions.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3G
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 1101 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
USP 2015 Code U5FY
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RELI 2030 - Violence and Resistance
Study Indigenous and contemporary theories of violence and resistance through the lens of religious violence. Revisit key landmarks of resistance leading up to current Indigenous and environmental activism. Develop multi-media presentation.
USP 2015 Code U5C2
Prerequisite: COM1
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RELI 2040 - Religions of the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Credits: 3
Analyzes origins and early years of three major religions that arose in the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Looks at historical development, political and cultural context, and structure of each religion.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3G
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2050 - Religions of Asia
Credits: 3
Introduces students to the religions of Asia. Primary focus on Hinduism and Buddhism, but also addresses several smaller religions. Emphasis on beliefs, sacred texts and tales, practices, ethics and worship, as well as historical development and contemporary issues.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3G
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2070 - Gender and Religion
Credits: 3
Aims at understanding how religion constructs and reinforces gender roles in religion and society. Looks at traditional gender roles in Christianity and the transformation they have undergone in the past century or so.
Cross Listed GWST 2070 .
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RELI 2080 - Holocaust
Credits: 3
Surveys the destruction of European Jewry, 1933-1945.
Cross Listed HIST 2080 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH
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RELI 2110 - Introduction to the Old Testament
Credits: 3
Introduces students to the books of the Old Testament and people whose way of life they describe. Pays particular attention to religion of the Israelites, their history and culture. Focuses on different historical circumstances in which the books were written.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
Former Course Number [1010]
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RELI 2150 - New Testament Survey
Credits: 3
Introduces the academic study of the New Testament. Concentrates on the analysis of Jesus, Paul and other New Testament figures by studying the textual evidence within its historical, religious and cultural contexts. Key foci also include the composition of the New Testament’s books and the theological development of early Christianity.
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2175 - The Life and Teaching of Jesus
Credits: 3
Explores life and teachings of Jesus within religious, cultural and political context of first-century Palestine. Studies Jewish, Greek and Roman influences on Palestine; then, examines effect of those influences on the gospels (both canonical and non-canonical).
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RELI 2200 - Contemporary American Religion
Credits: 3
The U. S. is home to more world religions and to more versions of those religions than any other nation on the planet. This course examines how the U. S. has shaped these religions and the impact these religions have had in turn on U. S. society and culture.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3D
USP 2015 Code U5C2
A&S College Core 2015 ASD
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RELI 2225 - History of Christianity
Credits: 3
Traces Christianity from its beginnings to late 20th century.
Cross Listed HIST 2225 .
USP 2015 Code U5H
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RELI 2250 - American Religious History I (To 1865)
Credits: 3
Traces the history of religion in America through the Civil War. We will pay particular attention to the intertwining of religion and colonialism; the tension between emerging Protestant hegemony and religious pluralism; and the roles religion has played in justifying oppression and pursuing liberty in American history.
Cross Listed HIST 2250 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3D
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASD
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RELI 2252 - American Religious History II (1865- 1945)
Credits: 3
Traces American religious history from the Civil War through WWII. Focuses on how race/ethnicity, class, gender, and national origin affected religion, and explores how Americans used religion in oppressing and liberating people; marking and erasing difference; and exporting values abroad as well as reforming society at home.
Cross Listed HIST 2252 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3D
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASD
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RELI 2315 - History of Non-Western Religions
Credits: 3
Max Credit 9
Introduces students to religions outside the Judeo-Christian realm familiar in the west. Each religion analyzed in its world views, its ways of life, and in its social organization. History of each religion and its changes.
Cross Listed HIST 2315 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3G
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2320 - History of Islam
Credits: 3
Focuses on the origins of Islam and its early formation, its growth and spread across the world, and its intellectual, spiritual and historical character. Time will also be spent on the formation of Islam in the modern world and how that impacts the views and actions of its members.
Cross Listed HIST 2320 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH, U3G
USP 2015 Code U5C2
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2330 - Islam in the Modern World
Credits: 3
How does Islam interact with Modernity? This course extends beyond the news to study contemporary trends and movements among the world’s Muslims. Includes a general introduction to the history and religion of Islam, and discusses contemporary Islamic topics, reflecting current issues, instructor research and student choices.
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2410 - Varieties of Non-Belief in the Western World
Credits: 3
A broad, chronological survey of different types of non-belief, primarily from the Renaissance onwards. It examines critiques by philosophers, politicians, poets, and novelists aiming to understand their objections to religion and analyzing how these objections shaped the modern religious landscape and the way we understand religion itself.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH
USP 2015 Code U5H
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RELI 2450 - Traditional African Religion
Credits: 3
Surveys traditional African religions, both ancient and contemporary.
Cross Listed AAST 2450 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH,U3G
USP 2015 Code U5C2
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
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RELI 2500 - Special Topics in Religion
Credits: 1-3
Max Credit (Max. 6)
Permits occasional investigation of different subjects in academic study of religion.
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RELI 3090 - Middle East and Israel in Film
Credits: 3
Focus on film representations of Isreal, the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. Studies religion and society, common human aspirations, modalities of social and other conflicts through screening of feature and short films and discusses issues raised by historical, political, social, cultural and religious tensions and considerations in this region.
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
Prerequisite: WA or COM1.
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RELI 3110 - Bible and Archaeology
Credits: 3
An archaeological survey illuminating the historical, theological, and cultural landscape of ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Examines how archaeology contributes to the understanding of the peoples, texts and religious movements of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
Prerequisite: RELI 1000 or RELI 2110 or RELI 2150 or ANTH 1300 or ANTH 1450 .
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RELI 3200 - Religion and American Culture
Credits: 3
Explores the role of religion in the history of American culture. It considers how developments in American religious history have reflected larger trends in American society, and how those developments have in turn helped shape American society and culture.
USP 2003-2014 Code U3G
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASD,ASG
Prerequisite: one lower-level course in religious studies, American history, or American studies.
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RELI 3220 - History of the Modern Middle East
Credits: 3
Surveys the Middle East from 1700 to the present. Emphasizes the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of domination by European colonial powers, transformations in political, social, religious and cultural life, the rise of nationalist movements, the influence of oil, the growth of Islamist political groups and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Cross Listed HIST 3220 .
USP 2003-2014 Code [G< >(none)]
Prerequisite: 6 hours or HIST, RELI, or INST.
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RELI 3225 - Apocalypse: The History of the End
Credits: 3
The apocalyptic End of Time has become the subject of much speculation, especially since the beginning of the new millennium. Analyzes such speculation as a religious phenomenon in both ancient and modern religions, and attempts to understand its social, cultural and personal impacts.
Prerequisite: junior standing.
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RELI 3230 - Early Christianity
Credits: 3
Considers the development of the Christian religion from a small Jewish sect to its place as the official religion of the Roman Empire and beyond. It examines the development of creeds, doctrines and institutions, placing them within their historical context.
Prerequisite: RELI 1000 , RELI 2225 /HIST 2225 , or HIST 2113.
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RELI 3240 - Reformation and Enlightenment Christianity
Credits: 3
The years between about 1500 and 1800 saw the permanent dismantling of Christianity in the West as a unified force, as Protestantism brought new ways of viewing the relationship between God and humanity. Once the fragmentation began, it accelerated rapidly as Enlightenment thinking challenged Christianity in new and complex ways.
Cross Listed Cross listed with: HIST 3240 .
Prerequisite: RELI 1000 , RELI 2225 /HIST 2225 .
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RELI 3245 - Christianity Since Darwin
Credits: 3
Christianity has faced many challenges since the mid-nineteenth century, including the thought of Darwin, Marx and Freud, to name a few. Christianity has faced those challenges in various ways and its practitioners continue to re-examine its understandings of a vastly changed and continually changing world.
USP 2015 Code U5C2
Prerequisite: COM1, and RELI 1000 or RELI 2225 /HIST 2225 or HIST 1120 or consent of instructor.
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RELI 3260 - African Spirits in the New World
Credits: 3
Begins with Yoruba roots in Africa and travels with the African Diaspora focusing on spirit possession in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santeria, Jamaican Revival Zion, Jamaican Rastafarianism, Brazilian Candomblé, and “Black Church” in the United States using ethnography and postcolonial theory of religious studies.
Cross Listed AAST 3260 .
USP 2003-2014 Code U3CH,U3G
USP 2015 Code U5H
A&S College Core 2015 ASG
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course or RELI 1000 .
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RELI 3320 - Eastern Thought
Credits: 3
Surveys some of the major concepts in Zen, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
Cross Listed PHIL 3320 .
USP 2015 Code U5H
Prerequisite: 3 hours of philosophy.
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RELI 3340 - Mysticism, Yoga, and Enlightenment in the East
Credits: 3
Explores Hindu and Buddhist concepts of enlightenment and the means for reaching them through mysticism and yoga. Study the texts and beliefs and their translation into practice.
Prerequisite: WB and CH.
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