The Classes

FRWS 4600: Conservation Biology

FRWS 5400: Community and Ecosystem Concepts in Fisheries and Wildlife Management
Reviews factors controlling number of species, and their absolute and relative abundances in different habits. Analyzes how species influence ecosystem structure and function.

FRWS 6500: Biometry: Design and Analysis of Ecology Research
Examines research design from statistical perspective showing how data analysis is largely determined by research design and its implementation. Reviews statistical tools for analysis data in the context of design.

FRWS 6610: Regional Terrestrial Ecosystems
Synoptic and systematic examination of the structural, functional and natural regulatory processes and their interactions with humans in the major kinds of terrestrial ecosystems found in the Intermountain West and Great Plains of the U.S. Pre-requisites: introductory ecology, introductory soils

FRWS 6710: Landscape Ecology
Focuses on landscape-scale patterns and processes, and ways of understanding ecological complexity. Explores conceptual underpinnings of larger-scale ecology. Emphasizes understanding of current peer-reviewed literature.

Sociology 6100: Advanced Methods of Social Research
Examines philosophical bases, techniques, and political and ethical aspects of social research.

Sociology 6150: Social Statistics II
Statistical procedures for sociological analysis; non parametric statistics, inferential statistics, cross-tabulation, and log-linear analysis; correlation; regression; ANOVA; and other multivariable social science statistical treatments.

ENVS 6000: Human Dimensions in Natural Resources
Focuses on balancing science and social values in ecosystem management and decision-making. Topics include environmental justice, communication and behavior change strategies, landscape perceptions, attitudes, sociology of resource-dependent communities and conflict management.

ENVS 6200: Bioregional Analysis/Planning (fall semester)

ENVS 6210: Bioregional Management and Policy (spring semester)

Political Science 5180: Natural Resource Policy
Political and economic theory applied to the analysis of natural resource allocation conflicts and U.S. policies enacted to resolve such conflicts.

Sociology 6630: Natural Resources and Social Development
Focuses on social dimensions of natural resources use, development, scarcity, and allocations. Examines ways in which changing resource conditions impact human social organization. Emphasis on topics including; social characteristics of resource – dependent communities and areas; social organizational responses to changes in availability of, or access to, natural resources; and social impacts of natural resource development activities.

Econ 6500: Introduction to Natural Resources and Environmental Economics.
Introduction to the legal and regulatory foundations of natural resource and environmental policy, with specific attention to water, minerals, rangelands, forest, fish and off site impacts of agricultural and industrial productions. Topics include externalities, property rights, public goods, public choice, and public trust.

LAEP 6740: Theory and Methods in Bioregional Planning.
Review of planning, theory, and implementation techniques based on advanced readings, case studies and research projects. Scale of material proceeds from regional landscape planning to rural and town planning.

Case studies and/or implementation strategies for planning alternatives developed in LAEP 6100.