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CEP 508 - Applied Community Development NATURAL RESOURCES AND Credits: 4 Students work in an actual community, assisting individuals and groups THE ENVIRONMENT to identify needs and problems, establish attainable and objective goals, assess requirements and resources, and formulate programs for The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment integrates the development and methods of collection, analysis, and integration of applied social sciences and natural resources sciences, enabling a more pertinent primary and secondary economic, social, political, and physical holistic, integrated approach to education, research, and outreach about data for community development. Prereq: CEP 415 or permission. Lab. use and conservation of resources. Equivalent(s): CD 508 Grade Mode: Letter Grade We offer a bachelor of science degree in the following areas: • Community and Environmental Planning CEP 614 - Fundamentals of Planning Credits: 4 • Environmental Conservation and Community planning process in nonmetropolitan communities; practical • Environmental and Resource Economics application of planning techniques. Communities' components: housing, • Environmental Sciences jobs, schools, recreation, transportation, community appearance, • Forestry (B.S.F.) and the administrative structure for planning. Use of planning tools: • Wildlife and Conservation Biology data gathering and analysis, the master plan, zoning and subdivision regulations, community development programs. Prereq: EREC 411; We offer an associate of applied science degree in the following CEP 415;/or permission. area: Attributes: Writing Intensive Course • Forest Technology (A.A.S.) Grade Mode: Letter Grade https://colsa.unh.edu/natural-resources-environment CEP 672 - Fundamentals of Real Estate Credits: 4 This course covers timely subjects in National and regional real estate, Programs such as types of property ownership, easements, financing, contracts, appraisal, brokerage, property listings, commissions, fair housing, and • Community and Environmental Planning (CEP) property management. The goal of this class is to prepare students to • Environmental Conservation and Sustainability pass the New Hampshire Real Estate Sales Agent License Exam and/or • Environmental Sciences be knowledgeable real estate investors. Prereq: MATH 420 or higher. Equivalent(s): CD 672, NR 672 • Environmental and Resource Economics (EREC) Grade Mode: Letter Grade • Forestry CEP 673 - Green Real Estate • Wildlife and Conservation Biology Credits: 4 This class covers issues related to existing and new real estate Courses development with respect to history, law (state statutes and federal legislation), economics, and technology. The course looks at impacts of green development from an individual building level, and out to regional Community & Environmental Planning and global levels. We look at common problems and solutions, review (CEP) case studies, and discuss emerging trends in "green development." Grade Mode: Letter Grade CEP 415 - Community Development Perspectives Credits: 4 CEP 777 - Topics in Community Planning Introduces students to a range of community development and Credits: 4 environmental planning issues facing communities as they undergo Advanced treatment of the concepts and tools required for effective social, economic, and environmental change. Through class discussion local and regional planning to guide use, capital investment in and examination of case studies, this course instills basic principles infrastructure, and organization for service delivery. Prereq: CEP 614 or and processes of community development and environmental planning, permission. formulation, and conflict resolution. Community and environmental Attributes: Writing Intensive Course planning topics covered in the course include land use conflict, urban/ Grade Mode: Letter Grade suburban sprawl, rural development, economic development, local food , community infrastructure, and environmental stewardship. Emphasis is placed on the roles and responsibilities of community development professionals, including land use planners, municipal administrators, and community leaders. Attributes: Social Science (Discovery) Equivalent(s): CD 415 Grade Mode: Letter Grade 2 Natural Resources and the Environment

CEP 794 - Community and Environmental Planning Internship EREC #535 - Being a Locavore Credits: 4-12 Credits: 4 Fieldwork in a planning office for student’s professional development. Explores the growth of the Locavore movement in the United States, Student must be supervised by a qualified planner or faculty-approved starting with the evolution of the mainstream agricultural . Topics supervisor throughout the internship and remain in consultation with a such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farm subsidies, the development faculty advisor. A Memorandum of Understanding between the student, of mono-culture large scale farms, as well as the Magnuson-Stevens the internship supervisor, and the faculty advisor, as well as midterm Act and the current state of fisheries. Ethical, economic, and social and final written reports are required. May be taken for 4 credits with phenomenon will be discussed, followed by nutrition, and environmental 150 hours of internship up to a maximum of 12 credits for 450 hours of impacts. Students will keep a food journal, which will be used as a basis internship. Cr/F. to source, budget, and plan for years of eating local food. The class Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits. concludes with an investigation into the growing trend of local farmers' Equivalent(s): CD 794 markets, CSAs, and on farm sales. How and why more and more people Grade Mode: Credit/Fail are going local and perhaps becoming "Locavores". CEP 795 - Investigations Attributes: Social Science (Discovery) Credits: 2-4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Special assignments in readings, investigations, or field problems, or EREC 572 - Introduction to Natural Resource Economics teaching experience. May be repeated. Prereq: permission. Credits: 4 Equivalent(s): CD 795, CD 795W, CEP 795W Introduces theory, methods of analysis, and current literature of natural Grade Mode: Letter Grade resource economics and policy. Topics include multiple use, taxation, optimal harvest scheduling, market failure, property rights, public goods, Environmental & Resource Economics benefit-cost analysis, amenity values, non-market resource services and natural resource policy. Topics applied to forests and forestry, wildlife (EREC) management, outdoor recreation, public , agriculture, fisheries, EREC 411 - Environmental and Resource Economics Perspectives water, and /nonrenewable resources. Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Microeconomic theory and analysis in resource management and use EREC #600 - Field Experience decisions. Survey of significant resource problems from an economic Credits: 1-4 perspective and the application of economic analysis. A supervised experience providing the opportunity to apply academic Attributes: Social Science (Discovery) experience in settings associated with future professional employment Mutual Exclusion: No credit for students who have taken ECN 412, and/or related graduate opportunities. Must be approved by a faculty ECN 412W, ECON 402, ECON 402A, ECON 402H. advisor selected by the student. Prereq: permission. Cr/F. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits. EREC 444 - The New Pirates of the Caribbean Equivalent(s): EREC 600W, RECO 600 Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Inquiry into many facets of tourism from the standpoint of tourists and EREC 601 - Agribusiness Economics and Management tour destination. Economic and institutional factors affecting human Credits: 4 well-being from the use of land and water resources; discussions of Applications of economic and management principles in production, distributional aspects of benefits from tourism activities.; environmental marketing, finance, and other operational decisions facing small impacts; ownership patterns and uses; cultural attributes; and local agribusiness firms. Prereq: EREC 411 or ECON 402 or equivalent. economies in small Caribbean nations. Cruise ships, time-shares, Grade Mode: Letter Grade all-inclusive resorts, hurricanes, casinos, bars, rum, sex, and drugs are investigated through extensive readings and web surfing. EREC 606 - Land Economics Perspectives: Uses, Policies, and Taxes Attributes: World Cultures(Discovery); Inquiry (Discovery); Writing Credits: 4 Intensive Course Economic and institutional perspectives affecting human use of land Grade Mode: Letter Grade resources; discussion of land ownership patterns and uses; land rent, location, and resource use; institutional constraints; partial ownership EREC 525 - Statistical Methods and Applications policies; and local planning for more efficient use of land. Real estate Credits: 4 markets, transfers, valuation, and taxation. Prereq: EREC 411 or Applications of elementary statistical concepts and methods including equivalent or permission. probability, descriptive techniques, statistical inference and bivariate Equivalent(s): RECO 606 and multivariate statistical analysis. Orientation is toward analysis Grade Mode: Letter Grade and interpretation of data commonly encountered in social science disciplines. EREC 627 - Community Economics Attributes: Quantitative Reasoning(Disc) Credits: 4 Mutual Exclusion: No credit for students who have taken ADM 430, ADMN Economic factors affecting community and local government decisions. 420, ADMN 510, BIOL 528, HHS 540, MATH 439, MATH 539, MATH 644, Emphasizes use of economic theory for decision making and community PSYC 402, PSYC 402H, SOC 402, SOC 402H, SOC 502, SOC 502H. problem solving. Prereq: EREC 411 or equivalent. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Equivalent(s): CD 627, RECO 627 Grade Mode: Letter Grade University of New Hampshire 3

EREC 680 - Agricultural and Food Policy EREC 799 - Honors Senior Thesis Credits: 4 Credits: 1-4 Analysis of issues that led to government involvement in the agricultural Honor/thesis students conduct an independent research project, relevant and food sector. Application of economic concepts and tools to the to the student's area of specialization in the major, under the direction evaluation of public policies affecting agriculture and food. Prereq: of a faculty sponsor. Students submit a research proposal, write a final EREC 411 or equivalent. report, and provide an oral presentation. One or two semester sequence. Equivalent(s): EREC 704 Restricted to Senior/Natural Resource Majors. Permission required. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Attributes: Honors course; Writing Intensive Course EREC 708 - Environmental Economics Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits. Credits: 4 Equivalent(s): RECO 799 Environmental pollution, the market economy, and optimal resource Grade Mode: Letter Grade allocation; alternative control procedures; levels of environmental protection and public policy; property right issues. Prereq: ECON 605 or Natural Resources (NR) equivalent. NR 400 - Professional Perspectives in Natural Resources Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Credits: 1 Equivalent(s): RECO 708 Lectures by departmental faculty provide an informal look at the Grade Mode: Letter Grade various natural resource disciplines and professions represented by EREC 756 - Rural and Regional Economic Development the Department of Natural Resources. These presentations acquaint Credits: 4 students with our faculty and inform them of some of the exciting Concepts and methods of delineating regional economies, methods research being undertaken in the department. Students also learn of of measuring activity, regional development, and public policies. opportunities for professional involvement. Required for all first-semester Emphasizes empirical research studies. Prereq: intermediate economic Natural Resources majors. Cr/F. theory or permission. Writing intensive. Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Attributes: Writing Intensive Course NR 403 - Introduction to Equivalent(s): RECO 756 Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade A multi-disciplinary introduction to Environmental Sciences, presenting EREC 760 - Ecological-Economic Modeling for Decision Making basic concepts and controversies in , /, Credits: 4 global biology and biogeochemistry, integrated through the study of the In this course, students will develop ecological-economic models and use as system. Intended primarily for declared or perspective majors them to inform economic decision making related to the management in Environmental Sciences and related programs. Combines lecture and of natural resources. These models range from analytical models discussion with discovery and presentation experiences to address the using algebra and calculus, to computational models using coding and history of ideas, and major questions and controversies, both settled and simulations. The course will focus on spatial-dynamic computational bio- active. economic models because of their ability to capture economic decision Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery) making and ecological processes over time and space. Prereq: ECON 605 Grade Mode: Letter Grade or equivalent; MATH 420, or equivalent. NR 415 - Natural Resources Field Methods Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 2 EREC 795 - Investigations This course is intended to serve first or second year students in Forestry, Credits: 2-4 Wildlife and Conservation Biology, and Environmental Conservation and Special assignments in readings, investigations, or field problems. Topics Sustainability. After taking this course, students are able to navigate may include agricultural marketing, agricultural production and farm successfully in wild terrain using pacing, map, compass, GPS; can management, community development, economics of human resources, conduct a simple planar survey including ; and can sample economics of population and food, land economics, marine economics, a forest in order to characterize the abundance and quality of forest rural economic development, regional economics, water economics, or resources. Moreover, students know the fundamental principles of teaching experience. Prereq: permission. May be repeated. navigation, surveying, and field sampling. Equivalent(s): EREC 795W, RECO 795 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 417 - Sophomore Seminar: Wildlife and Conservation Biology EREC 795W - Investigations Credits: 2 Credits: 2-4 This course provides a professional foundation and orientation for Special assignments in readings, investigations, or field problems. Topics second-year Wildlife & Conservation Biology (WCB) students. Through may include agricultural marketing, agricultural production and farm readings, seminars, guest speakers, and conservation, students will management, community development, economics of human resources, explore the range of what it means to be a professional Wildlife & economics of population and food, land economics, marine economics, Conservation Biologist. After taking this course, students will be better rural economic development, regional economics, water economics, able to navigate and critique the scientific literature, synthesize and or teaching experience. Prereq: permission. May be repeated. Writing communicate information, and understand and articulate the diverse field intensive. of Wildlife & Conservation Biology. Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Grade Mode: Letter Grade Equivalent(s): EREC 795, RECO 795 Grade Mode: Letter Grade 4 Natural Resources and the Environment

NR 425 - Field Dendrology NR #444B - The Real Dirt Credits: 4 Credits: 4 Students study forest trees in natural communities and urban settings. Explores sustainable agriculture, regional and local food supply and Identification and nomenclature of important North American trees and systems, land ethics and agrarian thought as a natural resource and shrubs is emphasized. Environmental factors influencing tree growth, environmental conservation issue. Focusing on northern and central combined with study of disturbance history, provide the context for New England, the course uses the teaching of Aldo Leopold and includes understanding why tree species grow where they do. Students are hands-on study of UNH's new initiatives in sustainable and organic introduced to the major forest of North America. Restricted to NR agriculture and the on-campus food system. A visit to University farms is majors; others by permission. Special fee. included. Writing intensive. Equivalent(s): EC 410, FOR 425, NR 420 Attributes: Environment,TechSociety(Disc); Inquiry (Discovery); Writing Grade Mode: Letter Grade Intensive Course NR 433 - Wildlife Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 0 or 4 NR 444E - Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog: The World of Poisonous Animals Historical, biological, ecological, and sociological factors influencing Credits: 4 the wildlife resource and its management. Concepts in populations, Course examines a variety of animal poisons and venoms in different communities, habitat, and contemporary wildlife issues. Special fee. Lab. contexts. Historical, cultural, physiological, pharmacological, and Attributes: Biological Science(Discovery); Discovery Lab Course evolutionary viewpoints are explored. Readings, guest lectures, and peer Equivalent(s): WILD 433 blog entries are used to refine critical thinking skills and form the basis of Grade Mode: Letter Grade in-class discussions. NR 435 - Contemporary Conservation Issues and Environmental Attributes: Biological Science(Discovery); Inquiry (Discovery) Awareness Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 4 NR 444F - Does Extinction Explores the impacts of technology and human activity on our Credits: 4 environment and natural resources. Key conservation issues are used This course examines the causes and potential consequences of as examples of past and present biological, social, and environmental biodiversity loss. By considering ecological, economic, and ethical conflicts. perspectives students will be asked to develop an informed personal Attributes: Environment,TechSociety(Disc) answer to the question Does extinction matter? Development of critical Equivalent(s): EC 435, NR 435H, NR 435W, NR 535 thinking as well as written and oral communication skills will be stressed Grade Mode: Letter Grade through a variety of in-class and outside class activities. NR 435H - Honors/Contemporary Conservation Issues and Environmental Attributes: Humanities(Disc); Inquiry (Discovery) Awareness Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 4 NR 458 - The Science of Where Explores the impacts of technology and human activity on our Credits: 4 environment and natural resources. Key conservation issues are used This online course introduces the principles and practices of spatial as examples of past and present biological, social, and environmental thinking through lectures, readings, discussions, and hands-on laboratory conflicts. exercises. Students learn not only to think spatially, but also how to apply Attributes: Environment,TechSociety(Disc); Honors course this knowledge in their own fields of study. Equivalent(s): NR 435 Attributes: Discovery Lab Course; Physical Science(Discovery) Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 437 - Principles of Sustainability NR 501 - Studio Soils Credits: 4 Credits: 0 or 4 In this course, we investigate the foundational principles of the concept An overview of physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Sub- of sustainability. Our objectives include: understanding the many disciplines of soil chemistry, soil physics, soil microbiology, soil genesis, integrated dimensions of sustainability; examining illustrations of and classification. Special fee. Lab. unsustainable human-environment relations; recognizing the complexity Attributes: Writing Intensive Course of sustainability problems and the challenges to finding solutions; Equivalent(s): SOIL 501 comprehending that human-environment relations are a multi-level, Grade Mode: Letter Grade complex and dynamic system, and appreciating that the sustainability NR 502 - Forest and Environmental Change of ecosystems is necessarily embedded in social, cultural and historical Credits: 4 trends. Forest ecosystems cover a large fraction of the Earth's land surface and Grade Mode: Letter Grade account for most of its terrestrial biological productivity. This course NR 439 - Environmental Biology introduces forest ecosystems around the world and explores both the Credits: 4 natural processes that regulate them and the environmental factors Environmental biology focuses on the origins, functions, and interactions that cause change over time. Topics include tree growth strategies, of populations, communities, species and ecosystems in relation to successional change, nutrient cycling, and human-induced stressors dynamic environmental processes. The main course objective is to such as air pollution and climate change. Special fee. provide a basic understanding of function and the ecological, Attributes: Environment,TechSociety(Disc) evolutionary, and genetic principles necessary to understand biological Equivalent(s): FOR 502, NR 502W diversity and its distribution. Special fee. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade University of New Hampshire 5

NR 504 - Freshwater Resources NR 561 - Chemistry of the Environment Credits: 0 or 4 Credits: 4 Major determinants of freshwater resources including hydrologic cycle The course is designed for students who desire a deeper understanding and water balance, precipitation, stream-flow measurement, pollution, of chemical principles in environmental- and ecology-related disciplines. water supply and sewage treatment, water resource management and This course will focus on understanding key principles that underline regulation. Special fee. Lab/field trips. many of the important chemical processes that influence the functioning Attributes: Discovery Lab Course; Physical Science(Discovery) and health of environmental systems. These include reaction rates, Equivalent(s): WARM 504 oxidation-reduction, kinetics and enzyme dynamics, pH and acid-base Grade Mode: Letter Grade equilibria, organic transformations, colloids and particulate behavior, and NR 506 - Forest Entomology analytical approaches to understanding environmental chemistry. Prereq: Credits: 0 or 4 CHEM 403, CHEM 405 or CHEM 411. Insects are among the most diverse and abundant organisms on the Grade Mode: Letter Grade planet and play a crucial role in forest ecosystems. Insects from the NR 600 - Work Experience base of the consumer food web in forests and are key drivers of nutrient Credits: 0 cycling, pollination, etc. This course surveys common and important As part of their degree program, students are expected to engage in insect orders, families, and species found in forest systems and provides a work experience or internship under professional supervision and the tools for basic identification and biological study of these fascinating approved by natural resources faculty. This experience may occur at creatures. Special fee. any time during their sophomore through senior years. Students are Equivalent(s): FOR 506 responsible for arranging their own experience in consultation with their Grade Mode: Letter Grade advisor and NREN faculty members. Permission. Cr/F. NR 507 - Introduction to our Energy System and Sustainable Energy Equivalent(s): NR 599 Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Credit/Fail This course introduces students to our domestic energy system and NR 602 - Natural Resources and Environmental Policy the expanding efforts to develop our use and acceptance of sustainable Credits: 4 energy. It provides a historical context of our system that explains Contemporary natural resource and environmental policy problems/ where we are today in terms of the grid, technologies, energy use and issues are addressed from a policy sciences perspective with emphasis production and energy markets, primarily for electricity and building on domestic policy solutions. Critical assessment of major policy use. The course examines how our current impedes and enhances initiatives and their implementation toward sustainable resource use opportunities for innovation in renewable technologies and financing. and a healthy environment. Public policies are analyzed to determine the Attributes: Environment,TechSociety(Disc) extent to which their implementation strategies have succeeded, and to Grade Mode: Letter Grade assess their adequacy within a bioregional or ecosystem approach, and/ NR 508 - Presenting Science to the General Public or capacity to integrate economic and environmental decisions. Cases Credits: 4 include national and local policies in their global context. Students apply A study of how to effectively convey scientific concepts, principles and public policy analysis and decision tools in laboratory sessions. Prereq: issues to various audiences with an emphasis on oral communication. junior/senior; Restricted to NR majors or by Permission. Special fee. Accomplished through active student involvement with attention given to Writing intensive. critical and creative thinking. Upon successful completion, students will Attributes: Writing Intensive Course develop a repertoire of verbal and written communication skills to deliver Equivalent(s): EC 702 messages successfully in a variety of mediums with attention paid to the Grade Mode: Letter Grade nonverbal messages that are part of dialogue, discourse and discussion. NR 603 - Prereq: ENGL 401. Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade This course focuses on the relationships between scale, spatial patterns NR 527 - Forest Ecology and ecological processes. Through lecture, discussion and lab exercises Credits: 4 students learn about scale and scaling techniques, the abiotic and Introduces basic and applied ecology of forests, with emphasis on biotic processes creating landscape patterns, how landscape patterns ecosystem processes, including water, energy, and nutrient cycles; are characterized , and the application of landscape ecology theory to biological interactions, including biodiversity and plant-plant, plant- contemporary issues in conservation and management. Emphasis placed animal, and plant-microbe relationships; and human impacts, including on landscape perspectives and practices as they relate to understanding forest management, land-use/land cover-change, and changes in and managing populations and communities. Prereq: BIOL 541, NR 527 or atmospheric chemistry. Prereq: BIOL 409 or BIOL 411. Restricted to NR permission of instructor. majors or by Permission. Special fee. Lab. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Equivalent(s): FORT 527 Grade Mode: Letter Grade 6 Natural Resources and the Environment

NR 606 - International Energy Topics NR 642 - Introduction to Credits: 4 Credits: 4 This course introduces students to international energy topics. Students Biogeography is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and will be exposed to a historical context and current status of several information from evolutionary biology, ecology, systematics, geology, energy-related issues from an international perspective. Topics range and physical . Students are introduced to the distribution from energy poverty, energy and climate change and global fossil fuel patterns of wild animals and plants and to the factors that determine subsidies. Studies of specific technologies will be delivered through the these patterns. In this course, the emphasis is on evolutionary aspects of context of international leaders, Iceland and geothermal, the UK and biogeography, biodiversity, and implications for conservation issues. offshore wind and solar in Germany. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 643 - Economics of Forestry NR 615 - Wildlife Habitats Credits: 4 Credits: 4 Intermediate-level analysis of supply and demand for forest-based goods Introduces animal-habitat associations, including an examination of and services, managerial economics, taxation, capital investments. spatial and temporal features of wildlife habitat, the evolution of habitat Prereq: EREC 411 or ECON 402. selection, and how habitat suitability/productivity is evaluated. Prereq: Equivalent(s): FOR 643 woody plant identification; limited to wildlife management majors and Grade Mode: Letter Grade minors. Permission. Special fee. Writing intensive. NR 650 - Principles of Conservation Biology Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Credits: 4 Equivalent(s): WILD 615 Examines the major issues relevant to conservation of biodiversity from Grade Mode: Letter Grade the genetic to the ecosystem level. In addition to addressing ecological NR 625 - Physiological Ecology and biological principles, the interdisciplinary nature and challenges of Credits: 4 managing for conservation biology, including the role of economic and Course examines the physiological mechanisms and adaptive social factors are examined. Prereq: one semester of biology, botany, or responses of organisms that facilitate their survival in changing natural zoology. Special fee. environments. Following an introduction to homeostasis and general Equivalent(s): EC 502 physiological principles, topics focus on adaptations to the marine Grade Mode: Letter Grade and freshwater environments, to estuarine challenges, and the specific NR 655 - Vertebrate Biology requirements of terrestrial and aerial environments. Additional topics Credits: 4 center on adaptations to extreme habitats and to parasitic life styles. Introduces the diversity and evolution of vertebrates. Topics span the Furthermore, the physiological bases of migrations, sleep, and mating/ morphological, physiological, behavioral, and ecological diversity among life history strategies are also explored. Examples are drawn from the major vertebrate taxa. Labs stress identification of vertebrate taxa invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants. Prereq: one year college level based on specimens and morphological structures. Permission. Prereq: biology. BIOL 411 and BIOL 412; or equivalent. Special fee. Lab. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Equivalent(s): NR 655H, WILD 655, WILD 655H NR 637 - Practicum in Environmental Conservation Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 4 NR 658 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Independent participation in an environmental conservation activity in the Credits: 4 area of the student's specialization. Individual or group projects may be Introduces the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for natural developed under the supervision of any faculty member within or outside resources and related fields. Data models/structures, map projections, natural resources or with supervisors in public and private agencies, data input/output/storage, data analysis/modeling, interpolation, and upon approval of the course instructor. Research projects not acceptable. data quality/standards. Hands-on lab using ArcGIS software. Restricted Prereq: senior standing in the environmental conservation program. Cr/F. to NR majors or permission. (Also offered as GEOG 658.) Equivalent(s): EC 637, NR 637H Equivalent(s): GEOG 658 Grade Mode: Credit/Fail Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 640 - Wildlife Population Ecology NR 660 - Ecology and Biogeography of New Zealand Credits: 4 Credits: 5 An overview of the mechanisms that influence the characteristics of Covers the principles of ecology and biogeography, with a distinct focus terrestrial wildlife populations. Lecture covers concepts and theory, with a on New Zealand. Students investigate the processes that have shaped central focus on population growth, how it is influenced by demographic the New Zealand landmass and its biota. Impact of human settlement on rates of survival, recruitment, immigration/emigration, with additional New Zealand's ecosystems is explored in-depth. Methods and techniques consideration given to predation and competition, and how population of scientific research are incorporated in this course. Field exercises status is monitored for wildlife, including occupancy, abundance, and focus on topical case studies in a variety of ecosystems and are designed viability. Lab provides hands-on exercises, often using computer software, to strengthen students' conceptual knowledge, enable students to apply with analysis and interpretation of data from local case studies. Prereq: this knowledge, as well as develop field skills including classification BIOL 412, BIOL 541 or NR 527. systems, mapping, habitat assessment, field identification, and sampling Grade Mode: Letter Grade techniques. Prereq: junior/senior; permission. Coreq: NR 661, NR 662, and NR 663. Special fee. Co-requisite: INCO 588, NR 661, NR 662, NR 663 Equivalent(s): EC 660 Grade Mode: Letter Grade University of New Hampshire 7

NR 661 - Restoration Ecology and Ecosystem Management in New NR 664 - Conservation Genetics Zealand Credits: 4 Credits: 4 Conservation genetics is the application of genetics to preserve species Current restoration projects and strategies for management of natural as dynamic entities capable of coping with environmental change. resources in New Zealand form the framework for this course. Solving Includes genetic management of small populations, resolution of problems related to introduced species, changes in habitat, the taxonomic uncertainties, defining management units within species, and preservation of ecological processes and watershed management are the use of molecular genetic analyses to forensics and the understanding the major foci of this course. Management of resources for multiple uses, of the biology of species. Topics include methods of measuring genetic as well as primary and extractive industries is included. Field exercises diversity in populations, identification of the units of biodiversity to which focus on topical case studies in a variety of terrestrial and coastal-marine conservation efforts are directed, genetics of population fragmentation, ecosystems and include the identification of habitats and communities, genetic management of wild and captive populations, reintroduction of stresses on the environment, and risk analysis. Prereq: junior/senior; organisms back into the wild, and the role of forensics in enforcement permission. Coreq: NR 660, NR 662, and NR 663. and development of species recovery plans. Recitation. Co-requisite: NR 660, NR 662, NR 663 Mutual Exclusion: No credit for students who have taken GEN 705. Equivalent(s): EC 661 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR #701 - Ecological Sustainability and Values NR 662 - Environmental Policy, Planning and Sustainability in New Credits: 4 Zealand Deeper more fundamental philosophical questions, including spiritual Credits: 3 values questions, are being asked concerning the ecological/ Introduces students to politics in New Zealand. Investigating policy environmental challenge of our time; its causes and resolution. Aspects pathways and planning forms part of the curriculum. Students assess of this challenge--environmental education, energy, food, agriculture, and scope of legislation, including the Resource Management Act (1991), natural resources--analyzed with ethics and values approaches. Students for the economic and socio-political environment in New Zealand. develop ways of responding to problem identification and resolution. Government obligations to the Treaty of Waitangi, and customary uses Writing intensive. of resources are included as part of this course. Students are exposed Attributes: Writing Intensive Course to diverse perspectives of local authority planners and policy makers, Equivalent(s): EC 702 local iwi (tribes), the Department of Conservation, and community Grade Mode: Letter Grade groups. Students examine case studies involving the resource consent NR 703 - Watershed Water Quality Management process at several levels of decision-making. Case studies provide a Credits: 4 comprehensive overview of the interactions between the environment Principles of land use as they relate to water quality and quantity. and people and their cultural and socio-economic needs. Prereq: junior/ Lectures focus on biogeochemical cycles and the watershed approach senior; permission. Coreq: NR 660, NR 661, and NR 663. to land and water resource management. Labs and field trips focus Co-requisite: NR 660, NR 661, NR 663 on methods of water sampling and analysis. One year of chemistry is Equivalent(s): EC 662 recommended. Prereq: NR 504 or NR 604 or permission. Special fee. Lab/ Grade Mode: Letter Grade field trips. NR 663 - Applied Directed Research in New Zealand Equivalent(s): WARM 703 Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Working closely with faculty, student teams investigate selected NR 706 - Soil Ecology ecological, resource management or policy issues. All projects have Credits: 4 scientific and societal relevance, and contribute to ongoing/existing Examines the ecological relationships between soil microorganisms projects in the . Students use the scientific method to design and and their biotic and abiotic environment, with emphasis on the role of carry out their projects. Development of rigorous field investigations, soil microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling. Specific objectives are experimental design, data analysis, and scientific writing are emphasized. to examine the biodiversity present in soil systems, factors controlling Students prepare a research report and present their findings in a seminar microbial community composition and diversity, and linkages between that includes stakeholders and people from the local community. Prereq: soil microbial communities, soil physical properties, and soil organic junior/senior; permission. Coreq: NR 660, NR 661, and NR 662. Writing matter and nutrient cycling dynamics. Prereq: BIOL 412 or BIOL 409, intensive. CHEM 403, or equivalent, or permission. Special fee. Lab. Writing Co-requisite: NR 660, NR 661, NR 662 intensive. Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Equivalent(s): EC 663 Equivalent(s): SOIL 706 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade 8 Natural Resources and the Environment

NR 707 - Environmental Modeling NR 720 - International Environmental Politics and Policies for the 21st Credits: 4 Century Environmental Modeling introduces students to a range of key Credits: 4 mathematical and computer modeling concepts and the ways they can Students examine policies for managing human activities to sustain be used to address important scientific questions. The course is divided the health of regional ecosystems and planetary life-support systems. into four topical sections: Population and Community Ecology, Hydrology, Selected problems of the international commons (, marine Biogeochemistry, and Ecosystems. In each section, modeling concepts resources, atmosphere, migratory species); global and regional carrying and skills are presented together with environmental information to capacity (population, resource consumption), internationally shared emphasize the linkage between quantitative methods and relevant ecosystems (transboundary watersheds and waterbodies, tropical scientific results. Prereq: MATH 425. forests); and the relevant international institutions and politics for Grade Mode: Letter Grade policy formation, conflict resolution, and implementation. Using a NR #711 - Wetland Ecology and Management policy-analytic framework, students develop case studies to assess Credits: 4 international policies and institutional arrangements to achieve the Analysis of the natural resources of coastal and inland wetlands and objectives of Agenda 21--Earth Summit Strategy to Save the Planet. environmental problems caused by human use and misuse of these Prereq: permission. Writing intensive. ecosystems. Groups collect field data to summarize the structure and Attributes: Writing Intensive Course function of four wetland types within a management context. Special fee. Equivalent(s): EC 720 Lab. Prereq: BIOL 541, or NR 703, or permission. Writing intensive. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Attributes: Writing Intensive Course NR 724 - Resolving Environmental Conflicts Equivalent(s): FOR 711, FORS 711, WARM 711 Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Theories and practices of environmental dispute settlement. Roles of NR 712 - Mammalogy public, non-governmental and governmental organizations. Effectiveness Credits: 4 of public participation initiatives in influencing public policy decisions Evolution, ecology, behavior, physiology and diversity of mammals. The and/or resolving environmental conflicts. Alternative approaches to focus of the course is on conceptual issues, such as the relation of consensus (policy dialogues, joint problem solving; strategic planning; structure, function, physiology and ecology of species; reproductive negotiation, mediation) as well as litigation. Specific cases are critiqued physiology and life history strategies; and the evolution of mating and evaluated; conflict resolution skills are developed. Students observe systems and social structure. Familiarity of mammalian groups to the and/or participate in ongoing local decision processes. Prereq: second- family level and identification of local fauna to species will be required. semester juniors, seniors; permission. Lab. Special fee. Writing intensive. Prereq: BIOL 411 and BIOL 412 or equivalent. Lab. (Not offered every Attributes: Writing Intensive Course year.) Special fee. Equivalent(s): EC 724 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 713 - Quantitative Ecology NR 729 - Silviculture Credits: 4 Credits: 4 Basic quantitative concepts applied to ecological systems including: The science and art of establishing, growing, and tending forests to population and community dynamics, experimental design, spatial meet multiple objectives. Basics of forest stand dynamics applied to patterns, species abundance and diversity, community organization, the problems of timber management, wildlife habitat, water quality, and metapopulations, and landscapes. Prereq: intro. courses in statistics, and carbon sequestration. Prereq: NR 425 and NR 527 or permission. Special ecology. fee. Equivalent(s): FORS 713 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 730 - Terrestrial Ecosystems NR #718 - Law of Natural Resources and Environment Credits: 4 Credits: 3 Processes controlling the energy, water, and nutrient dynamics of Federal and state environment statutory and administrative law, terrestrial ecosystems; concepts of study at the ecosystem level, controls its application, strengths and weaknesses, and options for future on primary production, transpiration, decomposition, herbivory; links to amendment. earth-system science, acid deposition, agriculture. Prereq: NR 527and Equivalent(s): EC 718 BIOL 409 or BIOL 411, or permission. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Equivalent(s): EOS 730, FOR 730, FORS 730 Grade Mode: Letter Grade University of New Hampshire 9

NR 734 - Tropical Ecology NR 749 - Forest Inventory and Modeling Credits: 4 Credits: 4 This course introduces students to the ecology of different tropical Applied sampling and statistical techniques for assessing current forest ecosystems, and involves students in analyzing and interpreting conditions and predicting future growth, yield, and structure. Topics ecological field data and remotely sensed data. An important emphasis include plot and point sampling, ecological inventory, and evaluation of is to understand patterns and processes across scales - from individual site quality and stand density. Prereq: MATH 420 and BIOL 528. Special plants to ecosystems and landscapes. The course also addresses fee. important global issues in the tropics, including climate change, land Grade Mode: Letter Grade use change, diverse ecosystem services, and sustainable resource NR 750 - Sustaining Biological Diversity management. Prereq: NR 527, BIOL 541, or equivalent. Credits: 4 Equivalent(s): FOR 734 This course examines the approaches to recover and restore declining Grade Mode: Letter Grade populations and at-risk communities. Major concepts addressed include: NR 740 - Inventory and Monitoring of Ecological Communities population viability analysis; use of simulation models to explore Credits: 4 conservation alternatives; integrating the political, economic, and social Provides an introduction to the major concepts associated with realities that affect natural resource management; the adaptive nature monitoring change in ecological communities. Students develop an of any restoration of rare organisms and communities; and preparing for appreciation for such issues as: identification of appropriate baselines the challenges associated with invasive organisms and climate change. for comparison; use of indicator species; the tools used to inventory Prereq: NR 650 and BIOL 528. Only open to Wildlife & Conservation common, rare, and secretive species; how trend data are analyzed; and Biology majors. the implications of failing to detect an indicator species. Restricted to Grade Mode: Letter Grade senior wildlife majors others by permission. Special fee. Lab. NR 751 - Aquatic Ecosystems Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Credits: 4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Energy flow and nutrient cycling in streams, rivers and lakes, with NR 743 - Ecology and Society in a Changing Arctic an emphasis on understanding the control of primary productivity, Credits: 4 decomposition and community structure by both hydrologic and biotic Students will gain an appreciation for the effect of climate change on drivers. Role of aquatic ecosystems in carbon and nitrogen budgets ecology and people in the Arctic, which is experiencing rapid climate at watershed, regional, and global scales. Impacts of environmental change. The format of this course is inquiry-based, peer to peer changes such as global climate change and suburbanization on aquatic instruction, and self-driven exploration of literature and data. Students ecosystems. Prereq: General Ecology. Lab. Special fee. will tackle a research project, including in-depth analysis in R, with Grade Mode: Letter Grade the aim of contributing new knowledge in the form of a peer-reviewed NR 753 - Critical Issues in Sustainability: Sustainability as an Abundance publication, policy brief, outreach product, or other technical document. Paradigm Prereq: BIOL 528 or SOC 402 or instructor permission. Credits: 2 Grade Mode: Letter Grade After 30 years in common parlance, the success of "Sustainability" still NR 744 - Biogeochemistry seems far from its goal. In part, this is because sustainability is typically Credits: 4 applied as another way to manage scarcity, a paradigm informing Examines the influence of biological and physical processes on elemental economic and social policy for well over a century. Underlying this cycling and geochemical transformations from the molecular to the dominant view of sustainability, an increasing number of approaches global scale, involving microorganisms, higher plants and animals and to sustainability projects, some of longstanding are entering the whole ecosystems; factors that regulate element cycles including soils, mainstream as pieces of an identifiable, and distinctly novel, paradigm climate, disturbance and human activities; interactions among the based on the assumption of abundance, rather than scarcity. These , hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere; transformations include ideas of the Natural Step and Natural Capital, as well as Cradle of C, N, S, and trace elements. Prereq: one semester biology and two to Cradle and Biomicry. The goals of this seminar are (1) to survey semesters of chemistry or permission. and discuss this growing literature and its application to the solution Grade Mode: Letter Grade of sustainability problems; and (2) research and analysis towards NR 745 - Forest Management transforming scarcity-based to abundance-based solutions. To be Credits: 4 considered as a capstone option for majors in Environmental and Forest land ownership, management objectives, forest inventory Conservation Sustainability, students must also register for NR 754 in the regulation and policy, forest administration, professional responsibilities Spring semester. and opportunities. Restricted to Natural Resources majors. Lab. Special Grade Mode: Letter Grade fee. Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Equivalent(s): FOR 745 Grade Mode: Letter Grade 10 Natural Resources and the Environment

NR 754 - Critical Issues in Sustainability: Sense of Place NR 761 - Environmental Soil Chemistry Credits: 2 Credits: 4 Costa Rica is the happiest country on Earth. Bhutan is a living laboratory Chemical transformations in soils are the basis for and plant for education. Bolivia has a Law of Mother Earth in its constitution. productivity in natural and managed ecosystems, and also influence Cities and towns in the US create local solutions to problems of resource key ecosystem processes including soil organic matter turnover and sustainability while the national dialogue stagnates. What drives some soil-atmosphere exchange of trace gases. This class will explore soil places to lay the foundations for sustainable futures, while others do chemistry processes and transformations related to soil nutrient cycling, not? Sense of Place is a powerful lends though which to view the relative plant nutrient acquisition, and other critical environmental services. achievements of places and organizations toward creating a sustainable Prereq: a course in or instructor permission. future. The goals of this seminar are (1) to survey the Sense of Place Grade Mode: Letter Grade literature and to analyze case studies of the role of Sense of Place in NR 765 - Community Ecology the success of sustainability efforts nationally and internationally; Credits: 4 and (2) to research the role of Sense of Place in our local community Properties of biotic communities, especially biodiversity. Effects of environment and to relate it to stated goals in existing sustainability physical stress, disturbance, competition, predation, positive interactions, plans. To be considered as a capstone option for majors in Environmental and dispersal on community properties. Community dynamics, including and Conservation Sustainability, students must also register for NR 753 succession and stability. Prereq: applied biostatistics and general in the Fall semester. ecology. Lecture and discussion. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 757 - of the Environment NR 782 - Forest Health in a Changing World Credits: 4 Credits: 4 Practical and conceptual presentation of the use of remote sensing Forests cover over 30% of the land surface of the Earth and are incredibly and other geospatial technologies for mapping and monitoring the important ecologically, economically, and to the health of the planet. environment. This course begins with the use of aerial photographs While forests show great capacity to withstand disturbance, these (, and photo interpretation) and includes measures ecosystems are increasingly threatened worldwide by climate change, of photo scale and area, parallax and stereo viewing, object heights, native and introduced insects and disease, poor management practices, flight planning, photo geometry, the electromagnetic spectrum, camera land clearing, drought, fire, and pollution. This course offers an overview systems and vegetation/land cover mapping. The course concludes with of the dominant threats to forests, their causes and consequences, and an introduction to other geospatial technologies including digital image options for monitoring, management, and mitigation. Special fee. analysis, global positioning (GPS), and geographic information systems Grade Mode: Letter Grade (GIS). Conceptual lectures are augmented with practical homework assignments and hands-on lab exercises. Prereq: algebra. Special fee. NR 784 - Sustainable Living - Global Perspectives Lab. (Also offered as GEOG 757.) Credits: 4 Equivalent(s): FOR 757, FORS 757, GEOG 757 The pursuit of sustainable solutions to living in our contemporary world Grade Mode: Letter Grade is a global endeavor. In this course, the concept of living sustainably is explored from a broad international perspective. Global scale issues NR 759 - Digital Image Processing for Natural Resources impacting sustainable resource use are considered, including population Credits: 4 growth, economic globalization and development, social equity, and Introduces digital remote sensing including multispectral scanners cultural values. We will expand our awareness of alternatives to those (Landsat and SPOT) radar, and thermal imagery. Hands-on image current practices that impede the sustainability of human societies as processing including filtering, image display, ratios, classification, part of the earth's natural systems. We will also pursue an understanding registration, and accuracy assessment. GIS as it applies to image of the interrelated socio-economic conditions, combined with social and processing. Discussion of practical applications. Use of ERDAS image- personal ethics and values necessary to move toward a more sustainable processing software. Knowledge of PCs required. Prereq: NR 757 or future. And each of us will come to value what sustainable living means equivalent and permission. (Also offered as GEOG 759.) for our own lives. Prereq: NR 437 or NR 435. Equivalent(s): FOR 759, FORS 759, GEOG 759 Equivalent(s): EC 784 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade NR 760 - Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources NR 785 - Systems Thinking for Sustainable Solutions Credits: 4 Credits: 4 This course in geographic information systems (GIS), covers advanced This course applies systems thinking as a problem-solving approach theory, concepts, and applications of GIS for natural resource and related aimed at exploring possibilities for creating a future based on sustainable disciplines. Discussion of database structures, data sources, spatial data relationships between healthy human societies and their natural manipulation/analysis/modeling, data quality and assessment. Students environments. Types of systems and systems tools are utilized to conduct a project of their design exploring aspects of GIS most useful describe human-environment relationships and to emphasize their to them. Lecture emphasizes concepts and applications through a text resiliency or vulnerability to future unsustainable events and/or practices. and selected peer-reviewed articles. Lab uses the latest version of ArcGIS We explore how systems may be restructured to create more sustainable software and provides hands-on experience. Prereq: introductory GIS outcomes. Pre- or Coreq: NR 437 or NR 435. course. Permission required. Equivalent(s): EC 785 Equivalent(s): FOR 760, FORS 760, GEOG 760 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade University of New Hampshire 11

NR 786 - Leadership for Sustainability Credits: 4 Tourism Planning & Development (TOUR) In this course we review and evaluate current knowledge and practice TOUR 400 - Introduction to Tourism regarding the attainment of sustainability in social and environmental Credits: 4 relations. We particularly focus on the meaning and qualities of Provides an informational foundation in tourism and gives a more leadership for achieving a sustainable future. Along the way, we also extensive knowledge of the tourism industry. Examines historical reflect on our own leadership styles and qualities. Topics include the role perspectives, tourism organization, and supply and demand of the of leaders and leadership practices in government, business, academia tourism industry. Discusses the dynamic and pluralistic nature of the etc; concepts and theories for achieving social change; and case studies tourism industry. exemplifying a range of leaders and approaches toward sustainability. Equivalent(s): RECO 400 Prereq: NR 437 or NR 435. Writing intensive. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Attributes: Writing Intensive Course TOUR 510 - Tourism and Global Understanding Grade Mode: Letter Grade Credits: 4 NR 787 - Advanced Topics in Sustainable Energy Introduces ways in which tourism can act as a vehicle to understanding Credits: 4 foreign cultures. Responsible tourism, has the potential to help bridge This course engages students in advanced topics in sustainable energy. cultural and psychological distances that separate people of different Course reviews basic structures of our energy system, energy markets races, religions, and socio-economic classes. Through responsible and economics, and the environmental, economic and technological tourism we can learn to appreciate, trust, and respect the human of energy landscape. Focus is on electricity and building use with diversity that our world has to offer. Helps students gain an informed introductions to the transportation system. Students gain the knowledge acquaintance with other cultures and customs, and to understand the to evaluate innovations in technology, policy and financing necessary to central role of tourism in international and cross-cultural understanding. implement sustainable energy goals from conservation and efficiency to Cr/F option. renewables and energy storage. Special fee. Grade Mode: Letter Grade Grade Mode: Letter Grade TOUR 767 - Social Impact Assessment NR 791 - Preparation for Capstone Credits: 4 Credits: 1 Provides a cross-disciplinary perspective on the issues, problems, This class will require that students develop a proposal for their senior and methods of Social Impact Assessment (SIA). Provides analytic capstone experience, seek approval for that proposal from a faculty approach and theoretical framework for the assessment of diverse sponsor, and be prepared to complete the capstone senior year. Students events, including changes in the natural environment, the local will also work on resume development, on writing text introducing economy, or dominant technology. SIA is required of most U.S. and themselves to prospective employers, and on interviewing strategies. Cr/ Canadian federal- and state-sponsored projects that come under the F. National Environmental Protection Act, as well as all projects funded Grade Mode: Credit/Fail by international donor agencies. (Juniors and seniors only.) Writing intensive. NR 795 - Investigations Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Credits: 1-4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Investigations in Natural Resources may include topics in environmental conservation, forestry, soil and watershed management, ecosystems, and TOUR 798 - Independent Study wildlife management. Permission required. Special fee on some topics. Credits: 1-4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Special assignments in readings, investigations, field problems. May include teaching experience. Prereq: permission. NR 795W - Investigations Equivalent(s): TOUR #798W Credits: 1-4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Investigations in Natural Resources may include topics in environmental conservation, forestry, soil and watershed management, ecosystems, and TOUR #798W - Independent Study wildlife management. Permission required. Writing intensive. Credits: 1-4 Attributes: Writing Intensive Course Special assignments in readings, investigations, field problems. May Grade Mode: Letter Grade include teaching experience. Prereq: permission. Writing intensive. Attributes: Writing Intensive Course NR 799 - Honors Senior Thesis Equivalent(s): TOUR 798 Credits: 1-4 Grade Mode: Letter Grade Honor/thesis students conduct an independent research project, relevant to the student's area of specialization in the major, under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Students submit a research proposal, write a final Faculty report, and provide an oral presentation. One or two semester sequence. Restricted to Senior/Natural Resource Majors. Permission required. https://colsa.unh.edu/natural-resources-environment/people Attributes: Honors course; Writing Intensive Course Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits. Equivalent(s): EC 799, FOR 799, WARM 795, WILD 799 Grade Mode: Letter Grade