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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Wildlife Ecology |
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WLE 410 - Wildlife Population Dynamics and Conservation
Characteristics of wildlife populations, including principles of population dynamics and population interactions, with application in wildlife population conservation. Lec 3.
Prerequisites: WLE 200 or SMS 300 or BIO 319, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WLE 411 - Wildlife Population Dynamics Lab
Focuses on field and quantitative techniques used to evaluate components of wildlife population ecology. Students will gain experience in methods commonly used to estimate animal occupancy, abundance, survival, reproduction, and rate of population growth through time. Students will collect data in the field, analyze data in a computer laboratory setting, and interpret and present results in formal reports and presentations. Course may have field trips during class times.
Corequisites: WLE 410
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 1
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WLE 435 - Field Experience
A field experience in wildlife is a professional activity participated in by students under the supervision of a practicing professional in the field. A high degree of responsibility is placed on the student for developing learning objectives and securing the approval of a faculty member for academic credit for the learning involved in the experience. It may be paid or unpaid, it may last any length of time, and it may be repeated.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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WLE 440 - Undergraduate Wildlife Seminar
Current topics of interest will be explored in a seminar format. Course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Wildlife Ecology major or permission; junior standing.
Course Typically Offered: Not Regularly Offered
Credits: 1-12
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WLE 445 - Management of Endangered and Threatened Species
An advanced course in threatened and endangered plant and animal species management that will investigate modern solutions to the problem. Emphasis will be on the biological and political aspects of endangerment and will emphasize involvement in the recovery process, using the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a basis. Lectures, discussion and a required research project that will involve students working as teams to revise and present recovery plans for endangered plant or animal species. NOTE: WLE 445 and WLE 545 cannot both be taken for credit. (Alternate years - odd.)
Prerequisites: Senior Standing; BIO 319 or SMS 300 or WLE 200 and WLE 410 or equivalent or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring, Odd Years
Credits: 3
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WLE 450 - Wildlife-Habitat Relationships
A study of the interrelationships among wildlife species and their habitats stressing application to conservation of biological diversity and management of harvested species. Focuses on a review and critique of habitat objectives, an assessment of habitat components, a discussion of the influence of spatial scales and landscape pattern on habitat quality, a survey of procedures for evaluating habitat quality, a synopsis of inter-specific interactions as they influence habitat relationships, and discussions of the influence of natural and human-caused disturbances on habitat. Lec 3. Course will include field trips on weekends.
General Education Requirements: Together with WLE 455, this course satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience requirement.
Prerequisites: WLE 250 and WLE 410 or permission.
Corequisites: WLE 455
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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WLE 455 - Wildlife-Habitat Evaluation
Focuses on field, analytical and laboratory techniques for evaluating habitat for wildlife. Students will be introduced to the applied approaches and techniques for evaluating habitats. Material is presented via lectures, reading, fieldwork and laboratory experience.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive requirement. Together with WLE 450, this course also satisfies the General Education Capstone Experience requirement.
Prerequisites: WLE 250, WLE 410 or permission.
Corequisites: WLE 450
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 2
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WLE 461 - Human Dimensions of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation
This course is a mix of lectures, invited presentations, hands-on group activities, and peer to peer exercises that provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to effectively engage and communicate with diverse stakeholders in collaborative management. The course covers such topics as governance of wildlife, sense of place and community, trust and capacity development, wildlife management as a systems process, collective behavior, engagement of stakeholders, collaborative planning and decision-making, adaptive management and adaptive impact management, identity-based conflict resolution, communication planning, and human dimensions research methodology. Participating in one Saturday or Sunday workshop (TBD) is required. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: Junior, Senior or Graduate Standing
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WLE 470 - Wildlife Policy and Administration
Development and state and federal wildlife policy in the United States. Procedures for establishing and implementing policy and current policy issues. Rec 3. Course may have field trips during class times.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WLE 479 - Wildlife Conservation in a Changing World
The course will focus on the main drivers of global change (e.g. land-use change, climate change) and how they impact the behavior, ecology and population dynamics of wild animals. Each driver will be analyzed for both the causes (e.g., what are the effects of land-use change) and the mitigation (e.g. habitat restoration). The course will contain a mix of lectures, class/home exercises, discussions of relevant journal articles, student presentations and production of a short video.
Prerequisites: WLE 220
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WLE 490 - Special Problems
Original investigation in wildlife work, the subject to be chosen after consultation with the staff.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and a 3.0 GPA or higher and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: Ar
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Women’s Studies |
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WGS 101 - Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
An introduction to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and to its perspectives. The course will use interdisciplinary perspectives to begin to examine the categories of gender and sexuality, grounded in Women’s Studies, as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, nationality, dis/ability and other sites of social inequality.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions, and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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WGS 103 - Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
Introduces the major perspectives and issues in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies, including histories and institutions, identities and representations, and cultures and subcultures.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 230 - Women, Health, and the Environment
Examines the roles of women in shaping current practices and policies of the Western health care system and related environmental issues. It will draw on the work of Rachel Carson and modern women healers of the body and the ecosystem. Students are encouraged to be involved in transformational work at the local, personal or more global level.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 235 - Franco American Women’s Experience
Examines the immigration experience and subsequent lifestyles of the present-day Franco American woman and her cultural ancestors. Studying the immigration of these women from France to New France, Canada and across the border into the U.S., class participants will learn about the historical and cultural implications of immigration for these women and the definition they imparted to the culture. (WGS 235 and FAS 230 are identical courses.) WGS is a recommended prerequisite for this course.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 is recommended
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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WGS 270 - Native American Women
This course is an exploration of the American Indian woman’s lifestyles and social roles from a variety of tribal cultures. It will focus on the traditional and contemporary values and roles of American Indian women. This course will explore the history of the lives of American Indian women from a variety of tribes. (WGS 270 and NAS 270 are identical courses.)
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Edition Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives requirements.
Prerequisites: NAS 101 or WGS 101, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WGS 298 - Directed Study in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Individual study, research, field experience and writing projects in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and related areas, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member associated with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, arranged on request. (Contact the program office for an information sheet.)
Prerequisites: WGS 101 and Permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: Ar
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WGS 301 - Intermediate Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
An interdisciplinary, intermediate level study of topics such as “Women and the Legal System” or “Gender and the History of Psychiatry”. May be taken more than once if the topics differ.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; WGS101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 340 - Transnational Feminisms
Constraints of geography on social and cultural arrangements are receding, a process with implications for the world’s women. Diverse transnational feminists provide different lenses on women’s work in factories, immigration, sex tourism, etc.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.
Course Typically Offered:
Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 360 - Feminism and Cinema
Surveys the involvement of women in cinema by looking at representations of women as well as representations by women. Introduces students to major developments in feminist film theory since its emergence in the 1970’s.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Artistic and Creative Expression, and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 371 - Immigration, Women and Society
Examines the varied and complex experiences of immigrant men and women in the United States. Students will learn about the history of U.S. immigration in general and about the gendered experiences of immigrants in particular. Immigrant experiences will be examined through a lens that views gender as a social system that intersects with other social structures including race, religion, and social class. A central feature of this course is a service-learning oral history project which requires students to interview an immigrant who has immigrated to the United States, incorporate the interviewee’s experiences into an analytical paper, and present the findings at the end of the semester. This course is identical to SOC 371.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.
Prerequisites: WGS 101 and SOC 101, or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Credits: 3
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WGS 401 - Advanced Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
An advanced, interdisciplinary study of topics such as “Interpersonal Violence” or “Global Feminism”. May be taken more than once if the topics differ.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and WGS 101.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
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WGS 410 - Feminist, Gender and Queer Theory
An advanced, interdisciplinary, multicultural introduction to the main traditions of feminist, gender and queer theory.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of Women’s Studies, including WGS 101 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
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WGS 451 - Women’s Sexuality
This class explores the nature of women’s sexualities from a developmental perspective, with the intent of enhancing student’s understanding of how women’s sexuality is shaped, changed, and expressed throughout life: childhood and adolescence; young adulthood; middle adulthood and later life. Moving beyond the traditional focus on sexual functioning, this course emphasizes the complex interaction of psychological, social, cultural, and biological influences on the creation of sexual meanings for women. Students cannot receive credit for WGS 451 after passing WGS/WST 401 with a topic of Women’s Sexuality.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Context and Institutions requirement.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing; WGS 101 or CHF 351 or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 480 - Senior Seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
This integrated, interdisciplinary, and multicultural course provides advanced study of a specific topic in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, such as “Ecofeminism”, Sexuality and the Law” or “Women and Gender in Education”.
General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives, Writing Intensive, and Capstone Experience Requirements.
Prerequisites: WGS 101, WGS 410 and senior standing or permission.
Course Typically Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
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WGS 498 - Directed Study in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Advanced, individual study, field experience, research and writing projects in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and related areas, conducted under the guidance of a faculty member associated with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, arranged on request. (Contact the program office for an information sheet.)
Prerequisites: WST 101; junior or senior standing and permission.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring
Credits: Ar
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Wood Science and Technology |
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SFR 460 - Mill Tour
One-week inspection trip (taken during the second week of spring break) to representative manufacturers of wood and forest products selected for demonstration of typical plant operations. A written report is required.
Prerequisites: Junior standing in Forest Resources programs.
Course Typically Offered: Summer
Credits: 1
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