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  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Selected topics on current research in the botanical sciences. Offered for S/U only. Prerequisite: 15 hours of botany or biology.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores fundamental concepts in evolutionary biology including evolutionary ecology, population genetics, and speciation with an emphasis on both theoretical frameworks and practical applications. Discussion included. Cross listed with ECOL/ZOO 5060. Prerequisite: graduate student in good standing.
  • 4.00 Credits

    This combined lecture and laboratory course introduces students to the fundamentals of remote sensing with a strong emphasis on vegetation, land cover and environmental applications. Students learn to use digital spectral data to distinguish characteristics of the terrestrial biosphere important for ecological and land management applications. Dual listed with BOT 5111; cross listed with GEOG 4111. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
  • 2.00 Credits

    A laboratory course to supplement BOT/GEOL 4111/5111 with exercises and practical problems dealing with the application of remote sensing to tectonics, geomorphology, peleoclimate, structure, stratigraphy, environmental geology and geologic hazards. Dual listed with GEOL 5112. Prerequisites: BOT/ GEOL 4111/5111 or concurrent enrollment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Address principles and applications of remote sensing to crop and rangeland management. Provides an overview of remote sensing concepts and applications pertaining to crops, shrubs and range vegetation. In laboratory, students will learn to process remotely sensed data for mapping and monitoring crop and rangelands. Dual listed with BOT 4130; cross listed with RNEW 5130. Prerequisites: QA course and 9 credit hours in student's major field and junior/senior standing.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Independent research into problems on the remote sensing of vegetation using satellite technology. Prerequisite: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to 1) improve content knowledge in Microbiology, with a specific focus on plant-microbe interactions and their application to ecology, conservation, agriculture, and rangeland management, and 2) to enhance oral presentation skills. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Includes lecture and laboratory. Specific topics include a review of remote sensing fundamentals and methods for using high spatial resolution data, hyperspectral data, active remote sensing, advanced image processing, advanced classification techniques and statistical techniques specific to exploring remotely sensed data. Dual listed with BOT 4211; cross listed with GEOG 5211. Prerequisite: BOT/GEOG 4111 or GEOL 4113 and graduate standing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores major topics of physical oceanography, marine biodiversity and ecology, and human impacts on the ocean. Emphasis is placed on reading, evaluating, and synthesizing primary literature. Dual listed with BOT 4235. Cross listed with ZOO 5235. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
  • 4.00 Credits

    An examination of the ecology and evolution of land plants throughout Earth history that emphasizes the profound impact plants have had on Earth's surface and atmosphere. Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and laboratory, the course will explore fossilized plant communities, their ecological properties, and effects of major environmental upheavals. Dual listed with BOT 4280. Cross listed with GEOL 5280. Prerequisite: graduate standing.