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  • 3.00 Credits

    Addresses how human societies interact with their surroundings, emphasizing cultural understandings of the environment. Introduces variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to topics ranging from problems of the American West to global environmental change. Cross listed with ANTH 4310. Dual listed with ENR 5310. Prerequisite: ANTH 1200.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the new field of global environmental history. The Global Environmental History course will provide a new way of looking at humans, animals, and the lives they've built in the environment and the costs of their decisions to the environment. Cross listed with HIST 4412. Prerequisite: WA or COM 1 Course with grade of C or better.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Addresses the broadest environmental issues facing society (habitat loss, invasion, overexploitation) and the mechanisms driving them, with particular attention to the Intermountain West. Through computer exercises, students also learn how to evaluate conservation efforts and make management recommendations. Cross listed with BOT & ZOO 4420. Prerequisites: LIFE 3400 and one of the following: ENR 3500, STAT 2050, or STAT 2070.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focus incudes study of the chemistry of air, water, and soil as well as the effects of anhropogenic activities onnatural processes. Emhasis is also placed on sustainability and green chemistry practices and technologies.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines how to use negotiation to resolve conflict and get agreement. Describes conflict; outlines ways to address conflict; examines different negotiation strategies and the impact of cognitive bias, power, ethics, and individual and cultural differences; and explores mediation practices. Students complete negotiations, role-plays, and questionnaires. Cross listed with AGEC 4450. Dual listed with ENR 5450. Prerequisites: Completion of USP O or COM2 requirement; junior standing.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Introduces basic concepts of risk analysis, including risk perception, identification, assessment, communication, management, and policy. Provides quantitative treatment of risk assessment procedures, fundamental mathematical models, and the concepts of variability and uncertainty; and practical experience in risk analyses conducted by teams of students. Emphasizes environment and natural resource examples. Prerequisites: MATH 1000 or 1400, introductory statistics and familiarity with Excel spreadsheets.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Laboratory section in which students use computer software to apply Monte Carlo analysis and Decision Analysis to environmental case studies. Laboratory section facilitates application of principles of risk analysis in decision-making presented in lecture in ENR 4500/5500. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in ENR 4500/5500.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Explores fundamentals of environmental data analysis including the displayand description of data, uncertainty propagation, statistical significance and power, t-tests, ANOVA, time series, serial correlation, multiple regression, and sample collection strategies. Students must enroll in a computer-based lab session and complete a term project involving real-world problems in data analysis. Dual listed with ENR 5525. Cross listed with GEOL 4525. Prerequisites: C or higher in STAT 2050, STAT 2070, or MATH 2200; junior standing; at least one upper-division course in the natural sciences or a related field.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on using an analytical perspective for maximizing joint gains between negotiators. The student will learn analytical techniques to prepare for negotiation, evaluate options and proposals during a negotiation, and evaluate negotiated outcomes with respect to maximization of joint gains and fairness criteria. Cross listed with AGEC 4550. Dual listed with ENR 5550. Prerequisites: Completion of QA or Q.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces students to foundational concepts in social entrepreneurship applies them to environmental conservation issues. Students will learn the legal, financial, and ecological concepts underpinning entrepreneurial approaches to conservation. Students will apply concepts to real world examples to understand the strength and weaknesses of these approaches.