School of Natural Resources and Environment

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Course Title	Department	Number		Fall	Winter
Ecology of Fishes	NRE	409		No	Yes
Behavioral Ecology & Conservation Biology	NRE	415	Bobbi Low Syllabus	Yes	No
Field Skills in Wildlife Behavior	NRE	416		Yes	No
Biology of Fishes	NRE	422		Yes	No
Biology of Fishes Laboratory	NRE	423		Yes	No
Soil Ecology	NRE	430	Don Zak Syllabus	Yes	No
Woody Plants: Biology and Identification	NRE	436	Syllabus	Yes	No
Biology of Mammals	NRE	451		No	Yes
Environmental Law	NRE	475	Syllabus	No	Yes
Ecosystem Ecology	NRE	476	Don Zak Syllabus	No	Yes
Climate Change: The Move to Action	NRE	480	Syllabus	No	Yes
Sustainable Aquaculture	NRE	501.007	Jim Diana Syllabus	Yes	No
Analysis and Modeling of Ecological Data	NRE	501.010	Ines Ibanez Syllabus	No	Yes
Urban Agriculture	NRE	501.031	MaryCarol Hunter Syllabus		Yes
Transportation Energy & Climate Policy	NRE	501.032	John DeCicco Syllabus		Yes
Sustainable Systems in Developing Countries	NRE	501.036	Ming Xu Syllabus		Yes
Land Use and Global Change	NRE	501.039	Dan Brown	Yes	No
Urban Stormwater: Science, Design, and Management	NRE	501.040	Joan Nassauer Allen Burton	Yes	No
Ecosystem Services	NRE	501.049	Brad Cardinale Syllabus	Yes	No
Macroecology	NRE	501.052	Elizabeth Pringle Syllabus	Yes	No
Poverty, Environment, and Inequality	NRE	501.055	Dorceta Taylor	Yes	No
Climate Change, Tourism, Conservation, and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean	NRE	501.055	Dorceta Taylor Syllabus		Yes
Justice Issues in Conservation and Sustainability	NRE	501.089	Rebecca Hardin Syllabus	Yes
Environmental Systems Analysis	NRE	501.092	Shelie Miller Syllabus	Yes	No
Ecological Design of Human-Dominated Landscapes	NRE	501.098	Joan Nassauer Syllabus	Yes
Institutions and Resources: IFRI Theory and Methods Research Seminar	NRE	501.117	Arun Agrawal Syllabus	Yes	No
Political Ecology, Environmental Security and Conflict	NRE	501.123	Bilal Butt Syllabus	Yes	No
Imprints and Archetypes: History and Theory of Landscape Design	NRE	503	Beth Diamond Syllabus	No	Yes
Human Resource Ecology	NRE	505	Bobbi Low Syllabus	Yes	No
Wetland Ecology	NRE	508	Syllabus	No	Yes
Ecology: Science of Context and Interaction	NRE	509	Bill Currie Johannes Foufopoulos Syllabus	Yes	No
Environmental Decision Making and Governance	NRE	510	Ted Parson Tom Princen Syllabus	Yes	No
Ethics of Corporate Management	NRE	512		Yes	Yes
Strategies for Sustainable Development	NRE	513	Andy Hoffman Syllabus Part 1 Syllabus Part 2	Yes	No
Environmental Impact Assessment	NRE	514		Yes	No
Aquatic Entomology	NRE	516	Mike Wiley Syllabus	No	Yes
Conservation Biology	NRE	517	Brad Cardinale Syllabus	No	Yes
Fluvial Ecosystems	NRE	520		Yes	No
Field Methods in Fluvial Ecosystems	NRE	521		Yes	No
Ecological Risk Assessment	NRE	523	Allen Burton Syllabus	Yes	No
Erb Institute Seminar	NRE	526		Yes	No
Energy Markets and Energy Politics	NRE	527	Tom Lyon Syllabus	Yes	No
Principles of GIS	NRE	531	Dan Brown Syllabus	No	Yes
Natural Resource Conflict Management	NRE	532	Syllabus	Yes	No
Negotiating Skills In Environmental Dispute Resolution	NRE	533	Julia Wondolleck Steve Yaffee Syllabus	Yes	No
GIS and Landscape Modeling	NRE	534	Dan Brown Syllabus	Yes	No
Module on Environmental Mediation	NRE	536	Julia Wondolleck Steve Yaffee Syllabus	No	Yes
Natural Resource Statistics	NRE	538	Syllabus		Yes
GIS and Natural Resource Applications	NRE	540	Syllabus	Yes	No
Remote Sensing of Environment	NRE	541	Kathleen Bergen Syllabus	No	Yes
Environmental Spatial Data Analysis	NRE	543	Syllablus	Yes	No
Forest Ecology in a Changing World	NRE	547	Ines Ibanez Syllabus	Yes
Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development	NRE	550	Tom Gladwin Syllabus	No	Yes
Climate and Development: Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Less Developed Countries	NRE	555	Maria Carmen Lemos Syllabus	Yes	No
Field Ecology	NRE	556		Yes
Industrial Ecology	NRE	557	Greg Keoleian Syllabus	No	Yes
Water Resource Policy	NRE	558	Syllabus	No	Yes
Behavior and Environment: The Psychology of Human-Environment Interaction	NRE	560	Ray DeYoung Syllabus	Yes	No
The Psychology Of Environmental Stewardship	NRE	561	Ray DeYoung Syllabus	No	Yes
Environmental Policy, Politics and Organizations	NRE	562		Yes	No
International Environmental Policy	NRE	563	Maria Carmen Lemos Syllabus		Yes
Public Opinion and the Environment	NRE	566	Paul Mohai Syllabus	Yes	No
Microeconomics With Natural Resource Applications	NRE	570	Michael Moore Syllabus	No	Yes
Sustainable Energy Systems	NRE	574	Greg Keoleian Syllabus	Yes	No
Thinking Analytically for Policy and Decisions	NRE	575	Ted Parson Syllabus	Yes	No
Ecological Design Approaches to Brownfield Redevelopment	NRE	576	Joan Nassauer Syllabus	Yes	No
Environmental Assessment	NRE	580	Josh Newell Syllabus	No	Yes
Advanced Environmental Education	NRE	581	Michaela Zint Syllabus	Yes	Yes
Seminar on CAD	NRE	585		Yes
Visualizing the Environment	NRE	586		Yes	No
Landscape as Environmental Media	NRE	587	Beth Diamond Syllabus	Yes	No
Site Engineering	NRE	588	Syllabus Syllabus	No	Yes
Ecological Restoration	NRE	589	Bob Grese Syllabus	Yes	No
Landscape Ecology Design	NRE	590	Bob Grese Syllabus	No	Yes
Materials and Methods	NRE	591	Stanton Jones Syllabus	Yes	No
Environmental Planning: Issues & Concepts	NRE	592		Yes	No
Environmental Justice	NRE	593		Yes	No
History of Environmental Thought and Activism	NRE	596		No	Yes
Natural Resource Internship - Graduate	NRE	598		Yes	Yes
Directed Research and Special Problems	NRE	600		Yes	Yes
Green Construction and Design	NRE	605	Andy Hoffman Syllabus		Yes
Land Use and Physical Planning Studio	NRE	631		No	Yes
Advanced Seminar in Resource Ecology	NRE	639		Yes	Yes
Introduction to USACE-HEC Modeling Software for River Management	NRE	639.047		No	Yes
Paradigm Shifts in Environmental Science and Management	NRE	639.049		Yes	No
Dimensions of Biodiversity: Examining the Relationships between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems	NRE	639.075	Syllabus	Yes	Yes
Research Methods in Environment and Behavior	NRE	641	Rachel Kaplan Syllabus	No	Yes
Conservation Behavior Seminar	NRE	661		Yes	No
Seminar in Resource Policy and Administration	NRE	662		No	Yes
Localization: Adaptations for the 80% Downshift	NRE	662	Ray DeYoung Tom Princen Syllabus	Yes
Food & Fuel: Research Questions at the Base of the Economy	NRE	664		Yes	No
Advanced Natural Resource Economics	NRE	668		Yes	No
Advanced Environmental Economics	NRE	669		Yes	No
RPB Research Seminar	NRE	677		Yes	Yes
Environmental Quality, Schools, and Health	NRE	677.042		No	No
Advanced Seminar in Water Politics	NRE	677.050		No	Yes
Applied Environ Economics	NRE	677.086		Yes	No
Science Illustration: Field Sketching	NRE	684
Environmental Policy	NRE	686	Syllabus	No	Yes
Landscape Planning and Analysis	NRE	687		No	Yes
Site Planning and Design	NRE	688	Syllabus	No	Yes
Plants and Their Use in the Designed Landscape	NRE	691	MaryCarol Hunter Syllabus	Yes	No
Masters Thesis/Practicum	NRE	700		Yes	Yes
Master's Project Planning	NRE	701	Steve Yaffee Syllabus (draft)	No	Yes
Master's Project	NRE	701		Yes	Yes
Research Paradigms	NRE	741	Rachel Kaplan Syllabus	Yes	No
Metropolitan Studio	NRE	787	Joan Nassauer Syllabus	No	Yes
Topical Interdisciplinary Studio	NRE	791		No	Yes
Dissertation/Precandidate	NRE	990		Yes	Yes
Dissertation/Candidate	NRE	995		Yes	Yes

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