Course title, with lab L > course grade
Most course descriptions are from the Oregon State University course catalog, with some words and phrases from the University of Arizona course catalog.
FW 251 PRINCIPLES OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION > B+
History of conservation and natural resource use. Ecological principles and social and economic limitations of conservation. Principles and practices of wildlife and fisheries management. Role of research in management.
FW 255 WILDLIFE TECHNIQUES, L > B
Introduction to sampling populations and communities of vertebrates, with an emphasis on sampling design, collection and management of data, and communication of results. Laboratory exercises and field practicums.
FW 310 WILDLIFE BIOLOGY: MAMMALS, L > B
Origins, evolution, diversity, and adaptations. Topics included taxonomy, reproduction, sensory perception, herbivory, population cycles, and behavior. Laboratory: Systematics of mammals, phylogenetic diversity of the mammals of Oregon, identification, use of keys, and measurement of specimens.
FW 311 WILDLIFE BIOLOGY: BIRDS, L > B
Origins, anatomy, reproductive strategies, migration, flight, behavior, physiology, nutrition, and conservation. Laboratory: Systematics of birds, external anatomy, and field identification of birds by sight and song.
FW 313 ICHTHYOLOGY, L > A
Physiological and zoogeographical adaptations, reproduction, evolution, cladogenesis, morphology, behavior, and genetics. Laboratory: Phylogenetic diversity of fishes, especially Oregon fishes. Identification, anatomy, use of keys, taxonomy, and field collections.
FW 320 INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION DYNAMICS, L > B
Principles and concepts of population dynamics related to fish and wildlife populations. Methods of estimating abundance, mortality, sustainable harvest levels, and extinction risk. Hands-on introduction to models for population and yield analysis. Laboratory/computer exercises demonstrate and reinforce concepts presented in lecture.
FW 321 FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE RESOURCE ECOLOGY > A
Community and ecosystem ecology, including their use in management of fisheries and wildlife resource systems.
FW 407B SEMINAR: HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT > P
Weekly seminar featuring topics related to human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management.
FW 558 MANAGEMENT OF BIG GAME ANIMALS, L > B
Ecology of herbivorous big game mammals in North America. Population dynamics, harvest management, techniques used to determine abundance, diets, and reproduction. Cultural and political variables that contribute to formulation of management programs. Field practicums and laboratory exercises.
FW 581 WILDLIFE ECOLOGY > B
Writing Intensive Course. Interrelationships of wildlife, environment, and humans. Evaluation of properties and habitats of wildlife populations. Small group project, including paper and oral presentation.
CH 204, 205, 206 GENERAL CHEMISTRY, L > A, A, A
General principles, concepts, and terminology of chemistry. Introduction to analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, and nuclear chemistry. Introduction to laboratory experiments, instrumentation, and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports. Laboratory safety.
CH 325 QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY, L > B
Principles of quantitative chemistry, including stoichiometry, equilibrium principles, titrimetric and photometric analysis, analytical separation processes, and experimental data analysis. Laboratory experiments. Utilization of instrumentation and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results.
CH 331, 332, 333 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY > A, A, A
Service courses covering aliphatic and aromatic chemistry. Introduction to nomenclature, mechanism, and synthesis.
CH 337 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB > A
Introduction to the organic chemistry laboratory, including experiments, instrumentation, and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports. Laboratory safety.
PH 201, 202, 203 GENERAL PHYSICS, L > A, A, B
Introductory survey course covering a broad spectrum of classical and modern physics with applications. Topics include motion, forces, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, angular momentum, conservation laws, gravitation, fluids, thermal physics, sound, waves, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and relativity. Laboratory experiments demonstrate and reinforce concepts presented in lecture. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
ST 311, 312 PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS > A, B
Design of experiments, descriptive statistics, the normal curve, probability, chance variability, sampling, confidence intervals for averages and percentages, tests of significance for averages and percentages for one and two samples, Student’s t curve, chi-square tests, nonparametric tests, correlation, and regression.
ST 351 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS, L > A
Descriptive statistics, random variables, normal distribution, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests for means using one and two samples. Computer laboratory exercises. Development of skills in statistical analysis, including data entry and collection and interpretation and discussion of results in formal reports.
ST 511 METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS, L > A
Graphical, parametric, and nonparametric methods for comparing two samples. One-way and two-way analysis of variance. Simple linear regression. Computer laboratory exercises. Development of skills in statistical analysis, including selection of appropriate statistical test/method, data entry and collection, and interpretation and discussion of results in formal reports.
AREC 352X NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ECONOMICS > A
Explains key economic concepts for valuing environmental resources. Economics-based analysis of the allocation, management, and ownership of natural resources, including forests, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, water resources, and land. Conceptual topics, theoretical models, and policy applications. Analysis of the interrelationships between economic activity, government policies, and the environment. Causes and effects of alternative institutions governing the use of natural resources, with a focus on property rights, legal rules, regulations, and administrative agencies. Benefits and costs of economic growth. Economics of environmental quality and social costs of pollution. 3 to 5 case studies introduce students to economic analysis of natural resource and environmental issues and policies.
AREC 405 READING AND CONFERENCE: PUBLIC LAND LAW AND POLICY ANALYSIS > A
Policies guiding the homesteading and economic development of the western states. Laws and policies guiding the regulation and use of water, grazing, timber, and mineral resources. Constitutional, administrative, and historical foundations of federal natural resources law and related public policy. Applicable case law emphasizing water, range, mineral, wildlife, and recreation resources.
RNG 350 GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND ECOSYSTEMS > B
Principles and terminology of grassland and shrubland ecology. Spatio-temporal dynamics of structure, function, and process in North American grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Water, nutrient cycles, and energy pathways in the context of the variable driving forces of climate (drought), herbivory, and fire. Effects of temperature, drought, fire, and herbivory on plant morphology, physiology, reproduction, and growth. Primary characteristics of each ecoregion throughout the semiarid and arid areas of North America. Basic ecology of each region, including important plant species, climate patterns, soil types, and topography. Field trip to Crooked River National Grassland in central Oregon.
Z 421 EMBRYOLOGY, L > B
An integrated molecular, cellular, and whole organism approach. Sequential embryonic events from gametogenesis through organogenesis. Discussion of experiments involving mechanisms of these events; cellular interactions, pattern formation, regulation of gene expression, and cellular differentiation. Lab emphasizes descriptive vertebrate embryology with introduction to experimental methods.
Z 422 COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY, L > C
Descriptive, experimental, and historical approach to the study of evolution and anatomy of all organ systems of vertebrates. Laboratory emphasizes vertebrate developmental anatomy.
Z 431, 432 MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGY, L > C, B
Physiology of organ systems in vertebrates with emphasis on mammals. Systems to be considered include the nervous, excretory (renal), endocrine, reproductive, respiratory, and circulatory. Laboratory exercises and experiments. Utilization of instrumentation and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
** Wrote 2 of the 6 laboratory reports for the lab group of 3.
Z 573 HERPETOLOGY, L > A-
World families and distribution. Evolution, population biology, life histories, and current literature. Laboratory: Systematics and phylogenetic diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the United States. Identification and use of keys. Field trip to Cascade Range.
BOT 221 SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, L > A
Vascular plant classification, diversity, and evolutionary relationships. Laboratory emphasized the collection and identification of ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants in Oregon. Laboratory exercises and field practicums.
BI 211, 212, 213 BIOLOGY, L > A, A, B
Origins of life, energy transformations, plant and animal diversity, cell biology, organ systems, plant and animal physiology, genetics, evolution, natural selection, and ecology. Laboratory exercises demonstrate and reinforce concepts presented in lecture. Utilization of instrumentation and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
BI 350 COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR > B
Concepts of behavior. Sensory receptors, internal mechanisms, and governing responses. Learning and habituation. Social organization and communication.
BI 360 CELL BIOLOGY, L > C
In-depth study of eukaryotic cells with emphasis on relationships between structural components and functional processes within and between cells. Topics include nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments, organization and assembly of the cytoskeleton, and abnormal cell development. Laboratory experiments to study the structure and functions of eukaryotic cells. Utilization of instrumentation and equipment. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
BI 370 GENERAL ECOLOGY > A
Interactions between organisms and their biotic and abiotic environments at the population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels of organization.
BI 425 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY > B
An integrated molecular, cellular, and whole organism approach. Sequential embryonic events from gametogenesis through organogenesis. Discussion of experiments involving mechanisms of these events; cellular interactions, pattern formation, regulation of gene expression, and cellular differentiation.
GEN 311 GENETICS > A
Fundamentals of Mendelian, quantitative, population, molecular, and developmental genetics.
MB 302 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY > A
Emphasis on cytology, physiology, virology, growth and control of growth with coverage of the role of microorganisms in nature, in disease, and as useful tools.
MB 303 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB > A
Introduction to laboratory tests, techniques and methods used for the isolation, culture and identification of microorganisms, including aseptic technique, microscopy and plating and staining techniques. Types of culture media. Exercises designed to demonstrate and reinforce concepts covered in MB 302. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
MB 431X PATHOGENIC MICROBIOLOGY LAB > B
Laboratory tests, techniques and methods used for the isolation, culture and identification of pathogenic microorganisms, including aseptic technique, microscopy and plating and staining techniques. Emphasis on bacteria. Laboratory exercises and experiments to demonstrate and reinforce concepts presented in the Pathogenic Microbiology lecture course, which focuses on bacteria pathogenic for humans, emphasizing the structural, physiological and genetic mechanisms of pathogenesis and the role of the immune system in pathogenesis and protection. Development of laboratory skills, including setting up experiments, utilizing techniques, performing procedures and tests, collecting data, and interpreting and discussing results in formal laboratory reports.
BB 450, 451 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY > A, A
Introduction to structure, function, and metabolism of proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, carbohydrates, and lipids.
MTH 200 DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS > A
Differential calculus for engineers and scientists. Rates of change: the derivative, velocity, and acceleration. The algebraic rules of differential calculus and derivatives of polynomial, rational, and trigonometric functions. Maximum-minimum problems, curve sketching, and other applications. Antiderivatives and simple motion problems.
MTH 201 INTEGRAL CALCULUS > B
Definite integrals, elementary applications to area, force, and work. Integral tables and basic techniques of integration, calculus of logarithmic and exponential functions, polar coordinates, applications to areas, volumes, force, work, and growth and decay problems.
MTH 203 MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS AND VECTORS > A
Vectors, vector functions, and curves in two and three dimensions. Surfaces, partial derivatives, gradients, and directional derivatives. Multiple integrals in rectangular, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Physical and geometric applications.
GEOG 106 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY > A
Overview of physical, economic, and cultural geography of regions of the world.
GEOG 313 GEOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST > B
Physical, economic, cultural, historical, agricultural, and environmental geography of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, with an emphasis on Oregon.
GEOG 328 GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA > A
Physical, economic, cultural, historical, and agricultural geography of Latin America.
PS 474 BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS AND POLICY (NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY) > B+
Investigates relations between natural resource policies, such as the Endangered Species Act or the National Forest Management Act, and agencies responsible for administering them, such as the National Marine Fisheries Service or U.S. Forest Service. Organizational culture and conflicts, external support and opposition, relations with interest groups and elected officials, state and local agencies, the media, and public pressures are discussed.
PHL 443 VALUES AND HUMAN ECOLOGY/WORLD VIEWS AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES > B+
World views (secular and religious, Western and Eastern, modern and ancient) and how they affect concepts of nature, environmental values, and selected environmental issues.
BA 217 BASIC ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS > A
Looks at how the accounting model reflects business transactions and events. Students are introduced to both financial and managerial accounting and the creation, interpretation, and analysis of financial statements. In addition, students obtain an understanding of the determination, organization, and management of costs and revenues including management decisions based upon this information.