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NRM
101
(3
Credits)
Fall
Natural
Resources
Conservation
and
Policy
(3+0)
Conservation
of
natural
resources
including
history,
ecological
and
social
foundations.
Examines
principles
of
sustained
yield,
carrying
capacity,
supply
and
demand,
and
world
population
growth
as
applied
to
agriculture,
range,
forest,
wildlife,
fisheries,
recreation,
minerals
and
energy
management.
A
wide
range
of
perspectives
is
presented
to
help
students
develop
a
personal
philosophy
toward
natural
resources.
Prepare
a
multiple
resource
observation
plan
for
an
undeveloped
area
on
campus.
All-day
field
trips
required
the
first
two
Saturdays
of
the
semester.
Other
field
trips
optional.
(Prerequisite:
Placement
in
ENGL
111X.)
NRM
102
(1
-
2
credits)
Fall,
Spring
Practicum
in
Natural
Resources
Management
Practical
experience
in
natural
resources
management.
Supervised
individual
study
on
a
farm,
in
a
greenhouse,
managed
forest,
agency
or
business,
or
another
approved
location.
(Prerequisites:
Natural
Resource
Management
majors
only
and
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
106
(1
Credit)
Spring
Orientation
to
Natural
Resource
Management
(1+0)
Overview
of
career
opportunities
in
natural
resources.
Includes
discussions
with
research
faculty
and
upper
class
students
involved
in
various
aspects
of
resource
management
issues.
NRM
153
(1
Credit)
As
Demand
Warrants
Chainsaw
and
Forest
Equipment
Use
(1+1)
Introduction
to
safe
and
proper
use
and
maintenance
of
field
equipment.
Includes
chainsaws,
bush
saws,
axes,
increment
borers,
lasers,
GPS
units
and
other
hand
held
equipment.
Chainsaw
portion
includes
safety,
protective
clothing,
maintenance
(break
down,
chain
sharpening,
operation),
felling
and
bucking
techniques.
Graded
pass/fail.
NRM
161
(1
Credit)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Wilderness
Leadership
Education
Introduction
to
outdoor
education.
Includes
the
practical
aspects
and
philosophy
of
quality
judgment
decision
making,
environmental
education
techniques,
and
leadership
development
in
the
wilderness
setting.
Introduces
the
Wilderness
Education
Association's
18
essential
components
of
wilderness
leadership
and
backcountry
safety.
Successful
completion
earns
certification
in
the
Wilderness
Stewardship
Program.
This
demanding
educational
field
program
requires
travel
through
rough
un-trailed
terrain
with
heavy
packs
(one-third
of
body
weight)
and
average
strength
and
stamina.
No
use
of
alcohol,
tobacco,
illegal
drugs
or
firearms.
(Prerequisites:
Permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
BIOL
104,
NRM
101
and
physical
geography.)
NRM
204
(3
Credits)
Spring
Public
Lands
Law
and
Policy
(3+0)
Background
on
selected
federal
lands
management
legislation
and
agency
policies
affecting
resources
conservation,
development,
and
preservation.
NRM
211
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Applied
Plant
Science
(2+3)
Basic
principles
and
requirements
for
plant
growth
and
development
with
special
attention
to
the
production
and
management
of
field
and
greenhouse
grown
crops.
NRM
212
(3
Credits)
Spring
Greenhouse
Management
(3+0)
The
greenhouse
as
a
controlled
environment
for
research,
education
and
commercial
production
of
plants;
the
physical
environment;
environmental
controls
and
monitors;
plant
cultivation
techniques
and
crop
scheduling
useful
in
plant
science
and
commercial
production.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
215
(3
Credits)
Fall
Plant
Propagation
(2+3)
Principles
and
practices
of
plant
propagation
useful
in
horticulture,
botany,
forestry,
agronomy,
revegetation
projects
and
plant
research.
Emphasis
on
both
macro-
and
micropropagation
(tissue
culture)
of
Alaska
native
plants
by
seeds,
spores
and
vegetative
propagules
such
as
cuttings.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
211
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
251
(4
credits)
Spring
Silvics
and
Dendrology
(3+3)
Addresses
ecological
requirements
and
characteristics
of
tree
species
of
the
Northern
Forest
and
western
North
American
forest;
silvical
characteristics
including
range,
climate,
soils,
shade
tolerance,
growth,
and
principal
enemies.
Family
and
species
characteristics
for
identification
on
sight
or
with
a
key.
Field
trips
required.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106
and
271
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
277
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Introduction
to
Conservation
Biology
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
BIOL
277)
Introduction
to
the
basic
ecological,
genetic,
management,
legal,
and
historical
developments
in
conservation
biology
and
focused
efforts
to
manage
biological
diversity
resources,
with
a
status
review
of
important
habitats
and
endangered
species.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
290
(2
Credits)
Spring
Resource
Management
Issues
at
High
Latitudes
(0+6)
Broad
perspective
of
high
latitude
resource
management
issues.
On-site
analyses
of
resource
management
needs,
opportunities,
and/or
conflicts
in
the
industries
of:
agriculture,
forestry,
mining,
seafood,
petroleum,
recreation,
and
tourism.
Includes
10
day
field
trip.
Students
must
provide
own
sleeping
gear,
rain
gear,
and
hiking
boots.
Students
must
be
able
to
hike
forest
trails
and
camp
under
conditions
of
inclement
weather.
May
be
repeated
for
credit
with
instructor's
permission.
Materials
fee:
$175.00.
(Prerequisites:
Permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
300
(1
-
6
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Internship
in
Natural
Resources
Management
Supervised
pre-professional
experience
in
a
business
or
agency
(public
or
private).
Open
to
students
majoring
or
minoring
in
natural
resources
management
only.
Course
may
be
repeated
for
credit
up
to
a
maximum
of
6
credits.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101,
junior
standing,
3.0
GPA,
permission
of
instructor,
and
an
approved
internship
plan.)
NRM
303X
(3
Credits)
Spring
Environmental
Ethics
and
Actions
(3+0) h
Exploration
of
the
history
of
modern
Western
views
of
the
relationship
between
people
and
nature,
alternative
foundations
for
an
environmental
ethic
(utilitarianism,
spiritual
activity,
rights-based,
and
respect-based
ethics)
and
practices
of
such
ethics
in
business,
profession,
and
general
lifestyle
today.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
304O
(3
Credits)
Fall
Perspectives
in
Natural
Resources
Management
(3+0)
Analysis
of
philosophical/ethical,
economic,
scientific,
and
political
foundations
of
diverse
natural
resource
management
perspectives.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101,
COMM
131X
or
141X,
junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
310O
(3
Credits)
Fall
Agricultural
Concepts
(3+0)
Food
and
fiber
origins
are
traced
through
world
production
techniques
and
use
patterns
to
show
how
components
of
the
agricultural
industry
(government,
multinational
corporations
and
consumers)
are
affected
by
and
can
affect
policy,
production,
marketing
and
end-products.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X
and
106;
COMM
131X
or
141X.)
NRM
312
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Introduction
to
Range
Management
(3+0)
Applied
ecological
treatment
of
soil,
plant
and
grazing
animal
relationships
on
uncultivated
lands.
Origin
of
the
discipline,
management
practices,
important
rangelands
of
North
America;
emphasis
on
Alaska's
rangelands
and
grazers.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106X,
BIOL
239
or
permission
of
instructor;
NRM
320,
321
recommended.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
313
(4
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Introduction
to
Plant
Pathology
(3+3)
Plant
pathology;
non-parasitic
and
parasitic
causes
of
plant
diseases;
methods
of
plant
infestation
and
mechanism
of
plant
defenses;
epidemiology
and
disease
control.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106X;
BIOL
239
recommended.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
320
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Introduction
to
Animal
Science
(2+3)
Origin,
history,
and
economic
significance
of
breeds
of
dairy
and
beef
cattle,
swine,
sheep,
and
poultry.
Discussion
of
reindeer,
bison,
and
muskoxen.
Management
and
production
systems
with
special
reference
to
Alaska.
(Prerequisite:
A
course
in
general
biology.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
321
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Applied
Animal
Nutrition
(2+3)
Application
of
feeding
standards
and
feedstuffs
analysis
to
the
nutrition
of
farm
animals.
Comparative
anatomy
of
the
digestive
system
of
pig,
horse,
and
cow.
(Prerequisite:
A
course
in
general
biology.)
NRM
338
(3
credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Geographic
Information
Systems
(2+3)
(Cross-listed
with
GEOG
338)
Geographic
data
concepts
including
mapping
systems,
data
sources,
editing
data,
GIS
analysis
and
computer
mapping.
Introduction
to
Global
Positioning
Systems.
GIS
applications
in
natural
resources
management.
(Prerequisite:
Knowledge
of
PC's
or
unix
workstations
desirable.)
NRM
340
(3
Credits)
Spring
Natural
Resources
Measurement
and
Inventory
(2+3)
Techniques
and
instrumentations
used
to
measure
and
inventory
natural
resources,
including
land,
timber,
range,
wildlife,
water,
and
recreation
resources.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
NRM
341
(4
Credits)
Spring
GIS
Analysis
(3+3)
(Cross-listed
with
GEOG
341)
GIS
analysis
of
natural
resources
including
spatial
query,
attribute
query,
vector,
grid,
image,
topographic
and
network
analysis
techniques.
NRM
351
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Silviculture
for
Wildlife
Managers
(3+0)
Examines
the
biological,
environmental
and
silvicultural
concepts
essential
for
successful
manipulation
of
forest,
woodland
and
shrubland
vegetation
for
wildlife
and
fish
habitat.
Emphasis
on
temperate
and
boreal
forest
ecosystems
of
North
America.
Includes
stand
characterization,
thinning,
timber
harvest
and
silviculture
systems
(regeneration
methods)
e.g.,
clear-cut,
shelterwood,
selection,
coppice
and
forest
health.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
BIOL
106X,
BIOL
271,
NRM
101
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
353
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Forest
Regeneration
(3+0)
Forest
regeneration
from
preharvest
prescription
through
free-to-grow
stages.
Includes
preharvest
prescription,
ecosystem
functions
and
processes,
forest
genetic
seed
collection
and
processing,
natural
and
artificial
regeneration,
planting,
site
preparation,
and
vegetation
management.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106X
or
271;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
361
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Advanced
Wilderness
Leadership
Education
Study
natural
environment.
Concentration
on
outdoor
leadership,
environmental
ethics,
minimum
impact
camping,
forest
and
arctic
natural
history,
and
adaptable
judgement
and
decision-making.
Includes
hiking
through
boreal
forest
and
along
tundra
ridges,
river
crossing,
glacier
ascent,
and
skills
to
do
these
activities
safety.
This
demanding
educational
field
program
of
26
days
requires
travel
through
rough
un-trailed
terrain
with
heavy
packs
(one-third
of
body
weight)
and
average
strength
and
stamina.
No
use
of
alcohol,
tobacco,
illegal
drugs
or
firearms.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
or
equivalent;
NRM
161
or
equivalent.
Recommended:
NRM/GEOG
463
and
NRM
465.)
NRM
365W
(3
Credits)
Spring
Principles
of
Outdoor
Recreation
Management
(2+3)
Theories,
practices,
economics,
and
problems
fundamental
to
the
use
of
land
and
related
natural
resources
for
recreation.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
Junior
standing,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
370
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Watershed
Management
(2+3)
The
hydrologic
cycle
and
the
influence
of
land
management
techniques
on
water
quantity,
quality,
and
timing.
Water
yield,
soil
erosion
and
non-point
pollution,
snowpack
management,
and
land
use
alternatives.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
and
GEOS
101X
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
375
(3
Credits)
Fall
Forest
Ecology
(2+3)
Basic
forest
ecology
concepts
including
work
on
the
physical
(wind,
temperature,
water,
etc.),
biotic
(population
and
community
dynamics),
genetic
and
successional
and
landscape
dynamics
and
how
this
basic
information
can
be
used
in
development
of
wise
management
plans
for
forest
ecosystems.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
251.)
NRM
380W
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Soils
and
the
Environment
(2+3)
Soil
development
and
classification;
physical
and
chemical
properties;
biological
activity;
water
movement
and
nutrient
cycling
in
natural
and
manipulated
ecosystems.
(Prerequisites:
CHEM
105
and
ENGL
111X.)
NRM
400W
(3
Credits)
Spring
Fisheries
Science
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
FISH
400W)
The
subject
of
fishery
science
is
reviewed
to
reflect
the
emerging
concept
of
a
study
area
integrated
over
a
broad
sweep
of
disciplines:
oceanography,
limnology,
marine
biology,
fish
population
dynamics,
aquaculture,
economics,
processing,
product
quality
and
development,
and
marketing.
Demonstrates
how
such
different
subjects
have
feedback
loops
to
one
another
and
stresses
the
science
fundamentals
involved.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
and
one
200-level
biology
class.
Co-requisite:
STAT
200
[STAT
373-J].)
NRM
401W,O/2
(3
Credits)
Fairbanks,
Fall
Fisheries
Management
(3+0)
Juneau,
Alternate
Fall
(Cross-listed
with
FISH
401W,O/2)
Principles,
concepts
and
techniques
of
fisheries
management
in
terms
of
their
biological,
economic,
social
and
political
aspects.
Topics
are
stocking
and
introductions,
habitat
manipulation,
sustainable
yield,
regulation,
management
organizations
and
their
responsibilities.
Examples
of
several
fisheries
are
used
to
clarify
concepts
and
practices.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271;
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
ENGL
111X.)
NRM
404
(3
Credits)
Spring
Environmental
Impact
Statement
Law
(3+0)
Review
of
environmental
impact
statement
requirements
under
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Act.
Review
of
case
law
development
over
the
past
28
years
in
the
federal
district,
circuit
and
supreme
courts.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
and
sophomore
standing.)
NRM
405W
(2
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
NRM
406W
(2
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Senior
Thesis
in
Natural
Resources
Management
I
and
II
(2+0)
Problem-solving
with
emphasis
on
writing
and
analysis.
Individual
project
under
the
guidance
of
faculty
sponsor
involving
formulation
of
a
question
in
natural
resources
management
and
preparation
of
a
formal,
comprehensive
written
report.
First
semester:
thesis
proposal,
presentation
and
research.
Second
semester:
final
thesis
and
presentation.
(Prerequisites
for
NRM
405:
ENGL
111X,
NRM
core,
senior
standing,
senior
thesis
orientation
workshop
or
permission
of
instructor.
Prerequisite
for
NRM
406:
ENGL
111X
and
NRM
405.)
NRM
407
(3
Credits)
Spring
Environmental
Law
(3+0)
The
role
of
common
law
theory
in
regulatory,
statutory,
and
constitutional
interpretation
in
the
field
of
environmental
protection,
including
air
and
water
pollution,
toxic/hazardous
substances,
and
land-use
regulation.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
or
senior
class
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
412
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Field
Crop
Production
(3+0)
Agronomic
principles
and
practices
involved
in
the
production,
storage,
marketing,
and
utilization
of
field
crops.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
211.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
420
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Animal
Nutrition
and
Metabolism
3+0)
Nutrition
and
metabolism
of
domestic
animals;
ruminant
and
monogastric.
(Prerequisites:
CHEM
105X,
106;
biochemistry
recommended.)
NRM
425
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Ungulate
Management
and
Production
Systems
(2+3)
Functional
biology
of
large
herbivores
(ungulates)
and
the
management
of
world's
grazing
systems.
Production
strategies
(cropping,
herding
ranching,
and
farming)
as
they
pertain
to
productive
and/or
commercial
management
of
wild
ungulates
with
emphasis
on
Alaska's
species.
Laboratory
presents
specific
examples
with
guest
lecturers,
films,
and
an
introduction
to
modeling
of
grazing
systems.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X-106X
and
a
wildlife
or
animal
science
course
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
430
(3
Credits)
Fall
Resource
Management
Planning
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
630)
Application
of
planning
and
conflict
resolution
principles
to
natural
resources
management.
Examines
plans
prepared
in
response
to
current
Alaska
resource
disputes,
including
wolf,
brown
bear,
boreal
forest,
and
recreation
river
plans.
Includes
public
involvement,
consensus
building,
the
basic
steps
in
the
planning
process,
and
resource
dispute
simulations.
Review
resource
management
plans
and
develop
plans
for
a
local
resource
management
issue.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
NRM
431
(3
Credits)
Spring
Wildlife
Law
and
Policy
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
WLF
431)
Study
of
laws
and
agencies
shaping
wildlife
management
in
North
America.
History
and
current
status
of
major
policy
issues.
Organization
of
and
funding
sources
for
state
and
federal
programs
in
wildlife
conservation.
(Prerequisite:
A
3
credit
course
in
wildlife
management
principles
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
438
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Arc
Macro
Language
GIS
Programming
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
GEOG
438)
Arc
macro
language.
Programming
of
pop-up
menus
and
tools
for
GIS
editing,
display,
and
analysis.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
338
or
equivalent.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
450
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Forest
Management
(3+0)
Forest
land
management
for
production
of
goods
and
services;
relation
of
timber
production
to
other
forest
land
uses.
Sustained
yield,
allowable
cut,
information
needs,
valuation,
decision
making.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
251,
340,
ECON
235
(or
equivalent),
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
451W
(3
credits)
Alternate
Spring
Silviculture
(2+3)
Examines
biological,
environmental,
and
silvicultural
considerations
essential
for
successful
regeneration
and
maintenance
of
boreal
and
western
North
American
forests.
For
persons
in
land
management,
including
timber,
woodlot,
wildfire
habitat,
streamside,
aesthetics.
Provides
intense
look
at
science
and
art
of
forest
stand
management.
Involves
considerable
critical
writing.
Field
trips
required.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
271,
ENGL
111X,
NRM
251,
junior
standing,
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
452
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Forest
Health
and
Protection
(3+0)
Principles
and
practical
management
systems
for
protection
from
fire,
insects,
and
diseases.
Factors
in
managing
forest
ecosystems,
problems
and
techniques
important
in
high
latitude
forests,
especially
in
Alaska.
(Prerequisites:
BIOL
105X,
106X,
271,
BIOL
239;
NRM
251
or
instructor's
permission.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
453
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Harvesting
and
Utilization
of
Forest
Products
(2+3)
Manual
and
mechanized
timber
harvesting
systems
including
timber
cutting,
yarding,
and
transport
processes.
Technology
of
processing
wood
into
various
products
including
lumber,
plywood,
veneer,
pulp,
and
energy.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
and
251
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
459
(1
Credit)
Alternate
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
(Stacked
with
NRM
659)
Boreal
Forest
Management
and
Soils
(.5+0+30)
n
Field
trip
in
the
Tanana
Valley
to
address
forest
management
and
soils.
Includes
sites
from
Fairbanks
to
Northway
and
south
to
the
Alaska
Range.
Includes
soils
of
aeolian,
glacial,
fluvial,
residual
landforms,
supporting
conifer,
mixed
conifer-hardwood,
and
hardwood
forests.
Includes
wildfire
sites,
young
plantations,
immature
forest
stands,
mature
forest,
subalpine
and
thermokarst
sites.
Requires
appropriate
clothing/foot
gear;
provide
own
camping
gear
(sleeping
bag,
bedroll);
able
to
walk
on
uneven
or
rocky
ground
through
brush;
physically
fit
for
long
days
and
field
work.
Material
fee:
$160.
(Prerequisites:
Soils
course;
ecology
course;
B.S.
degree
in
agriculture
or
natural
resources;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Graded
Pass/Fail.)
NRM
461
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Interpretive
Services
(3+0)
Naturalist
and
other
visitor
programs
in
outdoor
recreation
areas:
philosophy,
planning,
and
development
of
interpretive
programs;
resources,
agencies,
users,
interpretive
media,
and
program
evaluation.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
462
(3
Credits)
Fall
Alaskan
Environmental
Education
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
462)
Utilization
of
the
environment
inside
and
outside
the
formal
classroom
in
all
subject
areas.
Curriculum
materials
(K
-
12),
interpretive
and
audiovisual
aids,
problem
solving,
and
applications
to
situations
from
the
public
schools
to
summer
camps,
short
courses,
and
workshops
for
individuals
of
any
age.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
463
(3
Credits)
Fall
Wilderness
Concepts
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
663
and
GEOG
663
and
cross-listed
with
GEOG
463)
Discovery
of
wilderness
concepts,
including
the
history
and
evolution
of
wilderness
thought,
the
contemporary
meaning
of
wilderness,
and
survey
of
economic
and
noneconomic
wilderness
values
for
individuals
and
society.
NRM
464
(3
Credits)
Spring
Wilderness
Management
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
GEOG
464)
Wilderness
ecology
and
land
management
practices
on
lands
designated
as
wilderness.
Plus,
visitor
management
regimes
are
analyzed.
Both
national
and
international
views
of
wilderness
are
presented.
(Prerequisite:
A
basic
course
in
ecology,
resource
management,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
465
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Outdoor
Recreation
Planning
(3+0)
Allocations
of
natural
resources
for
recreational
purposes,
including
concomitant
services.
Macrobehavioral
patterns
influencing
the
allocation
process.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
and
ECON
235
or
equivalent,
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
480
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Soil
Management
for
Quality
and
Conservation
(3+0)
Managing
soil
in
disturbed
and
natural
ecosystems
to
reduce
soil
losses
and
maintain
or
improve
soil
quality.
Methods
for
maintaining
soil
quality,
preserving
soil
against
loss
from
erosion,
remediating
contaminated
soil,
and
reclaiming
degraded
soils
discussed.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
380.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
482
(1
Credit)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Why
do
Boreal
Forests
Matter?
(.5+1)
Introduction
to
the
importance
of
boreal
forests.
Includes
presentations
by
scientists
and
professionals,
readings,
and
first-hand
observations
of
components
and
process
at
work
in
the
forest.
Course
is
for
non-forestry
professionals
and
non-forestry
majors.
(Note:
Be
prepared
for
the
typical
demands
of
a
field
situation.
Requires
walking
short
distances
over
rough,
uneven
and
wet
terrain.
Appropriate
clothing
is
required.)
NRM
485
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Soil
Biology
(3+0)
n
Major
groups
of
organisms
in
the
soil
and
their
interrelationships;
the
major
biological
processes
which
take
place
in
the
soil
and
their
significance
to
soil
productivity,
plant
growth,
and
environmental
quality;
and
methodology
for
studying
soil
organisms
and
soil
biological
processes.
(Prerequisites:
A
course
in
biology
or
microbiology
and
a
course
in
soils
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
488
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Land
Management
of
Ecosystems
(3+0+40)
n
(Stacked
with
NRM
688)
Natural
resource
topics
related
to
the
terrestrial
environment.
Presents
a
basic
understanding
of
ecology
prior
to
a
field
trip
to
examine
natural
resource
topics
at
various
landscapes.
Lab
fee:
$750.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
211,
277,
375
or
BIOL
271.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
489
(1
Credit)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Soil
Geography
Field
Trip
(1+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
689)
Soil
geography
along
ecological
transect
in
selected
areas
of
Alaska.
Hands-on
experiences
on
soil
morphology
and
exposure
of
the
relationships
between
soil
genesis
and
other
ecological
factors
including
vegetation,
geology,
landform,
climate
and
hydrology.
Includes
discussion
of
soil
classification
and
land
use
interpretations.
Student
must
provide
their
own
camp
gear,
be
able
to
walk
on
uneven
or
rocky
ground,
and
physically
fit
for
field
work.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
380,
or
a
course
in
soils,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
601
(3
Credits)
Fall
Research
Methods
in
Natural
Resources
Management
(3+0)
Introduction
for
graduate
students
to
the
research
methods
as
employed
in
the
various
fields
of
resource
management,
including
agriculture,
forestry,
ecology,
and
social
sciences.
Designed
to
acquaint
students
with
the
relationship
between
theory
and
research,
the
nature
of
scientific
inquiry,
the
approaches
to
research,
the
sequence
of
steps
involved
in
scientific
investigation,
and
the
presentation
of
research
results.
(Prerequisites:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
625
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Advanced
Ungulate
Management
and
Production
Systems
(2+3)
Functional
biology
of
large
herbivores
(ungulates)
and
management
of
the
world's
grazing
systems.
Production
strategies
(cropping,
herding,
ranching,
and
farming)
as
they
pertain
to
productive
and/or
commercial
management
of
wild
ungulates
with
emphasis
on
Alaska's
species.
Laboratory
presents
an
introduction
to
flow
charting,
types
of
models,
model
design
using
various
software,
construction
of
a
productive
grazing
system
model,
compiling
a
written
report
to
explain
the
system
designed.
(Prerequisite:
BIOL
105X
or
106X
and
a
wildlife
or
animal
science
course
and
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
630
(3
Credits)
Fall
Resource
Management
Planning
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
430)
Application
of
planning
and
conflict
resolution
principles
to
natural
resources
management.
Examines
plans
prepared
in
response
to
current
Alaska
resource
disputes,
including
wolf,
brown
bear,
boreal
forest,
and
recreation
river
plans.
Includes
public
involvement,
consensus
building,
the
basic
steps
in
the
planning
process,
and
resource
dispute
simulations.
Review
resource
management
plans
and
develop
plans
for
a
local
resource
management
issue.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
631
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Resource
Planning
Practicum
(3+0)
Application
of
principles
and
processes
through
group
projects
focused
on
Alaska
land
or
resource
problems.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
630
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
632
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Readings
in
Natural
Resources
(3+0)
Reading,
analysis
and
discussion
of
concepts
raised
in
classic
works
in
natural
resource
management
literature,
such
as
"Leopold's
Sand
County
Almanac."
Readings
are
selected
from
a
wide
spectrum
of
opinion
about
resources,
the
relationship
and
roll
of
people
in
the
ecosystem,
and
stewardship
of
the
land.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
or
senior
standing.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
637
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Natural
Resource
Policy
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ECON
637)
Resource
policy
issues
development
and
implementation
including
forestry,
mining,
fisheries,
oil,
wildlife
and
other
topics
as
demand
warrants.
Focus
on
policy
issues
involved
in
management
of
Alaska's
resources.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
640
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Simulation
and
Modeling
in
Resource
Management
(3+0)
Introduction
to
and
discussion
of
the
use
of
simulation
and
modeling
in
natural
resource
management.
Emphasis
on
concepts,
strategies,
and
case
studies.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
641
(4
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Natural
Resource
Applications
of
Remote
Sensing
(3+3)
Application
of
remote
sensing
for
inventory
and
analysis
of
natural
resources.
Topics
include
aerial
photography
applications
and
digital
remote
sensing,
including
image
display,
rectification,
classification
and
accuracy
assessment.
(Prerequisite:
NRM
338
or
equivalent.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
651
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Advanced
Silviculture
(3+0)
Examines
biological
and
environmental
aspects
of
silviculture;
addresses
stand
manipulation
from
the
"silvicultural
system"
approach
and
includes
regeneration,
vegetation
management,
stand
tending,
"harvest"
with
considerations
for
biodiversity,
"old-growth,"
wildlife
habitat,
and
timber
production.
Ecological
classification,
landscape
management,
pre-harvest
silvicultural
prescriptions
will
be
addressed.
Must
be
able
to
participate
in
one
weekend
field
trip.
(Prerequisites:
Permission
of
instructor
and
graduate
student
standing.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
659
(1
Credit)
Alternate
Summer
(Stacked
with
NRM
459)
Boreal
Forest
Management
and
Soils
(.5+0+30)
n
Field
trip
in
the
Tanana
Valley
to
address
forest
management
and
soils.
Includes
sites
from
Fairbanks
to
Northway
and
south
to
the
Alaska
Range.
Includes
soils
of
aeolian,
glacial,
fluvial,
residual
landforms,
supporting
conifer,
mixed
conifer-hardwood,
and
hardwood
forests.
Includes
wildfire
sites,
young
plantations,
immature
forest
stands,
mature
forest,
subalpine
and
thermokarst
sites.
Requires
appropriate
clothing/foot
gear;
provide
own
camping
gear
(sleeping
bag,
bedroll);
able
to
walk
on
uneven
or
rocky
ground
through
brush;
physically
fit
for
long
days
and
field
work.
Material
fee:
$160.
(Prerequisites:
Soils
course;
ecology
course;
B.S.
degree
in
agriculture
or
natural
resources;
or
permission
of
instructor.
Graded
Pass/Fail.)
NRM
663
(3
Credits)
Fall
Wilderness
Concepts
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
463
and
GEOG
463
and
cross-listed
with
GEOG
663)
Discovery
of
wilderness
concepts,
including
the
history
and
evolution
of
wilderness
thought,
the
contemporary
meaning
of
wilderness,
and
survey
of
economic
and
noneconomic
wilderness
values
for
individuals
and
society.
NRM
665
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Advanced
Outdoor
Recreation
(3+0)
Evaluation
of
contemporary
outdoor
recreation
management
models
and
the
linkage
between
management
programming
and
visitor
response.
Development
of
a
synthesized
model
and
testing
with
contemporary
problems.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
670
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Biometeorology
(3+0)
Radiation
balance,
energy
balance
relationships
for
natural
and
modified
surfaces;
physical
environment
in
relation
to
biology
and
ecology
of
plants
and
animals;
implications
for
resource
and
environmental
management.
(Prerequisites:
Biological
or
physical
science
background
and
graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NRM
672
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Nutrient
Cycling
and
Soil
Fertility
(3+0)
Examination
of
physical,
chemical
and
biological
processes
controlling
nutrient
element
recycling,
availability
and
retention
in
natural
and
managed
ecosystems.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
380,
CHEM
106X,
BIOL
271
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
675
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Theoretical
Forest
Ecosystem
Science
(3+0)
Theoretical
concepts
of
forest
ecosystem
dynamics
including
theoretical
developments
in
the
description
of
plant
growth,
ecosystem
productivity,
decomposition,
and
plant
carbon
allocation.
Development
of
a
model
using
the
basic
theoretical
constructs.
(Prerequisites:
Undergraduate
major
in
biological
sciences
or
renewable
resources
including
at
least
one
course
in
ecology,
one
approved
college-level
mathematics
course
and
graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
678
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Ecosystem
Management
(3+0)
Ecosystem
Management
addresses
the
current
concepts
being
debated
and
used
to
manage
renewable
resources.
Students
will,
through
reading,
discussion,
and
written
exercises,
develop
understanding
and
applications
of
the
concept
as
well
as
draft
definitions.
Class
sessions
will
involve
lecture
and
discussion.
(Prerequisites:
B.S./B.A.
with
basic
biology,
wildlife,
natural
resources,
forestry
background,
or
demonstrated
knowledge;
seniors
with
permission
of
instructor
only;
public
with
knowledge/experience
only;
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
681
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Natural
Area
Protection
and
Management
(3+0)
An
examination
of
the
emergence
of
programs
to
identify,
protect,
and
maintain
natural
diversity
and
natural
areas
as
a
major
factor
in
public
and
private
resource
management
in
the
U.S.
and
Canada.
Topics
will
include
conservation
biology
principles,
evolution
and
operating
principles
of
natural
area
programs,
natural
area
data
management,
natural
area
system
administration.
(Prerequisites:
Basic
biology
[including
genetics],
introductory
ecology,
plant
or
animal
systematics
or
taxonomy,
introductory
chemistry.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
685
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Soil
Microbiology
and
Biochemistry
(3+0)
In-depth
examination
of
several
(4
-
5)
current
topics
in
soil
microbiology
and
biochemistry.
Based
on
readings
from
the
primary
literature
and
discussions
in
class.
Each
student
will
be
expected
to
lead
at
least
one
discussion,
write
a
research
proposal,
and
present
the
proposal
to
class.
(Prerequisites:
at
least
one
course
in
soil
science
and
one
course
in
microbiology
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NRM
688
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Land
Management
of
Ecosystems
(3+0+40)
n
(Stacked
with
NRM
488)
Natural
resource
topics
related
to
the
terrestrial
environment.
Presents
a
basic
understanding
of
ecology
prior
to
a
field
trip
to
examine
natural
resource
topics
at
various
landscapes.
Lab
fee:
$750.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
211,
277,
375
or
BIOL
271.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
NRM
689
(1
Credit)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Soil
Geography
Field
Trip
(1+0)
(Stacked
with
NRM
489)
Soil
geography
along
ecological
transect
in
selected
areas
of
Alaska.
Hands-on
experiences
on
soil
morphology
and
exposure
of
the
relationships
between
soil
genesis
and
other
ecological
factors
including
vegetation,
geology,
landform,
climate
and
hydrology.
Includes
discussion
of
soil
classification
and
land
use
interpretations.
Student
must
provide
their
own
camp
gear,
be
able
to
walk
on
uneven
or
rocky
ground,
and
physically
fit
for
field
work.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
380,
or
a
course
in
soils,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NRM
692
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Graduate
Seminar
(0+0+1)
Topics
in
natural
resources
management
explored
through
readings,
student
presentations,
group
discussions,
and
guest
speakers;
high
level
of
student
participation.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
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