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    School of Natural Resources and Environment

    School of Natural Resources and Environment

    Graduate Courses and Syllabi

    **Please note that this curriculum was instated in Fall 2023. SNRE graduate students who matriculated before the Fall 2023 semester will continue to use the former curriculum, which can be viewed here.

    For information on Plans of Study and Individual Development Plans, which help students plan out their coursework, please see our Forms and Planning webpage.

    Core Courses

    SNRE graduate students are required to complete at least one course (3 credits) in each of SNRE's five core course areas.

    • Principles of Ecology Courses

      The Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate programs requires at least one course from this approved list of Principles of Ecology courses for MS and PhD students. Core courses in this track enable students to gain a foundational understanding of ecological concepts or to explore the ecology of organisms, populations, and communities more deeply, and/or ecosystems.

       
      Number Title Credits Term
      ALS 5155 Global Agroecosystems 3 Fall
      ALS 5156 Agricultural Ecology Principles & Applications 3 Fall
      BOT 5695 Ecosystems of Florida    
      ENY 6454 Behavioral Ecology and Systematics 3 Spring
      ENY 6203 Insect Ecology 3 Fall
      FAS 5276C Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms 4 Summer
      FAS 6176 Algae Biology & Ecology 3 Spring
      FAS 6272 Marine Ecological Processes 3 Fall
      FAS 5407 Biology and Ecology of Fisheries & Aquaculture Invertebrates 3 Summer
      FAS 6273 Trophic Ecology of Fishes 3 Spring
      FOR 6155 Forest Ecosystem Resilience 3 Fall
      FOR 6170 Tropical Forest Ecology 3 Spring
      PCB 5046C Advanced Ecology    
      PCB 5338 Principles of Ecosystem Ecology 3 Fall
      PCB 5415C Behavioral Ecology 4 Fall
      PCB 6447C Community Ecology 3 Spring
      SWS 5305C Soil Microbial Ecology 3 Fall
      WIS 5555C Conservation Biology    
      WIS 6405 Biodiversity 3 Fall
      WIS6455 Wildlife Population Ecology 3 Fall
      WIS 6468C Patterns and Processes in Landscape Ecology 3 Fall

       

    • Natural Sciences Courses

      The Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate program requires at least one course from the approved list of Natural Sciences courses for MS and PhD students. Natural science courses seek to understand how biotic and abiotic resources are linked to management actions and outcomes within an ecosystem context. This is an extremely broad realm that includes core courses on biophysical systems and processes, natural ecosystems, and intensively managed and built ecosystems dedicated to meeting human needs.

       
      Number Title Credits Term
      AGR 5511  Crop Ecology 3 Fall
      BOT 5655C  Physiological Plant Ecology    
      ENY 5006  Graduate Survey of Entomology 3 Fall
      FAS 5203C  Biology of Fishes 4 Fall
      FNR 6564  Ecohydrology 3 Fall
      FOR5157  Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practice 3 Fall
      FOR 6164  Silviculture: Concepts and Application 3 Fall
      FOR 6215   Fire Paradigms    
      FOR 6151   Forest Ecosystem Health 3 Fall
      GEO 5305  Environmental Biogeography 3 Spring
      GLY 6738  Estuarine Systems 3 Fall
      HOS 6345  Environmental Physiology 4 Fall (Even years)
      HOS 6355  Root and Rhizosphere Ecology 3 Fall
      MCB 6151  Prokaryotic Diversity 3 Summer C
      PCB 5307C  Limnology 3 Spring
      PCB 6377C  Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates    
      SWS 5050  Soils for Environmental Professionals 3 Fall
      SWS 5224  Environmental Biogeochemistry 3 Spring
      SWS 5248  Wetlands and Water Quality 3 Fall
      SWS 5308  Ecology of Waterborne Pathogens 3 Spring
      VME 6602  General Toxicology 3 Spring

       

    • Social Sciences Courses

      The Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate program requires at least one course from the approved list of Social Sciences courses for MS and PhD students. Social science courses encompass a diverse range of academic disciplines (including but not limited to Anthropology, Criminology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, and Sociology) that focus on issues of human thought, action, institutions, conflicts, and management of natural resources and the environment. Core courses in the social sciences focus on central theoretical concerns and/or offer surveys of major topics in a social science discipline regarding natural resources and the environment. Social science electives tend to be more specialized, whether they focus on theoretical perspectives, substantive topics, management problems or regions of the world.

       
      Number Title Credits Term
      AEC 5060 Public Opinion and Agricultural and Natural Resources Issues 3 Fall
      AEC 6540 Communications Theory and Strategies for Agricultural and Natural Resources 3 Spring
      ALS 5932 Environment & Society    
      ANG 6930  Environmental Anthropology    
      EDF 6215 Educational Psychology: Learning Theory    
      FNR 6061  Conflict & Collaboration in Natural Resources 3 Summer C
      FOR 6005  Conservation Behavior    
      FYC 6330  Theories of Community Development    
      GEO 6408  Parks and People    
      GEO 6931 Seminar in Cultural and Political Ecology 3  
      INR 6039  International Political Economy 3 Fall
      LAS 6047  Conservation and Development Practice 3 Fall
      LAW 6470 Environmental Law 3 Spring
      LAW 6472 Natural Resources Law    
      PHC 6001  Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health 3 Summer
      RLG6183  Religion and Environmental Ethics 3 Spring
      SYA 7933  Crime and the Environment 3 Fall
      SYD 6517  Seminar in Environment and Society    
      SYD 6520  Environmental Governance    
      WST 6348   Ecofeminism 3 Spring

       

    • Sustainability Science Courses

      The Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate program requires at least one course from the approved list of Sustainability Science courses for MS and PhD students. These courses focus on the integration of ecological, natural sciences, and social factors to sustain humans and ecological systems. Sustainability science emphasizes interdisciplinary issues involving the integrity and resilience of natural and social systems over time, including environmental health and those that blend environmental policy, economics, justice, which requires integrative thinking to address complex problems.

       
      Number Title Credits Term
      AEB 6933 Economics of Environmental Policy and Sustainability    
      ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology    
      ARC 6391 Architecture, Energy, and Ecology    
      FNR 6669 Policy & Economics of Natural Resources 3 Spring
      FOR 5625 Forest Water Resources Management    
      FOR 6628/LAS 6290 Community Forest Management 3 Fall
      FYC 6302 Sustainable Community Development 3 Spring
      GEA 6464 Resource Utilization and Conservation in Latin America    
      LAS 6290/ANT 6930 Ethnoecology    
      LAS 6938/AFS 6905 Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development    
      LAW 6936 Environmental Justice Seminar    
      SWS 5208 Sustainable Agriculture and Urban Land Management 3 Fall
      SWS 5246 Water Resource Sustainability 3 Spring
      SWS 5551 Soils, Water, and Public Health 3 Spring
      URP 6421 Environmental Land Use Planning and Management 3 Fall
      VME 6606 Ecological Risk Assessment    
      VME 6607 Human Health Risk Assessment    

       

    • Data Science Courses

      The Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate program requires at least one course from the approved list of courses in Data Science for MS and PhD students. These courses focus on analyzing and interpreting data and information using methods drawn from statistics, geospatial science, information science, and disciplinary knowledge. Electives within this category support development of a foundation in statistical concepts, experimental design, interpretation of documents, interviews, and observations, or application of theoretical and statistical models.

       
      Number Title Credits Term
      ABE 5643C  Biological Systems Modeling 3 Fall
      AEB 6553 Elements of Econometrics 3 Spring
      AEC 6552 Evaluating Programs in Extension Education 3 Summer C
      ALS 6501  Data Carpentry for Biologists 3 Fall
      ALS 6502  Linear Models in Agriculture and Natural Resouces 3 Spring
      ALS 6500  Multivariate Statistics 3 Fall
      FAS 5335C  Applied Fisheries Statistics    
      FOR 5435  Forest Information Systems 3 Summer B
      FOR 6156  Simulation Analysis of Forest Ecosystems 3 Spring
      FYC 6802  Advanced Research Methods for Family, Youth, and Community Sciences 3 Spring
      MET 6752  Spatial Analysis of Atmospheric Data Using GIS    
      PHC 6011  Epidemiology Methods 3 Summer A
      STA 6093 Introduction to Applied Statistics 3 Fall & Spring
      STA 6126  Statistical Methods in Social Research I    
      STA 6166  Statistical Methods in Research I 3 Fall
      STA 6167  Statistical Methods in Research II 3 Spring
      SUR 5386 Image Processing for Remote Sensing 3 Spring
      SUR 5365  Digital Mapping 3 Fall
      SWS 5721C  GIS in Land Resource Management 3 Fall
      SYA 6407  Quantitative Research Methods 3 Spring
      URP 6270  Introduction to Planning Information Systems 3 Spring
      URP 6275 Intermediate Planning Information Systems 3 Spring
      WIS 6466  Wildlife Population Modeling    

       

    Elective Courses

    SNRE graduate students may choose from the following elective courses taught by SNRE's partner departments to round out their core coursework. 

    • Ecology Elective Courses

      Course Number and Title

      Credits

      AEC 6932 Qualitative Research Methods (permanent number in review)

       

      ALS 5156 Agricultural Ecology Principles & Applications

      3

      ANG 6086 Historical Ecology

      3

      EES 6007 Advanced Energy and Environment

       

      EES 6309 Wetland Design and Restoration

      3

      EES 6935 Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds Seminar

      1

      ENY 6203 Insect Ecology Laboratory

      3

      ENY 6206 Ecology of Vector-Borne Disease

      3

      ENY 6207 Ecology and Conservation of Pollinators

      3

      FAS 5901 Scientific Thinking in Ecology

      2

      FAS 6154 Marine Adaptations: Invertebrate Physiology

       

      FAS 6932 Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Freshwater Ecology

       

      FAS 6932 Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Invasion Ecology of Aquatic Animals

       

      FOR 5157 Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practices

       

      FOR 6154 Analysis of Forest Ecosystems

       

      MCB 6670C The Microbiome

       

      SWS 6323 Advance Microbial Ecology

       

      ZOO 6542 Nutrition Ecology

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Macroecology

      3

    • Natural Sciences Elective Courses
      Course Number and Title Credits

      AGR 5230C Florida Grassland Agroecosystems

      3

      AGR 5307 Molecular Genetics for Crop Improvement

      3

      AGR 5444 Ecophysiology of Crop Plants

      3

      AGR 6233 Tropical Grassland Agroecosystems

      3

      AGR 6422C Environmental Crop Nutrition

      3

      AOM 6932 Principles and Issues in Environmental Hydrology

      3

      ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Hunter-Gatherers

      3

      BOT 5685C Tropical Botany

      3

      BOT 5725C Taxonomy of Vascular Plants

      3

      BOT 6935 Special Topics: Ecology and Natural History of the Tropics

      3

      CWR 6252 Environmental Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals

      3

      EES 6208 Principles of Water Chemistry I

      3

      EES 6225 Atmospheric Chemistry

      3

      EES 6307 Advanced Ecological Engineering

      3

      EES 6308C Wetland Ecology

      3

      ENY 4571/6576 Honey Bee Biology

      3

      ENY 4573/6572 Beekeeping I/Apiculture I

      3

      ENY 4574/6575 Beekeeping II/Apiculture II (requires ENY4573/6572 as a prerequisite)

      3

      ENY 5006L Graduate Survey of Entomology Lab

      3

      ENY 6203L Insect Ecology Laboratory

      1

      ENV 6508 Wetland Hydrology

      4

      FAS 6932 Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Fisheries Ecology & Management

      3

      FAS 6932 Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Fish & Water Quality

      3

      FNR 5335 Agroforestry

      3

      FNR 6061 Conflict & Collaboration in Natural Resources

      3

      FNR 6628 Watershed Restoration and Management

      3

      FOR 5159 Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine Ecosystems

      3

      FOR 5161 Forest Productivity and Health

      3

      FOR 5756 Non-Timber Forest Products

      3

      FOR 6151 Forest Ecosystem Health

      3

      FOR 6154 Analysis of Forest Ecosystems

      1

      FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry

      3

      FOR 6340 Physiology of Forest Trees

      3

      FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation

      3

      GEO 5809 Geography of World Agriculture

      3

      GEO 6255 Climatology

      3

      GLY 5246 Geochemistry

      3

      GLY 5247 Surface and Groundwater Interactions

      3

      GLY 5255 Organic Geochemistry and Geobiology

      3

      GLY 5558 Sedimentology

      3

      GLY 5827 Ground Water Geology

      3

      GLY 6075 Global Climate Change

      3

      GLY 6256 Chemical Biomarkers in Aquatic Systems

      3

      GLY 6826 Hydrologic Modeling

      3

      GLY 6932 Global Sea Level

      3

      GLY 6932 Paleoliminology

      3

      GLY 6932 Stable Isotope Geochemistry

      3

      GLY 6932 Survey of Geobiology

      3

      HOS 6932 Advanced Ecological Restoration

      3

      HOS 6932 Horticultural Physiology

      3

      HOS 6991 Seed Biology

      3

      MCB 5705 Astrobiology

      3

      MCB 6781 Archaea and Biotechnology

      3

      MCB 6937 Bacterial Physiology

      3

      OCP 6050 Physical Oceanography

      3

      ORH 5817C Advanced Florida Native Landscaping

      3

      PCB 5356 Tropical Ecology

      3

      PCB 6496C Stream Ecology

      1

      PCB 6675C Evolution Biogeography

      3

      PHC 6937 Special Topics in Public Health: Aquatic Systems and Environmental Health

       

      PLS 5265 Upland Invasive Plant Management

      3

      PLS 5633 Aquatic Plant Management

      3

      SWS 5247 Hydric Soils

      2

      SWS 5406 Soil and Water Chemistry

      3

      SWS 5424C Soil Chemical Analysis

      3

      SWS 5605C Environmental Soil Physics

      3

      SWS 5716C Environmental Pedology

      3

      SWS 6448 Biogeochemistry of Wetlands and Aquatic Systems

      3

      SWS 6454 Advanced Soil and Water Chemistry

      3

      SWS 6932 Conservation Hydrology

      3

      SWS 6992 Aquatic Toxicology: Science and Applications

      3

      SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Landscape Hydrology

      3

      VME 6603 Advanced Toxicology

      3

      VME 6605 Toxic Substances

      3

      VME 6934 Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment

      3

      WDS 6005 Weed Management for Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems.

      3

      WIS 6XXX Coupled Human and Wildlife Systems

      3

      WIS 6934 Topics in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Concepts of Adaptive Management

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Ecological Basis of Tropical Conservation

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Scales in Ecosystems

      3

    • Social Sciences Elective Courses
      Course Number and Title
      AEB 6106 Microeconomic Principles and Analysis
      AEB 6225 Public Policy and the Agribusiness Firm
      AEC 5032 Agricultural and Natural Resources Media Writing
      AEC 5037 Agricultural Media Production (Podcasting to Increase Science Literacy section)
      AEC 5454 Leadership Development for Extension and Community Nonprofit Organizations
      AEC 5541 Instructional and Communication Technologies in Agriculture and Natural Resources
      AEC 6210 Designing Educational Programs in Agricultural Settings
      AEC 6211 Delivering Educational Programs in Agricultural Settings
      AEC 6300 Methodology of Planned Change
      AEC 6316 From America to Zimbabwe: An Overview of International Extension Systems
      AEC 6411 Organizational Leadership
      AEC 6419 Communication and Competencies for Global Leadership
      AEC 6426 Development of a Volunteer Leadership Program
      AEC 6501 Developing and Conducting Needs Assessments in Extension Settings
      AEC 6543 Teaching and Learning Theory: Applications in Agricultural Education and Communication
      AEC 6552 Evaluating Programs in Extension Education
      AEC 6611 Agricultural and Extension Adult Education
      ANG 5126 Zooarchaeology
      ANG 5164 The Inca and Their Ancestors
      ANG 5266 Economic Anthropology
      ANG 5330 The Tribal People of Lowland South America
      ANG 5352 Peoples of Africa
      ANG 5354 Anthropology of Modern Africa
      ANG 5531 Culture and Nutrition
      ANG 5700 Applied Anthropology
      ANG 6110 Archaeological Theory
      ANG 6273 Legal Anthropology
      ANG 6274 Principles of Political Anthropology
      ANG 6286 Seminar in Contemporary Theory: The Politics of Nature
      ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Health, Contamination, and Culture
      ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Hunter-Gatherers
      ARC 6399 Advanced Topics in Urban Design
      BOT 6927/LAW 6930 Advances in Botany: Comparative Forest Management & Policy
      BSC 6038 Broader Impacts of Science on Society
      CPO 6795 Environmental Politics
      CPO 6796 Water Politics
      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Adaptive Management: People and Policy
      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Environmental Institutions and Regulations
      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Global Environmental Policies and Institutions
      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
      FAS 6705 Fisheries and Aquaculture: An Economics Perspective
      FAS 6932 UF in the UK: Coastal Fisheries Management
      FOR 6005 Conservation Behavior
      FOR 6151 Communication and Negotiation in Environmental and Natural Resource Dispute Resolution
      FOR 6154 Analysis and Communication of Environmental Issues
      FOR 6164 Sustainable Ecotourism Development
      FOR 6215 Economics of Forest Resources
      FOR 6628 Community Fire Management
      GEO 5285 Food and Agriculture Policy
      GEO 5957C Communicating Science
      GEO 6938 Seminar in Food and Agricultural Geography
      LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills
      LAW 6474 Coastal and Ocean Law
      LAW 6930 Federal Wildlife Law
      LAW 6930 Law, Science, and Policy of Water Management
      LDE 6931 Regenerative Landscape Design
      MAR 6930 Special Topics in Marine Sciences: Marine Wildlife Health
      MMC 6402 Mass Communication Perspectives
      MMC 6660 Mass Media and Health
      MMC 6936 Special Topics in Mass Communication: Environmental Journalism
      MMC 6936 Special Topics in Mass Communication: Investigative Journalism
      NRG 6931 Advanced Topics in Natural Resource Governance: Natural Resource Governance for Inter-Sectoral Conflicts
      NRG 6931 Advanced Topics in Natural Resource Governance: The Role of Private Sector in Conservation
      PAD 6934 Topics in Public Administration: Public Lands and River Governance
      PAD 6934 Topics in Public Administration: Water Security and Governance
      PUP 6007 Policy Process
      PUP 6009 Public Policy Analysis
      PUP 6209 Urban Policy
      SCE 5695 Diversity and Equity in Science Teaching
      SCE 5846 Perspectives in Science and Environmental Education
      SWS 5115C Environmental Nutrient Management
      SWS 5551 Soils, Water, and Public Health
      SWS 5721C GIS in Soil and Water Science
      SWS 6136 Soil and Water Chemistry
      SWS 6306 Soil Physics
      SWS 6406 Environmental Soil Physics

      SWS 6722C Soil-Landscape Modeling

      WIS 6256 Stakeholders in Natural Resources

      URP 6421 Environmental Land Use Planning and Management
    • Sustainability Science Elective Courses
      Course Number and Title Credits
      ABE 5707C Agricultural Waste Management 3
      AEB 7453 Natural Resource Economics  
      ALS 5155 Global Agroecosystems  
      ANG 5303 Women & Development 3
      ANG 5702 Anthropology and Development 3
      ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Plants and Culture 3
      ARC 6934 European Approach to Sustainable Design 3
      BCN 6580 High-Performance Green Building Delivery Systems 3
      BCN 6585 Sustainable Construction 3
      BCN 6586 Construction Ecology and Metabolism 3
      BCN 6641 Construction Value Engineering 3
      DCP 6931 Special Topics in Design, Construction, and Planning 3
      EVR 5705 Special Topics: Natural Resources and Innovation Systems  
      FAS 6356 Fisheries Enhancement  
      FAS 6932 Topics in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Marine Protected Areas  
      FNR 6668 Natural Resources in a Changing Climate  
      FOR 5615 Forest Conservation and Management Policies and Issues  
      FOR 5626 Forest Resource Management  
      FOR 6155 Forest Ecosystem Resilience  
      FOR 6170 Tropical Forestry  
      FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Education for Sustainability  
      FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Field Skills for Forest Conservation  
      GEO 5605 Advanced Urban Geography  
      GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Community Conservation and Rural Development in Africa  
      GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Economic Principles and Tools for Conservation Managers in the Tropics  
      GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Land Use Land Cover Change  
      GEO 6938 Selected Topics in Geography: Management of Protected Areas in Africa and the Americas  
      GEA 6419 Seminar: South America  
      GEA 6466 Seminar on Geography of Amazonia  
      HMG 6740 Smart Cities, Attractions, and Theme Parks  
      ICM 6680 Principles of International Sustainable Construction 3
      INR 6039 International Political Economy  
      LAA 6231 Landscape Architecture Theory  
      LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Communication and Leadership Skills  
      LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Conflict and Collaboration Management  
      LAS 6291 Conservation and Development Skills: Facilitation Skills for Collaboration Management  
      LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Amazon  
      LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Foundations of Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development  
      LAS 6938 Seminar in Modern Latin American Studies: Tropical Resource  
      LAS 6938/ANG 6930 Special Topics: Anthropology of Development in Latin America  
      LAS 6940 Tropical Conservation and Development Practicum: Sustainable Development Practice  
      LEI 6351 Heritage Tourism  
      LEI 6557 Recreation Management in the Coastal Zone  
      LEI 6895 Tourism Theory and Concepts  
      LEI 6931 Sustaining Humans & their Environments – Australia (Study Abroad)  
      LEI 6931 Sustaining Humans & their Environments – New Zealand (Study Abroad)  
      LEI 6931 Sustaining Humans & their Environments – New Zealand (Study Abroad)  
      SUR 6427 Land Tenure and Administration  
      SWS 5115 Environmental Nutrient Management  
      SWS 5132 Tropical Soil Management  
      SWS 5805 Environmental Soil and Water Monitoring Techniques  
      SWS 6134 Soil Quality  
      SWS 6209 Urban Soil and Water Systems  
      SWS 6366 Biodegradation and Bioremediation  
      SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Forest and Soil Ecosystem Services  
      SWS 6932 Watershed Planning and Management  
      SWS 6932 Topics in Soils: Forest and Soil Ecosystem Services  
      TTE 5006 Advanced Urban Transportation Planning 3
      URP 4273/6270 Introduction to Planning Information Systems  
      URP 4640/6645 Sustainable Urbanism in Europe  
      URP 4804/6646 International Perspectives in Urban and Regional Planning  
      URP 6445 Planning for Climate Change  
      VME 6934 Functional Genomics Applications in Toxicology  
      VME 6934 Topics in Veterinary Medicine Sciences: Aquatic Animal Conservation Issues  
    • Data Science Elective Courses

      Course Number and Title

      Credits

      AEB 7333 Applied Valuation Method

      3

      AEB 7571 Econometrics (pre-req: AEB 6553 Elements of Econometrics)

       

      AGR 5266C Field Plot Techniques

      3

      AGR 6932 / SWS 6932 Ecosystem Services: Theory, Methods, and Practice

       

      ANG 5485 Research Design in Anthropology

      3

      ANG 6091 Research Strategies in Anthropology

      3

      ANG 6930 Special Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology, GIS, and Human Ecosystems

      3

      ECO 7427 Econometric Methods II

      3

      ENV 6043 Life Cycle Assessment

       

      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Adaptive Management: Water and Watershed Systems

      ENV 6932 Special Problems in Environmental Engineering: Green Engineering Design and Sustainability

      FAS 6337C Fish Population Dynamics

       

      FAS 6339C Advanced Quantitative Fisheries Assessment

       

      FAS 6416 Spatial Ecology & Modeling of Fish Populations

       

      FNR 5072C Environmental Education Program Development

       

      FOR 6172C Tropical Forestry Field Course

       

      FOR 6543 Natural Resource Economics and Valuation

       

      FOR 6934 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Field Skills for Forest Conservation

       

      FOR 6943 Topics in Forest Resources and Conservation: Forest Biometrics

       

      PHC 6084 Bayesian Biostatistical Methods

      3

      PHC 6937 Analysis of Multivariate Data

      3

      PHC 6937 Analytic Methods for Infectious Diseases

      3

      PHC 6937 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis

      3

      ZOO 6308 Dynamic Optimization Modeling in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Ecological Modeling of Data

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Quantitative Methods & Ecological Inference

      3

      ZOO 6927 Special Topics in Zoology: Statistical Principles for the Biological Sciences

      3

    SNRE Courses

    Below are the syllabi of the graduate courses taught by SNRE. Other course syllabi are on the departmental or personal home pages of the professors teaching the courses. Most courses in the graduate curricula are taught in SNRE's partner departments. 

    EVR 6933: SNRE Seminar

    • EVR 6933 Seminar Fall 2024
    • EVR 6933 Syllabus Spring 2024
    • EVR 6933 Syllabus Fall 2023
    • EVR 6933 Syllabus Spring 2023
    • EVR 6933 Syllabus Spring 2022

    Each graduate student must register for the SNRE Seminar, EVR 6933, for 1 credit hour in a semester. SNRE also requires you also to take the SNRE Seminar a second time in another semester. For this second time of taking the SNRE Seminar, you can either register again for the seminar for 1 credit hour, or attend the seminar (you do not register for it). The seminar is offered in both fall and spring semesters. The schedule for each semester can be found here.

    EVR 5705: Natural Resources and Innovation Systems
    (Only offered Spring Semester)

      • EVR 5705 Syllabus Spring 2022

    ALS 5932: Environment and Society

      • ALS 5932 Syllabus Fall 2021

    Concentrations

    The Graduate Catalog defines a concentration as a subprogram of courses offered within a graduate major. The School faculty established a concentration within the major to enable students to claim mastery of a traditional discipline in addition to the interdisciplinary major. 

    The standard concentration in the Interdisciplinary Ecology major comprises 6 credit hours for the master's or 12 credit hours for the doctorate. Some concentrations may require additional hours. Ph.D. students are required to complete a concentration.

    Note: 7979 and/or 7980 hours cannot count toward a concentration. Master's coursework cannot be applied to Ph.D. concentration hours.

    Concentrations are audited according to their departmental degree program codes or concentration codes and thus are formally identified on the student's transcript. When planning your program of study, be sure that the courses intended for the concentration are all in one department's curriculum or else in an interdisciplinary concentration approved by the Graduate School.

    • Standard Concentrations
      • Agricultural and Biological Engineering
      • Agricultural Education and Communication
      • Agronomy
      • Anthropology
      • Architecture
      • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
      • Botany
      • Business Administration
      • Chemistry
      • Civil Engineering
      • Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering
      • Economics
      • English
      • Entomology and Nematology
      • Environmental Engineering Sciences
      • Family Youth and Community Sciences
      • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
      • Food and Resource Economics
      • Food Science and Human Nutrition
      • Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
      • Foundations of Education
      • Geography
      • Geological Sciences
      • Health and Human Performance
      • Horticultural Science
      • Landscape Architecture
      • Mathematics
      • Microbiology and Cell Science
      • Nuclear Engineering Sciences
      • Philosophy
      • Political Science
      • Religion
      • Sociology 
      • Soil and Water Science
      • Statistics
      • Urban and Regional Planning
      • Veterinary Medical Sciences
      • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
      • Zoology
    • Concentrations That Require Additional Hours
      • Climate Science Concentration
      • Geographical Information Systems 
      • Global Systems Agroecology 
      • Hydrological Sciences 
      • Tropical Conservation and Development
      • Women's and Gender Studies 
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