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Title |
Units |
Term |
Description |
| ESPM 201A | Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Poli | 3 | Fall | Two hours of lecture/discussion and one hour of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in ESPM. Formerly 200B. Research projects and approaches in environmental science, policy, and management. An introduction to the diverse ways environmental problems are researched, comparing the approaches and methods of various disciplines represented among faculty and students. This course is the first of the core course sequence required for all ESPM graduate students. |
| ESPM 201C | Environmental Forum | 1 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of seminar/discussion per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in ESPM. Formerly 200C. Presentation and analysis of current topics in environmental science, policy, and management. This course is required for all ESPM doctoral students. |
| ESPM 201S | Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Coll | 1 | Fall, Spring | One and one-half hours of seminar/discussion per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Seminars for the presentation and discussion of original work by faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Core course for the ESPM graduate program. |
| ESPM 202 | Advanced Natural Resource Sampling | 2 | Fall | One and one-half hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 102B. This seminar focuses on important sample survey designs (simple random, systematic, stratified, ratio, regression, clustered, two-stage, multi-stage, and adaptive) used in natural resources and ecology. We critique research articles for appropriateness of their sampling design in meeting specified objectives. Alternate sampling designs and their relative merits are discussed. |
| ESPM C204 | Research Reviews in Animal Behavior: Behavior Revi | 1 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. One and one-half hours of seminar per week. This course will discuss current publications in animal behavior. A student will summarize a paper and lead the discussion that follows. Occasionally, the group reviews a manuscript in preparation, or a thesis proposal. Not all participants need report, but all are expected to attend and enter into the discussions. Guest lecturers are invited each semester. Also listed as Integrative Biology C204 and Psychology C204. |
| ESPM C205 | Quantitative Methods for Ecological and Environmen | 3 | Fall | Three hours of lecture per week. This course will review the background mathematical and statistical tools necessary for students interested in pursuing ecological and environmental modeling. Topics include linear algebra; difference equation, ordinary differential equation, and partial differential equation models; stochastic processes; parameter estimation; and a number of statistical techniques. This course will be recommended as a prerequisite for advanced modeling courses in Integrative Biology, Energy and Resources Group, and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Also listed as Integrative Biology C205 and Energy and Resources Group C205. |
| ESPM 208 | Seminar in Ecological Genetics | 2 | Fall | Two hours of seminar per week. Current topics and methods related to the genetics of phenotypes and its interdependence with ecological variables. |
| ESPM 210 | Spatial Data Analysis for Natural Resources | 3 | Spring | Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: One year of upper division probability and statistics, one course in multivariate analysis, or consent of instructor. An introduction to natural resource spatial data analysis. Topics to be covered include spatial sampling, quadrat analysis, distance methods, spatial point patterns and Ripley's K function, spatial autocorrelation, and geostatistics (Kriging). Readings will cover applications in various natural resource fields as well as general theory. |
| ESPM C211 | Modeling Ecological and Meterological Phenomena | 3 | | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 102 or consent of instructor. Modeling methods in ecology and meteorology; stability analysis; effects of anthropogenic stress on natural systems. Also listed as Integrative Biology C271 and Energy and Resources Group C202. |
| ESPM C220 | Isotope Biogeochemistry | 5 | Spring | Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing.Use of isotopes in present and past terrestrial and aquatic research. Lectures cover the principles of isotope distribution on Earth (first 10 weeks). The second part of the course focuses on student presentations of case studies and research proposals. In the laboratory, students prepare samples of choice for isotopic analyses. Also listed as Earth and Planetary Science C241 and Integrative Biology C227. |
| ESPM 221 | Advanced Soil Chemistry | 2 | Fall | Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Chemistry 130A or equivalent. Trace element chemistry and adsorption mechanisms to soil materials, organic-mineral interactions, and application of chemical thermodynamics to soil systems. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 222 | Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Natural Particles | 3 | Spring | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 126 or consent of instructor. Structure and coordination chemistry of natural adsorbent particles in aqueous systems; solute adsorption mechanisms and theoretical models; interparticle forces and colloidal phenomena; applications to biogeochemistry and contaminant hydrology. Offered even-numbered years. |
| ESPM C225 | Isotopics | 2 | Fall | Three hours of seminar for ten weeks. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This seminar will explore current topics that employ the use of stable isotopes. Discussion topics include the areas of biology, paleontology, biogeochemistry, soil science, and atmospheric science. Students will be required to lead at least one discussion of relevant literature in the topic area. Also listed as Integrative Biology C226. |
| ESPM 228 | Advanced Topics in Biometeorology and Micrometeoro | 2 | Spring | Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: C129 or consent of instructor. Measurement and modeling of trace gases and energy between the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere. Micrometeorological flux measurement methods, including eddy covariance, profile, and eddy accumulation methods. A hierarchy of biophysical models are discussed for interpreting flux measurements. Information and theory on big-leaf, two-layer, and multi-layer models that couple energy, water, and carbon to predict trace gas fluxes are presented. How models integrate information from leaf to canopy to landscape scales is discussed. |
| ESPM 238 | Special Topics and Advanced Seminars in Plant Path | | | Course may be repeated for credit. |
| ESPM 241 | Insect Population Ecology | 2 | Spring | Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 113, Math 16A-16B, or consent of instructor. Population dynamics, regulation, and mensuration, theory of natural control. Emphasis on models in population ecology relevant to insect population ecology and integrated pest management. |
| ESPM 248 | Special Topics and Advanced Seminars in Entomology | | | Course may be repeated for credit. |
| ESPM 248A | Research Reviews in Comparative Virology | 1 | Fall, Spring | One hour of lecture per week. Reports and discussion of original research by staff and students. |
| ESPM 248C | Seminar in Parasitology | 1 | Spring | Two hours of seminar per week. Discussion on the advances in medical entomology/parasitology through individual presentations prepared by students. |
| ESPM 248E | Seminar in Insect Bio-organic Chemistry | 1 | Spring | Three hours of seminar per week. A 3-hour seminar held once a week for graduate students to discuss the advances in insect bio-organic chemistry through individually prepared papers by students. |
| ESPM 248H | Seminar in Insect Ecology and Biological Control | 1 | Fall | Three hours of seminar per week. A 3-hour seminar held once a week for graduate students to discuss the advances in insect ecology and biological control through individually prepared presentations by students. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 250 | Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics | 4 | Fall | Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Upper division course in history or history of science or a social science. A critical survey of classical and recent literature in the field of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics, with special emphasis on the American environment. Topics will include environmental historiography, theories of environmental history, and the relationships between environmental history, philosophy, ethics, ecology, and policy. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 251 | International Conservation and Development Policy | 3 | Spring | Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: One upper division course in international development. Changes in Third World rural economy, ecology, and environment and ways in which these are affected by development policies. Historical dimensions of Third World environmental problems. Changing patterns of rural production (especially food) and resource use; alternative theories of natural resource and socioeconomic development; linkages between socioeconomy and environment in agrarian change and development policy; technology and resource control; conservation and development problems. |
| ESPM 252 | Seminar in Forest and Wildland Resource Policy Ana | 3 | Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. The seminar addresses (1) methods of policy analysis for wildland resource issues, (2) applications of analysis in policy formation, and (3) processes of policy formation. It proceeds through these phases for a specific policy problem selected each year. |
| ESPM 253 | Advanced Readings in Political Ecology | 4 | Spring | Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; significant background in social theory. Critique and comparison of literature in political ecology--an approach to sociological analysis of environmental change focusing on environmental conflict. Initial sessions address the definition of political ecology, its origins, and the politics and discourses of natural resource management. Literature includes domestic and international research involving the combination of social and environmental history, local perspectives, and political economy to discuss accounts of social and environmental change. |
| ESPM C255 | Seminar in Sociology of Forest and Wildland Resour | 3 | Fall | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Formerly 255. Individual projects and group discussions concerning social constraints to, and effects of, natural resource planning and management. Application of sociological theories to problems of managing wildland ecosystems. Students will examine topics of individual interest related to the management of wildland uses. Enrollment limited. Also listed as Geography C250. |
| ESPM 256 | Science, Technology, and the Politics of Nature | 3 | Spring | Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Calculus, probability and statistics, basic ecology, and consent of instructor. This course will introduce the methods and theories of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in order to explore the relationships among science, technology, law, and politics in the domains of environment and health. The course will focus some attention on the tension between technocracy and democracy in science policy, and on the role of biotechnology in reshaping the natural and political order. The course will equip graduate students in the social sciences, law, life sciences, and public policy with theoretical and practical tools for analyzing complex problems at the science, technology, and society interface. Offered even-numbered years. |
| ESPM 257 | Seminar in Forest Economics and Management | 1 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This seminar in workshop format features current research of faculty and doctoral students investigating the application of economics, systems analysis, and environmental modeling techniques to the management of forest and wildland ecosystems. Organization of research presentations, the scientific publication process, and research funding issues will also be addressed. |
| ESPM 259 | Transnational Environmental Politics and Movements | 3 | Fall | Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Upper division course in environmental policy or social science. Contemporary issues in international environmental politics; impacts of globalization on the environment; comparative transnational environmental movements. Study of current and historical texts. Case studies drawn from around the world with a focus on methods and research techniques. |
| ESPM 260 | Governance of Global Production | 3 | Fall | Three hours of seminar per week. This course explores critical policy and theoretical questions in the governance of global production. Current trends in the restructuring of industrial production; distributions of environmental, labor, and social impacts from this production; and new strategies for democratic governance are analyzed, including corporate self-regulation, monitoring, certification and labeling, fair trade programs, legal strategies, and international accords and agreements. |
| ESPM 264 | Silviculture Seminar | 1 | Fall | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: 185 or consent of instructor. A seminar covering various aspects of silviculture and related issues. |
| ESPM 265 | Seminar on Fire as an Ecological Factor | 2 | Fall | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of lecture/seminar per week. Effect of fire on ecology of forest and rangeland. |
| ESPM 266 | Seminar in Forest Ecology | 2 | Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. A seminar dealing with selected topics in the ecology of forests. |
| ESPM 268 | Seminar in Range Ecology | 2 | Fall | Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. A seminar course dealing with selected topics in ecology of rangelands. |
| ESPM 271 | Advanced Remote Sensing of Natural Resources | 3 | Fall | Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 172, Statistics 20, or consent of instructor. Advanced photographic systems. Nonphotographic systems including multispectral scanner, imaging spectrometry, thermal, and RADAR. The use of ditigal image processing, geographic information systems (GIS,) and accuracy assessment. A look into linking remote sensing with GIS and integrated analysis of multisource spatial data. Laboratories and application projects are to be arranged. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 273 | Ecosystem Management | 3 | Spring | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Basic ecology, microeconomics, and resource management. Examine major issues and approaches in ecosystem management. Topics include development of the ecosystem approach, valuation of ecosystem commodities and services, assessment of ecosystem sustainability, simulation and prediction of ecosystem dynamics, decision-making methods, social and institutional aspects. Particular emphasis is given to emerging conceptual frameworks and analytical tools. |
| ESPM 276 | Advanced Silviculture | 2 | Spring | Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 185 or equivalent. Advanced topics related to the dynamics and management of forest stands such as competition effects, mixed-species interactions, mutiaged stand silviculture, pruning, thinning regimes, management for old growth features, wood quality effects, and others. Field trips may be included. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 278 | Range Assessment | 3 | Spring | Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 186 and one semester of statistics. Rangeland vegetation sampling techniques with emphasis on comparing the relative efficiency of different techniques of vegetation measurement. Includes weekly lab exercises on artificial sampling boards and/or in the field. Juniors and seniors are encouraged. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 280 | Seminar in Range Ecosystem Planning and Policy | 3 | Fall | Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. A seminar course dealing with selected current topics in range ecosystem planning and policy. |
| ESPM 281 | Seminar in Wildlife Biology and Management | 2 | Fall | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of lecture/seminar per week. Prerequisites: 114 and 187. Reading, conference, and discussion. Reports and discussion of recent studies in wildlife biology and management. Open to qualified graduate students from other departments. |
| ESPM 284 | Demographic Methods for Population Viability Analy | 3 | Fall | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Application of demographic methods to the management of plant and animal populations. Conservation problems faced by small populations of threatened or exploited species will be emphasized. Implications for life-history theory will also be discussed. Demographic analyses include (1) an understanding of life cycle diagrams, projection matrices, and age- and stage-based approaches; (2) calculation of population growth rate and sensitivity of demographic parameters to perturbation; and (3) advanced tehcniques of stochastic simulation modeling, spatial analyses, and population viability analyses will be learned. Offered even-numbered years. |
| ESPM 286 | Physical Properties of Wood | | Spring | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Formerly 286A. Absorption of water, nonaqueous liquids, absorption of vapors and gases by wood. Shrinking and swelling in water, aqueous solutions, and nonaqueous liquids. Fluid flow including permeability and diffusion. Thermal properties with modes of heat transfer important in wood processing and usage. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 287 | Chemistry of Polysaccharides, Lignin, and Extracti | | Spring | Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Aspects of nomenclature, structures, biosynthesis, reactions, and distribution of terpenoids, fats, flavonoids, tannins, lignins, monosaccharides, and polysaccharides, and related materials occurring in plant material, with emphasis on woody plant structures. Qualified undergraduates may take this course. Offered odd-numbered years. |
| ESPM 288 | Special Topics in Wood Science and Technology | | | Course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| ESPM 288B | Wood Chemistry | 1-3 | Fall, Spring | Advanced study in wood chemistry primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 288C | Chemical Processing of Wood | 1-3 | Fall, Spring | Advanced study in chemical wood processing primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 288D | Wood Mechanics | 1-3 | | Advanced study in wood mechanics primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 288E | Wood Physics | 1-3 | Fall, Spring | Advanced study in wood physics primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 288F | Physical/Mechanical Processing of Wood | 1-3 | Fall, Spring | Advanced study in physical/mechanical processing of wood primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 288G | Wood Products Pathology | 1-3 | Fall, Spring | Advanced study in wood product pathology primarily for advanced graduate students. |
| ESPM 289A | Colloquium in Wood Science and Technology | 1 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of seminar per week. Technical topics in wood science and technology. Staff and student research, guest scientists, and technical reports. |
| ESPM 289B | Seminar in Wood Science and Technology | 1 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Two hours of seminar per week. Technical topics in wood science and technology. Technical core. Lecture, discussion, and student reports on fundamental principles of wood science and technology. |
| ESPM 290 | Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, a | 1-4 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. One hour of seminar per week per unit. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Study and critical analysis of topics, research, and texts pertinent to environmental science, policy, and management. Different topics will be available each semester reflecting faculty and student interest. |
| ESPM 296 | Individual Study | 1-7 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Individual study in consultation with a member of the faculty directed to analysis and synthesis of the literature of a specialized subject area in forestry and resource management. |
| ESPM 298 | Directed Group Study | 1-6 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Four hours of laboratory/discussion per week per unit. Sections 1-30 to be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Sections 31-77 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Advanced study of research topics which vary each semester. |
| ESPM 299 | Individual Research | 1-12 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Four hours of laboratory/discussion per week per unit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Individual research under the supervision of a faculty member. |
| ESPM 601 | Individual Study for Master's Students | 1-8 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree. Four hours of laboratory/discussion per week per unit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Individual study for the comprehensive examination in consultation with the field adviser. |
| ESPM 602 | Individual Study for Doctoral Students | 1-8 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. May not be used for residence requirements for the doctoral degree. Four hours of laboratory/discussion per week per unit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. |
| ESPM 300 | Supervised Teaching in Environmental Science, Poli | 1-6 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and appointment as graduate student instructor. Teaching methods at the University level; course content; problem set review and development; guidance of laboratory experiments; course development and evaluation; supervised practice teaching. |
| ESPM 301 | Professional Preparation: Teaching in Environmenta | 2 | Fall | Seven and one-half hours of lecture/discussion/demonstration and one Saturday laboratory. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. The course will consist of readings and discussions led by instructors, graduate students, and guest speakers covering topics on developing teaching skills relevant to an interdisciplinary environmental science program. Students will present brief lectures that will be taped and evaluated and will learn skills for evaluating success in conveying complex ideas to their own students. |
| ESPM 400 | Professional Training in Research | 1-6 | Fall, Spring | Course may be repeated for credit. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and appointment as graduate student researcher. Training for students in planning and performing research under the supervision of a faculty member. This course is intended to provide credit for experience obtained. |
