This course will provide an overview of the fields of environmental and sustainability communication and will introduce communication concepts, techniques, and theories that would be useful for those in the fields of environmental science, natural resources, sustainability, or other related areas.
This course focuses on unique and timely topics in natural resources and environmental science. A maximum of six credits can be earned.
Study and independent work on selected problems related to natural resources and environmental science conducted under the supervision of a faculty member and with clear relevance to the student's Analytic Skills Development Area (ASDA) and/or Environmental Systems Emphasis Area (ESEA). The goal of NRE 395 is for students interested in research to have an authentic research experience, working directly with a faculty member or graduate student in data collection and analysis, as well as conducting a portion of the research independently.
A learning experience in natural resources and environmental sciences conducted under the direction of a faculty member and with clear relevance to the student's Analytic Skills Development Area (ASDA) and/or Environmental Systems Emphasis Area (ESEA) with supervision from an onsite supervisor. The goal of this requirement is to provide the student with pre-professional learning experience in their chosen emphasis area within natural resources and environmental science. A typed and signed Learning Contract must be completed, submitted, and approved prior to the start of the experience.
This course utilizes the experience from NRE 395 or NRE 399 to expand the composition and communication knowledge, skills, and abilities developed in CIS/WRD 110/111/112 or equivalent while integrating discipline specific sources in a process that requires a draft, feedback, and revision on composition and communication products. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course for NRES; thus it is unlikely that requests to replace this course with a course transferred from another institution will be approved.
The application of principles related to soils and their management in planning the utilization of land and associated resources. Lecture and discussion.
This course focuses on contemporary concepts of land analysis, model development, and ancillary functions in geospatial applications. We attempt to apply concepts from the literature in this course through geospatial technologies to real world situations through individual projects that embraces place. In this course, we will address primarily landscape scale analyses such as watersheds and hydrologic characteristics, viewsheds, least cost path analysis, and enhanced land evaluation and site assessment approaches that have specific relevance to you.
Independent study on a research question or problem in nutritional sciences; the topic is selected in collaboration with a faculty mentor, and the research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. The goal of this course is for students to have an authentic research experience working directly with a faculty member and/or a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow in data collection and analysis, as well as conducting a portion of the research project independently.
This course examines the intersecting aspects of pharmacology and nutritional sciences through exploration of: 1) the mechanisms and effects of drug and nutrient interactions, 2) the latest research related to genetic, microbial and temporal effects on drug action and nutritional status, and 3) current findings and future directions in nutritional pharmacology.
The material covered in CNU/NS 601 consists of three major emphasis areas: (1) review of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein structure, synthesis, absorption, and metabolism, (2) the impact of nutritional influences on macronutrient metabolism to health and disease, (3) the influence of micronutrient metabolism on the regulation of energy balance. The objective of this course is to provide students a strong knowledge base related to macronutrient metabolism in the context of select chronic diseases and energy balance.
