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Animal Science
Anthropology
Agriculture & Resource Economics

Animal Science:

ANSC 225 Environmental Health Field Experience
  1 Credit                Open to Juniors or higher
  Field trips and discussion periods will focus on waste management and disposal. Topics will include water purification and sewage treatment, municipal and industrial waste incineration, a superfund site and pharmaceutical waste management. Some field trips will be scheduled by arrangement.
ANSC 226 Environmental Health
  3 Credits                Req’s: MATH 101 or equivalent
                                Open to Juniors or higher
  Course will focus on the environmental health consequences of exposure to toxic chemicals, food contaminants and radiation. Basic principles of toxicology will be discussed, followed by lectures on specific topics such as: Cancer, occupational hazards, radiation, genetic biomonitoring, risk assessment techniques, risk/benefit analysis, social/legal aspects of regulating toxic chemicals, and other related topics.

Anthropology:

ANTH 236Q Human Behavioral Ecology
  3 Credits                Req’s: MATH 101 or equivalent
                                Open to Juniors or higher
  The application of the history of natural selection to the study of human culture and behavior, with emphasis on the interaction between humans and their environment.
ANTH 261 Medical Ecology
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ANTH 277
  Anthropological perspectives on the interrelationships
between culture, biology, environment, and disease. Major topics include ecology and adaptation, population dynamics, nutrition, reproduction, disease in sociological context, health seeking behavior, and the complexity of the interaction of western and non-western medical systems.
ANTH 282 People and the Conservation of Nature
  3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
  Local communities and their environments, resource use,
land tenure and conservation of healthy landscapes.

Agriculture & Resource Economics:

ARE 110 Population, Food & the Environment
 

3 Credits
  The role of agriculture in the growth and development of
societies throughout the world. Economic and sociological problems of food and fiber needs and production in the developing and the advanced societies.
ARE 234 Environmental & Resource Policy
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
  Economic and policy aspects of natural resource use and
environmental quality issues. Designed for students with diverse departmental affiliations
ARE 235 Environmental & Resource Economics
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended Prep:
                                ARE 150 or ECON 112 or 102
  Natural resource use and environmental quality analysis
using economic theory. Reviews of empirical research and relevant policy issues
ARE 236 Economics of Integrated Coastal Management
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ARE 150 or ECON 112

  This course will explore the theory and practice of integrated
coastal management (ICM); introduce major concepts, processes, tools and methods of ICM; and analyze United States and international experiences with ICM.
ARE 237 Marine Fisheries Economics and Policy
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ARE 150 or ECON 112

  This course will explore the various natural, human and
management components of the fishery system and present the application of economic and policy analysis for the optimal allocation of resources to a fishery.
ARE 238  Valuing the Environment
 

3 Credits                Req’s: ARE 150 or ECON 112,
                                no sophomores

  Conceptual and practical understanding of main methods
used to evaluate economic benefits of environmental protection and damages from degradation. Methods include: change in productivity, hedonic princing, travel cost method, contingent valuation, defensive expenditures, replacement costs, and cost-of-illness. Topics covered include: recreation, soil erosion, energy, forestry, hazardous waste, air pollution, deforestation, wetlands, wildlife, biodiversity, noise, visibility, water, and water pollution.
ARE 257 Benefit/Cost Analysis and Resource Management
 

3 Credits                Req’s: ARE 150 or ECON 112
                                no sophomores
  Theoretical foundations and applications of benefit-cost analysis in project appraisal and in evaluation of public policies regarding resource management and environmental protection.
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