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Anthropology
Agriculture & Resource Economics
Allied Health

Anthropology:

ANTH 3200 Human Behavioral Ecology
  3 Credits                Req’s: MATH 1010 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 3302 Medical Ecology
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ANTH 3300
  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 3201 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.
ANTH 3522W Ecological Anthropology
  3 credits Req's: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800
  Interdisciplinary study of the ecology of humans, integrating ecological and anthropological theory with archaeological, historical, and contemporary case-studies.
ANTH 3523 The Origins of Agriculture
  3 credits
  The origins and spread of agriculture worldwide. Economic, social, and ideological ramifications of the agricultural transition. Processes of plant and animal domestication.

Agriculture & Resource Economics:

ARE 1110 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 3434 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 4462 Environmental & Resource Economics
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended Prep:
                                ARE 1150 or ECON 1201 or        1200
  Natural resource use and environmental quality analysis
using economic theory. Reviews of empirical research and relevant policy issues
ARE 3436 Economics of Integrated Coastal Management
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ARE 1150 or ECON 1201
  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 3437 Marine Fisheries Economics and Policy
 

3 Credits                Open to Juniors or higher
                                Recommended prep:
                                ARE 1150 or ECON 1201
  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 4438  Valuing the Environment
 

3 Credits               Req’s: ARE 1150 or ECON 1201,
                                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 4464 Benefit/Cost Analysis and Resource Management
 

3 Credits                Req’s: ARE 1150 or ECON 1201
                                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.
ARE 1150 Principles of Agriculture & Resource Economics
  3 Credits
  An introduction to agricultural economics, the role of agriculture in today's United States economic system, and relationships that regulate the entire economic environment.

Allied Health:

AH 3175 Environmental Health
  3 Credits

Open to Juniors or higher
Req's: BIOL 1102 or equivalent, Chem 1112 or equivalent.
  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.
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