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FOR 522 - Forest Mensuration
Description:
Measure volume, growth, development of individual trees and stands; determine products obtainable from them; construction and use of appropriate instruments, tables, and surveys. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 322 .
Prerequisites:
Either MATH 109 or MATH 111 , FOR 232 , either MATH 255 or FOR 321 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 524 - Fire Management and Ecology
Description:
Phenomenon of fire; its physical and chemical effects and historical significance. Behavior and effect of wild and prescribed fire in temperate forests. Techniques for planning, conducting, and evaluating prescribed burns. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 324 .
Prerequisites:
FOR 320 , NRES 250 , and NRES 251 ; CNR major; or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
2 cr.
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FOR 525 - Range Management
Description:
Technical study of sustained yield management practices for rangeland; proper stocking and grazing systems; methods of range surveying. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 325 .
Prerequisites:
Both BIOL 130 and NRES 251 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 529 - Harvesting Systems
Description:
North American tree harvesting systems: felling, limbing, bucking, forwarding, loading and hauling, analysis of safety procedures, equipment selection and maintenance, environmental implications, and cost determinations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 329 .
Prerequisites:
CNR Summer Field Experience, CNR major, or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, II)
2 cr.
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FOR 531 - Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture
Description:
Principles and practice of tree, shrub, and turf establishment and maintenance; use and maintenance of landscape equipment and facilities. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 331 .
Prerequisites:
CNR major or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 532 - Forest Ecosystem Ecology
Description:
Community and ecosystem level forest ecology in temperate/boreal region with a focus on processes which determine ecosystem structure and function. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 332 .
Prerequisites:
Both FOR 232 and BIOL 130 , CNR major; or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 534 - Forest Recreation and Tourism
Description:
How the tourism industry affects forest recreation supply and demand, public/private leisure service agencies and the economy; travel motives, destination appeal, marketing, roles played by various agencies, social trends that relate to management and planning. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 334 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 550 - Contemporary Issues in Forestry
Description:
Current issues likely to influence forestry in the future. Subtitle will designate topic. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. May count 3 credits maximum toward graduation. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 350 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, II)
1-3 cr.
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FOR 581 - Internship in Forestry
Description:
Supervised training program in forestry in cooperation with private or public resource agencies. One cr for 2-4 wks, (40 hrs per wk) of work. Credits and/or additional requirements determined before registration. May be repeated once for up to 12 credits. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 381 .
Prerequisites:
Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, II, SUM)
1-12 cr.
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FOR 585 - Applied Landscape Architecture
Description:
Principles of design, landscape assessment, and graphic techniques that apply to urban and rural forested landscapes. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 385 .
Prerequisites:
CNR Summer Field Experience or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 592 - Native American Forestry
Description:
Introduction to Native American forest management from cultural, ecological, historical and socioeconomic perspectives. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 392 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 594 - Forest Recreation Seminar
Description:
Field observation and study of recreation planning and management problems and practices, at federal, state, and other recreation areas outside this geographical region. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 394 .
Prerequisites:
FOR 335 (or concurrent registration) or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
1 or 2 cr.
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FOR 624 - Forest Pathology
Description:
Diagnosis, ecology and integrated control of common forest and shade tree diseases. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 424 .
Prerequisites:
Junior standing or senior standing
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 625 - Forest Management and Finance
Description:
Principles of organizing and regulating forest properties; valuation and investment analysis. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 425 .
Prerequisites:
Both FOR 522 (or concurrent registration) and FOR 632 (or concurrent registration), or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, II)
3 cr.
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FOR 626 - Forest Entomology
Description:
Identification, ecology and management of common and important forest insect families and species. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 426 .
Prerequisites:
Junior standing or senior standing
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 631 - Functional Tree Biology
Description:
Examination of tree morphology and associated physiology as it relates to tree development and effects of management. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 431 .
Prerequisites:
CNR major or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 632 - Silviculture
Description:
Principles governing establishment, treatment, and control of forest stands; natural and artificial regeneration systems; intermediate cuttings, and cultural operations. Emphasizing principal forest types of Lake States region, North America. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 432 .
Prerequisites:
FOR 522 (or concurrent registration) and FOR 532 (or concurrent registration)
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 633 - Regional Silviculture
Description:
Review of Lake States silviculture and comparison with New England. In-depth study of silviculture in Appalachian, Southern, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 433 .
Prerequisites:
FOR 432 and CNR major, or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
2 cr.
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FOR 634 - Field Practices in Silviculture
Description:
Field techniques in silviculture, including intermediate treatments of forest stands, forest regeneration techniques, and silvicultural management of forest stands. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 434 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
1-3 cr.
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FOR 635 - Nursery Operations and Management
Description:
Principles and practice of nursery management and operations of nursery stock for rural and urban forests. Includes production systems, nursery stock standards, plant propagation, stock storage and delivery, nursery design, cultural requirements and growth strategies, nursery IPM, regulations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 435 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 640 - Forest Tree Improvement
Description:
Distribution of genetic variation in forest tree populations; introduction, selection, progeny testing, species hybridization, and biotechnology to obtain superior tree populations. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 440 .
Prerequisites:
FOR 232 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 644 - Urban and Community Forestry
Description:
Management of trees and other vegetation in communities to enhance the livability for people living in built environments. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 444 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 650 - Fire Policy, Suppression, and Use
Description:
History of wildland fire policy development in the U.S. and selected other countries. Fire suppression strategies, wildland fire use including smoke management, wildfire education strategies, and fire in the wildland urban interface. Use and limitation of computer models for fire danger information systems, suppression, and management. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 450 .
Prerequisites:
Both FOR 224 and FOR 324 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 680 - Forest Recreation Management
Description:
Formulate recreation management objectives; determine user preferences and satisfaction; analyze ecological impacts and facility requirements of forest recreation use. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 480 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I)
3 cr.
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FOR 685 - Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design
Description:
Analyze principles and practices of forest recreation planning, especially federal and state recreation agencies; develop master plans for parks; on-site planning procedures. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 485 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II)
3 cr.
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FOR 693 - Forestry Field Seminar
Description:
Study current forest management practices, techniques and issues on this regional tour, addressing environmental, economic and social components in forested regions of the world. May be repeated under various subtitles for regions. Available for undergraduate credit as FOR 493 .
Prerequisites:
Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, II, SUM)
1-3 cr.
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FOR 701 - Survey of Forestry
Description:
Key elements of forest ecology, silviculture, management and amenities, and their relation to key issues in forestry at the local, national and international levels.
Prerequisites:
Certified elementary and secondary teachers only
1 cr.
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FOR 724 - Advanced Forest Protection
Description:
Advanced topics in pathology, entomology, and fire science management; review of basic principles and current literature; practical experience in laboratory and field techniques.
Prerequisites:
Instructor Consent
3 cr.
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FOR 725 - Advanced Forest Management Economics
Description:
Advanced topics and case studies including principles and theory of managerial and financial analysis, production economics and decision systems.
Prerequisites:
Both NRES 372 and FOR 425 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(II-even years)
3 cr.
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FOR 730 - Tree Physiology
Description:
The principal physiological processes of trees including synthesis and use of foods, and growth phenomena.
Prerequisites:
Both BIOL 351 and CHEM 220 (or equivalent)
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Not currently offered
4 cr.
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FOR 732 - Advanced Forest Ecology and Silviculture
Description:
Advanced topics including ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, ecosystem modeling, advanced decision making in silviculture, and application of ecological principles to silviculture.
Prerequisites:
Both FOR 332 and FOR 432 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
(I, even years)
3 cr.
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FOR 733 - Advanced Topics in Urban Forestry
Description:
Advanced topics of the management of trees and other vegetation in metropolitan areas to enhance the urban environment.
3 cr.
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FOR 796 - Current Topics in Forestry
Description:
Advanced coursework on a specific area in forestry. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
Instructor Consent
1-3 cr.
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FREN 101 - First Semester French
Description:
For students with no previous training in the language, or by placement exam.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Associate: IK
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
4 cr.
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FREN 102 - Second Semester French
Description:
Continuation of FREN 101 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 101 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Associate: IK
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
4 cr.
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FREN 211 - Third Semester French
Description:
Intensive grammar review in reading and speaking.
Prerequisites:
FREN 102 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Associate: HC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
4 cr.
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FREN 212 - Fourth Semester French
Description:
Continuation of FREN 211 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 211 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Associate: HC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
4 cr.
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FREN 313 - Developing Speaking Proficiency
Description:
Skill development of speaking in a second language.
Prerequisites:
FREN 212 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
As Needed
3 cr.
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FREN 314 - Developing Writing Proficiency
Description:
Skill development of writing in a second language.
Prerequisites:
FREN 212 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
As Needed
3 cr.
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FREN 315 - Developing Reading Proficiency
Description:
Skill development of reading in a second language.
Prerequisites:
FREN 212 or by placement exam
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
As Needed
3 cr.
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FREN 340 - Introduction to French Literature
Description:
Intensive reading in French literature, methods of literary analysis of various genres; introduction to fundamental techniques of literary criticism. Subtitle will designate area. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
Either FREN 313 or FREN 314
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: HU
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
No Longer Offered
3 cr.
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FREN 345 - Advanced Conversation and Composition
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May repeat once for credit with different subtitle.
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Department Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
3 cr.
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FREN 355 - French for the Professions
Description:
General knowledge of writing and reading material associated with the professions in French, emphasizing cultural differences between the U.S. and other countries. Example: writing business letters and preparing business-related documents. Subtitle will designate focus. May repeat for credit once with a different subtitle.
Prerequisites:
Both FREN 313 and FREN 314 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 420 - Phonetics and Phonology
Prerequisites:
FREN 313 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
3 cr.
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FREN 441 - Survey of French Literature
Description:
French literature to 1800.
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 442 - Survey of French Literature
Description:
19th century French literature to the present. Available for graduate credit as FREN 642 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 450 - 17th Century Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 455 - 18th Century Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 460 - 19th Century Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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FREN 470 - 20th Century Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as FREN 670 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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FREN 481 - French Culture and Civilization
Description:
Subtitle will indicate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as FREN 681 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: HU
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
3 cr.
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FREN 493 - Specialized Studies in French Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus such as: literary genre or group, recurrent literary theme, single author, comparison of two authors. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as FREN 693 .
Prerequisites:
300-level French literature course or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
1-3 cr.
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FREN 495 - Capstone Seminar in Studies in French
Description:
Subtitle will designate thematic focus which will pertain to French cultural studies and/or literature. Topics may include literary themes, literary genres, cultural topics both current and past pertaining to French culture in the broadest definition.
Prerequisites:
Both FREN 340 and FREN 481 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
No Longer Offered
3 cr.
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FREN 499 - Independent Study
Description:
Individual study under faculty supervision. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles.
Prerequisites:
Department Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall and Spring
1-4 cr.
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FREN 642 - Survey of French Literature
Description:
19th century French literature to the present. Available for undergraduate credit as FREN 442 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
3 cr.
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FREN 670 - 20th Century Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as FREN 470 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
3 cr.
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FREN 681 - French Culture and Civilization
Description:
Subtitle will indicate focus. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as FREN 481 .
Prerequisites:
FREN 340 or Instructor Consent
3 cr.
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FREN 693 - Specialized Studies in French Literature
Description:
Subtitle will designate focus such as: literary genre or group, recurrent literary theme, single author, comparison of two authors. May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for undergraduate credit as FREN 493 .
Prerequisites:
300-level French literature course or Instructor Consent
1-3 cr.
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GEOG 100 - Human Impacts on the Physical Environment
Description:
Physical geographic principles and processes applied to understand selected human impacts on atmosphere, water, land, and biota. Includes detailed, interdisciplinary analysis of several environmental problems, including causes, consequences, and solutions. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: ER, NSC
Associate: NW
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
Marshfield: Occasionally; Wausau: Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 105 - The Dynamic Earth
Description:
A contemporary approach to the study of Earth’s geologic, atmospheric, hydrologic, and biological systems and its place in the solar system. Natural resource extraction, use, and environmental implications. Wisconsin’s natural systems are emphasized. Possible field trip(s). 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: NSC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
Marshfield: Spring terms of odd years; Wausau: Fall terms of odd years
3 cr.
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GEOG 108 - Introduction to Meteorology
Description:
The conditions and process of the atmosphere that constitute weather, including: solar energy budget, heating of the atmosphere, temperature, air pressure, winds, atmospheric moisture, precipitation, air masses, fronts, mid-latitude cyclones, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, analysis of weather maps, and forecasting.
General Education Designation(s):
Associate: LS, NW
Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
Marshfield: Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 115 - World Regional Geography
Description:
Survey major patterns of physical features, culture, and human-land relations by region in today’s world; examples may show present and impending resource, environmental, social and political problems, and explore basic solutions.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA, SS
Associate: HC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall and Spring
3 cr.
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GEOG 120 - Human Geography
Description:
Examine components and spatial expressions of contemporary culture including patterns and problems of population, language, religion, urban and rural settlements, political and economic development from perspectives of diffusion, ecology, integration, landscape, and region.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA, SS
Associate: HC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
Marshfield: Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 141 - The Geospatial Revolution
Description:
A survey of the contemporary digital, geospatial world and how the knowledge of location affects our everyday lives. Topics include how location is discovered, collected, managed, and the influences to our understanding and decision-making about the world around us. Social networking, privacy, marketing, security, health, and other societal impacts are emphasized and experienced during this course.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: SS
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall and Spring
3 cr.
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GEOG 170 - Disasters - Living on the Edge
Description:
Study of various environmental hazards, their causes, impacts on humans, and mitigations. Core topics include: earthquakes, volcanoes, flooding, landslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, climate change/global warming, nuclear hazards, and overpopulation. Additional topics may include: coastal hazards, environmental pollution, extreme weather, impacts from space, extinctions, biohazards, chemical hazards, and terrorism. May not earn credit in both GEOG 170 and GEOL 170 .
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: NSC
Associate: LS, NW
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
No Longer Offered
Typically Offered on the Branch Campuses:
Marshfield: Spring terms of even years; Wausau: Fall terms of even years
4 cr.
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GEOG 198 - Reading in the Discipline
Description:
Does not apply to geography major or minor.
Prerequisites:
Concurrent registration in another designated geography course
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
1 cr. pass/fail
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GEOG 208 - Weather and Climate
Description:
Earth’s energy balances; composition, characteristics, circulation of the atmosphere, and weather systems. Introduction to weather map analysis and forecasting. Climate classification and regional climates. Possible field trips. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk.
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: NSC
Associate: LS, NW
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 215 - North America
Description:
Historical and contemporary geographical examination of physical and human landscapes in Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States of America.
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 230 - Introduction to Regional Planning and Geodesign
Description:
Historical evolution of urban/regional planning. Theories, ideologies, philosophies, and functional areas of planning. Also primary plan implementation tools. May not earn credit in both GEOG 230 and NRES 388 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 241 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
Description:
Definition and components of GIS for resource management. Principles and structure of spatial data and cartographic modeling. Spatial data acquisition, manipulation, translation, aggregation, analysis, and presentation.
Prerequisites:
Any geography, CNR or environmental science course
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
2 cr.
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GEOG 260 - Introduction to Cartography: Map Conceptualization and Development
Description:
The map production process, including rationale, graphic structure, data collection and organization, map layout, and final production. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.
Prerequisites:
Sophomore standing
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 303 - Processes of Environmental Degradation
Description:
Study why and how humans harm the physical environment; includes geographic, cultural, political, economic causes and consequences. Case studies from around the world. Possible field trip(s). Available for graduate credit as GEOG 503 .
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: ER
Associate: LS, SER
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 308 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future
Description:
Explore the physical mechanisms of how Earth’s climate changes over various timescales. Paleoclimatic techniques, modern weather data, and computer model simulations are used to investigate the geological and biological evidence of past, present, and future climate including global warming and its impacts. May not earn credit in both GEOG 308 and GEOL 308 . Available for graduate credit as GEOG 508 .
General Education Designation(s):
Associate: SER
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 312 - Geomorphology
Description:
Characteristics, origin, and development of landforms. May not earn credit in both GEOG 312 and GEOL 312 . Possible field trip(s). 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 512 .
Prerequisites:
Either GEOG 101 or GEOL 104 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 315 - Wisconsin
Description:
Geographic analysis of selected physical and cultural features.
Prerequisites:
Sophomore standing
General Education Designation(s):
Associate: HC
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
2 or 3 cr.
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GEOG 317 - Africa
Description:
Regional interpretation; distribution and activities of peoples in relation to physical and cultural patterns and various stages and problems of development. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 517 .
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: GA, SS
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 320 - Urban Geography
Description:
Physical characteristics, spatial patterns, functions, populations, land use, livelihood structures of cities. Possible field trip(s). Available for graduate credit as GEOG 520 .
Prerequisites:
GEOG 120 or Instructor Consent
General Education Designation(s):
Bachelor: SS
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 330 - Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
Description:
Research methods for urban and regional planning. Design and implementation of citizen surveys. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 530 .
Prerequisites:
Geography students: GEOG 230 or Instructor Consent; CNR students: NRES 200 (or concurrent registration) or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 331 - Planning Theory and Ethics
Description:
Review of historical development of planning theories as they relate to planning practice in select cities in the US and the world. Emphasis on the origin and evolution of planning, and key issues that have confronted planning interventionists in developing solutions to fundamental problems of urban areas. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 531 .
Prerequisites:
Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Terms Of Odd Years
3 cr.
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GEOG 333 - Foundations of Geodesign
Description:
Introduction to Geodesign ideas and methods. Explore a Geodesign body of knowledge, consider the use of geospatial technologies in the design and planning professions, contemplate GIS for engaging and empowering the public in decision-making, and apply GIS for spatial data exploration, analysis, resource allocation, impact evaluation, and monitoring. 2 hrs lect, 2 hrs lab. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 533 .
Prerequisites:
Existing GIS experience or refresher course
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 341 - Geographic Information Systems I
Description:
Develop, use and maintain a geographic-based spatial information system (GIS) for resource management. Acquire and assess spatial data. Compare raster and vector data models. Computer-based geographic data handling, analysis, interpretation, and display. Cartographic and spatial modeling. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 541 .
Prerequisites:
Any geography, CNR, or environmental science course
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
3 cr.
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GEOG 342 - GIS Database Design and Data Modeling
Description:
Effectively construct, integrate, design and implement geodatabases. Examine storage, cataloging, maintenance and use of geospatial data within practical applications. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 542 .
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 341 and GEOG 343 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 343 - Geographic Information Systems II
Description:
Intermediate and advanced GIS techniques; integrate medium and large scale digital databases, use rectified aerial and satellite geographic base data. Principles and development of complex environmental and cultural spatial modeling, GIS programming concepts and applications. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 543 .
Prerequisites:
GEOG 341 ; Recommended: GEOG 477
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring and Summer
3 cr.
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GEOG 346 - Geospatial Field Techniques
Description:
Field investigations in the collection, handling, and assessment of geographic data using geospatial techniques. Application of experimental design, sampling strategies, surveying, GPS/GNSS, and UAS remote sensing in the constructions of GIS databases.
Prerequisites:
GEOG 260 , GEOG 341 , and GEOG 377 ; or Instructor Consent. Recommended: MATH 255
3 cr.
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GEOG 348 - Location Analytics
Description:
Geospatial technologies are routinely used for economic, business, and marketing applications. Linking geospatial locations to data analytics allows us to extract knowledge that is otherwise hidden. This course explains and demonstrates examples of consumer lifestyles, competitor interactions, transportation logistics, and location-allocation to solve location-based problems. Learn how to acquire, create, and utilize data related to business analytics. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 548 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 360 - Statistical and Multimedia Cartography
Description:
Statistical manipulation and symbolization of spatial data for map presentation. Acquire and handle quantitative data within a multimedia mapping environment. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.
Prerequisites:
GEOG 260 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Terms of Odd Years
3 cr.
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GEOG 361 - Dynamic Cartography
Description:
Theory and practical applications of interactive mapping and hypermedia presentation. Survey of animated mapping, Web-based cartography, dynamic map displays and associated authoring tools within a multimedia environment. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 561 .
Prerequisites:
GEOG 260 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall Only
3 cr.
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GEOG 362 - Map Design and Production
Description:
How the graphic elements of a map affect its physical and perceived structure. Graphic communication, design principles, and map production skills. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk.
Prerequisites:
GEOG 260 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Spring Terms of Even Years
3 cr.
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GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I
Description:
Characteristics of aerial photographs and digital imagery. Use remote sensing materials to conduct resource inventories, land use evaluation, and landform analysis. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. May not earn credit in both GEOG 377 and NRES 377 . Available for graduate credit as GEOG 577 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall and Spring
3 cr.
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GEOG 390 - Applied Statistics in Geography
Description:
Survey geographic problems and quantitative problem solving methods; create or extract relevant data sets from published geographic resources; apply, interpret, and present appropriate spatial and nonspatial statistics.
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 260 and GEOG 241 ; Recommended: MATH 255
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
No Longer Offered
3 cr.
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GEOG 391 - Special Topics
Description:
Subtitile will designate topic of geographical interest. Possible field trip(s). May be repeated for credit with different subtitles. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 591 .
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall and Spring
1-3 cr.
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GEOG 393 - Field Trip in Geography
Description:
Observe physical and cultural phenomena; required readings, field notebook and/or report. May be repeated for credit with change in locale or topic. May not earn credit in GEOG 393 and GEOL 393 under same locale or topic. Possible field trip fee. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 593 .
Prerequisites:
Intro level geography course
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
1-3 cr.
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GEOG 395 - Directed Study
Description:
You may, with consent of the instructor, arrange for directed study of a geographical topic. May be repeated for credit. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 595 .
Prerequisites:
One geography course, and Department Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Fall, Spring, and Summer
1-3 cr.
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GEOG 399 - Research
Description:
You may arrange for a special research problem with consent of the instructor. Results will be publicly presented. May be repeated for credit. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 599 .
Prerequisites:
Department Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
As Needed
1-3 cr.
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GEOG 430 - Advanced Urban and Regional Planning Analysis
Description:
Advanced techniques/methods of urban/regional planning. Social and economic analysis. Includes population analysis, income measures, linkages and flow studies, economy composition analysis, economic base analysis, input-output, project evaluation, and GIS applications. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 630 .
Prerequisites:
GEOG 241 and either GEOG 330 or NRES 389 ; or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 433 - GIS and Geodesign for Sustainability and Resiliency
Description:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Geodesign concepts and applications to support regional and community level sustainability and resiliency initiatives. Examination of spatial analysis topics and practices including sustainability/resiliency indicators, resource management, public participation, decision making and effective presentation. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 633 .
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 241 and GEOG 341
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 441 - GIS Programming and Customization
Description:
Customize GIS software for extended functionality and utility of the import, query, and display of geospatial information. Use and survey GIS programming languages to develop spatial applications and geographic models. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 641 .
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 341 and GEOG 343 , or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 443 - Mobile GIS Techniques
Description:
Principles and practical applications of mobile GIS. Mobile project design, development, synchronization, maintenance, and deployment. Field trips may be required. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 643 .
Prerequisites:
GEOG 341 or Instructor Consent
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 445 - GIS Environmental Modeling and Management Techniques
Description:
GIS modeling techniques for natural resource managers and environmental scientists. GIS algorithms for recreational management, conservation, habitat suitability, watershed delineation, environmental pollution, land use planning, and natural disasters. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 645 .
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 341 and GEOG 343 , or Instructor Consent. Recommended: GEOG 377 and GEOG 477
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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GEOG 447 - GIS Web Server Applications and Administration
Description:
Formulation and construction of web-based maps, spatial data and geoprocessing models. Examination of relevant properties, functionality, interoperability and geodata services. Basics of GIS web server systems, installation and operations. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab. Available for graduate credit as GEOG 647 .
Prerequisites:
Both GEOG 341 and GEOG 343 , or Instructor Consent. Recommended: GEOG 342 and GEOG 441 , and working knowledge of computing and programming
Typically Offered on the Main Campus:
Occasionally
3 cr.
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