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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Winter 2015
- Course Number:
- ESR 204
- Course Title:
- Introduction to Environmental Restoration
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Develops an understanding of the techniques and practices of environmental restoration using hands-on practice in the field. Includes riparian restoration and restoration in wetlands and upland ecosystems topics. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
- Use an understanding of ecosystem functioning and human effects upon ecosystems
- Utilize field and laboratory methods/technologies to assess site conditions including soils, hydrology, and plant composition
- Use concepts of environmental restoration to manage and restore an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or contaminated from human activity or natural agents
Course Activities and Design
- Essay exams
- Write-ups of field and laboratory experiences
- Research paper on class environmental assessment
- Oral presentation of lab results
- Self-assessment of group dynamics
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Energy relationships and environmental systems
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Land, Soil, Watershed
- Water Quality
- Human Impacts
- Field sampling
- Measuring of environmental parameters --Lab and field skills
- Computer Modeling
- Data analysis
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Read and process scientific papers
- Write using the scientific format
- Use basic math and statistics appropriately
- Apply scientific method
- Field and lab techniques and equipment
- Perform water quality analysis
- Use of taxonomic key
- Equipment to analyze upland microclimates
- Hydrologic data collection
- Locating and accessing information
- Think critically
- Collaborate with peers -- Work effectively in groups
- Present conclusions logically
- Use spreadsheet for data analyses
- Use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS)