Range Management, Courses Summer 2000

Summer 2000 Course Descriptions
Key to Course Descriptions

Courses listed below are approved UA courses as of Summer 2000. Not all approved courses will be offered during this term. For course offerings/availability during a specific term, see the Schedule of Classes. Each course number below links to the Schedule of Classes.

Range Management (RA M) Dept Info - College Info

RA M 193 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 199 Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

RA M 199H Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

RA M 222 Arizona Plant Life (3) I Concepts of plant ecology illustrated with examples from Arizona. Topics include taxonomy, species distribution, community classification and dynamics, and human influences. 3L, 2R. P, two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104). Approved as Tier Two - Natural Sciences.

RA M 293 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 299 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

RA M 299H Honors Independent Study (3) [Rpt./]

RA M 382 Rangeland Plant Communities of the West (3) II Structure and function of western U.S. range land plant communities focusing on vegetation dynamics and anthropogenic influences. Laboratory includes classroom and field identification of communities and plant species.

RA M 393 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 399 Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./]

RA M 399H Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 436 Grazing Ecology and Management (3) I Application of animal diet and nutrition, grazing behavior, and vegetation-soil-herbivore interactions in management of grazing animals for improved livestock production, wildlife habitat, watershed protection, forest reproduction or other land use objectives. Includes design of water developments, fences and other structural range improvements. May be convened with RA M 536.

RA M 446 Range and Forest Management (4) II Principles and technical procedures associated with management of range land and forest plant communities. Manipulations will focus on controlling species composition to achieve management objectives, and include chemical, biological, and cultural treatments. P, RNR 316. May be convened with RA M 546.

RA M 456 Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring (3) I Techniques of mapping and measuring attributes of vegetation and soils for inventory and monitoring of range lands. Interpretation of data with respect to range condition and trend, watershed protection, value for livestock and wildlife habitat. Writing Emphasis Course. May be convened with RA M 556.

RA M 487 Rangeland Management Plan (2) II Conduct a field inventory, develop management alternatives, and provide environmental and economic analyses of alternative management proposals in a written plan. 6L. All-day field trips. Writing Emphasis Course. May be convened with RA M 587.

RA M 493 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 494R Research (3) [Rpt./ 1] I II P, ENGL 101, MATH 110, ABE 120, consent of instructor.

RA M 498 Senior Capstone (1-3) I II

RA M 498H Honors Thesis (3) [Rpt./ 2] I II

RA M 499 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

RA M 499H Honors Independent Study (3) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 536 Grazing Ecology and Management (3) I For a description of course topics see RA M 436. Graduate-level requirements include additional required readings and research paper on selected topic. May be convened with RA M 436.

RA M 546 Range and Forest Management (4) II For a description of course topics see RA M 446. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper on an aspect of range land improvements. May be convened with RA M 446.

RA M 556 Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring (3) I For a description of course topics see RA M 456. Graduate-level requirements include additional assigned readings and discussion periods. May be convened with RA M 456.

RA M 570 Functional Ecology of Arid Land Plants (2) II Concepts and current approaches in physiological ecology of arid land plants, focusing on processes at whole plant and ecosystem levels. Hands-on experience with instrumentation and methods used to measure plant-water relations, gas exchange, isotopic variation, and ecosystem fluxes.

RA M 587 Rangeland Management Plan (2) II For a description of course topics see RA M 487. Graduate-level requirements include development of additional management alternatives and environmental and economic analyses. May be convened with RA M 487.

RA M 593 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 595A Rangeland Policy (3) [Rpt./ 1] II

RA M 595C Diet of Free-Ranging Ruminants (2) I

RA M 599 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

RA M 693 Internship (1-8) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 696A Rangeland Policy (1) [Rpt./ 1] I II

RA M 699 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./] I II

RA M 900 Research (1-8) [Rpt./]

RA M 909 Master's Report (1-3) [Rpt./]

RA M 910 Thesis (1-8) [Rpt./]

RA M 920 Dissertation (1-9) [Rpt./]

RA M 930 Supplementary Registration (1-9) [Rpt./]

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