REM 460 - Rangeland Adventure Field Week

(1 units)

Spring Break field week course focused on a specific rangeland management project or issue in the Western US. Each Spring enrolled students will travel to a different specific site location or region to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities learned to date to collect data/information, analyze, and plan management actions. Camping, hiking up to 5 miles per day, and 8+ hour/day of fieldwork is required.

Maximum units a student may earn: 1

Prerequisite(s): REM 241 and Junior or Senior or Graduate Standing

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe the array of interrelated ecological, management, and economic factors and processes that play a role in natural resource management.
2. describe past management accomplishments, current management efforts, and future management needs for natural resources management applications and methods that may be imposed on rangeland ecosystems.
3. perform field analysis and apply the analysis to a site-based project.

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