UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

262 Environmental Science and Policy
140. Culinary and Medicinal Herbs (3)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: Biological
Sciences 1C. Growth, identification, cultivation, and
use of common culinary and medicinal herbs; herbal
plant families; effects of climate and soils on herbs;
herbal medicine; ecology and geography of herbs;
herb garden design; secondary chemistry of active
compounds. (Same course as Plant Biology 140.)—
III. Bledsoe
141. Role of Fire in Natural Ecosystems (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Biological
Sciences 1B and 1C, upper division or graduate
standing or consent of instructor; general ecology or
environmental science course recommended. Fire
regimes and roles in major North American vegetation
types, especially in the west. Physics of fire, fire
effects on organisms and ecosystem functioning,
reconstructing fire histories, fire in resource management,
and fire use by indigenous people.—II. (II.)
Barbour
144. Trees and Forests (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Biological Sciences 1C. Biological structure and
function of trees as organisms; understanding of forests
as communities and as ecosystems; use of forests
by humans; tree phenology, photosynthesis,
respiration, soil processes, life histories, dormancy,
forest biodiversity, and agroforestry. (Same course
as Environmental Horticulture 144 and Plant Biology
144.)—I. (I.) Barbour, Berry, Bledsoe
185. Aerial Photo Interpretation and
Remote Sensing (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Basics of
remote sensing and photogrammetry, grids and map
projections, aerial photo interpretation, sensors and
platforms for aerial and space photography and
non-photographic imaging systems, aerial thermography,
microwave sensing, and introduction to
remote sensing applications.—I. (I.)
186. Environmental Remote Sensing (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 16B
and Physics 7C or 9B; upper division standing.
Overview of satellite, airborne, and ground-based
remote sensing. Building on properties of EM Radiation,
isotropic and non-isotropic scattering and
absorption, examines applications in hydrologic processes,
weather and climate, ecology and land use,
soils, geology, forestry, and agriculture. Not open
for credit to students who have taken Hydrologic Science
186. (Former course Hydrologic Science
186.)—III. (III.) Ustin
186L. Environmental Remote Sensing Lab
(2)
Laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 186 with
grade of C or better. Computer based analysis and
visualization of digital images and image processing
techniques. Continuation of course 186 providing
theory and direct experience in digital image processing.—III.
(III.) Ustin
192. Resource Sciences Internship (1-12)
Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: completion of
84 units and consent of instructor. Work experience
off and on campus in resource sciences. Internship
supervised by a member of the faculty. (P/NP grading
only.)
194H. Senior Honor Thesis (2-6)
Independent study. Prerequisite: senior standing,
overall GPA of 3.250 or higher and consent of master
adviser. Two or three successive quarters of
guided research on an environmentally related subject
of special interest to the student. (Deferred grading
only, pending completion of thesis.)
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
(P/NP grading only.)
Environmental
Science and Policy
(College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Andrew Sih, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department
Department Office. 2132 Wickson Hall
(530) 752-3026
Faculty
Howard V. Cornell, Ph.D., Professor
Charles R. Goldman, Ph.D., Professor
Susan L. Handy, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Susan P. Harrison, Ph.D., Professor
Alan M. Hastings, Ph.D., Professor
Marcel Holyoak, Ph.D., Associate Professor
John L. Largier, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Mark N. Lubell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Stephen G. Morgan, Ph.D., Professor
Joan M. Ogden, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Benjamin S. Orlove, Ph.D., Professor
James F. Quinn, Ph.D., Professor
Eliska Rejmankova, Ph.D., Professor
Peter J. Richerson, Ph.D., Professor
Paul A. Sabatier, Ph.D., Professor
Mark W. Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor
Andrew Sih, Ph.D., Professor
Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., Professor (Environmental Science
and Policy, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Affiliated Faculty
Edwin D. Grosholz, Ph.D., Associate Specialist,
Cooperative Extension
Emeriti Faculty
William J. Hamilton III, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Jack D. Ives, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Robert A. Johnston, M.S., Professor Emeritus
Seymour I. Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus,
Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award
The Program of Study
Environmental Science and Policy is a teaching and
research department offering courses, workshops,
and directed group study classes that focus on the
complex problems of human-environment relations.
The department offers Bachelor of Science degrees
in Environmental Biology and Management and in
Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning. Courses
in Environmental Science and Policy also supplement
major programs in a wide variety of established disciplines,
although highly motivated undergraduates
who find existing majors unsuited to their educational
objectives are encouraged to contact the
chairperson and faculty of the department regarding
individual majors in the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences (see Individual Major, on
page 310).
Current Information. Through its continuing contacts
with many other departments and teaching divisions
on the campus, the department develops a
variety of special courses and workshops each year
that cannot be listed here. Check with the Department
office and with the expanded course description
handbook of the College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences for up-to-date information
about courses.
Graduate Study. The faculty of the department
offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs of the
Graduate Group in Ecology, as well as instruction
through the graduate programs of the disciplines
with which they are associated, such as agricultural
and resource economics, evolution and ecology,
sociology, political science, civil engineering, and
anthropology. Further information about graduate
programs in ecology should be obtained from the
chairperson of the Graduate Group in Ecology.
Graduate Adviser. Mark W. Schwartz (Ecology)
Courses in Environmental Science
and Policy (ESP)
Lower Division Courses
1. Environmental Analysis (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
University Writing Program 1; Economics 1A, 1B,
Biological Sciences 1A, Political Science 1, and University
Writing Program 102 recommended. Analysis
of the biological, physical, and social interactions
which constitute environmental problems, such as
food production, energy development and conservation,
pollution, and the conservation of natural environments.
Emphasis on analysis of problems and the
consequences of proposed solutions.—II. (II.)
Holyoak
10. Current Issues in the Environment (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: elementary biology
recommended. The science behind environmental
issues, and policies affecting our ability to solve
domestic and international environmental problems.
Resources, environmental quality, regulation, environmental
perception and conservation. Integrative
case studies. Not open for credit to students who
have completed course 1. GE credit: SciEng.—I. (I.)
Schwartz
10D. Current Issues in the Environment—
Discussion (1)
Discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 10 concurrently.
Small group discussions and preparation of
papers for course 10. GE credit with concurrent
enrollment in course 10: Wrt.—I. (I.) Schwartz
30. The Global Ecosystem (3)
Lecture—3 hours; 1 one-day field trip. Prerequisite:
Biological Sciences 10 or Geography 1 or Anthropology
2. The interaction of climate and biotic adaptation
and the production of ecological systems. The
limits and opportunities for human use of different
natural environments, and human utilization of the
earth’s biotic resources. GE credit: SciEng.
30G. The Global Ecosystem: Laboratory/
Discussion (2)
Laboratory/discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 30 concurrently. Presents natural history skills
in plant and animal identification, soils, and geology.
Emphasis on the diverse organisms and habitats
of Northern California. GE credit with
concurrent enrollment in course 30: Wrt.
92. Internship (1-12)
Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: lower division
standing and consent of instructor. Work experience
off and on campus in all subject areas offered in the
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Internship supervised by member of the faculty. (P/
NP grading only.)
98. Directed Group Study (1-5)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Primarily for lower
division students. (P/NP grading only.)
Upper Division Courses
100. General Ecology (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisites:
Biological Sciences 1A, 1B, 1C, Mathematics 16A,
16B; Statistics 13 recommended. Theoretical and
experimental analysis of the distribution, growth and
regulation of species populations; predator-prey and
competitive interactions; and the organization of natural
communities. Application of evolutionary and
ecological principles to selected environmental problems.—I,
II. (I, II.) Cornell, Sih
101. Ecology, Nature, and Society (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Anthropology 1 or 2 or course 30 or Evolution and
Ecology 100 or Biological Sciences 101. Interdisciplinary
study of diversity and change in human societies,
using frameworks from anthropology,
evolutionary ecology, history, archaeology, psychology,
and other fields. Topics include population
dynamics, subsistence transitions, family organization,
disease, economics, warfare, politics, and
resource conservation. (Same course as Anthropology
101.) GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—I. (II.) Borgerhoff
Mulder
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience