BIO 220A : Biological Diversity: Animals.
(4:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 120. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Comparative organization and evolutionary significance of morphological, physiological, reproductive, and ecological differences in invertebrates and vertebrates. Laboratory included. |
BIO 220B : Biological Diversity: Plants.
(4:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 120. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Comparative organization and evolutionary significance of morphological, physiological, reproductive, and ecological differences in fungi, algae, and principal groups of land plants. Laboratory included. |
BIO 370 : Bioethics.
(2:1:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Introductory biology course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | In-depth lecture and small group discussion of varied bioethical issues. LDS Church positions emphasized when appropriate. |
BIO 430 : Plant Classification.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 220B or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | General principles of taxonomy and classification, emphasizing family identification and use of keys to the temperate flora. |
BIO 441 : Entomology.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 220A or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | External morphology, natural history, evolution, distribution, and phylogeny of insects. Insect collection required. |
CHEM 223 : Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis.
(4:2:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 106 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Principles of chemical equilibrium, quantitative chemical measurements, and qualitative detection of selected chemical species. |
| NOTE: | Primarily for majors in molecular biology and the life sciences. |
CHEM 227 : Principles of Chemical Analysis.
(4:2:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 113. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Principles of quantitative analysis, introductory instrumental methods, and computer applications to chemical analysis. |
CHEM 285 : Introductory Bio-organic Chemistry.
(4:4:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 101 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Principles of organic chemistry and biochemistry relating to biomolecule structure and function. |
CHEM 351 : Organic Chemistry.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 105, 111; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chemical bonds and molecular structure, conformation and configuration, functional classes, reactions and mechanisms, syntheses. |
| NOTE: | Primarily for majors in chemical engineering and the biological sciences. |
CHEM 353 : Organic Chemistry Laboratory--Nonmajors.
(1-2:0:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 352 or concurrent enrollment (preferred). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Physical and chemical properties, isolation and purification, characterization, syntheses. |
| NOTE: | For predentistry, premedicine, and other majors who do not intend to take Chem 455. |
CHEM 481 : Biochemistry 1.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 352; Biol 100 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | First-semester biochemistry. Molecular components of cells, chemical structure and function, enzymes, metabolic transformations, photosynthesis. |
| NOTE: | For chemistry majors and students in biological sciences who contemplate pursuing advanced degrees, including medicine. |
ECON 440 : Natural Resources and Environmental Economics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Econ 380; 388 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Economic theory applied to allocation of natural resources and environmental amenities. Issues relating to externalities, common property resources, public goods, allocation of depletable natural resources over time, economic factors of environmental polarization, and others. |
GEOG 101 : Global Environment: Understanding Physical Geography.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Physical environment, distribution and interrelationships of climates, landforms, ecosystems and their human significance. |
GEOG 212 : Introduction to Geographic Information Systems.
(3:2:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W; Sp on demand. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Concepts in the use of small- and large-scale digital map data, emphasizing landscape interpretation and feature description. |
GEOG 303 : Biogeography.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 101 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Broad-scale distribution of plants and animals. Theoretical and practical applications to conservation and effects of global environmental change. |
GEOG 306 : Public Land Conservation.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 101 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Environmental and social geography of public lands; analyzing historical, planning, management, and ecological issues. |
GEOG 307 : Landscape Ecology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 101 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Interaction between spatial patterns and spatial processes in an ecological context. Methods, theories, and practical applications of landscapes at various scales. |
GEOG 311 : Geographic Data Management.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 212 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nature of geographic information and its practical management in GIS; design of GIS databases, data collection from primary and secondary sources, manipulating data in preparation for analysis, and data exploration. |
GEOG 331 : Economic Geography.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Alt. term |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to economic processes and spatial patterns, emphasizing theoretical approaches, locational strategies, and changing economic land-use patterns. |
GEOG 412 : Problem Solving with Geographic Information Systems.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F on demand. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geog 311 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Solving practical geographic problems and performing scientific research using raster and vector analysis tools in GIS. |
GEOL 101 : Introduction to Geology.
(3:2:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| DESCRIPTION: | Cultural focus on physical and environmental geology for nonscience majors; rocks and minerals. Field trips. |
| NOTE: | Honors also. |
GEOL 111 : Physical Geology.
(4:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Materials, structure, and surface features of the earth and the geologic processes involved in their development. Field trips and lab studies, use of aerial photos. |
GEOL 435 : Introduction to Groundwater.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Geol 111 or 330; Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the occurrence, movement, and properties of subsurface water; surface and groundwater relationships. |
MATH 112 : Honors Calculus 1.
(4:5:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 and 111 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule. |
MATH 302 : Mathematics for Engineering 1.
(4:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 113 and passing grade on required preparatory exam taken during first week of class. (Practice exams available on class Website). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and numerical methods. |
MMBIO 221 : General Microbiology.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Any chemistry course and any biology course. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Microbial world, emphasizing communicable diseases, their causes, and control. |
| NOTE: | Recommended for students seeking a liberal education in microbiology who do not have the prerequisites to take the more advanced courses. |
MMBIO 240 : Molecular Biology.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | PDBio 120, Chem 105. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamentals of protein and nucleic acid structure and their function in the context of the classical experiments that have informed our current models of biology at the molecular level. |
MMBIO 241 : Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory.
(1:0:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Molecular and cellular biology techniques laboratory. |
PDBIO 360 : Cell Biology.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamentals of cell structure and function with reference to analytical methods used by cell biologists. Practice in designing, executing, and interpreting relative experiments. |
PHSCS 105 : Introductory Applied Physics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | High school algebra and trigonometry. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in Phscs 107. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applied physics course not requiring calculus. Topics include mechanics, heat, wave motion, sound. |
PHSCS 106 : Introductory Applied Physics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Phscs 105 or equivalent. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Concurrent enrollment in Phscs 108. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Phscs 105. Topics include electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, and optics. |
PHIL 205 : Deductive Logic.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp on demand. |
| DESCRIPTION: | History and use of syllogistic and propositional logic; evaluating arguments with Venn diagrams, truth tables, and Copi-style proofs and proof strategies. |
PL SC 536 : Environmental Regulation.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Regulatory programs aimed at air and water pollution, hazardous waste, toxic chemicals, and other environmental problems. Alternative regulatory mechanisms and approaches. |
PWS 215 : Principles of Range Management.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of rangeland resources and management principles, including rangeland classification, multiple use management, natural resource policy, and grazing management. |
PWS 225 : Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| RECOMMENDED: | PWS 115. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Basic principles of fish and wildlife management, their habitats, and their human users. Ecological concepts, population dynamics, nutrition, behavior, population assessment, management strategies, habitat sampling and management. |
PWS 306 : Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Laboratory.
(1:0:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 305 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Laboratory for studying nutrient-supplying power of soils, nutrient deficiencies and toxicities, and plant adaptation to nutritional stresses. |
PWS 310 : Mentored Laboratory Techniques.
(2:.5:1.5)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 107, MMBio 241. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mentored, systematic instruction in basic biotechnology techniques and their application in addressing molecular genetic research questions. |
PWS 330 : Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| DESCRIPTION: | Identification, characteristics, phenology, distribution, site adaptation, forage value, and response to management of significant range and pasture plants. |
PWS 331 : Science of Plant Pest Control.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 100, 282; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Identifying important insect, disease, and weed pest problems. Pest classification, biology, and methods of control. |
PWS 340 : Genetics.
(2:2:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 240. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Genetic mechanisms, their fundamental nature, interactions, and applications to human affairs. Genetics in quantitative terms. Extensive practice in problem solving. |
PWS 355 : Rangeland Vegetation Measurements and Analysis.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| DESCRIPTION: | Field methodologies for vegetation inventories and analysis (density, biomass, cover, frequency, utilization, etc.) in wildland settings. |
PWS 402 : Urban Soils and Water.
(4:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 100, 282. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Principles of water management, soil physics, and soil fertility used in a problem-solving environment addressing current challenges in managing soils and water in the urban landscape. |
PWS 416 : Rangeland Vegetation Improvement.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| RECOMMENDED: | PWS 330, 350. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Habitat improvement for domestic and wild animals. Plant control by mechanical equipment, herbicides, and prescribed fire. Restoration of disturbed lands. |
| NOTE: | Field trips required. |
PWS 431 : Integrated Management of Plant Pests.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 100, 282, 331. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Diagnosing, identifiying, and managing of weed, insect, and disease problems in plants. Integrated pest management solutions. Proper pesticide management and safety. |
PWS 511 : Soil and Plant Water Relations.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F odd years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 100, 282, Chem 105; or equivalents. |
| RECOMMENDED: | PWS 305 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Integrating biological, physical, and chemical processes of water and solute movements through the soil-plant atmosphere continuum using a combination of literature review, lecture, demonstration, and mini-research projects. |
PWS 514 : Soil Microbiology.
(2:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W odd years |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 106, 107; or equivalents. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ecology and role of soil microorganisms in nutrient cycling, decomposition of organic matter and waste materials, and degradation of agricultural chemicals in soil. |
PWS 540 : Plant Response to the Environment.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F even years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | PWS 440 or equivalent; PWS 494R or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced plant physiological ecology principles. |
PWS 551 : Quantitative Ecology.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W odd years. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Bio 350 or equivalent; Stat 221 or 511 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Quantitative methods for ecological sampling and data analysis. |
STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also; Honors also. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression. |
: Honors Principles of Statistics.