LDEM 630ECMG 330/ Natural Resource Management 3 cr.

Ecosystem approach to NRM. Data sources and interpretation for NRM. Physical, socio-economic, cultural, political, and geographic specificity of NRM. Principles and processes of NRM. Case studies and practical examples in contrasting situations.

LDEM 631/ Agricultural Pollution and Control 3 cr.

Fate of agrochemicals in the environment. Effect on terrestrial and aquatic systems. Contamination, monitoring residues, methodologies, and risk assessment models and research. Annually.

LDEM 633/ Ecological Landscape Design and Planning 3 cr.

Introduction to the theory and methodology of ecological landscape design and planning, aims to introduce the holistic approach of landscape ecology and its application in sustainable management of natural and cultural landscape sterosystems.

ENSC 654/ Physical and Biological Resources in Terrestrial Ecosystems 3 cr.

Physical and Biological Resources in Ecosystems, soils in the ecosystem, soil conservation, water in the ecosystem, water conservation, principles of soil and water chemistry and microbiology, plant and animal biodiversity, collection and conservation of wild plants, preservation of endangered species, plant response to environmental stress.