• PSC 6230: Readings in Landscape Water Conservation

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Background topics in water development and policy in the West. Current topics on various aspects of water conservation in urban landscapes.
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• PSC 6240: Water Efficient Landscaping Seminar

  1.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Students develop skills in public speaking by presenting their summer internship experience to the Plants, Soils, and Climate faculty. Students also work on a culminating academic endeavor for the program. (F)
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• PSC 6250: Water Efficient Landscaping Summer Immersion for MPSH Program

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Introduces MPSH students to peers and faculty, and provides hands-on learning opportunities related to on-line landscape water conservation courses. Students will complete water audits, meet with water conservation districts, and present project proposals.
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• PSC 6270: Environmental Plant Physiology

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  The relationship between physiological processes and growth of whole plants. Energy balance and water use efficiency. Light interception and canopy geometry. Canopy photosynthesis and respiration. Carbon partitioning and source/sink relationships. Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 4400 or PSC 3500 or equivalent.
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• PSC 6280: Plant Stress Physiology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course serves as a platform for integrating the advances in biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology toward in-depth understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that are critical to plant resilience and productivity under sub-optimal environments. Additional coursework is required for those enrolled in the graduate-level course. Crosslisted as: PSC 5280. Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 4400 is recommended, or similar plant physiology course.
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• PSC 6350: Wildland Soils

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Application of basic principles of soil science to wildland ecosystems. Effects of disturbance and land use on wildland soil properties. Role of soils in natural resource management. Prerequisite/Restriction: CHEM 1110, PSC 3000, and one additional upper-division Soils course, or instructor permission. Crosslisted as: PSC 5350 and WILD 6350/WILD 5350.
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• PSC 6420: Landscape Irrigation Design

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Introduction to design of sprinkler and drip irrigation systems for residential and commercial landscapes. Taught during first half of semester. Cross/Dual-listed: PSC 4420 Semester(s) Traditionally Taught: Spring
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• PSC 6430: Plant Nutrition

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Mechanisms of nutrient acquisition, rhizosphere interactions, root morphology and distribution, short- and long-distance transport, nitrogen fixation, and biochemical function of essential and beneficial elements. Crosslisted as: PSC 5430.
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• PSC 6500: Environmental Physics of Land Ecosystems & Climate

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  How terrestrial ecosystems and climate affect each other at various scales, from microclimates, to regional and finally global climate. Quantitative exploration of the biophysical processes that connect the land and climate. Crosslisted as: PSC 5500.
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• PSC 6530: Soil Health and Fertility

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Description of forms, transformations, and movement of plant nutrients in soils. Discussion of factors affecting nutrient supply, both qualitatively and quantitatively, for nutrient elements essential for plant growth. Prerequisites: PSC 3000; CHEM 1110 or 1210. (Sp)
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