• PSC 6550: Fundamentals of Integrated Weed Management

  4.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Management strategies for undesirable plant species in native and agroecosystems. Interference and allelopathy, undesirable plant invasion and spread, noxious weed eradication principles and practices, integrated plant management strategies, herbicide interactions with weeds and crops, and economics of management emphases. (F)
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• PSC 6560: Analytical Techniques for the Soil Environment

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Analysis of chemical and biological soil characteristics. Results interpreted for soil fertility, land use, and environmental remediation. Graduate credit requires a paper reviewing analysis of element or compound class. Prerequisite/Restriction: PSC 6050/PSC 5050 or PSC 6530/PSC 5530 (may be taken concurrently), or instructor permission. Crosslisted as: PSC 5560.
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• PSC 6570: Advanced Weed Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Explores advanced topics and research techniques in weed science. Discussion of weed biology, ecology, invasion, and interference. Includes uptake, movement, metabolism, and physiological activity of herbicides in plants. Considers mechanisms and impacts of herbicide resistance in weeds and crops. Prerequisite/Restriction: BIOL 4400, PSC 6550/PSC 5550 or instructor permission.
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• PSC 6670: Environmental Soil Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Characterization of the physical properties of soils and other porous media. Measurement, prediction, and control of processes taking place in and through soils (e.g., water flow and solute transport), including atmospheric and groundwater interactions. (F)
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• PSC 6680: Paleoclimatology

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Covers climate through the past four billion years of geologic time. Explores driving forces behind climate changes. Examines data and methods used in paleoclimate research. Includes discussion of literature and stresses local paleoclimate records. Three lectures per week, along with field trips. Prerequisite/Restriction: GEO 3600/WATS 3600 or instructor permission. Crosslisted as: PSC 5680 and GEO 6680/GEO 5680 and WATS 6680/WATS 5680.
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• PSC 6700: Integrative Topics in Plants, Soils, and Climate

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Team-taught special topics course encouraging interdisciplinary analysis of a research or policy area from the current literature, encompassing the three departmental subdisciplines. Emphasis on written and oral student presentations. Repeatable for credit.
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• PSC 6750: Climate Prediction: Mechanisms & Resources

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course covers the fundamentals of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics and how they interact. Students learn larger-scale atmospheric motions. Topics include provenance and utilization of climate forecast data and statistical characterization of climate variations, including anomoalies and extremes. Additional coursework may be required for graduate students. Crosslisted as: PSC 4750 Prerequisites: GEO 1110 MATH 1210 MATH 1220
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• PSC 6810: Climate and Climate Change

  3.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  This course emphasizes physical basis of climate (climate dynamics), as well as the mechanisms and processes for its fluctuations on sub-seasonal to interannual time scales (climate variations) and on regional to hemispheric/global time scales.
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• PSC 6820: Environmental Biophysics

  2.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  Explores connections between biosphere and atmosphere at many scales. Introduces processes governing exchanges of mass and energy between surface and atmosphere, as well as connections to climate. Examines role of the biota at local to global scales. (Sp)
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• PSC 6870: Ecology Seminar

  1.00 Credits

  Utah State University

  
  The Ecology Center schedules seminars with ecological scientists from participating institutions. Ecology majors are required to attend or view a minimum of 10 such lectures. Ecologically focused seminars offered by other departments and colleges may also be eligible for credit. Crosslisted as: BIOL 6870, ENVS 6870, WATS 6870, and WILD 6870. Repeatable for credit. Pass/Fail only.
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