Fall 2002 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2002; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Arid Lands Resource Sciences (ARL )  Department Info

ARL 299 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 393 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 399 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 418 -- Southwest Land and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The course encompasses the greater Southwest, including northern Mexico from preColumbian times to the present. Evidence from archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and biological anthropology is integrated. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of Indian, Hispanic, and Euroamerican peoples and their adaptation to and exploitation of the natural environment through time.
Identical to:  ANTH 418; ANTH is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 518.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 442 -- Transformation of Agrarian Societies in the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Dynamics, processes, and implications of rural change in the Middle East; focus on changes in peasant communities, nomadic pastoralists, rural-urban relations, and planned change.
Identical to:  NES 442; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 542.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 467 -- Population and Development in the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Review of theories and research in population, resources and socioeconomic development, with emphasis on determinants and consequence of population growth and migration in contemporary Middle East.
Identical to:  NES 467; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 567.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 480 -- Medicinal Plants  (3 units)
Description:  Historical and cultural aspects of plants and medicine, therapeutic uses of plants, psychoactive and food plants, contribution of medicinal plants to modern medicine, future of medicinal plants.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 101A, CHEM 101B.
Identical to:  PL S 480; PL S is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 580.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 493 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 512 -- Economic Policy in Developing Countries  (3 units)
Description:  The role of policies in economic growth and development. The impact of commodity, factor market and macroeconomic policies on economic incentives.
Prerequisite(s):  ECON 361, MATH 113.
Identical to:  AREC 512; AREC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 518 -- Southwest Land and Society  (3 units)
Description:  The course encompasses the greater Southwest, including northern Mexico from preColumbian times to the present. Evidence from archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and biological anthropology is integrated. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of Indian, Hispanic, and Euroamerican peoples and their adaptation to and exploitation of the natural environment through time. Graduate-level requirements an in-depth familiarity with a subfield of choice through preparation of a substantial research paper (15-25 pages) and submission of weekly critical memos on required readings.
Identical to:  ANTH 518; ANTH is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 418.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 521 -- Physical Climatology  (3 units)
Description:  The global and surface energy balance; the hydrologic cycle; the influence on climate of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation; climate history, sensitivity, modeling, and natural and anthropogenic change. Graduate-level requirements include a more quantitative and thorough understanding of the subject matter.
Identical to:  ATMO 521; ATMO is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 523 -- Hydrology  (3 units)
Description:  Discussion and analysis of major topics of the hydrologic cycle and their interrelationship, such as rainfall, infiltration, evaporation, and runoff. Statistical and probabilistic methods in water supply and flood hydrology. Graduate-level requirements include a project paper.
Identical to:  C E 523; C E is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 530 -- The Climate System  (3 units)
Description:  Systematic examination of processes and circulations comprising Earth's climate. Emphasis on circulations influencing geographic processes using examples of atmospheric environmental issues. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a term paper.
Identical to:  GEOG 530; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 541 -- Economic Botany of Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Examines past, present, and potential future industries based on plant resources in arid lands. Survey of useful products from arid lands plants, their biosynthesis and physiological function, taxonomic and geographic sources, and their role in local and global economies.
Prerequisite(s):  PL S 360.
Identical to:  PL S 541; PL S is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 542 -- Transformation of Agrarian Societies in the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Dynamics, processes, and implications of rural change in the Middle East; focus on changes in peasant communities, nomadic pastoralists, rural-urban relations, and planned change. Graduate-level requirements include the submission of an expanded research paper.
Identical to:  NES 542; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 442.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 550 -- Geomorphology  (4 units)
Description:  Processes, form, and dynamics of the fluvial system from source to mouth. Introduction to aeolian, glacial, and planetary geomorphology. Graduate-level requirements include additional discussion section once a week.
Identical to:  GEOS 550; GEOS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 564 -- The Arid and Semi-arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Past, present and future of settlement and resource utilization in the world's arid lands; spatial interrelationships of environmental, demographic, socioeconomic and political systems. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of an original research paper on an approved topic.
Identical to:  GEOG 564; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 565 -- Physical Aspects of Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  The climate, landforms, hydrology, soils and vegetation of deserts, with special emphasis on processes and distribution at micro-to-macro scales. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of an oral presentation of an original research paper on an approved topic.
Identical to:  GEOG 565; GEOG is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 567 -- Population and Development in the Middle East  (3 units)
Description:  Review of theories and research in population, resources and socioeconomic development, with emphasis on determinants and consequence of population growth and migration in contemporary Middle East. Graduate-level requirements include submission of an expanded research paper.
Identical to:  NES 567; NES is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 467.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 569 -- Ethnobotany  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the role of plants in non-industrialized societies from ancient to modern times. Includes ethnobotanical techniques, cultural classifications, wild resources, traditional farming.
Identical to:  ANTH 569; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 575 -- Economics of Natural Resource Policy  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and application of economic concepts needed to evaluate resource laws and policies; including welfare economics, externalities, public goods and valuation methodologies. Case studies focus on the American West and include federal and state environmental, water, and land policies.
Prerequisite(s):  ECON 300 or ECON 361.
Identical to:  AREC 575; AREC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 580 -- Medicinal Plants  (3 units)
Description:  Historical and cultural aspects of plants and medicine, therapeutic uses of plants, psychoactive and food plants, contribution of medicinal plants to modern medicine, future of medicinal plants. Graduate-level requirements include review of at least two leading papers in the field.
Identical to:  PL S 580; PL S is home department.
May be convened with:  ARL 480.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 590 -- Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth  (3 units)
Description:  A multidisciplinary course delineating the physical basis of electromagnetic remote sensing, the concepts of information extraction, and applications pertinent to earth systems science. Graduate-level requirements include an additional term paper.
Identical to:  REM 590; REM is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 593 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 595A -- Current Research  (1 unit)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 599 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 631 -- Anthropology and Development  (3 units)
Description:  The role of anthropology in interdisciplinary projects involving economic development and planned change on the national and international levels.
Identical to:  ANTH 631; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 641 -- Natural and Human Impacts on Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  The influence of nature and humans on arid lands sustainability and the role of locally-adaptable technologies. Various aspects of measuring, monitoring and describing natural and human impacts on arid lands. Focuses on occurrences such as El Nino, population growth, and utilization of limited resources in relation to their economic and environmental significance.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 642 -- Use and Management of Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Major issues surrounding land uses in the world's arid and semi-arid zones. Examination of issues which will determine the future of land management in much of the arid and semi-arid lands of the western United States. The debate over the management of lands in relation to ownership, tenure, and access; intergenerational transfers, and the economic, environmental, and social consequences of proposed changes in current arrangements.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 643 -- Cultures and Institutions of Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Social-science aspects of arid lands studies through exposure to approaches and analyses rooted in various disciplines. Examines arid lands cultures, societies, and institutions and highlights distinctive adaptations to prevailing climatic and physical conditions. Objectives are to develop skills that will improve students' ability to understand, critique and synthesize oral presentations; review and analyze written materials; discuss and debate interpretations of scholarly work; and prepare critical essays.
Usually offered:  Fall.

ARL 644 -- Biodiversity and Sustainability in Arid Lands  (3 units)
Description:  Feasibility of these concepts are studied thoroughly with the aim to explore the changing global community. Multi-media presentations, videos, selected readings and textbook material will be used to explore the political, economic, and ecological impacts on the environment and the health of our entire ecosystem.
Usually offered:  Spring.

ARL 693 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 696B -- Cultural Anthropology  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 12 units of credit.
Identical to:  ANTH 696B; ANTH is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 699 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 900 -- Research  (1-4 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 909 -- Master's Report  (1-3 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

ARL 910 -- Thesis  (1-8 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

ARL 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.