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RAM 805 - Ecotourism: Managing for the Environment
Credits:
4.00
Ecotourism by definition embraces both the environment and
economics. A comprehensive framework for planning and
managing ecotourism in order to both maximize the potential
benefits and minimize the potential costs for people and the
environment. Conducted in a seminar format, case studies
used to assess the role of ecotourism in the sustainable
development of natural resources. Prereq: introduction to
tourism. (Also offered as TOUR 705.)
RAM 841 - Critical Issues in Solid Waste Management
Credits:
2.00
Overview of the basic issues in managing society's waste,
focusing on municipal solid waste and sewage sludge or
"biosolids". Issues such as recycling, source reduction,
composting, incineration, land spreading, and land filling
examined in detail from the perspectives of different
disciplines. Five basic modules: agronomy, economics,
engineering and hydrology, planning and policy, and
social/cultural/ethical issues. Guest speakers from state
government and legislature, private sector firms, and
nonprofit and environmental groups. Field trips to waste
management sites, e.g., landfills, recycling centers, and
composting operations. Prereq: environmental and resource
economics perspectives or equivalent, principles of
biology I or equivalent or permission. (Also offered as
CD 741.)
RAM 867 - Social Impact Assessment
Credits:
4.00
A cross-disciplinary perspective on the issues, problems,
and methods of Social Impact Assessment (SIA). The analytic
approach and theoretical framework provided applied to the
assessment of very diverse events--changes in the natural
environment, local economy, or dominant technology. SIA is
required of most U.S. and Canadian federal and state
sponsored projects that come under the National
Environmental Protection Act, to include tourism, park and
recreation development, highways, reservoirs, timber
production, hazardous waste disposal, as well as policy
issues. SIA is also required for all projects funded by
international donor agencies such as USIA, the World Bank,
and private international development agencies.
RAM 877 - Fundamentals and Practice of Community Planning
Credits:
4.00
Advanced treatment of the concepts and tools required for
effective local and regional planning to guide land use,
capital investment in infrastructure, and organization for
service delivery. Prereq: CD 614 or permission. (Also
offered as CD 777.) (Offered every other year.)
RAM 896 - Investigations
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
A) Resource Administration; B) Resource Management;
C) Resource Policy; D) Public Laws and Resources. Prereq:
permission. May be repeated.
RAM 898 - Directed Research
Credits:
2.00 to 6.00
Hours and credits to be arranged. Not available if credit
obtained for RAM 899. A year-long course; an IA grade
(continuous course) given at the end of the first semester.
Prereq: permission. Credit/Fail.
RAM 899 - Master's Thesis
Credits:
1.00 to 10.00
CR/F.
RAM 900 - Resource Administration an Management Internship
Credits:
4.00
Practical administrative and management experience in an
area of professional interest. Open only to graduate
students in the RAM program. Credit/Fail.
RAM 903 - Approach to Research
Credits:
2.00
The meaning of science and the application of logic in the
scientific method. Principles and techniques of scientific
research. Survey of environmental design procedures.
Organization of investigative work, problem analyses,
working plans, and scientific writing. Prereq: permission.
(Also offered as RECO 903.)
RAM 911 - Natural and Environmental Resource Management
Credits:
4.00
Fundamental economic, aesthetic, and ethical principles
involved in the management of natural resources. Ways to
apply these principles in the formulation and evaluation of
resource management policies, including the management of
specific renewable resources, soils, water, forests, and
wildlife. Prereq: permission. (Also offered as RECO 911.)
(Offered every other year.)
RAM #912 - Administrative Principles and Practices for Resource Systems
Credits:
4.00
An overview of the traditional concepts of administrative
philosophy and theory, including emerging concepts in chaos
theory and other administrative approaches. Demonstrates how
administrators in resource agencies can apply these
concepts to create a new vision of organizational change.
Traditional and innovative management techniques are
presented relative to shaping organizational cultures,
flattening hierarchies, and reengineering work and evaluates
their capacity to allow organizational systems to respond to
change in agencies responsible for natural resource policy
implementation. Prereq: permission.
RAM 993 - Natural and Environmental Resources Seminar
Credits:
1.00
Presentation and discussion of recent research, literature,
and policy problems in the natural and social sciences
influencing resource use. (Also offered as RECO 993.) CR/F.