First of two capstone courses in natural resources management integrating all courses to date.
Athena Title
Senior Project I
Prerequisite
Permission of major
Pre or Corequisite
FANR 3300-3300D or FORS 4700/6700-4700L/6700L or FISH(ECOL)(MARS)(WILD) 4300/6300 or WILD 4100-4100L
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will apply knowledge and skills learned in prior courses to a “real world” problem of natural resource management.
Students will identify a client’s problem or interests and develop these into achievable management objectives.
Students will evaluate alternative means of achieving management objectives.
Students will identify, collect, and analyze information necessary for evaluating alternatives.
Students will summarize results and make recommendations based on the best combination of biological, financial, legal, social, and ethical considerations.
Students will compose an informative report and present analyses and recommendations to client, professors, and peers.
Students will become comfortable with working with others in a team.
Topical Outline
Introduction and Definition of Service Learning
Effective Team Dynamics
Client Objectives (and Client Communications)
Formulating Alternatives
Gathering Data
Overview of Potential Projects
Planning the Report
Planning the Presentation
Spatial Considerations
Project Proposal
Dataviz
Document Wrangling/Formatting (including TOC, and References)
Service Learning
Developing and Giving Presentations
Expectations for Execution Semester
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
