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S T S 047 WILDERNESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Impact of developments in science, literature, and art on changing attitudes toward nature; consequences for conservation, preservation, environmental ethics. Credits: (3)
S T S 135 THE POLITICS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS The political implications of the increasing scarcity of many of the world's resources. Credits: (3)
S T S 150 OUT OF THE FIERY FURNACE A history of materials, energy, and humans, with emphasis on their interrelationships. For nontechnical students. Credits: (3)
S T S 201 CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND BIODIVERSITY Studies Of Global Warming, Energy Options, And Biodiversity; Their Interrelations As Sciences And As Societal Issues Credits: (3)
S T S 327 SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Analysis Of The Relationships Between Societal Development And Enhancement And Natural Resources. Credits: (3)
S T S 420 ENERGY AND MODERN SOCIETY Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology. Credits: (3) Course web site
S T S 428 THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION The origins and implications of evolutionary theory. Credits: (3)
S T S 471 RADIATION, REACTORS, AND SOCIETY Societal problems and benefits associated with nuclear power, including energy needs, radiation effects, safety, and thermal effects. Credits: (3)
SOC 047 WILDERNESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Impact of developments in science, literature, and art on changing attitudes toward nature; consequences for conservation, preservation, environmental ethics. Credits: (3)
SOC 420 ENERGY AND MODERN SOCIETY Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOC 427W SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Society and Natural Resources (3) Analysis of the relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural resources. (Also: CED 427/S T S 427) Credits: (3)
SOC 447 ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, AND SOCIETY Sociological perspectives on causes and consequences of natural resource scarcity and pollution, with emphasis on environmental policies in industrial societies. Credits: (3)
SOC 448 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Examination of the relationship between the physical environment and society. Credits: (3)
SOC 449 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS Comparative exploration of environmental movements within the context of classical and new social movement theory. Credits: (3)
SOC 450 JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Considers notions of justice in relation to environmental philosophy, environmental movements, and general environmental concerns. Credits: (3)
SOC 547 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY The development of environmental sociology; research issues in the study of social organization, natural resources, and social change. Credits: (3)
SOC 554 SMALL COMMUNITY POPULATION GROWTH, HUMAN ECOLOGY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE Small-town population growth and ecology; images and realities of small-town life. Credits: (3)
SOILS 071 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY An introduction to environmental science, exploring sustainable human- environment interactions with examples from environmental soil science. Credits: (3)
SOILS 101 INTRODUCTION TO SOILS A Study Of The Characteristics Of Soils And Their Influence On Land Use, Environmental Quality, And Plant Growth. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 401 SOIL COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Advanced Study Of Mineralogical And Physical Properties Of Soils Which Affect Soil-Plant-Water Relationships. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 402 CHEMISTRY OF SOILS AND FERTILIZERS Chemical Properties Of Soils; Reactions Of Chemical And Organic Fertilizers As They Affect Ion Availability. Laboratory Emphasizes Soil-Plant Relationships. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 405 HYDROPEDOLOGY http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/courses/soils/405.htm Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 412W SOIL ECOLOGY Introduction to soil organisms; includes interactions between organisms, their processes, and metabolism with a major focus on microorganisms. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 415 SOIL MORPHOLOGY, MAPPING, AND LAND USE Soil Profile, Soil Mapping, Application Of Principles Of Soil Morphology And Mapping To Land Use; Remote Sensing. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 418 NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS Comprehensive review of nutrient flow in animal agricultural systems, environmental regulations, and environmental stewardship practices. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 419 SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Introduction To Chemical Constituents And Processes Occurring In Soils. Topics Include Mineral Weathering, Soil Solution Chemistry And Adsorption Of Solutes. Credits: (4) Course web site
SOILS 420 REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS Basic Principles And Technical Aspects Of Remediation Of Contaminated Soils. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 422 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY Conservation, land-use, and community (soil, water, air, plants, animals, and humans) impacting quality of life and sense of place. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 450 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Use Of Geographic Information Systems (Gis) And Digital Spatial Databases To Characterize Landscapes For Environmental Assessment And Management. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 502 SOILS PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS Introduction to soil science for graduate students including fundamentals of and applications to plant production and environmental sustainability. Credits: (3)
SOILS 506 SOIL PROCESSES: CHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL Colloid chemistry of soils; (a)biotic aspects of mineral formation/dissolution and redox reactions in soils; biogeochemical processes affecting elemental cycles. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 507 SOIL PHYSICS Soil physical properties emphasizing water, heat, gas, and ion movement in unsaturated soils. Laboratory included with 4 credits. Credits: (( 3 - 4)) Course web site
SOILS 510 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS Soil data bases, image processing, and geographic information systems will be used to model and understand land and water resources. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 512 ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL MICROBIOLOGY Biology and ecology of microorganisms in terrestrial environments; microbiological and molecular analysis methods; microbial processes in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Credits: (3) Course web site
SOILS 571 ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLES Ecological theory and applications related to water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and cation cycling in managed and unmanaged terrestrial ecosystems. Credits: (3)
STAT 240 INTRODUCTION TO BIOMETRY Statistical analysis, sampling, and experimentation in the agricultural sciences; data collection, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, regression, one factor AOV, probability. Students may take only one course from STAT 200, 220, 240, 250 for credit. Credits: (3)
STAT 250 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS Statistical analysis and interpretation of data in the biological sciences; probability; distributions; statistical inference for one- and two-sample problems. Credits: (3)
STAT 319 APPLIED STATISTICS IN SCIENCE Statistical inference: principles and methods, estimation and testing hypotheses, regression and correlation analysis, analysis of variance, computer analysis. Students who have passed STAT (MATH) 415 may not schedule this course for credit. Credits: (3) Course web site
STAT 524 ECOMETRICS Stochastic models and statistical methods in ecological problems; population dynamics, spatial patterns in populations of one, two, or more species. Credits: (3)
STAT 527 QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY Introduction to quantitative population and community ecology, with emphasis on problems, concepts, and methods using mathematical, statistical, and computational analysis. Credits: (3)
STAT 528 STATISTICAL ECOLOGY SPECTRUM Overview of research and instruction of particular interest to quantitative ecology faculty in the Ecology program. Credits: (3)

S T S 047 WILDERNESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Impact of developments in science, literature, and art on changing attitudes toward nature; consequences for conservation, preservation, environmental ethics.
Credits: (3)

S T S 135 THE POLITICS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
The political implications of the increasing scarcity of many of the world's resources.
Credits: (3)

S T S 150 OUT OF THE FIERY FURNACE
A history of materials, energy, and humans, with emphasis on their interrelationships. For nontechnical students.
Credits: (3)

S T S 201 CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, AND BIODIVERSITY
Studies Of Global Warming, Energy Options, And Biodiversity; Their Interrelations As Sciences And As Societal Issues
Credits: (3)

S T S 327 SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Analysis Of The Relationships Between Societal Development And Enhancement And Natural Resources.
Credits: (3)

S T S 420 ENERGY AND MODERN SOCIETY
Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

S T S 428 THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION
The origins and implications of evolutionary theory.
Credits: (3)

S T S 471 RADIATION, REACTORS, AND SOCIETY
Societal problems and benefits associated with nuclear power, including energy needs, radiation effects, safety, and thermal effects.
Credits: (3)

SOC 047 WILDERNESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Impact of developments in science, literature, and art on changing attitudes toward nature; consequences for conservation, preservation, environmental ethics.
Credits: (3)

SOC 420 ENERGY AND MODERN SOCIETY
Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOC 427W SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Society and Natural Resources (3) Analysis of the relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural resources. (Also: CED 427/S T S 427)
Credits: (3)

SOC 447 ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, AND SOCIETY
Sociological perspectives on causes and consequences of natural resource scarcity and pollution, with emphasis on environmental policies in industrial societies.
Credits: (3)

SOC 448 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
Examination of the relationship between the physical environment and society.
Credits: (3)

SOC 449 ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS
Comparative exploration of environmental movements within the context of classical and new social movement theory.
Credits: (3)

SOC 450 JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Considers notions of justice in relation to environmental philosophy, environmental movements, and general environmental concerns.
Credits: (3)

SOC 547 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
The development of environmental sociology; research issues in the study of social organization, natural resources, and social change.
Credits: (3)

SOC 554 SMALL COMMUNITY POPULATION GROWTH, HUMAN ECOLOGY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Small-town population growth and ecology; images and realities of small-town life.
Credits: (3)

SOILS 071 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
An introduction to environmental science, exploring sustainable human- environment interactions with examples from environmental soil science.
Credits: (3)

SOILS 101 INTRODUCTION TO SOILS
A Study Of The Characteristics Of Soils And Their Influence On Land Use, Environmental Quality, And Plant Growth.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 401 SOIL COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Advanced Study Of Mineralogical And Physical Properties Of Soils Which Affect Soil-Plant-Water Relationships.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 402 CHEMISTRY OF SOILS AND FERTILIZERS
Chemical Properties Of Soils; Reactions Of Chemical And Organic Fertilizers As They Affect Ion Availability. Laboratory Emphasizes Soil-Plant Relationships.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 405 HYDROPEDOLOGY
http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/courses/soils/405.htm
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 412W SOIL ECOLOGY
Introduction to soil organisms; includes interactions between organisms, their processes, and metabolism with a major focus on microorganisms.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 415 SOIL MORPHOLOGY, MAPPING, AND LAND USE
Soil Profile, Soil Mapping, Application Of Principles Of Soil Morphology And Mapping To Land Use; Remote Sensing.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 418 NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
Comprehensive review of nutrient flow in animal agricultural systems, environmental regulations, and environmental stewardship practices.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 419 SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Introduction To Chemical Constituents And Processes Occurring In Soils. Topics Include Mineral Weathering, Soil Solution Chemistry And Adsorption Of Solutes.
Credits: (4)
Course web site

SOILS 420 REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS
Basic Principles And Technical Aspects Of Remediation Of Contaminated Soils.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 422 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
Conservation, land-use, and community (soil, water, air, plants, animals, and humans) impacting quality of life and sense of place.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 450 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Use Of Geographic Information Systems (Gis) And Digital Spatial Databases To Characterize Landscapes For Environmental Assessment And Management.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 502 SOILS PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS
Introduction to soil science for graduate students including fundamentals of and applications to plant production and environmental sustainability.
Credits: (3)

SOILS 506 SOIL PROCESSES: CHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL
Colloid chemistry of soils; (a)biotic aspects of mineral formation/dissolution and redox reactions in soils; biogeochemical processes affecting elemental cycles.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 507 SOIL PHYSICS
Soil physical properties emphasizing water, heat, gas, and ion movement in unsaturated soils. Laboratory included with 4 credits.
Credits: (( 3 - 4))
Course web site

SOILS 510 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
Soil data bases, image processing, and geographic information systems will be used to model and understand land and water resources.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 512 ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL MICROBIOLOGY
Biology and ecology of microorganisms in terrestrial environments; microbiological and molecular analysis methods; microbial processes in carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

SOILS 571 ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLES
Ecological theory and applications related to water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and cation cycling in managed and unmanaged terrestrial ecosystems.
Credits: (3)

STAT 240 INTRODUCTION TO BIOMETRY
Statistical analysis, sampling, and experimentation in the agricultural sciences; data collection, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, regression, one factor AOV, probability. Students may take only one course from STAT 200, 220, 240, 250 for credit.
Credits: (3)

STAT 250 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSTATISTICS
Statistical analysis and interpretation of data in the biological sciences; probability; distributions; statistical inference for one- and two-sample problems.
Credits: (3)

STAT 319 APPLIED STATISTICS IN SCIENCE
Statistical inference: principles and methods, estimation and testing hypotheses, regression and correlation analysis, analysis of variance, computer analysis. Students who have passed STAT (MATH) 415 may not schedule this course for credit.
Credits: (3)
Course web site

STAT 524 ECOMETRICS
Stochastic models and statistical methods in ecological problems; population dynamics, spatial patterns in populations of one, two, or more species.
Credits: (3)

STAT 527 QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY
Introduction to quantitative population and community ecology, with emphasis on problems, concepts, and methods using mathematical, statistical, and computational analysis.
Credits: (3)

STAT 528 STATISTICAL ECOLOGY SPECTRUM
Overview of research and instruction of particular interest to quantitative ecology faculty in the Ecology program.
Credits: (3)

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