NRES 285

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Field Experience

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Credit: 1 OR 2 hours.

Field based course that exposes students to procedures and methods used in various resource settings in a hands-on manner. Includes weekly field trips to visit representative natural resource and environmental science settings with supporting laboratory exercises. Content of offerings vary by section, but all focus on resource management, environmental quality and assessment, and effects of consumption and use on the environment. Field trips required.

Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. May be repeated in the same or subsequent semesters to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: NRES 201 and NRES 219.

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NRES 285 class schedule data for spring 2019
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
59153	Laboratory-Discussion	CST	8:00AM -5:00PM	MTWRF	Location Pending	Hayek, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/19-05/01/19 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $105.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Chainsaw Safety & Felling Tech Section Info: Chainsaw Safety & Directional Felling Techniques will provide NRES undergraduate students with instruction and hands-on training specific to chainsaw safety, saw maintenance, directional felling, limbing, and bucking. The class will meet at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC) in Simpson, IL during spring break (March 16-24, 2019). Students are responsible for their own transportation and all of their meals. Lodging will be on-site at the DSAC dormitory. All students are required to bring their own personal protective equipment (Type 1, class C hardhats; leather gloves; safety glasses; and 8" leather work boots). This section has a field trip fee of $105 that will be charged to the student account. Students wishing to register should email nres-ssc@illinois.edu requesting a time conflict override and include the CRN (59153) and their UIN. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Natural Res & Env Sci department. Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
48842	Laboratory-Discussion Study Abroad	CWC CWC	ARRANGED ARRANGED	n.a. n.a.	Location Pending Location Pending	Morgan, S Schooley, R Morgan, S Schooley, R	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/19-05/01/19 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Communities & Wildlife Conserv Section Info: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITIES - BOTSWANA This collaboration between NRES and Wildtrax presents students with classroom instruction and a hands-on research experience through a 3-week summer module on Communities & Wildlife Conservation Research Field Training Studies in Botswana (July 21-August 10, 2019). Students will attend class during spring semester, and begin the summer module with a 1 week lecture series to better prepare them for their time as being part of a research team. After the course work, students will head into the wilderness join the research camp. The student's time in the field will include fulfilling the objectives of the two main research focuses of Wildtrax's partners, Wildlife ACT: implementing a standardized biodiversity monitoring protocol for Botswana's Department of Wildlife & National Parks and conducting human-wildlife conflict studies and implementing mitigation strategies with the University of Botswana's Okavango Research Institute. Students will play an active role in the research from project design, to data collection and implementation and will gain valuable skills and knowledge to equip them for their future. See https://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11117 for more information. Students should also enroll in NRES 293 section CIB (CRN: 24238). STUDY ABROAD FEES APPLY.
59157	Laboratory-Discussion	EEF	3:00PM -4:50PM	R	Foreign Languages Building	Nelson, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Environmental Ed Field Exper Section Info: Environmental Education Field Experience will introduce students to the thinking process required for developing high quality environmental education activities and provide practice designing and implementing them. The course will begin with classroom instruction and activities for the first few weeks of the semester. The field experience for this course will take two forms, leading an Environmental Science after school club at an Urbana elementary school once a week for eight weeks (February-April) and delivering an environmental education activity on Friday and Saturday of ExploreACES (March 8 and 9). There is no fee for this section of NRES 285. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class standing.
48840	Laboratory-Discussion Study Abroad	LRF LRF	3:00PM -4:50PM 7:00AM -5:00PM	R MTWRF	Turner Hall Mumford Hall	Crawford, J Guyon, L Sloan, J Crawford, J Guyon, L Sloan, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/19-05/01/19 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $100.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Lrg River Floodplain Field Exp Section Info: Section LRF: Large River Floodplain Field Experience. This course will meet April 4, 11, 18, and 25th for classroom instruction and will culminate in a field experience from May 13th to 17th at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) in East Alton, IL. The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, located at the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers, is offering this one-week summer field course focused on large river floodplain ecology. Students will work directly in large river floodplain ecosystems, which generally consist of a mosaic of land and water containing bottomland forests, grasslands, islands, backwaters, sloughs, side channels, and wetlands. Students will learn how historic management practices have impacted these river systems, and how current science-based approaches to management and ecological restoration are impacting river health and sustainability. Monitoring the biological and physical components of riverine habitats is a key part of this process, and students will become familiar with the types of quantitative assessments common to the field of river ecology. This section has a field trip fee of $100 that will be charged to the student account. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from East Alton at the beginning and end of the field experience. Students wishing to register should email nres-ssc@illinois.edu requesting a time conflict override and include the CRN (48840) and their UIN. If all seats are full, complete the form at http://go.illinois.edu/NRESwaitinglist to be added to the waiting list. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.
69619	Laboratory-Discussion	MSE	3:00PM -5:00PM	T	Location Pending	Larson, E	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/19-05/01/19 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $150.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Methods in Stream Ecology Section Info: This field course will cover basic field methods in stream ecology used by managers and researchers to characterize the abiotic and biotic conditions of streams and rivers. We will contrast physical habitat and benthic stream communities(i.e., invertebrate) between forested, agricultural, and urban streams of southern Illinois. Students will collect field data, process laboratory samples, analyze results, and report their findings in an in-class presentation over a one week duration at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC), May 11-15, 2019 (transportation from campus provided). This course will have a fee of $150.
55540	Laboratory-Discussion	SFP	1:00PM -4:50PM	W	Turner Hall	Ugarte Diaz, C	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/19-05/01/19 Section Fee: ACES Field Trip $100.00 Flat Fee. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Sustainabl Food Prod Field Exp Section Info: This is a practical course that focuses on the principles of organic food production. Topics covered include the history of organic agriculture, cultural and biologically based management that enhances soil function and the provision of ecosystem services. Short lecture materials are integrated with hands-on activities at the Sustainable Student Farm and field trips to local farms. Each week, students will learn different components of an Organic Management Plan and will have the opportunity to outline a plan for a specific production area of the Sustainable Student Farm. This section has a field trip fee of $100 that will be charged to the student account. Restriction(s): Restricted to Natural Resrcs & Environ Sci major(s).
69721	Laboratory	TFE	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Fraterrigo, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Techniques in Forest Ecology Section Info: This 16‐week field‐based course will introduce students to techniques in forest ecology. Learning and application of techniques will occur in the context of performing a full census of Trelease Woods, a campus property managed by the University of Illinois Natural Areas Committee. Trelease is a 24.5 ha (60 acres) forest stand located 5 miles east of campus, making it a highly accessible outdoor classroom that is ideal for field‐based teaching. There are no course prerequisites. 4 hours/week, the specific day and time will depend on the group to which you are assigned. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Natural Res & Env Sci department.