A basic introductory course in man’s cultural heritage through the visual arts.

BIOL 1143 General Botany

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Corequisites: ENGL 1013

Structure, physiology, and phylogeny of plants, fungi, and plant-like protista.

BIOL 1161 General Zoology Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Corequisite: BIOL 1153

Study and dissection of representative animals, emphasizing morphology, phylogeny, and life histories.

BIOL 1171 General Botany Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Corequisite: BIOL 1143

Morphological survey of plants, fungi, and plant-like protista, including the anatomy of seed plants.

BIOL 1153 General Zoology

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Corequisite: ENGL 1013

Animal Kingdom; classification, phylogenetic relationships, morphology, function, and life histories of animals.

BIOL 3314 Ichthyology/Herpetology

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 1153, 1161

Taxonomy and natural history of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, emphasizing the local fauna.  Spring offering in odd-numbered years.

BIOL 3324 Ichthyology/Herpetology

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 1153, 1161

Taxonomy and natural history of birds and mammals, emphasizing the local fauna.  Spring offering in even-numbered years.

BIOL 3354 Genetics

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 3553, 3561; CHEM 1113, 1131

Principle laws of heredity, including Mendelian, molecular, and cytogenetics.  Annual Spring offering.

BIOL 3411 Mammalian Anatomy Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 1153, 1161

Basic mammalian anatomy, with emphasis on the human skeleton and cat organ systems

BIOL 3434 Regional Flora

4 credits: 2 hours lecture, 6 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: BIOL 1143, 1171

Identification and classification of the vascular plants of the southeastern United States, emphasizing flowering plants.  Annual Spring offering.

BIOL 3484 General Ecology

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 1143, 1171,1153; CHEM 1113, 1131

Principles of ecology; study of environments and their components, the flow of energy and materials, ecological succession, pollution, and radiation ecology.  Annual Fall offering.

BIOL 3493 Environmental Science

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: 3 hours of biology or earth science

NOTE: Same as ESCI 3493

A survey of the environment to provide an understanding of and respect for the ecosystems upon which the human species is dependant.  Fall offering in even-numbered years.

BIOL 3553 Mircrobiology

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisites: 6 hours of chemistry, 3 hours of biology

The biology of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and  protozoans, with emphasis given to their importance in health and disease.

BIOL 3561 Mircrobiology Lab

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

A laboratory course designed to supplement the basic lecture course in microbiology with experimentation and demonstration.

BIOL 3594 Invertebrate Zoology

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: BIOL 1153, 1161

Classification, phylogenetic relationships, morphology, function, and life histories of invertebrates, emphasizing marine invertebrates and the economic importance of all invertebrate groups.

BIOL 4634 Vertebrate Physiology 

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: 20 hours of biology and 8 hours of chemistry

Fundamental concepts of vertebrate physiology, emphasizing function, mechanism, and controls of the various vertebrate organ systems.  Spring offering in odd-numbered years.

CHEM 1023 Introductory Chemistry

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Corequisites: ENGL 1013, MATH 0183, or equivalents

Introduction to the structure of matter, its classification, and the physical, chemical, and nuclear changes it undergoes.

CHEM 1031 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory

1 credit: 2 hours laboratory

Corequisite: CHEM 1023

Basic studies in chemical experimentation including measurements, properties of elements and compounds, and reactions of matter.

CHEM 1103 General Chemistry I

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Corequisites: CHEM 1121, ENGL 1013, MATH 1043

The study of measurement systems, significant figures, atomic and molecular structure, gas laws, thermochemistry, solutions, states of matter, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, and stoichiometry.

CHEM 1113 General Chemistry II

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: CHEM 1103, 1121

Corequisites: CHEM 1131

The study of kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction, acid-base chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and selected descriptive chemistry.  An ACS standardized exam will be given as the final exam.

CHEM 1121 General Chemistry I Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Corequisites: CHEM 1103

Experimentation and theory in the areas of measurement systems, chemical analysis, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and molecular structure.

CHEM 1131 General Chemistry II Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Corequisite: CHEM 1113

Experimentation and theory in the areas of qualitative analysis, oxidation-reduction, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, and thermodynamics.

Introduction to operating systems and logical information flow using the BASIC language. Emphasis on student programming to solve problems in several disciplines.

Prerequisite: Keyboarding ability recommended.

The study and use of microcomputer-based application software to increase business and personal productivity. Realistic computer problems will be solved using sophisticated software packages including word processing, spreadsheets, database management systems, and graphics.

CIS 3443 Object-Oriented Programming Languages

Prerequisite: CIS 2203

Provides the student with theory and application of information systems development utilizing object-oriented (00) technology. Topics include: analysis, design, data modeling, database management systems, and programming.

CIS 4723 Seminar in Computer Information Systems

3 credits:  3 hours lecture

Note:  May be repeated for a total of 9 hours of credit with unit head's permission

Detailed study of one of the specialized areas of computer information systems, emphasizing assigned readings and individual research.

ECON 2213 Principles of Microeconomics

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Principles and theory of economic activity.  Survey of microeconomics; special emphasis on theory of the firm.

ENGL 0133 Fundamentals of English

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Fundamentals of basic grammar usage and writing skills stressing reading skills as a basic for effective writing.

Note: This course may not be counted toward a major or minor in English or toward the general education program or be taken for credit after achieving a "C" or better in any other English course.

Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in ENGL 0133, satisfactory ACT score, or Dean’s permission. Writing course stressing reading skills as a basis for effective writing.

Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in ENGL 1013 or Dean’s permission.

Writing course emphasizing reading skills as a basis for effective writing. Documented term paper is required.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1013

Major periods and writers from the Classical Age to the Renaissance.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1013

Major periods and writers from the renaissance to the present.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1023

Practice in preparing reports, letters, articles, and other forms of writing used in such professions as forestry, engineering, and management.

Corequisite: ESCI 1063

Identification of minerals and rocks, introduction to maps, methodology of collecting weather data.

Corequisite: ENGL 1013

Materials of the Earth’s crust and the processes and agents which affect them; survey of the nature of the Earth’s atmosphere in terms of composition, origin, and physical processes.

ESCI 1073  Earth and Atmosphere

3 credits:  3 hours lecture

Corequisite:  ESCI 1081

Survey of the nature of the Earth's hydrosphere in terms of composition, origin, and physical processes; weather, climate, oceans, streams, groundwater, and glaciers.

ESCI 1081 Earth and Atmosphere Laboratory

1 credit:  2 hours laboratory

Corequisite:  ESCI 1073

Exercises involving interpretation of oceanic data, methodology of collecting weather data, stream and groundwater flow problems.

ESCI 3493 Environmental Science

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: 3 hours of biology or earth science

NOTE: Same as BIOL 3493

A survey of the environment to provide an understanding of and respect for the ecosystems upon which the human species is dependant.  Fall offering in even-numbered years.

FOR 1061  Orientation to Forest and Wildlife Management

1 credit: 1 hour lecture

Note: Same as WL F 1061

An overview of the forestry and wildlife disciplines and their professional curricula.

FOR 2231 Dendrology Laboratory I

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Field practice in the identification, nomenclature, classification, and ecology of local flora in the summer and fall condition.  Emphasis on leaf and bark characters.

FOR 2362 Wood Structure and Forest Products

2 credits: 1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: FOR 2281

Structure and properties (physical and mechanical) of wood; identification and uses of different species; forest products from wood, primary and secondary processing as well as residue utilization.

FOR 2264 Forest Soils

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: CHEM 1023 and CHEM 1031, or CHEM 1103 and CHEM 1121

Fundamentals of soil science with application to forestry.  Origin, development, and properties of soils.  Identification and classification of soils with emphasis on productivity.

FOR 2274 Forest Mensuration

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: MATH 1033

Measurement of standing trees, forest growth, and products; preparation of yield and volume tables; log rules and scaling practices; forest surveys; and statistical procedures.

FOR 2281 Silvics

1 credit: 1 hour lecture

Prerequisites: BIOL 1143 and 1171, FOR 2231

Classification, identification, nomenclature and silvics of principal trees of the United States.

FOR 2291 Dendrology Laboratory II

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: FOR 2231

Note: A one- or two-day field trip is required.  Species native to Arkansas and southern forests with emphasis on twig, fruit and winter/spring identification.  Limited exposure to exotic species of national interest and occurring in Monticello.  Special field trips to view some of Arkansas' threatened and endangered plant species.

FOR 2304 Forest Inventory

4 credits: 4 weeks during Forestry Summer Camp

Prerequisites: FOR 2274, FOR 2291

Application and field practice of forest inventory techniques.  Estimation of timber volumes through prevailing inventory methods and application of sampling statistics in volume determination.

FOR 2312 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

2 credits: 1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: FOR 2274, MATH 1033

Elements of photogrammetry; principles of photointerpretation; introduction to remote sensing and its application to natural resource management and environmental sciences.  Skills to be mastered include using aerial photography as a tool, understanding films and filter, obtaining aerial photos and integrating them into inventories, and the application of digital remote sensing in natural resource management.

FOR 3334 Contemporary Forest Resource Issues

4 credits: 4 weeks during Forestry Summer Camp

Corequisite: FOR 2304

Introduction to major resource issues, emphasizing field presentations of timber and nontimber forest resource management themes in both pine and hardwood ecosystems.

FOR 3434 Siviculture

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: FOR 2274, FOR 2281; FOR 3513 or BIOL 3484

Application of ecological principles in controlling forest establishment, composition, and growth.  Detailed study of individual cultural treatments that maintain and enhance productivity of forest stands, and of regeneration methods whereby forest stands are harvested and renewed.

FOR 3472 Forestry Organizations

2 credits: 2 hours lecture

Prerequisites: PSY 1013 or SOC 2213

Study of organizational behavior within the context of forestry and natural resource management; private, public and not-for-profit natural resource organizations; organizational structure; individual and group behavior, motivation; management and supervision; forest-based conflict resolution and public relations; entrepreneurship in forestry and natural resources.

FOR 3513 Forest Ecology

3 credits: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: FOR 2264, FOR 2281

Introduction to the role of ecology and ecological concepts in forest management; emphasizing ecosystems, energy and nutrient cycling, abiotic/biotic influences on ecosystem development, and landscape ecology.

FOR 3523 Tree Ecophysiology and Herbicides

3 credits: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: FOR 2281

Aspects of tree growth, development, and physiological processes as affected by the environment.  Herbicide nomenclature, classification, application and degradation, and how they affect plant physiological processes.

FOR 3563 Natural Resource Biometrics

3 credits 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: FOR 2274; MATH 1043

NOTE: Same as WL F 3563

Collection and analysis of data, probability, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, estimation of parameters, least square, linear and curvilinear regression, chi-square, analysis of variance and covariance, and correlation.  Emphasis on hand and computer statistical computations.

FOR 3592 Forest Hydrology

2 credits: 1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: FOR 2264 or AGRO 2244

NOTE: One weekend field trip is required

Basic processes and measurements of water distribution and movement in forests with emphasis on forest management effects on water quantity, quality, and water-related resources.

FOR 3804 Forest Operations and Fire

4 credits: 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: MATH 1043  and FOR 2274

Principles of harvesting and other forestry operations.  Quantitative approach to production and cost analysis.  Role of fire in forest management, fire behavior, prescribed burning and smoke management, and wildfire suppression strategies and methods.

FOR 3813 Introduction to GIS and GPS 

3 credits: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: CIS 2223, MATH 1043 and Junior standing

NOTE: Same as WL F 3813

Introduction to Geographic information Systems (GIS) using both raster and vector spatial data models, with hands on experience utilizing computers to aid problem solving.  Applications to be mastered include data entry, verification, data base construction, carographic modeling, and mapping of spatial data.  Application of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in natural resource management are described and utilized.

FOR 4003 Natural Resource Policy and Society

3 credits: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: Senior standing

NOTE: Same as WL F 4003

History and present status of natural resource-related policy in the U.S.  Evolution of public and professional attitudes toward natural resources, major laws affecting management of public and private lands, policy-making processes, and professional ethics.  Study of major social issues affecting renewable natural resources and procedures for responding to those issues in management decsionmaking.  Topics include individual and group involvement in natural resource planning, environmental issues, and regulation of forestry practices.

FOR 4092 Forest Recreation

2 credits: 2 hours lecture

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor 

NOTE: Two weekend field trips required

Theoretical foundations of recreation and leisure, including history, current patterns, and future trends; fundamentals of recreation planning and programming; recreation-based education programs and impacts of recreational uses on forest ecosystems.

FOR 4673 Forest Resource Economics

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisites: MATH 1073, ECON 2213 or AGEC 2273, FOR 3563

Corequisites: FOR 4711, FOR 4723

Applications of economic principles to the special characteristics of forest products, and economic analysis of forest resources and forest industry, economics of timber and non-timber resources, application of marginal analysis, basic principles of valuation and interest, effects of taxation, and capital theory.  Social and opportunity costs of alternative forest uses are discussed.

FOR 4691 Seminar

1 credit: 1 hour lecture

Corequisite: FOR 4823

NOTE: Same as WL F 4691

Oral team presentations to landowners and faculty concerning the land management plan developed in FOR 4823, Integrated Resource Planning and Management.  Occasional guest speakers.

FOR 4711 Natural Resource Management Laboratory

1 credit: 3 hours laboratory

Corequisites: FOR 4673 and FOR 4723

Applications of economic and resource management decisions for forested properties considering timber and non-timber resources; forest growth and yield models; economic models; risk assessment and decision analysis; and analytical techniques and computer applications in forest economics.

FOR 4723 Natural Resource Management

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: FOR 3434

Corequisites: FOR 4673, FOR 4711

Principles of resource management considering timber and non-timber resources; forest growth and yield models; principles of forest regulation; harvest scheduling; risk assessment and decision analysis; investment analysis and capital budgeting; forest and landscapelevel management planning; and analytical techniques and computer application in forest management.

FOR 4733 Forest Pest Management

3 credits: 2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Prerequisite: FOR 3434

Biology, ecology, and management of disease and insect pests of southern forests.  Laboratory work includes adult insect and pest damage collections.

FOR 4823 Integrated Resource Planning and Management

3 credits: 9 hours laboratory

Prerequisites: FOR 4003, FOR 4673, FOR 4711, FOR 4723, FOR 4733

Corequisite: FOR 4691

NOTE: Same as WL F 4823

Integrated problem solving to apply biological, ecological, quantitative, economic, social, political, and administrative principles in solving natural resource management problems.

GB 3713 Business Statistics 

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: Math 1003 or Math 1043

Statistical theory and methodologies necessary for data collection, analysis, and interpretation.  Statistical topics include sampling, inferential statistics (interval estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA (one-way and two-way), simple and multiple regression, non-parametric statistics, and statistical process control.

Introduction to the developed region of Europe, North America, and Australasia. Includes landforms, climates, economic activities, languages, religion and ethnicity.

Introduction to the developing regions of Latin America, Africa and Southwest Asia. Includes landforms, climates, economic activities, languages, religion, and ethnicity.

Civilization to 1660, European and world development emphasizing cultural, economic, religious, and political changes. Some attention given to non-western civilization.

European and world development from 1660 to the present, emphasizing cultural, economic, religious, and political changes. Some attention given to non-western civilization.

MATH  0143 Introduction to Algebra

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

A review of basic arithmetic operations and algebraic operations.  Topics covered include the arithmetic of fractions and decimals, algebraic manipulations of polynomials, linear equations, and factoring.  This course cannot be used to satisfy General Education requirements or for credit toward a Mathematics major or minor.

MATH 0183 Intermediate Algebra

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequisite: MATH 0143 or satisfactory performance on a placement test.

This course is designed to prepare students to take a college level mathematics course.  Topics covered will include factoring, exponents, solution of linear and quadratic equations, arithmetic of rational expressions, basic algebraic applications, and graphing.  This course cannot be used to satisfy General Education requirements for credit toward a Mathematics major or minor.

MATH 1003 Survey of Mathematics

3 credits: 3 hours lecture

Prerequistie: MATH 0183 or satisfactory performance on a placement test

NOTE:  This course cannont be used for credit toward a Mathematics Major or minor.

Techniques of problem solving, topics from set theory, number theory, logic, consumer mathematics, and probability and statistics.

Corequisite: MATH 1043

Definition of the trigonometric functions, solution of right and oblique triangles, trigonometric equations, and identities.

Prerequisite: MATH 0183 or satisfactory performance on a placement test.

Functions, graphs, quadratic equations, systems of equations, applications of algebra, and matrices.

Prerequisite: MATH 1043 and MATH 1033

NOTE: For those not planning to take MATH 2255. This course cannot be used for credit toward a Mathematics major or minor.

Limits, continuous functions, the derivative and integral with applications.

Prerequisites: MATH 1043 and 1033

Fundamentals of differential and integral calculus including limits, derivatives, applications, and basic techniques and applications of integrals, with computer applications.

Prerequisite: MATH 2255

Integrals, sequences and series, power series, and differential equations, with computer applications.

Prerequisites: CIS 2223, GB 3713

Involves the use of mathematical models and analytical tools to solve real problems in the management of public and private organizations. Taught in the computer lab, the course will consist of lecture time plus the use of various computer software packages to aid in making better business decisions.

Examines planning, organization, motivating, and controlling as they apply to managing a business organization. Stress leadership, problem solving techniques, and the coordination, communication, and human relations necessary for successful management.

Study of the major composers and representative compositions of the musical style periods.

Development of thinking skills applicable to any field.

PHIL 3623 Ethics

A survey of ethical systems with an examination of how such systems can be applied to business, medical, legal, environmental, and personal issues.

NOTE: A General Education course for the non-science major.

A survey of the basic concepts of physics including mechanics, light, energy, relativity, and atomic structure.

Corequisite: PHYS 1003

A laboratory course to supplement PHYS 1003.

PHYS 2203 General Physics I

3 credits:  3 hours lecture

Prerequisite:  MATH 1033 or 1175

A study of mechanics, heat, sound, energy and momentum relying heavily on the student's understanding of algebra and trigonometry.  Annual Fall offering.

PHYS 2213 University Physics I

3 credits:  3 hours lecture

Corequisite:  PHYS 2203

A study of mechanics, heat, sound, energy and momentum relying heavily on the student's understanding of basic math including algebra, trigonometry and calculus.  Annual Spring offering.

PHYS 2231 General and University Physics Laboratory I

1 credit:  2 hours laboratory

Corequisite:  PHYS 2203 or PHYS 2313

A laboratory course which supplements General and University Physics.  Experiments are related to those courses.

PHYS 2313  Univeristy Physics I

3 credits:  3 hours lecture

Corequisite:  MATH 2255

A study of mechanics, heat, sound, energy and momentum relying heavily on the student's understanding of basic math including algebra, trigonometry and calculus.  Annual Spring offering.

Constitutional principles, political parties and public opinion, civil rights, organization and functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

Survey of the science of behavior.

Introduction to sociological concepts, group interaction, and social institutions.

Oral communication needs of professional persons. Practice in the construction and delivery of various types of speeches and participation in group conferences, discussions, and interviews.