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Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, February 5, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Management Information Systems

• New Course
• Course Number Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Dual List Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change, Dual List Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Title Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering

• New Course

Department of Aerospace Studies

• Credit Hour Change

Department of English

• Prerequisite Change
• Course Description Change
• Course Description Change, Add Repeatable for Credit
• Title Change, Course Description …

Facing The Budget Storm, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

Selenium And Mercury Concentrations In California Gulls Breeding On The Great Salt Lake, Utah, Usa, Michael R. Conover, Josh L. Vest

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

We examined selenium (Se) and mercury (Hg) concentrations in adult California gulls (Larus californicus) nesting on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA, during 2006 and 2007. During 2006, the mean Se concentration (± standard error) was 18.1 ± 1.5 μg/g in blood on a dry-weight basis and 8.1 ± 0.4 μg/g in liver. During 2007, Se concentrations were 15.7 ± 1.5 μg/g in blood and 8.3 ± 0.4 μg/g in liver; Hg concentrations were 2.4 ± 0.3 μg/g in blood and 4.1 ± 0.5 μg/g in liver. Gulls collected from a freshwater colony located within the watershed of the Great …

Budget And Faculty Welfare Committee Minutes, January 22, 2009, Utah State University

Budget & Faculty Welfare Committee

• Approved minutes
• Meeting times for rest of the year
• Vance Grange reviewed the presentation on budget issues at the January Faculty Senate meeting
• The Committee discussed whether or not the Caregiving for maternity proposal should be further discussed by the Committee

The Social And Moral Responsibility Of U.S. Americans To Assist In Building Human Capacity Throughout The World, Susan R. Madsen, Stephen W. Gibson, Troy Holmberg, Douglas Jackson

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

There are many individuals throughout the world, particularly in developing nations, who are unable to obtain the education and training necessary to support themselves and families. Needless to say, most of these people will never be able to reach their full human potential. Although more and more U.S. citizens and agencies are interested in becoming involved in initiatives focused on helping others in these countries, there is still much that should be done. This presentation argues that it is the social and moral responsibility of those who have the means and education to assist in building human capacity throughout the …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, January 8, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Requests from Departments
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, January 8, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, January 8, 2009, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• Credit Hour Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Huntsman School of Business

• Grading Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Psychology

• Title Change, Course Description Change, Flexible Title for Sections

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• New Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Military Science

• Add University Studies Designation

Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology

• New Course
• Dual List Change, Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

Other

• Creating a …

Faculty Senate Agenda, January 5, 2009, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education
• Scholarship Advisory Board
• EPC Items
• Code Review Committee
• PRPC – Proposal to amend Sections 402.11.1 and 402.12.6(2 & 8)
• Elimination of Distance & Electronic Education Subcommittee
• Grievance Policies – Definition of Days (policy 407.1.2) first reading remove from tab

Dangerous Writing: Understanding And Political Economy Of Composition, Tony Scott

All USU Press Publications

Building on recent work in rhetoric and composition that takes an historical materialist approach, Dangerous Writing outlines a political economic theory of composition. In addition to work by others, Tony Scott also draws from two of his own studies--a classroom ethnography of an upper division writing class that was focused on labor and institutionality, and a qualitative study of the function of textbooks within a writing program. The book connects pedagogical practices in writing classes to their broader political economic contexts, and argues that the power of students' writing is prevented from reaching its potential by pressures within the academy …

Organic Writing Assessment: Dynamic Criteria Mapping In Action, Bob Broad, Linda Adler-Kassner, Barry Alford, Jane Detweiler

All USU Press Publications

Educators appropriately strive to create "assessment cultures" (Huot 2002) in which they integrate evaluation into teaching and learning and match assessment methods with best instructional practice. But how do teachers and administrators establish the values that underlie their evaluations? Bob Broad's 2003 volume, What We Really Value, introduced dynamic criteria mapping (DCM) as a method for eliciting locally-informed, context-sensitive criteria for writing assessments. The impact of DCM on writing assessment practice is just beginning to emerge as more and more writing departments and programs adopt, adapt, or experiment with DCM approaches. For the authors of Organic Writing Assessment, the DCM …

2008 Annual Report, Various Authors

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Extreme Eutrophication And Cyanotoxin Levels In Farmington Bay, A Polluted Embayment Of The Great Salt Lake, Utah, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Amy M. Marcarelli, Gregory Boyer

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

The Great Salt Lake of Utah is surrounded on its eastern and southern shores by 1.4 million people, with projections of 5 million by 2050. Agricultural, industrial and particularly secondary-treated domestic wastes from this population flow primarily into Farmington Bay, a 280 km2 shallow "estuary" with a mean depth near 0.5 m. Fish are rare but bird use is extensive and massive mortalities of waterfowl and shorebirds have occurred in the bay. Phosphorus loading rates of >2 g m-2yr-1 cause hypereutrophic conditions: Secchi depths are usually 0.6 mg/L, mean Chl. a is 179 ug/L and the combined trophic state index …

The Persistence Ofagriculture At The Rural-Urban Interface: Does The Cost Of Health Insurance Make Adifference?, S. Inwood, J. Sharp, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, J. Clark

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Mercury In The Biostrome Community Of The Great Salt Lake, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Caleb Izdepski

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Freshwater Responses To Nitrogen And Phosphorus Pollution And A Case Study Of Cutler And Dingle Marsh Wetlands, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

General Catalog 2009-2010, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration

Comparison Of Morphological And Biological Control Of Exchange With Transient Storage Zones In A Field-Scale Flume, C. Orr, J. Clark, Peter Wilcock, J. Finlay, M. Doyle

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

To determine how differences in geomorphologic setting influence spatial heterogeneity in transport and uptake of limiting nutrients, we investigated reach-scale interactions between porous bed material textures, bed morphology, transient storage, and nutrient retention in a field-scale flume (84 m × 2.75 m). Conservative salt tracer and soluble reactive phosphorous additions were used to quantify effects of plane bed and alternate bar morphologies, and clean gravel versus sandy gravel bed texture on reach-scale nutrient retention and transient storage. We conducted experiments under light and dark conditions to clarify the role of benthic production on surface-subsurface hydrologic interactions and the relative influence …

Estimating The Effectiveness Of A Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax In Reducing Particulate Matter Emissions, Jordan Larsen, Arthur J. Caplan

Applied Economics Faculty Publications

This study estimates the effectiveness of a vehicle miles travelled (VMT) tax in controlling mobile-source emissions of particulate matter (PM2.5) in a non-attainment area located in northern Utah. Using a recently updated household-level dataset, the study finds no evidence of an endogenous relationship between choice of vehicle type and VMT. VMT elasticities are also estimated with respect to cost per mile that are in some cases larger in magnitude than those reported in previous studies. Based on vehicle emissions tests performed by the Houston Advanced Research Center, the study estimates the reduction in particulate emissions that would occur with two …

Intergenerational Differnces: Adult And Teacher Development; Adults As Learners, Susan A. Turner

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Managing Wild Pigs: A Technical Guide, Ben C. West, Andrea L. Cooper, James B. Armstrong

Human–Wildlife Interactions Monographs

Wild pigs are and will continue to be a challenging problem for wildlife managers, landowners, farmers, conservationists, and others. Despite ongoing control programs, wild pigs have increased both their range and population size. Because of this growth, wildlife managers will increasingly be involved in dealing with problems caused by wild pigs traditionally, as well as emerging problems such as landscaping damage in suburban areas. Successful management strategies will depend upon persistent, adaptive, and integrated management programs that incorporate sound biological and ecological information. An integrated management approach, in addition to addressing the biological and ecological aspects of wild pigs, will …

Scipio Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of woodland encroachment into sagebrush communities. The primary objective is to find out how much native sagebrush and bunchgrasses need to be present at the time of treatment in order for managers to improve land health without having to conduct expensive re-seeding. Treatments were implemented at this site in fall 2007.

South Ruby Mountain Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of woodland encroachment into sagebrush communities. The primary objective is to find out how much native sagebrush and bunchgrasses need to be present at the time of treatment in order for managers to improve land health without having to conduct expensive reseeding. Treatments were implemented at this site in fall 2008.

Onaqui Research Sites, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

Two of the SageSTEP study sites are located in Rush Valley, Utah, just 90 minutes from Salt Lake City. The nearest towns are Vernon (~5 miles) and Tooele (~25 miles ), and the land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office. Onaqui is the only SageSTEP network location with two sites of different vegetation composition adjacent to each other: a sagebrush/cheatgrass site, and a sagebrush/Utah juniper site.

Moses Coulee Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of cheatgrass invasion of sagebrush communities. The primary objective is to find out how much native bunchgrasses need to be present at the time of treatment in order for managers to improve land health without having to conduct expensive re-seeding. Treatments were implemented at this site in fall 2008, except for the burn, which is planned for 2009.

Five Creeks Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of woodland encroachment into sagebrush communities. The BLM Burns District Office implemented treatments in fall 2008.

Roberts Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of cheatgrass invasion of sagebrush communities. The primary objective is to find out how much native bunchgrasses need to be present at the time of treatment in order for managers to improve land health without having to conduct expensive re-seeding. Treatments were implemented at this site in fall 2007.

Seven Mile Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site is part of the study of woodland encroachment into sagebrush communities. The primary objective is to find out how much native sagebrush and bunchgrasses need to be present at the time of treatment in order for managers to improve land health without having to conduct expensive reseeding. Treatments were implemented at this site in fall 2007.

Castlehead Site Quick Facts, Sagestep

Fact Sheets

This site was partially burned by a wildfire in the summer of 2007. A prescribed burn on the remainder of the plot was attempted in fall 2007 but was unsuccessful due to weather. As a result, post-treatment data collection will be limited to the wildlife and hydrology studies.

Rembrant: Research On The Effects Of Microgravity On The Brazil Nut Problem, Getaway Special Team 2009

Reports and Proposals

No abstract provided.