RAM 382
Spring 2010

             

Course Outline

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Date                Topic                                               

 

Jan 14 Th         Introduction

Lab:Introduction and Grass Identification

 

Jan 19 Tu         Plant Communities

Jan 21 Th         Vegetation Dynamics

Lab: Hot Desert

 

Jan 26 Tu         Vegetation Dynamics

Jan 28 Th         Hot Desert

Lab: Desert Grassland & PRACTICE QUIZ

 

Feb 02 Tu        Hot Desert

Feb 04 Th        Desert Grassland

                        Lab: Arizona Chaparral/Oak Woodland & Riparian & QUIZ

 

NOTE:           09 February is last day to drop classes without a grade on transcript

 

Feb 09 Tu        No Class Scheduled

Feb 11 Th        No Class Scheduled

                        Lab: No Meeting

 

Feb 16 Tu        Desert Grassland

Feb 18 Th        Desert Grassland (last lecture on First Exam)

Lab: Salt Desert and California Annual Grass, Chaparral, Oak Woodland & QUIZ

 

Feb 23 Tu        FIRST EXAM

Feb 25 Th        Arizona Chaparral

 

Feb 27 Sa (NOTE)  Lab: Field Trip - Spatial Variation in Altar Valley

 

Mar 02 Tu       Arizona Oak Woodland

Mar 04 Th       Riparian Woodland

Lab:  Sagebrush-grass and QUIZ

 

Mar 06 Sa (NOTE)  Lab: Field Trip - Temporal Variation at Santa Rita Experimental Range                   

 

NOTE:           09 March is last day to drop classes with a grade of “W”

 

Mar 09 Tu       Riparian Woodland

Mar 11 Th       California Annual Grassland

Lab: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland and QUIZ

 

 

RAM 382

Spring 2010

 

Mar 16 Tu       Spring Break

Mar 18 Th       Spring Break

 

Mar 23 Tu       California Chaparral California Oak Woodland

Mar 25 Th       California Oak Woodland (last lecture on Second Exam)

Lab:  Ponderosa Pine-grass and QUIZ

 

Mar 30 Tu       SECOND EXAM

Apr 01 Th        Salt Desert

                        Lab:  Shortgrass and Tallgrass Prairies and QUIZ

 

Apr 06 Tu        Sagebrush-grass 

Apr 08 Th        Sagebrush-grass

Lab: No Meeting

Apr 10 Sa  (NOTE)    Lab: Field Trip - Riparian Community, Muleshoe Ranch

 

Apr 13 Tu        Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Apr 15 Th        Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

                        Lab:  Mountain Meadows/Grasslands and QUIZ

 

Apr 20 Tu        Ponderosa Pine-grass

Apr 22 Th        Ponderosa Pine-grass

Lab: No Meeting

Apr 24 Sa  (NOTE)    Lab: Field Trip - Pinaleno Mountains

 

Apr 27 Tu        Mountain Meadows/Grasslands

Apr 29 Th        Shortgrass and Mixedgrass Prairies

                        Lab: FINAL CUMULATIVE EXAM

 

May 04 Tu       Tallgrass Prairie         

 

 

May 11 Tu       Lecture FINAL EXAM   11 AM - 1 PM