Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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CSS 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Description:
Structure and function of ecosystems managed for crop and wood production. Productivity, nutrient cycling, community dynamics as affected by management intensity and natural disturbance. Dynamics of managed versus natural ecosystems.
Effective Dates:
FS96 - US99

CSS 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Description:
Structure and function of ecosystems managed for crop and wood production. Productivity, nutrient cycling, community dynamics as affected by management intensity and natural disturbance. Dynamics of managed versus natural ecosystems.
Effective Dates:
FS99 - US00

CSS 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
CSS 210 and (BOT 105 or BS 110)
Recommended Background:
ZOL 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of crop and forest ecosystems. Plant resources, competition, community development and dynamics, biodiversity, primary productivity, nutrient cycling, ecosystem structure and function, and impacts of global environmental change.
Interdepartmental With:
Forestry
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
FS00 - SS10

FOR 340 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144)
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Not open to students with credit in:
FOR 404
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS19 - US22

FOR 340 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210 or GEO 206) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144)
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Not open to students with credit in:
FOR 404
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS22 - US25

FOR 340 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210 or GEO 206) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144 or FOR 175)
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Not open to students with credit in:
FOR 404
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - FS25

FOR 340 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210 or GEO 206 or GLG 200 or GLG 201) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144 or FOR 175)
Recommended Background:
IBIO 355
Not open to students with credit in:
FOR 404
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open

FOR 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
CSS 210 and (BOT 105 or BS 110)
Recommended Background:
ZOL 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of crop and forest ecosystems. Plant resources, competition, community development and dynamics, biodiversity, primary productivity, nutrient cycling, ecosystem structure and function, and impacts of global environmental change.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
FS00 - SS10

FOR 404 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
CSS 210 and (PLB 105 or BS 110 or LB 144)
Recommended Background:
ZOL 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
US10 - US11

FOR 404 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
CSS 210 and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144)
Recommended Background:
ZOL 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS11 - US13

FOR 404 Forest Ecology

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Prerequisite:
((CSS 210) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (PLB 105 or BS 162 or LB 144)
Recommended Background:
ZOL 355
Description:
Ecological interactions crucial to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Plant resources, species interactions, succession, biodiversity, productivity, nutrient and carbon cycling, ecosystem structure and function, exotic species, global environmental change.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - US19

FOR 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Description:
Structure and function of ecosystems managed for crop and wood production. Productivity, nutrient cycling, community dynamics as affected by management intensity and natural disturbance. Dynamics of managed versus natural ecosystems.
Effective Dates:
FS99 - US00

FOR 404 Forest and Agricultural Ecology

Description:
Structure and function of ecosystems managed for crop and wood production. Productivity, nutrient cycling, community dynamics as affected by management intensity and natural disturbance. Dynamics of managed versus natural ecosystems.
Effective Dates:
FS96 - US99