Week and Date

Lecture Topic

Lecturer

Week 1

Wednesday, January 3

Introduction to course

Franklin and Freund

Friday, January 5

Patches and Patch Types

Franklin

Week 2

Monday, January 8

Edges and Edge Effects

Franklin

Writing Assignment 1 Due

Wednesday, January 10

Landscape Connectivity and Networks

Franklin

Writing Assignment 2 Due

Friday, January 12

Geophysical Template and Gradients

Franklin

Writing Assignment 3 Due

Week 3

Monday, January 15

Holiday– Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday-  NO CLASS

Wednesday, January 17

Introduction to GIS

Moskal

Friday, January 19

Remote Sensing

Moskal

Week 4

Monday, January 22

Disturbances and Landscape Patterns

Franklin

Writing Assignment 4 Due

Wednesday, January 24

Aquatic Ecosystems

Franklin

Friday, January 26

 Wildfire

Hessberg

Writing Assignment 5 Due

Week 5

Monday, January 29

Quantifying Landscape Pattern and Dynamics

Freund

Writing Assignment 6 Due

Wednesday, January 31

Midterm Examination

Freund

Friday, February 2

Human Impacts: pre western civilizations

Franklin

Writing Assignment 7 Due

Week 6

Monday, February 5

Human Impacts: Fragmentation

Franklin

Writing Assignment 8 Due

Wednesday, February 7

Human Impacts: Cumulative Effects

Franklin

Friday, February 9

Landscape Models

Franklin

Writing Assignment 9 Due

Week 7

Monday, February 12

Urban Landscapes

Marzluff

Wednesday, February 14

Role of Wetlands

Guest Lecturer

Friday, February 16

Special Topics

Guest Lecturer

Week 8

Monday, February 19

Holiday– President’s Day

NO CLASS

Wednesday, February 21

Significance and spatial analysis

Torgerson

Friday, February 23

Special Topics

Guest Lecturer

Week 9

Monday, February 26

Management for Biological Diversity

Franklin

Writing Assignment 10 Due

Wednesday, February 28

Protection of the Matrix

Franklin

Friday, March 2-4

Field Trip to the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

Franklin and Freund

Week 10

Monday, March 5

Applications of Landscape Ecology

Franklin

Wednesday, March 7

Course Review

Franklin

Friday, March 9

Wildland Landscapes in the 21st Century

Franklin

Course Evaluations

Monday, March 12

No Class

Field Trip Report #2 Due

FINAL EXAM (Take Home Essay Exam Due Anytime During Finals Week)