110 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION


FOR 6167-Advanced Silviculture (3) Prereq: FOR 4162 or
consent of instructor. Influence of silvicultural practices on tree
and stand growth and forms of these practices; environmental
impact.
FOR 6170-Tropical Forestry (3) Prereq: FOR 4162. Climatic
influences, forest types, wood properties, and forest management
practices.
FOR 6310-Forest Genetics (3) Prereq: acceptable background
in genetics. Application of principles of genetics in the silvicultu-
ral handling of forest stands; selection, hybridization, and tree-
breeding techniques. Offered fall semester of even-numbered
years.
FOR 6337C-Advanced Forest Pathology (4) Prereq: PLP 3002,
3003L, or FOR 3333; FOR 4162. Principles of forest epidemiol-
ogy; biology; ecology and management of important diseases.
FOR 6340-Physiology of Forest Trees (3) Prereq: BOT 3503C
and BCH 3023 or equivalent. Factors influencing forest tree and
stand energy balance, flowering, seed production, germination,
water relations, and growth; applications to forestry problems.
FOR 6453-Advanced Forest Mensuration (3) Prereq: consentof
instructor. Growth modeling, sampling designs, simulation of
stand dynamics, linear and nonlinear estimation of biomass and
other parameters.
FOR 6543-Economic Analysis of Forest Operations (3) Prereq:
FOR 4541 or equivalent. Emphasis on plantation forestry.
FOR 6627-Quantitative Methods in Forest Management (3)
Prereq: COP 3210, or permission of instructor. Application of
operations research and digital computer simulation models for
harvest scheduling and forest management decisions.
FOR 6933-Seminar (1; max: 2) S/U.
WIS 5323C-Impact of Diseases on Wildlife Populations (3)
Prereq: WIS3401 or equivalent. Emphasison avian and mammal-
ian populations of North America.
WIS 5555C-Conservation Biology (3) Prereq: basic courses in
ecology, genetics. Application of biological and resource man-
agement theory to the problem of the conservation of natural
communities.
WIS 6452-Wildlife Ecology (3) Prereq: WIS 3401 or equivalent.
Emphasis on population processes of wildlife resources in sub-
tropical and temperate ecosystems, and on policy processes
governing management of ecosystems.
WIS 6453-Wildlife Community Ecology (3) Prereq: WIS 3401 C
orequivalent. Measurement and statistical analysis of community
structure; experimental testing of community interaction; empha-
sis on application of theory to management.
WIS 6457C-Wildlife Behavior (4) Prereq: consent of instructor.
Social organization, territoriality, matingsystems, migration, population
cycles, and predator-prey relationships in wildlife populations.
WIS 6464-Wildlife Habitat Analysis (3) Measurement of com-
positional and structural aspects of plant communities in relation
to animal needs. Application of wildlife habitat models.
WIS 6933-Seminar (1) S/U.
WIS 6934-Topics in Wildlife Ecology (1-2; max: 6) Prereq: WIS
6452,5555C, orpermission of instructor. Advanced concepts and
practices in wildlife management and conservation. Topics vary.
ZOO 5265C-Crustacean Biology (4) Prereq: ZOO 3203C or
permission of instructor. Biology of crustacea including system-
atics, physiology, and adaptations to environment, behavior, life
history strategies, and community ecology. Offered spring semes-
ter of even-numbered years.





FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
College of Education

 GRADUATE FACULTY 1992-93
Chairman:J.J. Algina. GraduateCoordinator:B. J. Guinagh.
Professors:J. J. Algina; P. T. Ashton; B. B. Brown (Emeritus);
L. M. Crocker; S. B. Damico; G. E. Greenwood; W. H.


Guertin (Emeritus);M. L. Koran;J. M. Newell;A.J. Newman;
R. R. Renner; R. R. Sherman; H. L. Wass (Emeritus); R. B.
Webb; A. O. White. Associate Professors:S. D. Andrews; J.
K. Bengston; W. A. Busby; B. J. Guinagh; M. D. Miller.
Assistant Professors: C. L. Frisby; J. H. Kranzler.


 The Department offers the Master of Education, the
Master of Arts in Education (with thesis), the Specialist in
Education, the Doctor of Education, and the Doctor of
Philosophy degrees with programs in educational psychol-
ogy, foundations of education, research and evaluation
methodology, and school psychology.
 Specific areas of specialization include human develop-
ment, personality theory, learning theory, and general
educational psychology within psychological foundations;
research methodology, education statistics, and measure-
ment and evaluation within research foundations; social,
historical, and philosophical foundations; and comparative
and international education within social foundations.



EDF 5431-Measurement and Evaluation in Early Childhood (3)
Basic concepts of test construction and interpretation, including
norms, reliability, and validity. Overview of assessment tech-
niques and problems in assessing intelligence, language, achieve-
ment, socio-emotional, and perceptual motor development in
children from infancy through six years of age. Students may not
receive credit for both EDF 4430 and EDF 5431.
EDF 6113-Educational Psychology: Human Development (3)
Current research and theories in the area of human development.
EDF 6175-Educational Psychology: Adulthood (3) Currenttheo-
ries and research findings in adulthood, including cognitive
processes, learning abilities, vocational development, leisure,
and various aspects of adult education through the life cycle.
EDF 6185-Educational Psychology: Aging (3) Psychological
and social processes in aging; lifelong learning; education for and
about aging.
EDF 6188-Issues in Childhood and Death (3) Theoretical per-
spectives and research concerning death related thoughts, feel-
ings, and experiences.
EDF 6189-Psycho-Social-Educational Aspects of Death and
Dying (3) Attitudes toward death, dying process, funeral practices,
and grieving. Role of education for better understanding and
coping with death.
EDF 6211-Educational Psychology: General (3) Basic prin-
ciples, techniques, and research; designed for graduate students
preparing to teach who have a minimal background in psychol-
ogy.
EDF 6215-Educational Psychology: Learning Theory (3) Prereq:
consent of instructor. Logic and methodologies of theories of
learning.
EDF 6332-Principles of Learning and Instructional Practice (3)
Topics include transfer of training, reinforcement, forgetting, and
problem solving.
EDF 6338-Self-Concept Theory and Its Application to Educa-
tion (3) An in-depth examination, including basic principles,
research, and applications in educational settings.
EDF 6355-Educational Psychology: Personality Dynamics (3)
Dynamics of behavior and their implications for education,
counseling and guidance, administration, family relationships,
and social action.
EDF 6401-Educational Statistics (3) Prereq: STA 3013 or 3023.
Primarily for Ed.D. candidates. Application to educational data
and problems.
EDF 6403-Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research
(6) Prereq:STA 3013,3023, orequivalent. Integrated coverage of
fundamentals in the general field of education research. Includes
statistics, experimental design, and data processing.
EDF 6436-Theory of Measurement (4) Prereq: STA 3013 or
3023; EDF4430. Introductory study of true score models, reliabil-