Great Plains Studies

Courses for GPSP (GPSP)

GPSP 400/800
Seminar in Great Plains Studies LINKCrosslisted as HIST 400/800, GEOG 400/800
Credit Hours: 3
Course Delivery: Classroom
Prereqs:
A course in the study of the Great Plains.
GPSP/GEOG/HIST 400 is required for a GPSP major or minor.
Topic varies.
GPSP 495/895
Internship LINK
Credit Hours: 1-6
Max credits per semester: 6
Course Format: Field
Course Delivery: Classroom
Prereqs:
For GPSP 495: Junior standing, Great Plains major or minor, and permission.
For GPSP 895: permission. P/N only.

Description

(Interdepartmental Area of Specialization)

Director: James Stubbendieck

Advisory Committee: Professors Archer, Brandle, Edwards, Hayden, Horst, Kaye, R. Lee, Scholz, Supalla, Swinehart, Winkle; Associate Professors Ertl, Parsons, S. Wunder; Assistant Professors Demers, Garza, Heng-Moss

Majors Participating (Masters): Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; Agronomy; Anthropology; Architecture; Communication Studies; Community and Regional Planning; English; Geography; Geosciences; History; Natural Resource Sciences; and Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Majors Participating (Doctoral): Agricultural Economics; Agronomy; Communication Studies; English; Geography; Geosciences; History; and Natural Resource Sciences

The objective of the Great Plains Studies Interdepartmental Area of Specialization is to provide an understanding of the complex and unique features of the Great Plains. Regional inquiry invites an analysis of the relationships between the natural and managed environment and the cultures brought to it by various indigenous and immigrant populations, as well as the implications of these relationships for the future. The specialization is facilitated by the Center for Great Plains Studies, which is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary, intercollegiate, regional research and teaching center in the United States. See our Web site: www.unl.edu/plains/academics/graduate.html.

Masters-level Specialization Requirements:

The specialization is available to any student accepted to pursue a masters degree within a participating department. One member of the student’s examining committee must be a Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Each student will be required to complete:

  1. A masters degree in one of the participating departments
  2. GPSP 800 Seminar in Great Plains Studies (3 cr)
  3. Six (6) additional credit hours of Great Plains Studies courses from departments outside the student’s major department
  4. Under any option (I, II, or III) there should be a Great Plains component. For example, when a student completes Option I (thesis), that thesis should present some issues(s) relevant to the Great Plains.


Doctoral-level Specialization Requirements:

The specialization is available to any student accepted into a doctoral program within any of the participating departments or interdepartmental areas. One member of the student’s examining committee must be a Fellow of the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Each student will be required to complete:

  1. A doctoral degree in one of the participating departments or interdepartmental areas
  2. GPSP 800 Seminar in Great Plains Studies (3 cr)
  3. Twelve (12) additional credit hours of Great Plains Studies courses from departments outside the student’s major department. No more than six (6) hours should be in one department.
  4. The dissertation should present some issues(s) relevant to the Great Plains.


Interdepartmental Courses

Agricultural Economics (AECN)
AECN 832. Economics of Agricultural Production
AECN 856. Environmental Law
AECN 857.Water Law
AECN 865. Resource & Environmental Economics II
AECN 868.Advanced Resource & Environmental Economics

Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication (ALEC)
ALEC 801. Theoretical Foundations of Leadership
ALEC 810. Environmental Leadership:A Historical & Ethical Perspective
ALEC 833. Planning & Implementation of Cooperative Extension Programs for Domestic & Foreign Audiences
ALEC 901. Leading Change in Rural America & Beyond

Agronomy & Horticulture

  • Agronomy (AGRO)

AGRO 808. Microclimate:The Biological Environment (GEOG/NRES 808)
AGRO 835.Agroecology (NRES 835)
AGRO 840. Great Plains Ecosystems (RNGE 440)
AGRO 842.Wildland Plants
AGRO 844.Vegetation Analysis
AGRO 845. Livestock Management on Range & Pasture
AGRO 850. Climate & Society (GEOG/ METR 850, NRES 852)
AGRO 875.Water Quality Strategy (CRPL/ GEOL/NRES 875)
AGRO 877. Great Plains Field Pedology (GEOG 867/NRES 877)
AGRO 881.Water Resources Seminar (GEOG 881, NRES 815)

  • Horticulture (HORT)

HORT 909. Responses to Environment (AGRO/NRES 909)

Anthropology & Geography

  • Anthropology (ANTH)

ANTH 816. Topics in Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 819. Art & Anthropology of Native North America
ANTH 833. North American Archaeology
ANTH 834. An Intro to Plains Archaeology
ANTH 851. Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North America
ANTH 854. Traveling Ethnographic Field School
ANTH 876. Human Rights, Environment & Development
ANTH 880. Advanced Fieldwork
ANTH 883. Advanced Field Methods
ANTH 896. Special Readings in Anthropology
ANTH 898. Advanced Current Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 953. Seminar in Anthropology & Geography (GEOG 933)

  • Geography (GEOG)

GEOG 850. Climate & Society (AGRO/ METR 850, NRES 852)
GEOG 877. Great Plains Field Pedology (AGRO/NRES 877)
GEOG 881. Water Resources Seminar (AGRO 881, GEOL/NRES 815)
GEOG 933. Seminar in Anthropology & Geography (ANTH 953)
GEOG 935. Seminar in Historical Geography: Great Plains

Architecture
IDES 860. Preservation & Conservation of Historic Interiors
ARCH 848. Architecture of the Great Plains
ARCH 860. Environmental Survey & Analysis (CRPL 872)
ARCH 863. Architectural Preservation

Art and Art History (AHIS)
AHIS 898. Special Topics: American Art & Regionalism; Great Plains

Biological Sciences (BIOS)
BIOS 855. Great Plains Flora
BIOS 859. Limnology (NRES 859)
BIOS 864. Fisheries Biology (NRES 864)
BIOS 870. Prairie Ecology
BIOS 882. Field Entomology
BIOS 887. Field Parasitology
BIOS 888. Natural History of the Invertebrates
BIOS 891. Ichthyology (NRES 889)
BIOS 894. Ornithology

Communication Studies (COMM)
COMM 830. Political Communication
COMM 950B. Seminar in Intercultural Communication
COMM 985. Cultural Criticism

Community and Regional Planning (CRPL)
CRPL 800. Intro to Planning
CRPL 804. Legal Aspects of Planning
CRPL 860. Planning & Design in the Built Environment
CRPL 870. Environmental Planning & Policy
CRPL 872. Environmental Survey & Analysis (ARCH 860)
CRPL 875. Water Quality Strategy (AGRO/GEOL/NRES 875)
CRPL 877. Recreation & Park Planning
CRPL 880. Economic Development Planning
CRPL 895H. Selected Topics: Housing: Issue & Innovations
CRPL 895Q. Selected Topics: Historic Preservation Planning
CRPL 895T. Selected Topics: Issues in Community Transit Planning
CRPL 896. Special Problems: Rural & Small Town Planning

Economics (ECON)
ECON 840. Regional Development
ECON 842. Regional Analysis
ECON 857. US Economic History: 19th Century
ECON 858. US Economic History: 20th Century
ECON 871. Public Finance
ECON 872. Efficiency in Government

English (ENGL)
ENGL 805K. Canadian Fiction
ENGL 811B. Plains Literature
ENGL 845K. Ethnic Literature: Native American Literature
ENGL 911. Seminars in Great Plains Literature
ENGL 933B. Seminar in American Authors since 1900: Willa Cather

Geosciences

  • Geology (GEOL)

GEOL 815.Water Resources Seminar (AGRO/ GEOG 881, NRES 815)
GEOL 823. Quaternary Ecology & Climate (BIOS 823)
GEOL 850. Surficial Processes & Landscape Evolution
GEOL 875.Water Quality Strategy (AGRO/CRPL/NRES 875)
GEOL 881. Environmental & Urban Geology
GEOL 888. Groundwater Geology (NRES 888)
GEOL 889. Hydrogeology (NRES 887)
GEOL 929. Mesozoic & Cenozoic Stratigraphy
GEOL 934. Site Analysis in Vertebrate Paleontology
GEOL 935. Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleoecology
GEOL 953. Glacial Geology

  • Meteorology (METR)

METR 850. Climate & Society (AGRO/GEOG 850, NRES 852)

History (HIST)
HIST 852. American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century
HIST 864. Native American History: Selected Topics
HIST 865. History of Plains Indians
HIST 889L. Directed Readings: History of the Great Plains
HIST 889J. Directed Readings: The History & Culture of the American Indian

Natural Resource Sciences (NRES)
NRES 808. Microclimate: The Biological Environment (AGRO/GEOG 808)
NRES 815. Water Resources Seminar (AGRO/GEOG 881, GEOL 815)
NRES 823. Integrated Resource Management
NRES 835. Agroecology (AGRO 835)
NRES 850. Biology of Wildlife Populations
NRES 852. Climate & Society (AGRO/GEOG/METR 850)
NRES 859. Limnology (BIOS 859)
NRES 864. Fisheries Biology (BIOS 892)
NRES 868. Wetlands NRES 875.Water Quality Strategy (AGRO/CRPL/GEOL 875)
NRES 877. Great Plains Field Pedology (AGRO/GEOG 877)
NRES 887. Hydrogeology (GEOL 889)
NRES 888. Groundwater Geology (GEOL 888)
NRES 889. Ichthyology

Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education (TLTE)
TEAC 925E. Seminar in the Curriculum & Teaching of Social Studies: Great Plains

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