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Spring Semester 2012 Instructor: Michael J. Conroy 3-427 Forest Resources 542-1167 mconroy@uga.edu Lecture: 9:30-10:45 T,R 4-418 Forestry Lab: 1:25-4:25 W, 1-210 Forestry Office Hours: 14:00-15:00 T,R or by appointment Teaching Assistant: Paige Barlow paige.f.barlow@gmail.com Specialty: R programming, office hours Th 11-12 or by appointment Andrea Goijman andreapg@uga.edu Specialty: MARK, DISTNCE, WINBugs; office hours Wednesday 10-11 or by appointment. Angela Romito aromito@uga.edu Specialty: Structured decisión making, NETICA; office hours by appointment Course Objectives To provide a practical but rigorous background in mathematical modeling and statistics To provide a working knowledge of the major methods used to estimate parameters and test hypotheses about fish and wildlife populations To apply the above principles and knowledge to solving practical decision problems in modern fish and wildlife and conservation management Use of Electronic Devices Cell phones, laptop computers, PDAs and other electronic devices are unnecessary and distracting and their use is not permitted in either lecture or lab. Please keep these devices off or silent. Those not respecting this policy will be asked to leave the classroom. Computer Lab Computers in the teaching lab are solely for use in conducting classroom exercises during class time. Please refrain from checking email, surfing the web or other activities not directly related to class. Food and drink except bottled water are prohibited in the computer lab at all times. Failure to follow these policies may result in loss of computer lab privileges.   Last updated 30 Mar 2009