A total of 67 classes listed in the Fall 2000 schedule are evening classes beginning at 4 p.m. or later, including at least one section of most courses required for the Associate of Arts in General Studies degree. Eighteen classes, including all University Life classes, are scheduled for one of three different five-week sessions planned for the semester. Another five classes are scheduled for one of two eight-week sessions planned. And, all five Study Skills for the College Classroom sections are scheduled to run in 10-week sessions to coincide with the University Life classes. In addition, students can take classes on a variety of days.
Students also have a wide variety of classes from which to choose.
Three courses planned for consecutive five-week sessions are Pond Management, Wildlife Management in the Ozarks, and Landscaping for Wildlife. The series begins with Pond Management which will focus on site selection, construction, watershed management, water quality, fish stocking, fish population management, aquatic plants and their management, and ponds without fish and their management. It will be followed by Wildlife Management in the Ozarks which will cover historical wildlife levels, habitats of Missouri wildlife, habitat management of selected species, dealing with nuisance wildlife, natural communities and their management, habitat management tools and their use, and habitat management as it is being practiced in the Ozarks. It will conclude with Landscaping for Wildlife which will cover habitat needs of urban wildlife, planning the course of habitat management, providing the basics for survival, discouraging predation, how to handle problem animals, how to select what to plant and where to plant it, and management and maintenance of the yard. Students must have earned a C grade or better in Fundamentals of Chemistry or General Chemistry, or have the instructor s permission, to enroll.