Environmental Science Courses

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 2 Description: Independent work under the direction of a professional biologist which may include teaching, research, or other service. A maximum of 3 semester hours may be earned. Earned hours do not fulfill the requirements of environmental science or environmental studies for their respective majors, […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Topics will include review of major issues in the field, as well as career / graduate program preparation, including resumes, job interviews, graduate school applications, etc.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examines the governmental institutions (federal, state, and local), the non-governmental actors and organizations, and the governmental and political processes that interact to shape and create environmental public policy in the United States. Credit cannot be received for both POLI 351 and ENVR […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Students examine how environmental processes interact with social, political, and economic processes and institutions around the world. This course traces the historical and theoretical perspectives that influence global environmental policy and management, explores how multiple identities (e.g. gender, culture, race, and nation) […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 3 Description: Open only to juniors or seniors with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher in their major courses. A maximum of 3 semester hours may be earned. Academic Committee approval required for each seminar and practicum. All individual research projects are reviewed […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This class introduces students to the major statutes and policies used to protect humans and the environment, including current challenges related to climate change. The class will additionally look at enforcement issues, the role of the market, and constitutional issues related to […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 4 Description: In-depth study of an area of interest in environmental science and studies. Different areas of study offered on a rotating basis. May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course discusses ethics with specific reference to environmental issues. Specific issues include, among others: obligations to non-human animals, equitable distribution of scarce resources, development, and issues in environmental aesthetics. Credit cannot be received for both PRS 316 and ENVR 316.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This class provides a broad overview of issues associated with sustainability, from both a U.S. and international perspective. Students will learn the basic concepts of sustainability, explore the science of sustainability, look at practical applications of sustainability by governments and businesses, and learn how to measure sustainability.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: With growing challenges from population growth, economic growth, and climate change, understanding water related issues is critical to any city, state or country’s future success. This class provides students with an overview of water resource management, with a special emphasis on water quality. Topics […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENVR-101L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: A study of the needs of human beings for food, energy and other natural resources and the effects of their actions on the air, water, soil, plants and other animals. The diversity of life, ecology and evolution will be included. Throughout the course the […]