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3.00 Credits
An experiential learning course focused on sustainability issues and solutions in urban areas around the world. Main topics include water, waste, energy, transportation and food. Includes cross-cultural comparison of lifestyles and resource usage, and site visits to relevant local facilities are included. Satisfies general distribution requirements. Partially satisfies natural science distribution requirements of the baccalaureate experience but is not applicable toward a biology or marine science major or minor. Lecture only.
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3.00 Credits
A broad survey of the geological processes at work on and within the earth. Topics include the origin and composition of rocks, as well as the origin, location and characteristics of volcanoes, earthquakes and mountain belts, within the framework of plate tectonics. Also covers the modification of the earth's surface by wind, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, waves and currents, and the evolution of continents and ocean basins. Lecture only.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to Environmental Studies I is the first part of a two-course introductory sequence that explores the field of environmental studies from the disciplinary perspectives of the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. This course will investigate the intersectionality of the human population and its ethical, economic, and political systems. It will then survey major issues in environmental studies including biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, food production, water resources, mineral resources, waste, energy systems, water pollution and air pollution from these diverse perspectives. Introduction to Environmental Studies I will also explore the use of the scientific method, data analysis and interpretation techniques, and the scientific literacy of our society.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to Environmental Studies II is the second part of a two-course introductory sequence that explores the field of environmental studies, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. This course will investigate global environmental change by examining the intersectionality of planetary and anthropogenic systems from the perspectives of these disciplines. The basic function of planetary systems will be examined along with causes and effects of anthropogenic impacts and potential solutions to the problems caused by those impacts. Introduction to Environmental Studies II will also explore the use of the scientific method, data analysis and interpretation techniques, and the scientific literacy of our society.
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4.00 Credits
Teaches students the applications of geographic information systems technology to a variety of biological issues including delimiting species and habitat distribution, identifying landscape-level relationships between abiotic and biotic factors and their spatial effects on populations; identifying potential effects of human activity on natural areas and populations; and developing management and regulatory policies including defining potential protected areas.
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4.00 Credits
Covers many of the most threatening environmental problems facing society. When possible, these issues are discussed at local, national and global levels to demonstrate how policy and cultural differences impact the various threats to the environment and to the human population. Environmental threats are discussed both in the context of their impact on natural ecosystems and their potential threat to human health and economic growth.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to conduct an in-depth exploration of local, national, and global environmental justice issues. Major concepts in this course include defining and the history of environmental justice, major issues of environmental justice (local, national, and global scale), key 'stakeholders' of environmental justice and injustice, and future implications of environmental justice and injustice. Environmental justice issues will be explored from the perspectives of the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities to identify intersections among these disciplines. The course will require independent research and discussion of relevant issues.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an advanced understanding of environmental microbiology. The course focuses on understanding the role environmental microbiology has on our daily lives,microbial community structure and communication, growth, reproduction, metabolism, gene expression, and diversity of microorganisms, mechanical and chemical environmental mechanisms to control microbial growth, industrial applications of microbiology. Course prerequisites: Biology lower core curriculum. Must take with ENS 307L. Cannot take both ENS 307 and BIO 307 towards degree.
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4.00 Credits
Fisheries is an upper division environmental studies course designed to introduce students to field and analytical methods used in fisheries science. We will explore mathematical models such as population models, model parameter estimation, computer-intensive models, randomization test, statistical bootstrap methods, and characterization of uncertainty. We will collect class data on fisheries in Hillsborough River and Plant Creek Stream using minnow traps, pinfish traps, and seines. Students will construct age and growth models, and stock recruitment relationships needed for writing a stock assessment.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the biological and human factors relating to the current global extinction crisis and how conservation practices are used to evaluate and preserve threatened species and habitats. Emphases are placed upon how issues in ecology, population, biology and taxonomy affect the status of a species, and how these issues relate to policy and management decisions. Materials covered are connected to current literature in weekly discussion periods.
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