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3.00 Credits
PQ: Completion of the general education requirement for the biological sciences and a course in either ecology, evolution, or earth history; or consent of instructor. This course examines factors governing the distribution and abundance of animals and plants. Topics include patterns and processes in historical biogeography, island biogeography, geographical ecology, areography, and conservation biology (e.g., design and effectiveness of nature reserves). B. Patterson (odd years, lab); L. Heaney (even years, discussion). Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the two main concerns of this field of geography: (1) the logic and pathology revealed in the record of the human use and misuse of the Earth, and nvironmental tudies ( 2) the discordant relationship of the world political map with more complicated patterns of linguistic and religious distribution. M. Mikesell. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the economic, social, and physical development of the city in North America from pre-European times to the mid-twentieth century. We emphasize evolving regional urban systems, the changing spatial organization of people and land use in urban areas, and the developing distinctiveness of American urban landscapes. All-day Illinois field trip required. This course is offered in alternate years. M. Conzen. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
This course reviews historical development of resource use and management in Southeast Asia. In particular, we examine development of institutions and discourses that define and regulate the use and management of natural resources in Southeast Asia and discuss prevailing environmental issues in Southeast Asia. We also examine how state and non-state actors develop and define who has control over and access to resources and the process of territorializing natural resources. Y. Fujita. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: ECON 20100. This course applies theoretical and empirical economic tools to environmental issues. We discuss broad concepts such as externalities, public goods, property rights, market failure, and social cost-benefit analysis. These concepts are applied to areas that include nonrenewable resources, air and water pollution, solid waste management, and hazardous substances. We emphasize analyzing the optimal role for public policy. G. Tolley, S. Shaikh. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: ECON 20900, 21000, or 26500; or ENST 26500. This course applies theoretical and empirical economic tools to a number of environmental issues. We discuss broad concepts that include externalities, public goods, property rights, market failure, and benefit-cost analysis. These concepts are applied to a number of areas that include nonrenewable resources, air and water pollution, solid waste management, and hazardous substances. We emphasize analyzing the optimal role for public policy. J. List. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Ecosystems provide services including climate regulation, maintenance of biodiversity, and flood and storm protection, which in turn lead to economic opportunities. This course introduces the economic valuation concepts and methods used to link ecosystem functions to human values in order to guide policy and planning decisions. S. Shaikh. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of land use and social and environmental issues in the Calumet region. In addition to discussing the Calumet region broadly, students develop final projects grounded in research from all courses in the field studies program. Weekly talks and discussions are led each week by guest lecturers who represent industry, nonprofit organizations, or Chicago government, or who are conducting research within the Calumet region. M. McLeester. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Introductory statistics recommended. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in human populations. This course introduces the basic principles of epidemiologic study design, analysis, and interpretation, through lectures, assignments, and critical appraisement of both classic and contemporary research articles. The course objectives include: (1) to be able to critically read and understand epidemiologic studies; (2) to be able to calculate and interpret measures of disease occurrence and measures of disease-exposure associations; and (3) to understand the contributions of epidemiology to clinical research, medicine, and public health. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores the historical ecology of European colonial expansion in a comparative framework, concentrating on the production of periphery and the transformation of incorporated societies and environments. In the first half of the quarter, we consider the theoretical frameworks, sources of evidence, and analytical strategies employed by researchers to address the conjunction of environmental and human history in colonial contexts. During the second half of the course, we explore the uses of these varied approaches and lines of evidence in relation to specific cases and trajectories of transformation since the sixteenth century. M. Lycett. Spring.
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