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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An exploration of the conversion and use of energy, with particular emphasis on the nature of energy and energy systems, contemporary societies, the development of energy conversion technologies, and present and future energy sources. The course will explain the origin and dimensions of the global energy problem and identify how energy issues affect environmental quality, economic growth, and global politics. It is recommended that students have met minimum college mathematics requirements. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is designed to give students an introduction to field ecology from a perspective of natural history and applied ecology. Lectures, readings, class exercises and assignments provide an overview of ecological applications that are employed by practitioners and educators. Real-world examples that span a broad array of taxa (primarily plants and animals), ecosystems (terrestrial, aquatic, natural, anthropogenic), geographic regions and problems are presented throughout the course. Field excursions are designed to give students an introduction to ecological applications, methods and field observations, as well as to get students out in the field to see many of the ecological problems that are addressed in the lectures and readings. This course is a requirement for the Environmental Studies major, and serves as one of the choices that fulfill the sustainability core requirement for SSHS. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: SS-Sch Core-Sustainability
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department
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0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 6.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 6.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Novel ethical demands are being created as our world is transformed by economic globalization. Through such practices as high input agriculture and dependence upon fossil fuels, this transformation has adversely affected both global ecology and human communities. To meet the resulting ethical demands, a new ecological economics is required, one that respects the scale and carrying capacity limits of the earth's ecosystems. This new economic paradigm avoids the confusion that has attended the concept of "sustainable development," which, in creating tension between the developed and less developed nations, has fostered a worldwide debate on the meaning and content of an ethics of sustainability. In contrast, ecological economics lay the foundation for a society and communities that are sustainable economically, environmentally, and socially. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: SS-Sch Core-Sustainability, TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course surveys diverse ways of living on the earth. Students will be introduced to the major patterns of human adaptation: foraging, pastoralist, and agriculturalist. These adaptations however, will be investigated in terms of the complex interactions of cultural values, social organizations, and varying definitions of resources. Starting with an examination of conceptualization of frameworks utilized in studies of human/environmental interactions: nature and its relationship to culture; patterns of production, reproduction, and consumption; the significance of beliefs and behaviors associated with religion and gender; local knowledge versus universal knowledge; and issues of development, progress, and power. This course will focus on regional case studies including: the impact and adaptation to industrial contamination of a local indigenous population, as well as the lasting influence of academic bias in respect to the native population; the regentrification of the rural community by suburban sprawl; and the emergence of an ethics of commodity with the 'malling of America'. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA, SS-Sch Core-Sustainability, TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This is a micro-scale hands-on field course which focuses on the use of green technology for satisfying basic human needs by creating sustainable and ecologically sound life support systems for energy, food, shelter, water, and waste handling. The course will develop, design, construct, and evaluate projects in some of the following areas: conservation, green design, solar design and construction, solar greenhouses, water and wind systems, organic biological agriculture, and water and waste recycling. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: SS-Sch Core-Sustainability
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course teaches the basics of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in the context of designing a GIS system as well as completing a Map Info project. By the end of the class, students will have completed a small GIS project, designed and developed a digital spatial database, performed simple spatial analysis, created maps, and generated a report. GIS is a rapidly expanding field in both the private and public sectors; these basic technical skills will be valuable in the job market. The course is designed for students with little or no experience using GIS systems. It is assumed all have some general knowledge of computer operating systems. It will be taught in the Windows environment. Lab Fee. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The course will begin with an overview of present environmental policies as expressed in State and Federal legislation and will proceed with an examination of both the process and substance of environmental policy. Topics will include: environmental policy formation and implementation; influences of public interest groups, industry, the courts, catastrophic events, media, and organized crime; issues concerning solid waste management, global climate impacts, and pending amendments to the Clean Air Act. Students will be expected to participate in information gathering through active research from legislative histories, agency backgrounds, and, where possible, attending public hearings. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Social Science & Human Srv College Environmental Studies Department Course Attributes: TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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