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3.00 Credits
Approximately 80% of all data used by businesses and the US government has a geographic component. Aerial photography, satellite imagery, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are extremely useful tools in environmental planning, resource management and risk assessment. This course is designed to introduce students to GIS and remote sensing spatial analysis techniques. By the end of the course, students should be able to plan an environmental assessment project within a GIS framework, read and understand maps, interpret aerial photos, collect data using GPS technology, import data from internet and government sources, conduct basic raster and vector GIS analyses, understand the basics and principles of satellite remote sensing, and present and critique GIS/ remote sensing projects. This course is designed as a prerequisite to Geographic Information Systems Analysis, which will focus on more advanced GIS analyses and independent projects.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course gives students a chance to explore the realm of proactive change in the environmental arena. It combines the theories of policy, the tools of problem solving, and the practice of dealing with environmental challenges in the real world of American government. The premise of the course is this: if you want to improve the state of the planet, you have to propose a solution. To make a solution happen, you should understand the process of getting an idea through the decision-making system. Effecting change requires a background in the system(s) that make things happen, whether you ultimately want to work within the system or outside it. This course is divided into two main components: an overview and implementation of problem solving techniques, and an in-depth examination of the U.S. Congress' role in environmental policy formation. The latter section culminates in a "Moot Congress" undertaken by students at the end of the semester. Prereq: ENVS 101. This is a core course in the ENVS major and minor. Not recommended for first year students. Fulfills the "R" Oral Communication requirement.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the social causes and consequences of environmental change. We explore the relationship among production, consumption, population, technology, and environment. We ask: do the social benefits of economic growth outweigh environmental costs? Does population growth lead to environmental problems? Can technical "fixes" solve environmental problems? Are "indigenous" technologies superior to "western" technologies? We'll also analyze human responses to change: policy and regulation, "green" capitalism, environmental movements, and environmental counter-movements. We ask, how can we shape our future? What alternatives are likely and possible? Will the U.S. experience ecotopia or ecocide in the years to come? Will the Third World become the First World's dumping ground or will sustainable development provide environmental equity? This course is cross-listed with Environmental Studies and has a prerequisite of either S/A 100 or ENVS 100.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Farms are being paved over and bought out; farmers are an increasingly rare breed. Preserving precious farmland has become a critical challenge, and our well-being - not to mention our nutrition - may be contingent on this fundamental need. Farmscape provides a hands-on exploration into the many facets of farmland preservation, with an emphasis on photographic imagery of the landscape. Students will learn about farmer motivations to protect their land, the preservation tools they can use, and the stories behind the headlines about lost family farms, suburban sprawl, rural decline, and social factors that steadily reduce our agrarian culture. We will examine the utilitarian side of farming, but our focus will turn primarily to the view through the lens: documenting and representing farmland preservation through artisitic media. This course immerses students in the visual imagination.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the question of our ethical relations and responsibility to objects and systems in the natural world, including animals, other living beings, non-living entities, ecosystems, and "nature" as a whole. It also asks about nature as such: what nature is, what the place in it is of humans, the role of human action in transforming nature, etc. The question of the relation of the natural to the social will receive special attention. Prerequisite: One previous course in Philosophy or Environmental Studies or consent. (Fall and Spring) (4 Credits)
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth investigation of alternative dispute resolution ADR) as an improved means to affect change in environmental conflict. Both an intellectual and hands-on introduction to the theory and practice of ADR, relying on research into theoretical aspects of conflict, attend- ance at both conventional litigatory and ADR hearings, and actual participation in ADR exercises. Prerequisite: ENVS 101 or 102.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Many of Earth's ecosystems are stressed and degraded as a result of human activities. Ecosystem management is the process of evaluating the biotic and abiotic features of ecosystems and stressors and manipulating those features toward a defined goal, such as conservation or restoration. In this course, students will apply aspects of systems ecology to management scenarios in particularly stressed ecosystems. Students will gain an understanding of systems ecology and will learn how ecological communities function within ecosystems and landscapes. After establishing this foundation, students will lead the exploration of some of our planet's greatest ecological systems. Lab sessions will give the students an opportunity to construct a computer-based simulation of an ecosystem and to apply ecological modeling as a management tool in both lab and field settings.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a variety of local environmental planning processes and issues, focusing primarily on the communities surrounding Denison (Granville, Licking County), as well as the theories, concepts and tools of design, both at a community level and for individual buildings. Particular attention will be paid to controversial models of architecture and planning in order to understand some of the negative implications of conventional approaches. Field trips, group exercises, research and project competitions will form the basis for course evaluation. Prerequisite: ENVS 101 or 102 or consent.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an opportunity to investigate particular issues from diverse perspectives in the environmental area. Environmental challenges and solutions of local, national and global scale are addressed, typically with a hands-on and interactive format. This course is offered on an irregular basis with unique topics in each version: students may enroll in this course more than once. Prerequisite: ENVS 101 and 102.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A study of humanity's relationship with and shifting conceptions of the nonhuman world. Reading selections vary, but generally include past and contemporary writers who reflect different ethnic and regional outlooks and who work in various modes, including literature, memoir, natural history and science.(4 credits)
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