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3.00 Credits
This keystone course is primarily for ENVS majors; minors are welcome. This course provides the opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience working on realworld environmental problems. As a group, students work in an intensive format with a real "client" and real deadlines to research a problem, assess options, recommend solutions, and evaluate outcomes. Examples of projects include energy and water conservation, local land use planning, wetlands managements, reuse/recycling programs, agriculture preservation, and environmental education. (Fall only; should be taken junior year). Prerequisites: ENVS 101 and 102; ENVS major or minor.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a comprehensive study of wetland ecology, management, and policy. The main emphasis is on biological, chemical, and physical aspects of major wetland ecosystems found in North America. The course also deals with valuation, classification, and delineation of wetlands. A significant portion of the course focuses on local and regional wetland ecosystems: their history, ecology, and current status. Labs will be field-based explorations of the biology, chemistry, and ecology of these regional wetlands. Prerequisite: BIOL 202 or consent.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course is about the theoretical, political, and practical problems associated with environmental action. Course materials analyze various theoretical perspectives on the relationship between humans and nature, and they illustrate how different ethics lead to widely different prescriptions for personal and political action. Course materials also offer examples of how environmental problems have in fact been addressed or not by governmental, non-governmental, and international institutions. This is not a course on the physical processes of environmental problems, but rather it emphasizes the political, economic, and theoretical contexts within which efforts are made to act on environmental threats. No prior knowledge of environmental or political science is required. However, students should be prepared to read and interpret detailed social science texts, to formulate and articulate cogent arguments, and to conduct independent research.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an ecological and sociocultural exploration of Sustainable Agriculture, as practiced primarily in the contemporary United States. We establish the historical and cultural roots of conventional agriculture and determine the environmental and social consequences of conventional practices. While not intended to be an agronomy course, we will discuss the agroecology of sustainable food production, including principles of soil management, pest control, and crop rotations. We will also study agriculture in its sociocultural context in order to assess what kind of social and cultural changes would be required in order to create a truly sustainable food production system. An important component of the course is field trips to conventional and alternative farms. Prerequisite: ENVS 101 or 102 or SA 100 or consent.(4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Using ArcGIS software, students will explore advanced applications of GIS in environmental assessments, natural and physical science applications, and spatial problem solving. Topics will include surface analyses, terrain modeling, network analysis, and 3-D simulations. The course will focus on case study analysis/ discussions, applied problem solving assignments, and independent projects. Prerequisite: ENVS 230 or consent.(4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
(1-4 credits)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit. (1-4 credits)
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