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3.00 Credits
Problem-oriented, hands-on approach emphasizing the tools, techniques, and observational skills necessary for the understanding of forest ecology and deer management. Field and laboratory work as well as data analysis and interpretation. Field Methods utilizes the outdoor resources of the Hudson River Valley, especially the forest environment at Black Rock Forest, a 4,000-acre preserve near Cornwall, N.Y. Prerequisites: Enrollment limited; students must sign up in 404 Altschul during the program-planning period of the previous term. Four required field trips. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
A hands-on approach to learning environmental methods. Students take a one-day cruise on the Hudson River to collect environmental samples. These samples are then analyzed throughout the semester to characterize the Hudson River estuary. Standard and advanced techniques to analyze water and sediment samples for nutrients and contaminants are taught. Prerequisites: Enrollment limited. Required field trip on first Friday of the semester. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of environmental data, assessment of spatial and temporal variability. Focus on air and water quality issues. Uses existing and student-generated data sets. Basic principles of statistics and GIS, uses standard software packages including EXCEL and ArcGIS. Includes a Saturday half-day field trip. - M. Stute, M. Becker Prerequisites: One year of college science or EESC V2100 or permission of the instructor. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA). 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Environmental policy implications of energy resources, production, and use in the United States. Present and potential use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), nuclear fission, fusion, biomass, hydropower, wind, solar, and geothermal energy. Prerequisites: One year of college science or permission of instructor. Alternate years. 3 points
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4.00 Credits
Discussion of global forest distribution and links to climate, forest ecology, paleoecology, role of forests in the global ecosystem, and case studies of forests in relation to environmental change. Resources, including biodiversity, medicinal/ethnobotany; conservation and management strategies; role in carbon cycle. Prerequisites: One year of college science or permission of instructor. Alternate years. 4 points
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3.00 Credits
Hands-on study and discussion of the basic physical principles of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and subsurface flow), as well as environmentally relevant applications based on case studies. Special focus on the New York City area, the arid Southwest, and the developing world. Coverage of contemporary global water resources issues, including pollution control, sustainable development, and climate change. - M. Stute Prerequisites: EESC V2100, physics, or permission of instructor. Includes a weekend field trip. Alternate years. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA). 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Three case studies of topics related to land-use change and how they impact the living environment. The three topics are: (1) land-use change over time: a paleoenvironmental perspective, (2) environmental transformations: impact of exotic and invasive plants and birds on local environments, and (3) migration of neotropical songbirds between their wintering and breeding grounds: land-use, crisis, and conservation. - Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor required. Alternate years. 3 points
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4.00 Credits
Human transformation of the terrestrial environment since Paleolithic times. Physical process involved in human-environment interactions. Guidelines for sustainable development using present and past examples of environmental use and abuse. - C. Rosenzweig Prerequisites: One year of college science or permission of instructor. Alternate years. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). 4 points
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3.00 Credits
Policy-oriented approach to waste management issues. Cradle-to-grave analysis of product and waste streams. Analysis of municipal solid waste, landfills, incineration, recycling. Sewage waste and sewage treatment. Prerequisites: Alternate years. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Process-oriented introduction to the law and its use in environmental policy and decision-making. Origins and structure of the U.S. legal system. Emphasis on litigation process and specific cases that elucidate the common law and toxic torts, environmental administrative law, and environmental regulation through application and testing of statutory law in the courts. Emphasis also on the development of legal literacy, research skills, and writing. 3 points
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