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4.00 Credits
An introduction to a variety of ways to study the environment, especially science and technology studies, environmental science, and environmental engineering. Case studies and projects emphasize the cooperation of disciplines in addressing local and global environmental issues such as PCBs in the Hudson River, acid rain in the Adirondacks, and population growth. When Offered: Spring term annually. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as IHSS 2100. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and IHSS 2100. Credit Hours: 4
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Environmental issues of global concern will be investigated from a scientific perspective. Analysis of historic and current data bases on population, resources, land use, and climate will provide an introduction to detailed consideration of more specific case studies in areas including global warming, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ozone depletion, regional drought and water management, long-range transport of pollutants, species extinction and biological diversity loss. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: junior, senior, or graduate student status. When Offered: Fall term odd numbered years. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ERTH 4500. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ERTH 4500. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
A course that focuses on the Hudson River Basin as an environmental microcosm and a vehicle through which to illustrate the natural science of river systems with particular attention to human influences. This interdisciplinary environmental science course is for environmentally oriented junior, senior, and graduate students. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: junior, senior, or graduate student status; introductory courses in biology, chemistry, and geology; environmentally oriented humanities/social sciences courses, or permission of instructor. When Offered: Fall term, even-numbered years. Credit Hours: 4
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What is the relationship between information, information technology, and culture How do we acquire, organize and share our understandings of the world How has this been done differently in different time periods and in different cultural contexts Through an analysis of a broad spectrum of information technologies, from the printing press and early maps, to telephone, television, computers and the internet, the goal of this course is to come to a deeper, more critical understanding of these questions and their answers. This is a communication-intensive course. When Offered: Offered fall term. Credit Hours: 4
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Will IT increase prosperity For whom What role should governments play in IT development Do corporations have new responsibilities in the Information Era What about IT professionals This course explores the issues, the arguments, and working solutions. The first section examines macro indicators and trends. The second section examines the microeconomics and politics of specific arenas-the software industry, the automated work place, telemedicine, television. The last section explores opportunities for improving society, using IT. When Offered: Fall term annually. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as ITEC 1220. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and ITEC 1220. Credit Hours: 4
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The first design studio in the Product Design and Innovation Program introduces students to general design through a series of short projects. The projects stress creative thinking and invention, observation and perception, communication and visualization, sketching, photography, model-making, and especially open-ended exploration. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to a variety of ways to study the environment, especially science and technology studies, environmental science, and environmental engineering. Case studies and projects emphasize the cooperation of disciplines in addressing local and global environmental issues such as PCBs in the Hudson River, acid rain in the Adirondacks, and population growth. When Offered: Spring term annually. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as IENV 2100. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and IENV 2100. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
This studio design course focuses on an enriched sense of problem definition through an emphasis on the reach and interconnectedness of technology and the conditionality of design selection criteria. Its design exercises, readings, and discussion press beyond marginal substitutions toward a broadened sense of possibility from, for example "hypercars" and human-powered homes to small-scale local agriculture and extreme ecological living systems.Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PDI I or PDI II or permission of instructor. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
This studio design course focuses on an enriched sense of problem definition through an emphasis on the reach and interconnectedness of technology, and the conditionality of design selection criteria. Its design exercises, readings, and discussion press beyond marginal substitutions toward a broadened sense of possibility from, for example, "hypercars" and human-powered homes to small-scale local agriculture and extreme ecological living systems. This is a communication-intensive course.Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PDI I or PDI II or permission of instructor. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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