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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Odd Years; 3.00 Credits; N) The study of the natural occurrence of water. Topics include: the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, stream flow, soil moisture, ground water occurrence, aquifer flow and testing chemical characteristics, contamination, development and management of ground-water resources. Note: Includes a field experience and a special fee is assessed. Prerequisites: EES110 and EES111 and 2 courses from the Chemistry department.
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(Spring; Yearly; 4.00 Credits; N) The petrographic examination of rocks in hand specimen and under the microscope. Identification of the principal types of igneous and metamorphic rocks and discussion of their chemical and mineralogical characteristics and tectonic setting is emphasized. Note: one laboratory per week, one or two major field trips are required, and a special fee is assessed. Prerequisite: EES220.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Odd Years; 4.00 Credits; N) Basic principles of paleontology and functional morphology of extant and extinct invertebrates are covered. These include identifying fossils and understanding their morphology and preservation in order to interpret ancient environments. Note: One laboratory per week and field trips are required and a special fee is assessed. Prerequisites: EES210 or BI113.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S,N) Conservation Biology encompasses biology, politics, ethics, economics and anthropology. The major course objective is the exploration of conservation complexities--important for successful conservation efforts. Other objectives are to gain an understanding of extinction, community conservation, population genetics and demography. This course has a required weekend field trip with a fee added for the trip. Prerequisites:EES100 or BI105.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Yearly; 1.00 Credit; N) An investigative laboratory companion to ESS325. Students, in teams and on their own, conduct field research on biodiversity conservation issues. Prerequisites: EES100.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Variable; 3.00 Credits; N) This course provides a comprehensive coverage of local, regional, national, and global resource and environmental issues from population growth to wetlands to sustainable agriculture and natural resource policies and legislation. It considers renewable and non-renewable resources such as water, land, soil, air, wildlife, and their associated habitats. Prerequisites: EES100 and BI105 and BI121. A special course fee is assessed.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall; Even Years; 3.00 Credits; N) This course is an introduction to how geophysical data can be used to address academic and applied problems in geology. Emphasis is placed on the concepts behind acquiring geophysical data and use of the information for interpretation. Seismology, magnetism, heat and gravity are the main concepts covered. Prerequisites: EES210 and EES211. MA130 may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite. There are two field trips run over the weekend where students get to use the equipment in the field and reduce the data. A special fee is assessed.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S) This course will cover the basics of microeconomic analysis as it applies to the environmental decision making and environmental policy with respect to pollution abetment, resource harvesting, and sustainability analysis. The course will also explore the strengths and weaknesses of economic models of human behavior. Finally, the course explores the growing concern of sustainable and resilient economies. Prerequisites: EES105 or EES100 and EB105 or EB223 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Yearly; 1.00 Credit; QM) This is the optional quantitative lab for ESS305 (Environmental Economics). We will advance our skills in economics analysis in EXCEL including cost benefit analysis, risk analysis, and linear programming. We will also use MathCAD or Mathmatica to explore optimality in resource extraction. Corequisite: EB305.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring; Yearly; 3.00 Credits; S,CW) This course will examine the major environmental laws in the United States and major Supreme Court cases covering these statutes. The status covered will be National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), The Clean Water Act (CWA), The Clean Air Acr (CAA), The Endangered Species Act (ESA), Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenicide Act (FIFRA), and The Toxic Substances Control Act (TOSCA), The Forest Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA). Prerequisites: PS101 and EES100.
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