|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
A continuation of ENGL 491. Three hours. Staff.
-
3.00 Credits
An intensive study of an author or topic that culminates in a major research paper. As the English major capstone, the senior seminar provides a culminating experience in which students will widely integrate, extend, critique, and apply knowledge and skills from the student's major program. This course should be passed as late as possible in an English major's program. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Three hours. Staff.
-
3.00 Credits
The preparation and oral defense of a lengthy thesis in the field of British or American literature. Open only to seniors. Departmental approval is required.A degree credit for the first term of a two-term senior project will not be recorded until both terms have been successfully completed.Three hours each. Staff.
-
4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary problem solving is the central skill needed by environmental professionals, and examining real-world issues best develops this skill. This course will focus on a local or regional environmental issue, and we will work with government, business, and community leaders in order to analyze the issue from the varying perspectives of these stakeholders. At the end of the course we will provide the stakeholders with a detailed analysis that draws on information from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Partially fulfills the collegiate requirements in the Natural Science Area of Knowledge, and as an Interdisciplinary course. Intended primarily for students seriously considering EVST as their major. Four hours. Mr. Gowan or Mr. Fenster.
-
1.00 Credits
This course is for freshman or sophomores considering EVST as a major. Because EVST is a broad topic, you have to decide which area of specialty most interests you. You might choose some aspect of biology, political science, geology, sociol- ogy, chemistry, physics, or any of a number of other disciplines. You will explore career options in EVST with the help of outside guests from government, private industry, and non-profit environmental organizations, and will plan your EVST Area of Expertise to prepare you for the upper-level EVST core courses and your chosen area of specialty. One hour. Mr. Gowan or Mr. Fenster.
-
3.00 Credits
A field and laboratory course covering major methods and approaches used in environmental science. Particular emphasis is put on learning how to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to display and analyze spatial data, and on using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to collect spatial data in the field. Other topics include methods to estimate plant and animal abundance, techniques used in wetlands delineation, and use of population models to estimate extinction probability. The course is taught in an integrated lecture-field (laboratory) approach. Prerequisites: EVST 105, or BIOL 121 or BIOL 122, or or permission of the instructor. Four hours. Mr. Gowan.
-
4.00 Credits
Water scarcity poses one of the most immediate and serious threats to the international community. One problem specific to Middle East water resource management is that major watershed (and groundwater) divides rarely coincide with political boundaries. In some cases, such as the Nile River, the Tigris River and the Euphrates River, a single water source passes through several nations, and disputes arise between upstream and downstream users. In other cases, rivers form national borders, such as the Jordan River, which is lodged between Israel and Syria, Jordan and theWest Bank. The control of this resource has become the primary national security issue for many Middle East nations. In an active-learning format using a series of Middle East case studies, this class will enable students to determine both the historical and modern, natural and human-induced factors that lead to water crises (i.e. shortages) in any part of the world; to predict the socioeconomic and political implications of water crises; and to formulate workable solutions to a water crisis. Students conduct multi- and interdisciplinary analyses of at least five Middle East water crises in an integrated laboratory and class format. This course may be offered as an interdisciplinary laboratory science course on the collegiate laboratory science requirement. Same as INST 245. Four hours. Mr. Fenster.
-
3.00 Credits
An examination of how human energy needs can be met by considering alternatives to current practice. Active and passive solar systems, conservation, geothermal techniques, biomass conversion, and nuclear power will be analyzed as replacements for fossil fuels in electric power generation, transportation, space heating and cooling, and industrial applications. Prerequisites: EVST 101 or EVST 104. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Franz.
-
3.00 Credits
This course is the second in a three-course sequence devoted to environmental problem solving using real-world issues. Building on the skills and knowledge introduced in EVST 105, this course will focus on a more complex local or regional environmental issue than the one analyzed in EVST 105, and you will be expected to use information from your Area of Expertise courses when analyzing the issue. Like EVST 105, students will work with government, business, and community leaders in order to analyze the issue from the varying perspectives of these stakeholders. At the end of the course we will provide the stakeholders with a detailed analysis that draws on information from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. Partially fulfills the collegiate requirements in the Natural Science Area of Knowledge, and as an Interdisciplinary course. Recommended for those with Junior standing in the EVST major. Prerequisites: EVST 105. Four hours. Mr. Gowan or Mr. Fenster.
-
3.00 Credits
This course has three goals: to understand the physical, chemical, and biological properties of natural streams, rivers, and lakes; to examine how these properties relate to form a functioning watershed; and to explore how human cultural forces influence these functions. In the laboratory component of the course, students collect data on macroinvertebrate populations, monitor water quality, and make measurements of parameters defining physical habitat in a variety of freshwater habitats.They also prepare and present group reports comparing and contrasting data on different habitats, and compare their results with those in the published scientific literature. Same as BIOL 310. Prerequisites: EVST 105 and BIOL 121-122. BIOL 325 is recommended. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Offered alternate years. Four hours. Mr. Gowan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|