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  • EV 341: Ecological Economics and Sustainability

    1.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Provides an introduction to ecological economics (an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and managing the ecology and economics of our world) and extends concepts of sustainability. It reviews options for economically efficient allocation of resources that also protect the stock of natural capital over time and space. It investigates the application of tools of analysis to a regional management problem in the American West. It includes fieldwork and may involve additional expense. (Counts as one unit of Social Science credit, but not as a natural science credit.) Prerequisite: Econ Credit: Economics 150 (or 151 and 152); EnvSci Credit: EV/EC 141. (Also listed as Economics 341 and Southwest Studies 341.) 1 unit - Hecox.
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  • EV 348: Economics of the Environment

    5.00 - 9.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    (Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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  • EV 373: Public Policymaking

    1.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Forces shaping public policies and decisions; internal politics of the national bureaucracy, the Presidency and Congress. Applies theories of policymaking to such cases as the environment, race and military affairs. (Counts as one unit of Social Science credit, but not as a natural science credit.) Prerequisite: Political Science 200 or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Political Science 321.) 2 units - Dunham.
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  • EV 374: Environmental Law and Policy for the Global Commons

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Examines the application of international policy and law in the protection of the global commons -- climate, biological diversity, the marine environment and the atmosphere. Considers the major issues -- pollution control, natural resource management, and trade -- and focuses on the international infrastructure and treaties that have been negotiated to regulate the environment -- the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), the Rio Declaration, the Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). (Also listed as Political Science 324.) 1 unit - Kannan.
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  • EV 407: Independent Research in Environmental Science

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Independent research based on laboratory or field investigation in a cross-disciplinary field. (Research focused on problems that may be addressed by a departmental discipline should be taken in those departments.) Prerequisite: At least one 300 level course in Environmental Science, consent of both the instructor and the Environmental Science director and registration at least four weeks prior to the block in which the reserch is to be initiated. May be taken for a block, January half block, or as an extended-format course. 1 unit - Drossman.
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  • EV 410: Independent Research in Environmental Science

    1.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Independent research based on laboratory or field investigation in a cross-disciplinary field. (Research focused on problems that may be addressed by one of the cognizant disciplines equally well should be taken in those departments.), and registration at least four weeks prior to the block in which the research is to be initiated. EV 410 may also be taken as an extended-format course (1/2 credit per semester, limited to one credit total). Prerequisite: Seniors Only. 1 unit.
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  • EV 421: Integrative Experience in Environmental Science

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Focuses on a cross-disciplinary, cooperative learning experience that involves current problems from the regional community. Work will involve review of the current literature and culminate in a substantial written report. Prerequisite: Environmental Science 321. 1 unit - Perramond.
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  • EV 422: Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Ecology

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    This course explores links between the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere across many different scales, from the microorganism to the globe. The primary focus will be on the cycling of biologically important elements in natural and managed ecosystems with an emphasis on how these cycles will change under increased human influence. Students will gain hands-on research experience using analytical techniques in the field and the laboratory, and they will share their results in a formal scientific paper and presentation. and MA117 (or BY220 or EV228/MA218 or EC200) OR consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ( BY/EV 208) and (EV 155 or Geology 130 or 140) and (MA 117 or Biology 220 or Economics 200) or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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  • EV 431: Air:Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    Introduction to atmospheric circulation, radiation transfer, thermodynamics and radiation balance as they determine the vertical structure of the atmosphere and regulate the surface temperature. Kinetics, modeling, and reaction systems as they relate to air pollution and ozone chemistry in the stratosphere and troposphere. Course includes a student-designed laboratory/field project related to local air pollution issues. Prerequisite: Environmental Science 212 or Chemistry 108 and Physics 241 or Physics 251. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Drossman.
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  • EV 490: Senior Seminar Pass/Fail Only

    3.00 Credits
    Colorado College

    An adjunct course spread out over the academic year in which guest lecturers and juniors and seniors orally present their independent research (either literature or laboratory) to the program students and faculty in an open forum for discussion. Required for an environmental science major. (Must be taken on a P/NC basis.) Prerequisite: Required for majors. - Department.
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