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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200 or ENV 1400 and At least junior standing; GEG 3610 or ENV 4010 recommended This course provides an overview of environmental policy and major environmental laws in the U.S. The major statutes are analyzed in terms of purpose, scope, implementation, compliance requirements, and impact on land use. Case studies are examined in a planning context.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200, GIS 2250, and ENV 4430; or permission of instructor Students will examine the effects of spatial pattern and scale on ecological processes. Concepts, tools, and techniques that enhance the effectiveness of watershed and ecosystem management, design of green isnfrastructure, and smart gworth are explored. Students wil learn how the concepts of landscape ecology apply to environmental policy, management, regulation, and assessment.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200 or ENV 1400 or ENV 3400 or Permission of instructor This course surveys U.S. water law and administration. Topics include (1) why we need laws regulating water use, (2) how ancient water laws influenced U.S. water law, (3) variations of surface and groundwater law, including prior appropriation, riparian, and hybrid, (4) international and interstate agreements, and (5) a special focus on water administration in the West.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200 or ENV 1400 or ENV 3400 or Permission of instructor This course offers a broad overview of wetland landscapes. Topics include (1) spatial distribution (local and national), (2) variations in wetlands topology (salt-water versus fresh-water and warmer versus colder climates), (3) relationships between wetlands (migratory flight paths), (4) wetlands ecosystems, (5) human impacts on wetlands, (6) federal, state, and local wetlands regulations, and (7) international wetlands problems.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) This is an interdisciplinary course designed to examine the forces and impacts of urban expansion and ecological processes on wildlife habitats. Topics include conservation biology principles, problems with wildlife habitat conservation, and planning solutions to preserve wildlife habitat. Multiple spatial and political scales provide the context for analysis.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200, BIO 1091, CHE 1850, junior standing; or permission of instructor This course examines the chemical processes and pathways by which inorganic and organic chemical species interact within aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Environmental factors that control the chemical composition and bioavailablity will be emphasized for both natural and human impacted (polluted) systems.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or ENG 2860; or Permission of instructor Students in this course learn how to write about films. Course work includes reading essays written by film makers, media reviewers, academic critics, and intellectual theorists, as well as writing a movie review and an advanced critique of a particular film.
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5.00 Credits
3 (1 + 4) Prerequisite: ENV 1200, 9 credit hours in any of the following Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Meteorology, junior standing; or permission of instructor Students will use field techniques to research and analyze global environmental problems. Possible field experiences will examine environmental or ecological change by traveling to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado, the Sonoran desert in Arizona, or alpine and periglacial regions of Alaska. This course may be repeated three times for credit under different topics for a maximum of nine hours.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENV 1200,9 credit hours in the following Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Geography, Biology, Chemistry, and Meteorology, and junior standing; or permission of instructor Content of this course will vary according to contemporary environmental issues. This course may be repeated twice under different topics for a maximum of 6 hours.
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15.00 Credits
2 - 15 (0 + 6-45) Prerequisite: Environmental Science or Land Use major with concentration in environment and resources, junior standing, 12 credit hours in environmental science, permission of EAS department chair. This course provides an on-the-job internship experience with an environmental science-related company or agency. The experience must be done under qualified supervision and the auspices of an Earth and Atmospheric Sciences faculty member.
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