45 courses with the subject ENVS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Hands-on course examining the intersection of gardening with social, economic, and biological systems. Readings combined with experiential projects including field trips, with a focus on building foundational skills through work in the IC student garden. (F,S,Y) Attributes: ESTS
Course provides basic literacy to understand the current environmental crisis, covering such topics as energy, population growth, climate change, biodiversity loss, resource exploitation, food production, and toxics. Course also investigates potential solutions to minimize impact on the personal, regional, national, and international scales. (S,Y) Attributes: ABSS, HSIS, LMEL, LMSP, LSCO, SC, SO
Total Credits 15-17
This course will focus on the scientific principles and technological advanced fundamental to understanding human impact on the environment. We will investigate how technology contributes to as well as reduces our impact on the environment. Topics include global climate change, water quality and availability, air quality, sustainable food production, biodiversity loss, and chemical and biological waste remediation. We will tie together the political, social, and economic aspects of environmental studies using a global perspective. (S,Y) Attributes: ABSS
This field-based course focuses on development of skills of nature observation and animal tracking in the context of modern ecology. Hands-on experience provides students the opportunity to practice tracking skills and become familiar with the details of the lives of local wildlife including coyote, deer, foxes, raccoons, opossums, weasels, mice, and bobcats. Topics and skills covered include local natural history, wildlife habitat assessment, clear print track identification, wildlife conservation, and the role of humans in today's ecosystems. (Y,U) Attributes: ESTS, SC
An introductory course for students who desire hands-on research in environmental studies projects but who have limited experience with research. Research will typically involve participation in continuing projects, though new, student-proposed projects may be possible if the instructor approves. Students will work closely with a faculty member to guide their study. May be repeated twice for a maximum of 6 credits. Attributes: ENRE
Focus on the environment and culture in Belize as a case study to explore topics including: structure and function of tropical ecosystems and Mayan civilization, factors leading to high biodiversity in the tropics, importance of biodiversity to human civilization, and threats to these ecosystems. Intended to prepare students for ENVS 20500. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and permission of instructor. (F,Y) Attributes: ENIN, ENSS, ENVE, ESSS, LAEL, SC, SO
Two-week cultural immersion course in Belize. Activities include deep jungle overnight trips, home stays with Belizean families, and service learning. Students are responsible for additional course fees for study abroad component. Course may be used to fulfill ENVS cultural immersion requirement. Prerequisites: ENVS 20400; sophomore standing; permission of instructor. (Y) Attributes: ENIN, LAEL, LMSP
Introduction to principles of conservation biology issues used to understand and reverse the current worldwide species loss. Examination of case studies of local and global conservation efforts to combat this species loss. Lab exercises include field trips. Lecture: Three hours. Laboratory: Three hours. ENVS 21200 and BIOL 21200 are crosslisted courses; students cannot receive credit for both. Prerequisites: Any 10000-level ENVS or BIOL course. (IRR) Attributes: BIEL, ENRE, ENVE, HSIS 2026-2027 Catalog 405
Explores “breakthrough thinking” in food systems through conversations and visits with local food system visionaries. Examines the basic principles of successful food production and distribution through growing food in the Ithaca College Organic Garden. Analyzes models that showcase thrivable food systems to apply to other environmental issues. Attributes: ENIN
Lab-based course that takes a whole-systems approach to understanding the physical, chemical, biological, and human interactions that determine the past, current, and future states of the earth. Students will describe key components, interactions, and concepts that characterize the earth system. The course emphasizes the generation and analysis of quantitative data. Prerequisite: ENVS 12100. (F,Y) Attributes: ABSS
Investigates why different religious traditions view our planet so differently. To what extent do these traditions shape peoples’ perceptions of and interactions with the natural environment? Also explores how religious communities around the globe are responding to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Makes use of a wide range of materials, including religious texts, documentaries, ethnographic studies, and science fiction. RLST 23500 and ENVS 23500 are cross-listed courses. Prerequisites: One three-credit course in the liberal arts. (E) Attributes: ABSS, ENHU, ENVE, ESHU, HM
Survey of energy. Topics include solar, wind, geothermal, electricity, fossi fuels, heat transfer, and the economic and environmental opportunities created by energy efficiency and sustainable energy systems. The course culminates with a final Energy Design Project. PHYS 24300 and ENVS 24300 are cross-listed. Students may not earn credit for both ENVS 24300 and PHYS 24300. Prerequisite: Math placement score 2 or higher, math placement assessment score of 54 or greater, or completion of MATH 10400, MATH 10800, or MATH 11000 (with a C- or better). (S,Y) Attributes: ABSS, HSIS, QL, SC
A critical examination of various moral problems raised when considering environmental issues. Questions regarding the moral status of animals, and the environment as a whole are explored. Also taken up are ethical issues raised by global climate change, such as our obligations to future generations, and how to resolve tensions between economic growth and environmental protection. These issues and others generate challenging and fundamental questions of moral philosophy: What is the basis of obligation? Do animals have rights? What does it mean to say something is intrinsically valuable? ENVS 25200 and PHIL 25200 are cross-listed courses; students cannot receive credit for both. Prerequisites: One 3-4 credit liberal arts course. (Y) Attributes: ABSS, HM, LMEL, LSCO
Examines the relationship of commodities to the larger fabric of Atlantic world history since the 15th century, exploring how the material world shapes social, political, and economic behaviors and attitudes. Considers how historians, scientists, economists, and other social scientists, have interpreted the social, political, environmental, and economic significance of particular commodities. Central to the course is a focus on how commodities have shaped the relationship between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. This course addresses material goods (sugar, cod, fertilizer, etc.) as commodities, as well as the history of human trafficking, from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to modern day slavery. Cross-listed with HIST 26200; students cannot take both ENVS 26200 and HIST 26200 for credit. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above. (Y) Attributes: ABSS, ENHU, ENVE, ESHI, ESHU, HM
A pervasive theme in the occupancy of North America is the changing and often conflicting perception of the environment. This course focuses on the history of environmental ideas, values, behaviors, and attitudes. Topics include capitalist, Romantic, and ecological thinking; the goals of conservation and preservation; recent rethinking of primitive experience and the idea of wilderness; and today's dialogue between mainstream environmentalism and deep ecology, the latter including ecofeminism, sustainable development, and biodiversity. Students examine the profound impact each of the paradigms has had on human- environment relations in America. This course counts toward the U.S. history requirement for history department majors. Students cannot receive credit for both HIST 27000 and ENVS 27000. (Y) l Attributes: ABSS, ENHU, ENVE, ESHI, ESHU, HI2, HM, HSIS, LMEL, LSCO,
An introduction to the field of global environmental history that explores nature's role in world history and the ways human systems of energy, agriculture, resource extraction, trade, and transportation have affected the environment over time and vice versa. Primarily focuses on the historical impacts of environmental change around the world since the start of the industrial revolution (c. 1750). Students cannot take both HIST 27100 and ENVS 27100 for credit. (IRR) Attributes: ABSS, ENHU, ENIN, ENVE, ESHI, ESHU, HI3, HM, HSIS, LMEL,
Introduction to the study of environmental problems with the perspective, analytical ideas, and methodology of economics. Emphasis is placed on the economic analysis of climate change. Topics include the relationship between economic activity and climate change, economic analysis of climate change mitigation and adaption strategies, and economic analysis of environmental policy in both the United States and the international community. ENVS 28100 and ECON 28100 are cross-listed courses. Prerequisites: ECON 12000. (IRR) Attributes: ENSS, ENVE, ESSS, HSIS
For intermediate students who desire hands-on research in issues relating to sustainability and the environment. Research can involve participation in continuing faculty research projects or in new, student- proposed projects. Students will work closely with a faculty member to guide their study. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits. (F,S,Y)
Intermediate course with a different focus each semester. Topics include demographics, city and regional planning, land use, and topography. May be repeated for maximum of eight credits. Lecture/discussion, may include a three-hour laboratory. Prerequisite: ENVS 22000. (IRR) Attributes: ENIN, ENSS, ENVE, ESPE
Intermediate course with a different focus each semester. Topics may include environmental toxicology, environmental health and medicine, aquatic pollution, pollution remediation, hazardous waste, or pollution policy. May be repeated for maximum of six credits when topics vary. Attributes: ENIN, ENRE, ENVE, ESTS, WI
Designed to complement ENVS 34000. Focuses on field and lab methods used in toxicology. Repeatable two times for a total of 2 credits when topics vary. (F,Y) Attributes: ENIN, ENRE
Intermediate course with a different focus each semester. Topics include ecological issues associated with practical conservation or management practices, such as ecosystem ecology, conservation biology, or biology of invasive species. This course may be repeated for credit when topics vary, for a maximum of eight credits. Prerequisites: Three courses in environmental studies or biology. Lecture/discussion, may include a three-hour laboratory. (IRR) Attributes: ENIN, ENVE, ESTS
Highly hands-on interdisciplinary course in which students use place- based learning to understand and experience the role of forests in providing a range of provisioning services (food, fiber, medicine, fuel, and other materials) in the global social-ecological system. Integrated treatment of forest ecology, non-timber forest products management, and human-dimensions ecology leads to sustainably producing a range of non-timber forest products for a small student-run business. Students are responsible for all aspects of the business: production, safety, product research and development, sales, public education and outreach. Products include honey and other hive products, maple syrup, mushrooms, hand-carved items, herbal salves and teas, bark baskets, etc. (S,Y) Attributes: ENIN, ESTS 2026-2027 Catalog 407
Intermediate course with a different focus each semester. Topics include literature, philosophy, art, mythology, history, landscape design, and architecture from around the world. By exploring the myriad ways human beings have viewed nature, students will gain a better grasp of why human-environment interactions are in crisis and what it means to be human in such a world. Prerequisites: WRTG 10600, ICSM 10800, or ICSM 11800; and one of the following: ENVS 11900, ENVS 26200, ENVS 27000, or ENVS 27100. (IRR) Attributes: ENHU, ENIN, ENVE, ESHU, WI
Examines environmental protection (and destruction) from numerous political perspectives and in relation to various political ideologies. Looks at policy-making aspects of environmental protection. Traces the development of national and international environmental movements. Considers environmental issues in terms of race, gender, and class politics. Cross-listed with POLT 36600; students cannot receive credit for
Field study courses provide a multiday field trip to an off-campus ecosystem. Each field study course emphasizes a unique regional topic, and students become familiar with the major geological and ecological events as well as the human impact on sustainability of the natural ecosystem(s). Students also learn to identify the predominant flora and fauna of the area. Student projects are expected to show considerable independent effort, background information, analyses, and original synthesis. May be repeated for credit for field studies in different regions for a maximum three times or twelve credits. Prerequisites: 3 courses in ENVS or BIOL. (IRR) Attributes: ENIN, ENSS, ENVE, ESSS
A reading program of materials of special interest to the student, undertaken under faculty direction. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. (F-S,Y)
Permits students to explore environmental studies through a variety of work experiences. Students are expected to submit, as part of their course obligations, a thorough written evaluative report based on their experiences. Internships may be taken at national, state, and local levels, and in London under the auspices of the Ithaca College London Center. an environmental studies major or minor. 1-12 credits. (F-S,Y)
Considers issues pertaining to the nature and practice of science, especially as they relate to science education. Explores aspects that distinguish scientific inquiry from other forms of inquiry. Examines safety issues of teaching science in a classroom, and teaching science in the context of the community. Cross-listed with BIO 54000, CHEM 54000, and PHYS 54000. Students can receive credit for only one of: BIOL 54000, CHEM 54000, ENVS 54000, and PHYS 54000. Prerequisites: Graduate student in good standing. (IRR)
Review of the major science topics all science teachers should know as recommended by the National Science Teachers Association. Cross- listed with BIOL 54100, CHEM 54100, and PHYS 54100. Students can receive credit for only one of: BIOL 54100, CHEM 54100, ENVS 54100,
Original research participation with a science education faculty member. Designed to strengthen student understanding of science education research methodology and the science education research literature. Cross-listed with BIOL 69800, CHEM 69800, and PHYS 69800. Students can receive credit for only one of: BIOL 69800, CHEM 69800, ENVS 69800,
Source: Ithaca College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
