22 courses with the subject ENV, 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.
(formerly PHS 101) Principles of environmental issues and an overview of global conditions such as carrying capacity, population trends, agricultural issues, energy issues, water and air pollution and hazardous waste. (Satisfies General Education). (Offered Fall, Spring)
Principles of environmental issues and an overview of global conditions such as carrying capacity, population trends, agricultural issues, energy issues, water and air pollution and hazardous waste. (Satisfies General Education).
The Earth functions as a set of interacting components from the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. In this course, students will learn what is meant by a systems approach to earth and environmental sciences and how the Earth systems are a large set of cooperative, self-regulating processes driven by thermodynamics. The course will also discuss how these processes contributed to early evolution of life on the planet and how modern day processes such as climate change are impacted or amplified by natural feedbacks.
PARKS SYSTEM AND IT’S CENTENNIAL The National Park Service System in the United States is mandated by congress to preserve our national natural and cultural resources for future generations. National Parks around the world have modeled their national park systems after the U.S. system. Urban Parks, a relatively new addition to the traditional Parks, have been described as the “laboratories” or “templates” or how ecological restoration methods or techniques can foster a rebirth of the vibrant and dynamic ecological systems impacted by the urban landscape. This course will identify several diversity themes: diversity of pollution issues in urban environments; diversity of urban biological species/ ecosystem types and the diversity of restoration techniques begin implemented over the last 30 years in a relatively newly established urban National Park Unit; both successes and failures. Satisfies General Education requirement.
The National Park Service System in the United States is mandated by congress to preserve our national natural and cultural resources for future generations. National Parks around the world have modeled their national park systems after the U.S. system. Urban Parks, a relatively new addition to the traditional Parks, have been described as the "laboratories" or "templates" or how ecological restoration methods or techniques can foster a rebirth of the vibrant and dynamic ecological systems impacted by the urban landscape. This course will identify several diversity themes: diversity of pollution issues in urban environments; diversity of urban biological species/ecosystem types and the diversity of restoration techniques begin implemented over the last 30 years in a relatively newly established urban National Park Unit; both successes and failures. Satisfies General Education requirement.
Introduction to chemical nature and reactions of toxic substances; their origins and uses; and aspects of exposure, transformation, and elimination. Emphasis on ecotoxicological implications. Field Experiences will be required. 3 hours lecture weekly.
During the 3.6-billion-year history of life, Earth has become filled with a spectacular variety of lifeforms. But loss of the biological diversity is now one of the most rapid forms of environmental change in the modern era. This course covers the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss and prepares students science‐based careers in Conservation Biology. The class begins by exploring why biodiversity is so important and valuable, including the intrinsic, relational, and instrumental arguments commonly used to justify conservation. The class then turns attention towards the main causes of biodiversity loss, focusing on how practitioners mitigate these impacts. The final portion of the course trains students in the most common models, tools, and techniques that are used to conserve biological diversity, including reserve design, population viability analysis, sustainable harvest models, ecological economic analyses, species distribution modeling, meta‐ population models, and more. Field Experiences will be required. 3 hours lecture weekly, plus field experiences.
An introduction to the basic principles of pollution. Students will discuss pollution issues from local to global scales, learn how these have been handled historically, and gain an appreciation for emerging contaminants. The course will focus on the transport and impacts of pollution in ecosystems, and how scientific studies are used to improve environmental conditions.
Limnology is the interdisciplinary study of inland waters including lakes, wetlands, ground. water, and streams. This lecture portion of this course will serve as an introduction to the geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes that form and maintain these aquatic systems. Environmental threats to these systems will also be covered. Students will gain hands-on field and laboratory experience sampling aquatic systems, measuring and interpreting important limnological variables and identifying aquatic organisms during the laboratory portion of the course. 3 hours lecture weekly.
(also SOC 2330)
A study of scientific research tools including utilization of library resources, data collections, statistical interpretation of data and skilled scientific writing. Literature research in ENG 2570 is a prerequisite for research undertaken in ENV 4800.
Students will develop skills in data analysis and visualization in the environmental sciences. Techniques for manipulating large datasets, applying appropriate statistical tests, and visualizing complex patterns will be taught through project-based learning. Real environmental datasets such as time series, ecological monitoring data, and geospatial data will be analyzed.
(formerly PHS 240) An opportunity for undergraduate students to acquire practical and broadening experiences in off-campus sites including governmental and private agencies. Requires designated off-campus hours, adherence to the criteria specified by the cooperating agency and accountability to the Faculty sponsor and Chairperson of the Department. Completion of the off- campus hours during the Summer antecedes the Fall semester’s or follows the Spring semester’s classroom experience. 2.77 and a GPA of at least 2.77 in Earth Science/Environmental Studies required courses. (Pass/Fail credit only.)
An opportunity for undergraduate students to acquire practical and broadening experiences in off-campus sites including governmental and private agencies. Requires designated off-campus hours, adherence to the criteria specified by the cooperating agency and accountability to the Faculty sponsor and Chairperson of the Department. Completion of the off-campus hours during the Summer antecedes the Fall semester's or follows the Spring semester's classroom experience. (Pass/Fail credit only.)
(formerly PHS 291) Advanced work on an individual basis under the direction of a departmental member.
Advanced work on an individual basis under the direction of a departmental member.
Advanced work on an individual basis under the direction of a departmental member.
Advanced work on an individual basis under the direction of a departmental member.
Majors in the Earth and Environmental Studies Program/Environmental Studies Concentration undertake a research project that entails refining an experimental design, laboratory work, data collection and data analysis. Library research and preliminary experimental design must be completed in ENV 2570. Student groups established in ENV 2570 will continue to investigate the identified problem or question. Students will be instructed in basic laboratory and research methods during the progression and completion of their research project. Dissemination and defense of scientific results will take place in ENV 4910. Research undertaken off-campus will require the prior approval of both a faculty mentor and the Departmental Chairperson. One lecture hour and four lab hours per week.
(also ESC 4900) A study of a selected topic in science that investigates the reciprocal influence of scientific thought/scientific investigation and contemporary society. The investigation will demonstrate acquired knowledge of specific scientific research, methods and techniques, and critically analyze how such inquiry may raise questions that challenge social or moral standards and potentially reshape the design and direction of science. Required of all students matriculating BS (Earth and Environmental Studies; Environmental Studies concentration).
Students in the Environmental Studies concentration in the Earth and Environmental Studies BS Degree program will expand on their reporting skills during a dissemination and defense of their specific results obtained in ENV 4800. This work will be performed independently under the supervision of the faculty mentor from ENV 4800. In addition to a final written thesis, students will be required to present their work at a departmental colloquium.
(also ESC 497; formerly PHS 270; ENV/ESC 496)
Source: Molloy College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
