45 courses with the subject ENS, 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.
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No credit toward the Environmental Studies major, the Environmental and Ecological Science major or Environmen Powered by SmartCatalog IQ t Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures ronmental issues and exploring the implications for science and human society. Topics will focus on under tal and Sustainability Studies minor. 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook standing environmental processes such as energy flow and matter within ecosystems and human relationships with these environmental and ecological systems. Themes of sustainability will be woven throughout the course.
No credit toward the Environmental Studies major, the Environmental and Ecological Science major or Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ nt Handbook institution’s journey to become more sustainable. Elon University’s Sustainability Master Plan was adopted in 2007. An ambitious plan that involves all stakeholders and elements of campus life, the primary goal is to become a carbon neutral campus within the next 30 years. Numerous initiatives seek to engage s tudents outside of the classroom in learning to live more sustainably. Students in this winter term class work in research teams to pose questions about energy use on campus. Research projects involve development of a focused question, data retrieval and analysis, interpretation of the results in an economic and social context through interviews with various campus administrators and proposals to advance the goal of becoming carbon neutral. Students present their findings and recommendations to the university’s Sustainability Coordinator. Satisfies the non-lab science requirement of the Elon Core Curriculum program.
This course examines the concept of sustainability including its history, current meanings and applications. The class looks for evidence of the emerging sustainability revolution in socio-economic sectors and uses Elon University as a case study for understanding the complexity, challenges and successes of an
No credit toward the Environmental Studies major, the Environmental and Ecological Science major or Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Ha l world, but with these advances come an even greater need to understand how our activities affect ecosystems. The goals of this course are to examine many as ndbook pects of behavioral ecology including sexual selection, mate choice, aggression, territoriality, cooperation, and altruism in animals from insects to mammals. It will also examine whether human impact and environmental changes have altered these behaviors, and, if so, what this means for the future of these species.
ENS 1030Animal Social Behavior in a Changing World
Throughout history, knowledge of animal behavior was critical for survival of the human race. Technological advances have seemingly removed us from the natura
No credit toward the Environmental Studies major, the Environmental and Ecological Science major or Environmental and Sustainability Studies minor. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ant responsibility to understand wild populations as a first step in projecting them. In addition, conservation action requires not just an understanding of basic biology, but also recognition of human need, political will, economic constraints, an d the complicated laws that govern wild resources. In this class, we will focus on the basic biology, distribution, and interaction between wild populations within the framework of real-world conservation issues. We will apply basic ecological principles to studying wild populations at multiple levels: 1) the individuals, 2) the population, and 3) the community. Wildlife ecology has traditionally encompassed amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, and we will primarily focus on these group.
Across the globe, wildlife populations are being lost at an alarming rate. Climate change, habitat loss, and emerging diseases are just a few threats faced by wildlife. Thus, wildlife ecologists and managers face an enormous challenge and an import
This course introduces a multidisciplinary perspective on environmental issues, concentrating on such topics as the historical transformations of the human rela
A complimentary 2 semester hour class can also be taken in the spring. ENS 120 is an integrated lecture/ Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassme nquiry. An emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills, as students evaluate impact laboratory, fulfilling the laboratory science requirement in Liberal Studies (when tak nt Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook of food production and consumption decisions on their personal, local and global environments. Students will also conduct hands-on projects that introduce the science behind food production. en ENS 120 and ENS 121 collectively). This course taken with ENS 121 will also fulfill the Science requirement for the A.B in Environmental Studies.
A complimentary 2 semester hour class can also be taken in the spring. ENS 121 is an integrated lecture/laboratory, fulfilling t Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 26 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 laced on critical thinking skills, as students evaluate impact of food production and consumption decisions on their person he laboratory science requirement in Liberal Studies (when taken ENS 120 and ENS 121 collectively). Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook al, local and global environments. Students will conduct hands-on projects that introduce the science behind food and fiber production, including soil quality, environmental costs and benefits of different production approaches, and plant propagation.
This course introduces students to sustainable design within a societal context framed by underlying historical and philosophical paradigms. With the premise that the built environme
This course can also be used for the Elementary Education major concentration in Society and Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 2024-2025 Student Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalo y relationships and diversity. Students investigate the natural history of local Environment, as well as a minor in Biology. No credit toward the Biology major. g Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook species and their role in community dynamics. Laboratory experiences emphasize field investigations, including sampling techniques, species identification and data analysis.
Complementary courses will be taught in fall and spring with seasonal perspectives. Both courses are necessary to fulfill 4 semester hours for elective credit for Environmental Studies majors and minors Powered by SmartCatalog IQ d Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ionships among humans, food, and local culture within the context of cold weather crops and season-extending techniques. This class will have a strong writing and reading component that complements acti . vities connected to the Elon Community Garden, the Elon greenhouse and the Loy Farm. From poetry, memoirs, to technical resources, students will read about gardening history and design, soils, and plant cultivation from environmental and humanistic prospective. Students will keep a gardening journal, create their own garden, develop an heirloom seed collection, and assist with a fall harvest festival.
This semester-long course is designed for students who want hands-on learning about home-scale gardening and food production taught through the lens of the humanities. Emphasis will be on the interrelat
Complementary courses will be taught in fall and spring with seasonal perspectives. Both courses are necessary to fulfill 4 semester hours for elective credit for Environmental Studies majo Powered by SmartCatalog IQ ent Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook he interrelationships among humans, food and local culture within the context warm weather crops used in North Carolina. This class will have a strong writing and reading component that comp rs and minors. lements activities connected to the Elon Community Garden, the Elon greenhouse and the Loy Farm. From poetry, memoirs, to technical resources, students will read about gardening history and design, soils, and plant cultivation from environmental and humanistic prospective. Students will keep a gardening journal, create their own garden, and conduct a local heirloom plant sale.
ENS 2210Garden Studio: Spring and Summer Gardening
This semester-long course is designed for students who want hands-on learning about home-scale gardening and food production taught through the lens of the humanities. Emphasis will be on t
ENS 2440Natural Resources Management and Sustainability
This course will examine interactions between natural resource use and environmental sustainability. We live in a world with ever increasing human population, food production and
This course cannot be used to satisfy a Science requirement. Satisfies a requirement of the Asian regional concentration of the International Studies major and the Powered by SmartCatalog IQ te Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ion of the world include deforestation, soil erosion, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, water pollution from mineral extraction and industry, unsustainabl Asian Studies minor. e harvesting practices and rising rates of disease. Emphasis will be placed on the demographic, cultural, political, religious, economic and ecological reasons for the current state of the environment of Southeast Asia. Practical solutions to reduce environmental degradation and promote sustainable development will be examined.
This course focuses on the environmental issues facing the island nations and the mainland countries of Southeast Asia. The major environmental problems in this reg
This class will have a field-laboratory component and may serve as an elective course for Environmental Studies majors and minors. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ emic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Ac , closed loop fertility, personal diet design, compost, pest management and planning and planting of crop cycles. Bioin ademic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook tensive food production will be emphasized. Biointensive is a millennial old technique used by various civilizations that has been developed to address sustainable food production. It is widely promoted by many development NGOs including the Peace Corps.
This course covers the science and practice of agricultural food production and its impact upon surrounding landscapes. Currently, 38% of the land surface (including mountains, urban centers, tundra, and
Worldwide, the majority of people live in cities, and that number continues to grow. Urban systems have an impact on the water balance, climate, coexistence of species, air, food systems and resources, profoundly altering ecological processes and structure. T
Humans are living in a period that is commonly thought of as a 6 th mass extinction. Biodiversity is declining at the fastest rate in recorded human history, a
At least two weekend field trips, involving rigorous scientific inquiry, will be required. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Handbook 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025- . Topics will include hydrology, biogeochemistry, biological adaptations, ecology and functional aspects of 2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook wetlands. Principles behind wetland classification, delineation and management will also be introduced. This class will maintain a strong field component involving field techniques, monitoring and evaluation of wetlands.
This course explores the overlapping design process concepts of representation and fabrication through the multiple morphing lenses of sustainability. Students will be introduced to the major phases-and to the complex relationships
