ENSC

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2021-2022

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

This course explores the root causes of the global environmental quality deterioration: overpopulation, depletion of natural resources, and subsequent pollution. Students will consider differing world viewpoints and development of

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

This course explores the global environment and environmental issues such as, overpopulation, energy sources, land development, depletion of natural resources, and pollution. Students will consider differing world viewpoints and development of possible solutions. This course is a combination of lecture and lab activities.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2021-2022

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Minor in Biology (22 Semester Hours Minimum)

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

In this course, you will investigate the ways in which our lifestyles are and are not sustainable that is, able to be maintained indefinitely, considering that all the natural resources we will ever have been here with us now. What things are we doing that are good for the planet? What are we doing that is unsustainable? What kinds of changes could we make to ensure that we and future generations are able to continue to enjoy our current lifestyles? What kinds of things are being done around the world to help ensure continued human civilization and life as we know it?

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

This course provides an introduction to GIS including basic principles, cartography, applications of GIS and spatial analyses. There is a large practical component to this course to allow the student to develop proficiencies with GIS software and promote success in a working GIS environment. We will use ESRI’s ArcGIS platform and at least one open-source GIS software program. The final project will provide students with the opportunity to use their GIS skills and knowledge to answer a spatial-based question of their choice. Course lab fee: $50.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

In this course, students will explore the relationships among plants, animals, and their environment. They will gain a better understanding of ecological concepts, species distributions, and how organisms are affected by their environment. Prerequisites: Two courses in BIOL or ENSC 160. Cross-listed: BIOL 312.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

In this course, students will explore the relationships among plants, animals, and their environment. They will gain a better understanding of ecological concepts, species distributions, and how organisms are affected by their environment. Prerequisites: Two courses in BIOL or ENSC 162.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

This course teaches students how to identify local plants and plant families according to their morphology and phylogenetic relationships. Prerequisite: BIOL 212N. Cross-listed: ENSC 317

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Biology F odd (4 SH) (WI) This course provides students with an in-depth exploration of the conservation and management of ecosystems and protected areas from a scientific perspective. The course focuses on issues ranging from genetics, policy, stakeholders, technology, diplomacy, biodiversity, endanger ment, and de- forestation. While the course will focus on terrestrial systems, which will be more immediately familiar to most students, the course will also include components of avian, freshwater, and marine conservation. The intersection between human populations and biodiversity will be a major theme of this course. Understanding of conservation and ecosystems will be a capstone goal of the course. At the end of the course, students will have been exposed to the fields of environmental law, international environmental law, anthropology, GIS, mammalogy, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, and invertebrate biology. Field trips to Uwharrie National Forest, the Carnivore Conservation Trust, NC Zoo and/or Duke Primate Center. will be included in this course. The course will be taught in a seminar format, with lab period. It will involve heavy emphasis on readings from the current, primary, peer-reviewed literature, but it will also require background material from a text. This is a writing intensive course. Prerequisites: BIOL 211N-212N. Cross-listed as BIOL 328.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Alias

BIOL 328

Select 3 courses from these:

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Reconciliation ecology recognizes the need of people to use land for various purposes and strives to reconcile those needs while maintaining natural ecosystem services and ecological functions. In this course, you will learn about the goals of reconciliation ecology and the rationale behind it. You will learn how to incorporate more natural ecosystem functions into human-dominated landscapes and participate in the restoration of a degraded area. Prerequisite: Two courses in BIOL or ENSC 162; sophomore standing. Cross-listed: ENSC 340.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Content varies.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

In this course, students will write a literature review on a topic of their choice, develop a novel hypothesis, and design an experiment to test that hypothesis. Students will write and revise drafts of scientific proposals and papers. Students will also learn about ethical issues and conduct in the world of science. Prerequisites: BIOL 211N, BIOL 212, CHEM 211N, CHEM 212, ENGL 101, ENGL 102W, MATH 161N.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

UD (1 SH) In the first semester of a major’s junior year (or with instructor approval for nontraditionally calendared students), the student will engage in one-on-one directed research with natural sciences faculty on an appropriate independent program of scientific investigation. This first semester of a 4-semester sequence will surround the identification of a potential undergraduate thesis project and the literature review for the background of said project. Once appropriate literature has been reviewed between the student and faculty, a formal project of scientific investigation will be identified. Once-weekly meetings throughout the semester will occur, at minimum. Grading will be based upon meeting participation, background research, and a semester’s end paper and presentation of the project identified, its background, and the methods to be used in upcoming semesters of this sequence. Prerequisites: instructor approval, BIOL 211N, BIOL 212N, CHEM 301N, CHEM 302, and ENSC 201.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

UD (1 SH)

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Intellectual discussion of recent events and developments related to environmental science for development of oral communication skills relevant to professional networking and staying up-to-date on happenings related to environmental issues. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: ENSC 160, ENSC 261 or Junior status.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Repeatable

May be repeated for credit.

Edition

2024-2025

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

UD (1 SH) In this third semester of the four-semester sequence and the first semester of the major’s senior year (or with instructor approval for nontraditionally calendared students), final data collection will occur and analysis will be complete for the project identified in Jr. Research I and II. Meetings will occur weekly. Grading will be based upon a complete independent research paper (student’s final draft version) designed for scientific publication on the program of study identified in Jr. Research I and II.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Prerequisite

instructor approval and Jr. Research II.

S odd (4 SH) Plants and animals in their natural surroundings. Prerequisites: Two courses in BIOL. Cross -listed as BIOL 502.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

UD (1 SH) In this final semester of a four-semester sequence and the second semester of the major’s senior year (or with instructor approval for nontraditionally calendared students), the student will pursue publication of his/her research and analyses. The final paper submitted in Sr. Research I will be edited by faculty and student during the semester and submitted for scientific publication. Grading will be based on faculty’s evaluation of the paper’s quality and a final oral presentation on the paper given at a scientific conference (e.g. professional society annual meeting or at the annual Milton Rose Science Symposium at Pfeiffer University or formal academic assembly. Prerequisites: instructor approval and SR Research I.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

UD (1 SH) In this third semester of the four-semester sequence and the first semester of the major’s senior year (or with instructor approval for nontraditionally calendared students), final data collection will occur and analysis will be complete for the project identified in Jr. Research I and II. Meetings will occur weekly. Grading will be based upon a complete independent research paper (student’s final draft version) designed for scientific publication on the program of study identified in Jr. Research I and II.

Subject

ENSC

Type

course

Edition

2017-2018

Source

www.pfeiffer.edu

Prerequisite

instructor approval and Jr. Research II.