14 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.
ENVS 100Introduction to Environmental Science3
Hour(s) This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of environmental issues and challenges faced by human societies through the development of scientific skills. Students will review the scientific basis of these challenges through project-based activities that develop data interpretation and communication skills. Data interpretation skills include identifying reliable data sources and developing visualization, inference, and communication skills.
Hour(s) A study of the geological features and processes that shape the earth’s surface and subsurface and their underlying origins in plate tectonics. In addition to addressing processes such as mineral, magma, and mountain formation, discussions will focus particularly on the effects of geological and climactic factors on our global environment, including earthquakes, landslides, volcanic activity, groundwater contamination, coastal and stream erosion, oceanic and atmospheric control of climate patterns, and evolutionary changes in forms and distributions of organisms.
ENVS 200Independent Study Environmental Studies1-4
Hour(s) Independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Open to students with a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A. and permission of the coordinator of the Environmental Studies program. Independent study may take the form of readings, research, conference, project, and/or field experience.
Hour(s) This course will introduce students to the basic concepts, tools, and applications of geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include geographic data acquisition, data management, cartography, and methods of geospatial analysis. Through hands-on exercises students will learn how to use GIS software and how these tools can be used to address questions in many fields. Two lectures, one three-hour lab.
ENVS 216The Nuclear Age (3 hrs) This course will provide students with a scholarly venue within which to
study the history, politics, culture, environmental consequences, and gendered nature of atomic research during the past century. Specific topics to be examined include: the science of radioactivity; race and the global impact of radium and uranium mining; the development of atomic weapons and the subsequent nuclear arms race; cultural responses to the use of nuclear weapons; women’s involvement in atomic science and labor; and ongoing debates concerning nuclear energy, with case studies such as Shinkolobwe, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. Cross-listed with HIST 216 and POLI 216. (GA) (GI) (WI)
ENVS 220Special Topics in Environmental Studies1-4
Hour(s) An investigation of a topic of importance in Environmental Studies. The specific course content and methods of study will vary in response to recent developments in the field and current needs of students. The topic will be announced prior to registration for the course.
Hour(s) This course will explore the topic of environmental justice through an interdisciplinary lens focusing on social justice and human inequity as its guiding principles. Topics will include the exploration of environmental justice as a social movement in the US and globally. Exploration of environmental racism and how it has led to inequitable impacts of pollution and environmental contamination among communities with a high population of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color will be covered. Students will also analyze how environmental problems contribute to and are reflective of social inequity, including issues of gender and economic stability.
Hour(s) An opportunity to use the knowledge and skills the student has learned in coursework to solve problems in a real work setting; the apprenticeship aspect of the internship implies that the student has some base of knowledge and will increase her knowledge and skills by direct contact with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors with at least a 2.0 cumulative G.P.A.; maximum credit per term is four semester hours; admission by application only.
ENVS 290Honors Independent Study Environmental Studies3-4
Hour(s) Advanced independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Open to junior and senior environmental studies majors with a 3.5 or greater average in the major, subject to the approval of the coordinator of the environmental studies program.
Hour(s) Completion of an advanced level investigation of a topic related to environmental studies. Students must focus their project within their major concentration (Computational Analysis, Conservation Biology, Management or Policy and Advocacy). Open to seniors only. (WI)
