75 courses with the subject EVSC, 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.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Introduces the principles and basic facts of the natural environment. Topics include earth materials, land forms, weather and climate, vegetation and soils, and the processes of environmental change and their implications to economic and human systems.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Practical concepts and problem solving in environmental sciences through demonstrations, hands-on activities, structured discussions, and problem sets beyond those of traditional lectures or discussion groups. Emphasizes experience and critical thinking in the four core areas: geology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and ecology.
Effective Date 08/01/2021 Explores the impact of people on the environment in the past and present with projections for the future. Addresses the phenomena and effects of food and energy production and industrial processes, including such topics as lead pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, and the disposal of radioactive waste. Demonstrates how the environment works in the absence of humans and discusses how human use of resources perturbs the environment.
Effective Date 03/23/2010 An overview of the atmospheric sciences primarily for non-science majors. Topics include weather forecasting, the greenhouse effect and global warming, ozone depletion, El Ni?o, air pollution, atmospheric optical effects, global climate, and the impacts of weather on human health. Three lectures per week. No science/math background is required.
Effective Date 01/01/2015 Carbon is the building block of life, the way we trap the energy of the sun to feed all biological systems, and the way we power human civilization. It is also the driver of global climate change. How does the climate system work? How has climate changed? How will it change in the coming decades? What are the likely impacts on humanity and the ecosystems on which we depend? What can we do about it? We explore climate change, top to bottom.
Effective Date 08/01/2019 This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Studies the natural history of the Earth’s hydrosphere, including its origin, evolution, and importance in Earth processes. Introduces the hydrological cycle and the role of water in a variety of Earth processes. Discusses human influences on the hydrosphere and current topics in hydrological science and water resources, such as contamination and resource allocation, emphasizing the scientific basis for past, present, and future decisions.
Effective Date 01/01/2018 To introduce the issues surrounding long-term sustainability with respect to materials, including scarcity, recycling, climate change, and environmental stress on water resources, land resources and pollution. Scope of the issue at the present day will be discussed and projections of the effects of current patterns of material production, consumption, and recycling will be described. Methods of analysis will be developed.
Effective Date 01/01/2018 Analyzes the principles that govern the world’s oceans and their integration into an understanding of the major marine environments. Topics include marine pollution, global climate, and marine policy.
Effective Date 11/20/2023 This class covers the principles of agroecology. We begin with basic plant-science and integrate crop biology into an ecological view of production. We focus on crops but pay some attention to animals. We cover topics such as stress, disease, and genetics. The class is international in scope but highlights agriculture in Virginia, past, present, and future. The class mode is Socratic lecture with a few field trips. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken EVSC 2559 topic #17 AgroEcology
Effective Date 01/01/2010 This course will explore the interrelationships between humans and plants. An introduction to basic plant biology provides a framework for exploring the process of plant domestication and the economic and cultural consequences for humans, including plant diversity and use of indigenous plants. The origin and dispersal of major plants used by humans as food, drink, fiber, medicine and fuel will be considered.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Studies ecological science relevant to sustaining populations, species, ecosystems, and the global biosphere. Includes discussion of genetic inbreeding, critical population size, community structure and organization, maintenance of critical ecosystem function, and global biogeochemistry. Case studies from around the world demonstrate links between human-driven environmental change and the health of the biosphere, at all levels, from the organism to the planet.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.
Effective Date 06/01/2013 Studies the composition, structure, and internal processes of earth; the classification, origin, and distribution of earth materials; earth’s interior; and the interpretation of geological data for the solution of problems of the natural environment. Recommended: At least one semester of college chemistry with lab such as CHEM 1410, 1420.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Field and laboratory experimentation into the nature of earth materials and processes, especially as applied to use and human problems.
Effective Date 10/10/2019 This course explores the unique aspects of polar systems (Arctic and Antarctic) and lessons for the larger globe by integrating relevant aspects of climate science, geology, glaciology and cryosphere science, oceanography, ecology, and human-dimensions. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken EVSC 2559 topic #16 Polar Environments
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Studies the geologic framework and biophysical processes of the coastal zone, and the role of the major river systems in modifying the coastal environment. Emphasizes human modifications, including case studies along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.
Effective Date 08/01/2023 Explores the theory of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications in a range of disciplines using various GIS software packages. Example applications are from physical and social sciences, often with a focus on the Charlottesville-Albemarle area. For students interested in immediate applications of GIS in their work. Experience with word processing, file managers, and other computing skills is essential.
Effective Date 07/20/2016 This course explores interactions between biology and the fluid within which terrestrial organisms (air) and aquatic organisms (water) function. Topics covered include locomotion, heat exchange, diffusion and mass exchange, bio-acoustics, and bio-optics in the two different fluids, as well as living at the interface between air and water.
Effective Date 03/26/2024 This course introduces key topics in environmental and climate justice. This includes the vulnerabilities that marginalized communities are disproportionately exposed to, how power and privilege produce these unjust conditions as well as the history and evolution of the environmental and climate justice movements. The course will also illustrate the various ways in which environmental and climate justice intersect with different areas of study.
Effective Date 06/01/2013 Studies energy flow, nutrient cycling and allocation in natural ecosystems, organization of species at the population and community levels, and interaction between people and the biosphere.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of ecological systems, and their checks, balances, and cycles.
Effective Date 08/01/2017 Introduces the physical laws governing atmospheric behavior and examines atmospheric variables and their role in the fluid environment of the earth.
Effective Date 08/01/2020 Studies the principles of measurements, instrumentation for measuring atmospheric parameters, and methods of observing and calculating atmospheric variables.
Effective Date 05/01/2026 This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 Studies the physical principles governing the flow of water on and beneath the earth’s surface, including fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics applied to the description of open channel hydraulics, ground water hydraulics, and dynamics of soil moisture. Introduces elements of surface water and ground water hydrology and explores humanity’s influence on its hydrological environment.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Field and laboratory experimentation illustrative of the hydrological cycle, including energy and mass transfer in surface and ground water.
Effective Date 05/01/2014 Studies the dynamic processes of Earth’s interior and surface and the impact of natural hazards on society. Geological topics, including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and floods, will be described. Observations and geological data will be used to make decisions about risk to human life and property.
Effective Date 06/11/2019 Studies the principles that govern the distribution and abundance of the elements in the Earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 A weekly, one-hour seminar series for majors, other interested undergraduates, and the University community dealing with environmental processes, research, issues, careers, and graduate study. Speakers from within and outside of the Department and University will explore topics across the breadth of the environmental sciences and their applications to real world problems.
Effective Date 01/01/2016 Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing.
Effective Date 01/01/2022 Remote sensing is a technique to obtain data about an object without physical contact with it. It is a powerful tool for extracting quantitative information about Earth’s surface and subsurface. As an upper-level class in remote sensing, in this seminar, we will focus on advanced remote sensing techniques at different spatial scales that help to gain information about the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 4010
Effective Date 01/01/2010 Study of ecohydrologic processes characteristic of arid and semiarid regions.
Effective Date 01/30/2020 In this course, students explore how unmanned aerial systems or ‘drones’ are being used in various research areas with a focus on environmental research. In addition, students investigate ethical, legal, privacy, and policy issues raised by drone technology. Students will get an opportunity to work in teams to discuss the various uses of drone technology.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Introduces oceanography together with a survey of marine resources and the scientific bases for their management.
Effective Date 09/28/2018 This course is designed to introduce upper-level undergraduate students to the natural and human-driven perturbations that affect the global carbon cycle. The course covers major factors and aspects of the changing carbon cycle including fossil fuel use, agriculture and land-use change, atmospheric build-up, evolving land biosphere, and ocean uptake. Relevant observational methods, data sets and syntheses, and numerical models are introduced. One semester of college Biology or Chemistry, or permission of the instructor.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Explores advanced Geographic Information Systems concepts through use of Arc/Info, Erdas Imagine, and other GIS software in individual and group projects. Topics include data management, raster modeling, image manipulation, and 3-D visualization.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 Introduction to programming and quantitative techniques for problem solving in environmental sciences, including data processing and visualization, analysis of temporal and spatial data, and simple mathematical models. Students will gain practical experience from problems drawn from each core area of environmental sciences. No previous programming experience is assumed.
Effective Date 12/20/2016 Study of the utilization of modern analytical instrumentation for chemical analysis. Includes emission and mass spectrometry, ultraviolet, visible, and infrared absorption spectroscopy, atomic absorption, electrical methods of analysis, chromatography, neutron activation analysis, and X-ray methods.
Effective Date 08/01/2024 An ecosystem course which treats the ecology of forests and consequences of forest processes in natural and managed systems. The class emphasizes the “pattern and process” concept that is the central theme in modern vegetation sciences at increasing scales: from form and function of leaves and other parts of trees through population, community and landscape ecology to the role of forests in the global climate and carbon-cycling.
Effective Date 01/01/2023 An interdisciplinary course covering the physical, biogeochemical and ecological aspects of coastal estuaries.
Effective Date 03/26/2009 A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology.
Effective Date 04/03/2013 A comprehensive treatment of global environmental factors affecting coastal marine systems, including climate change, sea-level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment transport, disturbance and habitat loss, overfishing, alien species, and eutrophication. Includes case studies providing real-world examples, and detailed reviews of the evidence of changes and possible solutions.
Effective Date 01/01/2020 Examines how spatial patterns and processes influence ecological systems across a broad range of biological organization, including genes, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Investigates the central role of humans in altering spatial ecological processes and the consequences for human wellbeing. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 3200 with a D-
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Surveys the major habitats of marine and estuarine areas and the organisms which have adapted to life in these environments. Emphasizes the organisms and communities which have evolved in response to stress and competition in the sea, and the systematics and natural history of marine organisms.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 This course examines the science of restoration ecology and the practice of ecological restoration through lectures and in-class discussion. Emphasis is on application of ecological concepts, models, and methodologies to restoration of degraded and impaired ecosystems. The potential for exploiting restoration projects as large-scale ecosystem experiments and the importance of grounding restoration efforts in basic ecological theory are discussed.
Effective Date 08/01/2015 Study of the flows of energy and the cycling of elements in ecosystems and how these concepts connect the various components of the Earth system.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 This course will emphasize plant community and ecosystem ecology of water-limited grassland systems and energy-limited tundra systems. Various topics will be covered including water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, primary production, plant physiology, plant competition, and plant-herbivore interactions. We will examine the environmental factors that control these systems, as well as their geographic distribution throughout the globe.
Effective Date 03/17/2009 Introduces the study of soils as a natural system. Topics include the fundamentals of soil chemistry, hydrology, and biology with respect to genesis, classification and utilization.
Effective Date 08/01/2018 This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine similarities and differences among inland waters. Major human impacts on inland waters will also be considered.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 We will explore how weather and climate impact human health from the individual to the societal level. Topics will include how the human body responds to heat and cold, weather and physiological stress and strain, impacts of poor air quality on human morbidity and mortality, and the role of weather and climate in disease transmission.We will likewise examine extreme weather events at the macro-level & the role of human adaptation to climate. Prerequisites include an introductory course in atmospheric science (EVSC 1300, EVSC 3300, or the equivalent).
Effective Date 08/01/2023 Analyzes the principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal and spatial scales near the Earth’s surface, including energy, mass, and momentum transfer. Includes features of the atmospheric environment affecting plants and feedback mechanisms between plants and their local microclimates, trace gas exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, energy budgets, evapotranspiration, and motions near the surface.
Effective Date 09/21/2021 This is course will introduce undergraduate students to issues in air pollution environmental justice and climate equity from an environmental sciences perspective. Students will consider atmospheric processes and chemical transformations on human scales to identify, describe, and discuss how racism and injustice manifest in the atmosphere. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 3300
Effective Date 03/02/2022 This course will introduce students to the numerical, statistical, and computational methods used to model variability and change in Earth’s climate system. The course will provide a conceptual understanding of the physical principles underlying successful Earth system models and teach students mathematical and computational techniques necessary to interpret and analyze model output for a variety of environmental sciences applications. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken EVSC 4559 topic #101 Climate Modeling and Analysis
Effective Date 02/16/2016 This seminar course will review the atmospheric and oceanic processes responsible for large-scale variability and change in Earth’s climate system through readings and discussions of recent peer-reviewed scientific publications. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 3300
Effective Date 12/10/2020 Synoptic meteorology is the study of the weather systems (high- and low-pressure systems, waves in the jet stream, fronts) that impact day-to-day weather. This class will introduce the foundational theories of synoptic meteorology and allow students to practically apply them to case studies of past and current significant weather events, with a particular focus on North American weather systems. Requisites Students need to have completed EVSC 3300 and can’t enroll if previously taken EVSC 4559 topic #96 Synoptic Meteorology
Effective Date 01/01/2022 This course introduces students to research topics in air pollution, including the ozone hole, tropospheric ozone, aerosol chemistry and physics, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, air pollution regulation and control, health impacts, environmental justice, cook stove emissions, and air toxics. Readings are primarily taken from the recent literature. There is an emphasis on understanding the fundamental chemistry and physics of air pollution.
Effective Date 01/01/2027 This seminar treats topics in the physical processes that shape landscapes. Topics will rotate with each semester, and will initially focus on the Appalachian Mountains and Chesapeake Bay as natural laboratories for studying interrelationships between mountain building, erosion, climate, and sea-level. Lectures & discussions of scientific literature will introduce geologic context, physics and chemistry relevant to particular geomorphic processes. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 2800
Effective Date 05/01/2026 This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.
Effective Date 08/01/2015 Study of energy, water, and carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface.
Effective Date 01/01/2022 This class will explore methods in the analysis and provision of water resources systems, building on principles of hydrologic science, global change, and equity. Our understanding of water as an integral component of human society and environment is rapidly changing with climate and land use change, and the increasing recognition of current and past inequity in water access, and exposure to hazard.
Effective Date 01/01/2020 In this course we will explore the dimensions of what “sustainability” and “sustainable development” mean in the context of water use and management. We will examine the different ways in which water is used, valued, and governed, examining sustainability through different lenses and perspectives.The course will NOT count for the Math/Science area requirement in the College.
Effective Date 08/01/2015 Hydrological instruments are introduced; students employ the instruments to make field measurements and perform a range of data analysis exercises.
Effective Date 09/28/2018 This course examines aspects of water quality related to public health with a primary focus on drinking water. Contamination of water by pathogenic microbes is covered, including the historical development of sanitation, modern treatment of drinking water, and how lack of clean drinking water affects populations in developing countries worldwide. Chemical contaminants include metals and organics such as pesticides and endocrine disruptors.
Effective Date 01/01/2026 This lecture course focuses on the occurrence and distribution of chemical elements and the processes influencing that distribution among the various reservoirs of the Earth-surface environment, including rocks, soil, water, and air.
Effective Date 08/01/2022 Oceans submerge over 70% of Earth’s surface and hold many clues about major changes in Earth systems over hundreds to millions of years. This course covers the evolution of ocean basins, geological processes that operate in marine environments, marine archives of major Earth system changes, and marine geological resources and hazards. Requisites Must have completed EVSC 2800 and EVSC 2801
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Reviews wave generation, wave prediction, wave refraction, transformation, shoaling, and associated inshore currents. Topics include the generation of littoral drift and shallow water surge; beach and barrier island geomorphology and problems of erosion. Includes the historical development of research in coastal processes and a quantitative analysis of spatial patterns along sandy coasts.
Effective Date 05/01/2014 The course examines the geological evolution of the state and mid-Atlantic region in the context of plate tectonics, including stratigraphy, mountain building, metamorphism and deformation, and geomorphic processes. The human impact on this landscape through the exploitation of mineral resources is examined. Field trips to the various provinces of the state will help provide fundamental understanding of the state’s foundation.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Studies the processes that regulate the cycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus within and between oceans, continents, and atmosphere.
Effective Date 08/01/2011 Studies the origin and evolution of the solar system, emphasizing the geology of the planets and satellites of the inner solar system and the satellites of the gaseous planets. Compares and contrasts the Earth with Venus and Mars.
Effective Date 04/15/2011 Optional laboratory for EVSC 4890 students that will expose students to sources and types of information about processes and materials on planetary bodies as well as techniques for interpreting and mapping the surface features and geologic history of planetary objects.
Effective Date 01/01/2024 The goal of this class is to rigorously compare real-life conservation program implementation with the theoretical goals of conservation science. This course is a senior-level offering designed to serve as a capstone class for students enrolled in the Environmental and Biological Conservation Specialization program and will be presented in a seminar format where a theoretical presentation of conservation science within the context is presented.
Effective Date 08/01/2010 Specialized topics in ecology, atmosphere, hydrology, environmental geology, or environmental systems not normally covered in formal classes under the direction of the faculty.
Effective Date 08/01/2010 Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in the environmental sciences under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences.
Effective Date 01/08/2015 Provides credit for doing work in pursuit of the undergraduate thesis option for majors in Environmental Science
Source: University of Virginia-Main Campus's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
