Principles of Ecology
This course facilitates learning about 1) basic principles related to ecological interactions of life on earth and 2) the causes and consequence of changes in biological diversity. For the first portion of this course, we will focus on how organisms interact with one another and with the non-living environment. For the second portion of this course, we will study the effects of biodiversity at the genetic, population, community, and landscape levels. This course aims to give students an understanding of the ways in which biology can contribute to the solution of environmental problems facing human society and to contribute biological perspectives to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental problem solving.
- F 9 a.m.-noon
- F 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
Info
- 2 points
Urban Ecology
Students learn how ecology can inform land use decisions and applied management strategies of natural resources (e.g. water, air, biodiversity), particularly in urban environments. The course covers topics ranging from applied ecology and conservation biology to sustainable development. It uses a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding the nature of ecology and biological conservation, as well as the social, philosophical and economic dimensions of land use strategies.
- F 9 a.m.-noon
- F 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
Info
- 2 points
Climatology
Students learn how the atmosphere, oceans, and freshwater systems interact to affect climate. Causes of greenhouse warming, energy production and alternatives are studied. A local case study focuses on planning for climate change on inter-annual, decadal, and centennial time scales. A goal of the course is to teach an appreciation of uncertainties and predictability in earth systems. A particular emphasis will be placed on the role of humans over the last centuries, in the perturbation of the natural climate. Students will learn how these perturbations can be characterized and distinguished from natural fluctuations. The course will also examine an integrated view of the Earth’s energy budget, structure and circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean, and the interaction between oceans and atmosphere.
- T 9 a.m.-noon
- T 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yutian Wu
h-index: 15 Info - 2 points
Hydrology
Students are introduced to the hydrologic cycle, as well as to processes governing water quantity and quality. Students learn how the atmosphere, oceans, and freshwater systems interact to affect the hydrological cycle and climate. The course focuses on basic physical principles (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, stream flow, percolation, and groundwater flow), as well as environmentally relevant applications based on case studies. Students are exposed to water issues from global to regional scales, and to the ways that humans affect water availability in surface and groundwater systems.
- T 9 a.m.-noon
- T 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Beizhan Yan
h-index: 31 Info - 2 points
Environmental Chemistry
The course teaches basic techniques for understanding particular environments and the key chemical processes of environmental science, including those that have to do with pollution generation and control. The purpose of the course is to teach students how to analyze chemical information that they will encounter as environmental managers. The focus is on chemical contaminants on local-to global-scale levels. Students learn how these contaminants are influenced by the physical, chemical, and biological processes that naturally take place in ecosystems.
- R 9 a.m.-noon
- R 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Steven N Chillrud
h-index: 48 Info - 2 points
Risk Assessment & Toxicology
The purpose of this course is to foster an understanding of how environmental scientists think and solve environmental issues, and to develop an expertise in assessing the validity of scientific research and its conclusions. The course explores the effects of contaminants on human health and the health of other living beings within an ecosystem. While toxicologists study a wide variety of toxicants, from naturally occurring poisons (venoms) to synthetic chemicals, this course will emphasize anthropogenic toxicants, and whether and how exposure to these chemicals should be controlled.
- R 9 a.m.-noon
- R 1 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael P Musso
Info - 2 points
Earth Systems and Environmental Policy,
Earth Sys,Envir Pol,Policy Mgt
- W 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sara Tjossem
Info - 3 points
Analytics in Environmental Science Polic
Analytics in Enviro Sci Policy
- M 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- M 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
- 1 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
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Instructor:
Louise A Rosen
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Instructor:
Steven Cohen
CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 21 Info -
Instructor:
Howard N Apsan
CULPA: 1 Info -
Instructor:
Matthew I Palmer
CULPA: 5
h-index: 14
Info
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Instructor:
Robert A Cook
Info - 3 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 9 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points
Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Manage
Wks in Appld Earth Syst Mgmt I
- W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
- 0 points