Environmental Science and Sustainability Courses

Environmental Science and Sustainability Courses
Spring 2008

	BDP 101: Environmental Change and Sustainability This course will explore the range of environmental problems that have been created by human activity and population growth. Among the major issues to be addressed are water resources, climate change, biodiversity, and possible solutions to these problems. This course is one credit and it serves as the gateway course into the Bridging Disciplines Program on The Environment. Unique# 65270, Meets W 3-5pm in GEO 2.218. Instructor: Dr. Jay Banner
	ADV 391K: Communicating Science This graduate course examines communication theory and research relevant to the improvement of science communication. This semester there will be a heavy focus on the topics of global warming and nanotechnology, including public understanding and media coverage. Unique# 05805, Meets T 2-5pm in CMA A6.106. Instructor: Dr. LeeAnn Kahlor
	MNS 383: Coastal Watersheds This course will foster an integrated understanding of topics such as water use, land use/land cover change, and climate change as they relate to biological, physical, and geochemical processes in watersheds. Impacts of changing watershed export on coastal ocean ecosystems will also be addressed. Unique# 57610, Meets T Th, 2-3:30pm in ACES 3.336. Instructor: Dr. Jim McClelland
	ARC 386M, MAN 385, LAW 379M, CRP 383, PA 388K: Topics in Sustainable Development This course is a trans-disciplinary graduate level seminar designed to critically explore the concept and practice of sustainable development from a variety of vantage points. Topics include: the philosophical origins of sustainability; systems thinking; commerce in a sustainable world; government and market solutions to social and environmental problems; role of international governing institutions; sustainable community initiatives, food systems, architecture & cities; industrial ecology; and the question of “equity”. Instructor: Dr. Steven A. Moore
	BIO 478T, BIO 384K: 19-Natural Resource Management In this course you will learn how to scientifically manage your natural resources and also from "experience." You have been managing natural resources for all of your life. You know when to hold your breath in swimming, avoid a hot stove, open and pass through a door, and much more. As you manage a more complex "environment," you learn new skills and new ways of monitoring the results of your actions. Management is a skillful manipulation of certain variables you can access in such a way as to control the functions and results of the system. Instructor: Dr. R. H. Richardson
	LAW 397S: Biodiversity and the Law This Seminar examines the nature, structure, and content of biodiversity law, stressing its international and comparative aspects. Its chief focus is upon three general subjects: (1) the international regime of biodiversity protection, (2) the national models of biodiversity protection, and (3) the protection of tropical rain forests. Unique# 29100, Meets T 5:30 – 7:20 & Th 3:30 – 6:20. Instructor: Antonio Herman Benjamin
	GRG 309: Environment and Society - India (Maymester course) This course on Environment and Society- India focuses on the natural and human environment in India. This course will address major environmental topics related to India: water quantity, water quality, air quality, solid wastes, hazardous materials, protection of natural areas and endangered species, land management, human population, wildlife, energy, and natural resources. Unique# 37710, Study abroad from May 18 to June 12, 2008. Instructor: Dr. David J. Eaton