Course Descriptions

Environmental Science

ENV 205
Marine Science and Policy
3 credits

This course will examine core concepts in marine science and policy including analysis of marine protected areas, coral reef ecology and marine conservation biology.  Students will analyze climate changes’ impacts on the marine environmental, as well as topics in marine environmental law.  Students will also examine federal science agencies and their goals and missions with respect to the marine environment.

 

Prerequisite(s): BIO 251 with minimum grade of C OR ENV 310 with minimum grade of C.

ENV 215
Environmental Planning
3 credits

This course will examine environmental planning from the standpoint of global protection and sustainability.  Given prevailing issues of climate change and mass extinction, designing our cities and towns sustainability is as important an issue as ever.  This course will examine core principles in environmental planning.

ENV 303
Climate Dynamics
3 credits

This course is a study of the earth and its atmospheric phenomena that result in weather. Weather theories, forecasting, dissemination, and applications of weather principles are studied. Developments resulting from pollution of the atmosphere are examined.  PRIOR TO FALL 2019, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS SCI 303.

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ENV 305
Earth Science (with Lab)
4 credits

This course emphasizes the process of scientific investigation in the study of the earth and its place in the universe. The course shall include discussions of the earth and space, with emphasis on the processes used by geologist and astronomers in developing an understanding of the growth and evolution of the earth and the universe.  PRIOR TO FALL 2019, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS SCI 305.

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ENV 310
Environmental Science
3 credits

This course identifies the causes of environmental degradation and examines current efforts toward correcting a variety of complex environmental situations. Emphasis is placed on the role of humans using science and technology to find solutions to the problems facing earth.  PRIOR TO FALL 2019, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS SCI 310.

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ENV 448
Environmental Informatics
3 credits

This course examines the data of the environment. Focusing on GIS software, students will learn to synthesize information drawn from patterns discovered in the environment. In this hands-on course, students will learn by completing individual and group projects.

Prerequisite(s): MAT 308

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ENV 460
Research in Environmental Science
3 credits

This course provides a means of strengthening the capacity of undergraduates to participate in basic and applied research, and thus create the independent thinking required for graduate school and/or a career in research. PRIOR TO FALL 2019, THIS COURSE WAS OFFERED AS SCI 460.

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