Ecosystem Management and Conservation Specialization
This specialization gives students the knowledge and skills to become thoughtful stewards of the environment, to ensure that human and nonhuman species can coexist across landscapes.
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Courses
Core
Two courses required.
Course 1
Required for all Ecosystem students.
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 602 Ecosystems and Landscapes |
Bradford M,W 1:00-2:20 |
Bradford |
Course 2
Choose one of these three courses.
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 642 Environmental Justice/Climate Justice |
Torres Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
Tentative | ||
| ENV 764 Sociology of Sacred Values: Modernity, Ecology, and Policy |
Farrell Th 8:00-10:50 |
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| ENV 770 Western Lands and Communities Field Clinic: Research to Practice |
Farrell O based on student schedules |
Farrell |
Elective
Four required courses. Students must take at least one course from each of the following four bins:
Social Science Principles
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 573 Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Making |
Grove M 1:00-3:50 |
Grove | ||
| ENV 605 Environmental Risk Communication |
Schwarz Th 2:30-5:20 |
Schwarz | ||
| ENV 618 Anthropology of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries |
Carpenter W 9:00-11:50 |
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| ENV 619 Philosophical Environmental Ethics |
Latham Tu,Th 11:35-12:50 |
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| ENV 631 Poverty, Environment and Inequality |
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| ENV 637 A Toolkit for Communicating Environmental Science |
Mooney M,W 10:30-11:50 |
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| ENV 685 Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes |
Garen M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Tentative | ||
| ENV 742 Fundamentals of Working with People |
DeCew Tu,Th 8:30-9:50 |
DeCew | ||
| ENV 759 Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science |
Dove M 1:00-3:50 |
Dove | ||
| ENV 826 Foundations of Natural Resource Policy and Management |
Clark Tu 2:30-5:20 |
Clark Tentative |
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| ENV 839 Power in Conservation |
Carpenter Th 1:00-3:50 |
Carpenter | ||
| ENV 951 Strategic Environmental Communication |
Leiserowitz M,W 1:00-2:20 |
Leiserowitz |
Natural Science Principles
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 629 North American Drylands: Ecology and Land Use |
Lauenroth | |||
| ENV 646 Foundations of Agriculture and Environment |
Wood W 1:00-3:50 |
Wood Tentative |
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| ENV 659 The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips) |
Ashton M,W 8:30-10:20 |
Ashton | ||
| ENV 713 Coastal Ecosystems |
Anisfeld | |||
| ENV 723 Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management |
Freidenburg M,W 1:00-2:15 |
Freidenburg | ||
| ENV 738 Wildlife Movement Ecology |
Harris Tu,Th 1:00-2:20 |
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| ENV 744 Conservation Science and Landscape Planning |
Schmitz Tu,Th 9:00-10:20 |
Tentative | ||
| ENV 752 Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Forests |
Comita Tentative |
Quantitative Analysis
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 603 Environmental Data Visualization & Communication |
Queenborough M 9:00-11:50 |
Queenborough | ||
| ENV 617 Real World Environmental Data Science |
Grewal Tu 2:30-5:20 |
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| ENV 753 Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data |
Gregoire M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire | ||
| ENV 755 Modeling Geographic Space |
Tomlin Th 1:00-3:50 |
Tomlin | ||
| ENV 756 Modeling Geographic Objects |
Tomlin Th 1:00-3:50 |
Tomlin | ||
| ENV 762 Applied Math for Environmental Studies (AMES):Foundations for Measuring and Modeling Environmental and Socio-environmental Systems |
Fenichel | |||
| ENV 781 Applied Spatial Statistics |
Gregoire Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
Gregoire | ||
| ENV 795 Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models |
Fenichel | |||
| ENV 804 Economics of Environmental & Natural Resource Management |
Mendelsohn M,W 10:30-11:20 |
Mendelsohn | ||
| ENV 834 Environmental Economics and Policy |
Kotchen Tu,Th 9:00-10:20 |
Tentative |
Management and Policy
| Course | Fall 2021 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2023 |
| ENV 677 Ecological Restoration |
Duguid | |||
| ENV 692 Science and Practice of Temperate Agroforestry |
Orefice M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Orefice | ||
| ENV 760 Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective |
Vedder Tu,Th 5:30-6:50 |
Vedder | ||
| ENV 767 Building a Conservation Toolkit: From Project Design to Evaluation |
Vedder M,W 2:30-3:50 |
Vedder | ||
| ENV 778 State Constitutional Foundations for Environmental Protection |
Yeargain M,W 2:30-3:50 |
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| ENV 817 Urban, Suburban, and Regional Planning Practice |
Kooris Tu 4:00-6:50 |
Kooris Tentative |
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| ENV 819 Strategies for Land Conservation |
Gentry Tu 2:30-5:20 |
Gentry | ||
| ENV 820 Land Use Law and Environmental Planning |
Shansky M,W 4:00-5:20 |
Shansky | ||
| ENV 821 Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global |
Sanford Th 1:00-3:50 |
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| ENV 824 Environmental Law and Policy |
Klee M,W 10:30-11:50 |
Klee | ||
| ENV 835 Seminar on Land Use Planning |
Bacher W 10:30-11:50 |
Bacher | ||
| ENV 835E Seminar on Land Use Planning (Online) |
Bacher O Online |
Bacher | ||
| ENV 967 Wildlife Ecolabeling for Tourism and Consumer Products |
Behm Masozera Tu,Th 10:30-11:50 |
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| ENV 977 Nature Based Carbon Solutions in the Urban Realm: The Yale Campus as a Case Study |
Schmitz Tu 9:00-11:50 |
Learning Community
There is a corresponding “Learning Community” for each specialization, where anyone interested in the topic can find related news, spotlights, colleagues, and events.
Faculty Coordinator
Staff Manager
Michelle Downey
Program Director of Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative; Staff Manager for the Ecosystem Management and Conservation Specialization