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Electives Courses

The letters “a” and “b” following the course numbers indicate fall- and spring-term courses respectively. Bracketed courses will not be offered during this academic year.

Climate and Atmospheric Sciences — show this group only

Climate Change Policy and Science Seminar

Climate Change Seminar

Climate and Society

An Atmospheric Perspectice of Global Change

Climate and Air Pollution Seminar

Atmospheric Chemistry

IPCC AR5 Assessment: Mitigation of Climate Change

Boundary Layer Meteorology (First Class begins Sept 2)

Climate Modeling

Air Pollution Control (APC)

Atmospheric Pollution Impacts on Forests and the Carbon Cycle

Abrupt Climate Change and Societal Collapse

Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation

Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas

Climate & Society: Past to Present

Ecology and Conservation Biology — show this group only

Translating the Science of Wildlife Conservation into Practice

Economics — show this group only

Applied Math for Environmental Studies

International Environmental Economics

Nature as Capital

Valuing the Environment

Green Markets: Voluntary and Information Based Approaches to Environmental Management

Economics of Natural Resource Management

Ecosystem Ecology — show this group only

Tropical Field Botany

Synthesizing Environmental Science for Policy

Biological Oceanography

Biogeography and Conservation

Species and Ecosystem Conservation: An Integrated, Interdisciplinary Approach

Dynamics of Ecological Systems

Introduction to Indigenous Silviculture

Energy and the Environment — show this group only

Renewable Energy

Emerging Issues in US Energy Policy (Feb 16 - Apr 1)

Energy and Sustainability: Markets, and Business (Feb 16 - Apr 1)

Energy Economics and Policy Analysis

Energy Systems Analysis

Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition

Energy Technology Innovation

Sustainability: Environment, Energy, and the Economy in the 21st Century (First Organizational Meeting: Monday Jan 12)

Energy Issues in Developing Countries

The Political Economy of Global Energy Policy

Energy Markets Strategy (2nd Semester: Mar 23-May 5)

Environmental Chemistry — show this group only

Organic Pollutants in the Environment

Aquatic Chemistry

Biogeochemistry and Pollution

Advanced Reading in Biogeochemistry

Introduction to Green Chemistry

Environmental Education and Communication — show this group only

Environmental Writing

Archetypes in the Environment

Global Communication Skills

Writing the World

Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition

The Science of Science Communication

Environmental History — show this group only

American Environmental History and Values

Environmental Planning — show this group only

Urban Resilience for Coastal Communities (3 Weeks)

Site Planning and Design for Sustainability

Applied Urban Ecology

Ecological Urban Design

Introduction to Planning and Development

Environmental Policy — show this group only

Capitalism: Success, Crisis, and Reform

Environmental Leadership and Biography: Values Decision Making and Impact in Environmental Management

Corporate Environmental Management and Strategy

Law, Environment and Religion: A Communion of Subjects

Urban, Suburban, and Regional Planning Practice

Strategies for Land Conservation

Land Use Law and Environmental Planning

Private Investment and the Environment: Legal Foundations and Tools

Environmental Law and Policy (First class is Wed, Jan 14)

International Environmental Law and Policy

Foundations of Natural Resource Policy and Management

Comparative Environmental Law in Global Legal Systems (2 week intensive course- Feb 5-Feb 18

Global Environmental Governance

Seminar on Leadership in Natural Resources and the Environment

Climate Change and the Quest for Green Energy

A Critical History of U.S. Energy Law and Policy (follows Law School Calendar)

Natural Resource Policy Practicum

International Organizations and Conferences

Environmental Diplomacy Practicum

Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas

Understanding Environmental Campaigns

International Trade in a Globalizing World

Forest Biology — show this group only

Alpine, Arctic, and Boreal Ecosystems Seminar

Health and Environment — show this group only

Organic Pollutants in the Environment

The Future of Food

Environmental Ethics (Online) (Mar 2- April 20)

Food Security and Agriculture Development

Technological and Social Innovation in Global Food Systems

Biophilia and Human Well Being

Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)

Applied Risk Assessment

Introduction to Toxicology

Assessing Exposures to Environmental Stressors

The Environment and Human Health

Sustainable Development in Post-Disaster Context: Haiti

Industrial Ecology — show this group only

Organic Pollutants in the Environment

Globalization Space: Infrastructure and Extrastatecraft

Advanced Industrial Ecology Seminar:

Industrial Ecology

Religion and Ecology — show this group only

Introduction to Religion and Ecology (Jan 14-Feb 18)

Western Religions and Ecology

East Asian Religions and Ecology (Feb 25-April 15)

Law, Environment and Religion: A Communion of Subjects

Introduction to Green Chemistry

Indigenous Religions and Ecology

Social and Political Ecology — show this group only

Social Justice in the Food System

Agriculture: Origins, Evolution, Crises

Abrupt Climate Change and Societal Collapse

Contemporary Environmental Challenges in Africa

Society and Natural Resources

Agrarian Societies: Culture, Society, History, and Development

Producing and Consuming Nature

Perspectives on Environmental Injustices

Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation

Institutions and the Environment

Urbanization, Global Change, and Sustainability

The Science of Science Communication

Disaster, Degradation, Dystopia: Social Science Approaches to Environmental Perturbation and Change

Anthropology of the Global Economy for Development and Conservation

Climate & Society: Past to Present

The Black Box of Implementation: Households, Communities, Gender

Social Sciences — show this group only

Himalayan Diversities: Environment, Livelihood and Culture (6 weeks online - Semester 1 & Semester 2)

The American West: A Case Study in Social Structure, Culture, and Politics

Structuring Success: Skills and People Required to Convert Social Ideas into Positive Community Reality (Meets Aug 27- Nov 19)

the Politics of Environmental Knowledge

Soil Science — show this group only

Statistics, Research Methods, and Information Analysis — show this group only

Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Land Use Change

Observing Earth from Space

Sampling Methodology and Practice

Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data

Geospatial Software Design

Modeling Geographic Space

Modeling Geographic Objects

Statistical Design of Experiments

Multivariate Statistics for Social Sciences

Seminar in Forest Inventory

Applied Spatial Statistics

Water Resources — show this group only

Biogeochemistry and Pollution

Coastal Governance

Water Resource Management

Coastal Ecosystems: Natural Processes & Anthropogenic Impacts

Environmental Hydrology

River Processes and Restoration

Watershed Cycles and Processes

Caribbean Coastal Development: Cesium and CZM

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology — show this group only

Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective

Building a Conservation Toolkit: From Project Design to Evaluation

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