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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

Workshop on Remote Sensing with Drones (Organizational Meeting Sept 8, 1pm, ESC 119)

Climate and Air Pollution Seminar

Atmospheric Chemistry (First class begins Sept 9)

IPCC AR5 Assessment: The Physical Science Basis

Boundary Layer Meteorology (First Class begins Sept 2)

Climate Modeling

Air Pollution Control (APC)

Abrupt Climate Change and Societal Collapse

Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas

Climate & Society: Past to Present

Ecology and Conservation Biology — show this group only

Tropical Field Ecology

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

Solar PV Market Development (March 28 - April 29, includes 2 friday sessions April 22 & 29)

Ecosystem Ecology — show this group only

Tropical Field Ecology

Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management

Ecosystem Ecology

Tropical Field Botany

Synthesizing Environmental Science for Policy

Biological Oceanography (2 Friday field trips)

Ecology Seminar

Aquatic Ecology

Species and Ecosystem Conservation: An Integrated, Interdisciplinary Approach

Dynamics of Ecological Systems

Introduction to Indigenous Silviculture

Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Forests

Pests, Pathogens & Parasites in Natural and Managed Systems

Biology of Insect Disease Vectors

Energy and the Environment — show this group only

Renewable Energy

YID3202: Special Topics in Environmental Studies - China's Energy and Environmental Sustainability Challenge

Energy Economics and Policy Analysis

Energy's Impact on Freshwater Resources

Energy Systems Analysis

Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition

Energy Technology Innovation

Decarbonizing the US Power Sector

The Political Economy of Global Energy Policy

Climate Change Mitigation and Industrial Ecology

Energy Markets Strategy

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 & the Environment

Global Communication Skills

Writing the World

Towards Science Communications with Impact

Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition

Strategic Communication: Delivering Effective Presentations (see description for section times and dates)

Environmental History — show this group only

Readings in Environmental History

Environmental Planning — show this group only

Site Planning and Design for Sustainability

Applied Urban Ecology

Ecological Urban Design

Introduction to Planning and Development

Green Building Intensive: How Buildings Work

Environmental Policy — show this group only

Capitalism and its Critics

Corporate Environmental Management and Strategy

Law, Environment and Religion: A Communion of Subjects

Metrics, Tools and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility

The New Corporate Social Responsibility: Public Problems, Private Solutions, and Strategic Responses (First class Meets Tuesday, Sept 8 1:00-3:50, Burke Aud)

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

Climate Change and the International Court of Justice

Environmental Law and Policy

International Environmental Law and Policy

Foundations of Natural Resource Policy and Management

Comparative Environmental Law in Global Legal Systems (2 week intensive course- Dates Thursday, Feb 11 to Friday, Feb 26)

International Environmental Policy and Governance

Seminar on Leadership in Natural Resources and the Environment

Climate Change and Clean Energy

Decarbonizing the US Power Sector

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

Introduction to Responsible Business: Wine & Agriculture (Meets Oct 26-Dec 22

Introduction to Responsible Business: Oil and Gas (Meets Aug 31 - Oct 15)

Forest Biology — show this group only

Alpine, Arctic, and Boreal Ecosystems Seminar

Tropical Field Ecology

Health and Environment — show this group only

Organic Pollutants in the Environment

Sustainable Agriculture Systems

The Future of Food

Environmental Ethics (Online: dates TBD)

Technological and Social Innovation in Global Food Systems

Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA)

Applied Risk Assessment

Principles of 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

Climate Change Mitigation and Industrial Ecology

Advanced Industrial Ecology Seminar: Food Systems

Industrial Ecology

Religion and Ecology — show this group only

Christianity and Ecology

Introduction to Religion and Ecology (Jan 19-Mar 1)

Western Religions and Ecology (Mar 8 - Apr 26)

East Asian Religions and Ecology

Law, Environment and Religion: A Communion of Subjects

American Indian Religions and Ecology

Social and Political Ecology — show this group only

Tools for Conservation Project Design and Management

The Human Population Explosion

Social Justice in the Food System

Agriculture: Origins, Evolution, Crises

Religion, Ecology and Cosmology

Journey of the Universe (Meets Oct 27 - Dec 8)

Abrupt Climate Change and Societal Collapse

Sustainable Development Goals and Implementation

Society and Natural Resources

Global Forest Policy & Governance

Agrarian Societies: Culture, Society, History, and Development

Social Science of Development and Conservation

Perspectives on Environmental Injustices

Institutions and the Environment

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

Sustainable Agriculture Systems

Himalayan Diversities: Environment, Livelihood and Culture (Online) (dates tbd)

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

Field Course in Culture, Politics, and Social Change (Western Wyoming, 2016 Field Site)

Confronting Models with Data

Christianity and Environmental Ethics

Diverse Voices: Environmental Leaders on Climate Change and the Environment

Soil Science — show this group only

Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management

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

Tropical Field Ecology

Introduction to R

Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Land Use Change

Remote Sensing: Observing Earth from Space

Seminar: Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Research

Sampling Methodology and Practice

Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data

Geospatial Software Design

Modeling Geographic Space

Modeling Geographic Objects

Multivariate Statistical Analysis in the Environmental 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

Seminar on River Restoration Issues and Trends

Water Quality Control

Energy's Impact on Freshwater Resources

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology — show this group only

Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective

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