Class
No. |
Course ID |
Title |
Credits |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Days:Times |
Location |
Permission
Required |
Dist |
Qtr |
| 2942 |
ENVS-110-01 |
The Earth's Climate |
1.00 |
LEC |
Das, Raja |
MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 48 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: Seat Reservations: 10 for first-years, 10 for sophomores, 8 for juniors. |
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The course will introduce students to techniques that quantify past and present climates and present a history of the earth’s climate throughout geologic time. We will discuss past and future climate change, its potential causes and effects on society. |
| 1027 |
ENVS-149-01 |
Intro to Environmental Science |
1.25 |
LEC |
Mangukiya, Rupal |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 32 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: Enrollment is limited to 2 seniors, 4 juniors, 10 sophomores, and 10 first-year students, there will be 6 additional seats assigned by the instructor. |
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An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area. |
| 1028 |
ENVS-149-20 |
Intro to Environmental Science |
1.25 |
LAB |
Mangukiya, Rupal |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 16 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area. |
| 1029 |
ENVS-149-21 |
Intro to Environmental Science |
1.25 |
LAB |
Mangukiya, Rupal |
R: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 16 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area. |
| 2945 |
ENVS-149-22 |
Intro to Environmental Science |
1.25 |
LAB |
Mangukiya, Rupal |
T: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 16 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with CLIC |
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An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area. |
| 2811 |
ENVS-204-01 |
Earth Systems Science |
1.25 |
LEC |
Gourley, Jonathan |
TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM |
TBA |
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GLB3
|
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Enrollment limited to 24 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Environmental Science 112 and Mathematics 117 or higher. |
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Over recent centuries humans have evolved as the major agent of environmental change and are altering the global environment at a rate unprecedented in the Earth's history. This course provides the scientific background necessary for knowledgeable discussions on global change and the human impact on the environment. The major processes that affect the geo- and biosphere, as well as connections and feedback loops, will be discussed. The course also explores techniques that enable us to reconstruct short and long-term environmental changes from geological archives. Particular emphasis will be placed on climatic stability on Earth, the effects of global warming, the human threat to biodiversity, and the depletion of the ozone layer. |
| 2812 |
ENVS-204-20 |
Earth Systems Science |
1.25 |
LAB |
Gourley, Jonathan |
T: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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GLB3
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Environmental Science 112 and Mathematics 117 or higher. |
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Over recent centuries humans have evolved as the major agent of environmental change and are altering the global environment at a rate unprecedented in the Earth's history. This course provides the scientific background necessary for knowledgeable discussions on global change and the human impact on the environment. The major processes that affect the geo- and biosphere, as well as connections and feedback loops, will be discussed. The course also explores techniques that enable us to reconstruct short and long-term environmental changes from geological archives. Particular emphasis will be placed on climatic stability on Earth, the effects of global warming, the human threat to biodiversity, and the depletion of the ozone layer. |
| 2931 |
ENVS-233-01 |
Conservation Biology |
1.00 |
SEM |
Pitt, Amber |
W: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
Y |
NAT
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: BIOL-233-01 |
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This course focuses on the science and theory of this interdisciplinary field. Biological concepts examined include biodiversity and the definition of species, patterns of species vulnerability, population dynamics of small populations, extinctions and invasions, rarity, metapopulations, conservation genetics, reserve design, captive breeding, endangered species, habitat fragmentation, and population recovery programs. Interactions between biology, human concerns regarding resource management, and the political process will also be considered. |
| 2052 |
ENVS-286-01 |
Theory&Appl of Geograph Info S |
1.00 |
LEC |
Das, Raja |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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Enrollment limited to 20 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: 4 seats reserved for instructor permission. |
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NOTE: Course counts as a ENVS natural sciences elective but does not fulfill the NAT general education requirement. |
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A lecture/lab course that focuses on the theory and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using the ESRI ArcGIS software package. ArcGIS is a powerful mapping tool that facilitates the compilation, analysis and presentation of spatial data for a wide variety of disciplines including the natural and social sciences and any other field that uses spatial data. This course will provide students with the fundamental skills needed to design and manage digital databases and map sets so that they may integrate GIS into future courses, research, or careers. Topics include basic and advanced navigation and functionality within the ArcGIS workspace; database management and querying; and methods of data acquisition for GIS project building. Class projects on lab computers will be an integral component of the course and will be tailored to the specific interests and goals of individual students. This course does not meet the natural science distribution requirement. |
| 2943 |
ENVS-305-01 |
Soil Science |
1.00 |
LEC |
Geiss, Christoph |
R: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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NAT
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Enrollment limited to 11 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Environmental Science 112L |
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NOTE: 3 instructor reserved seats. |
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After a brief introduction to the soil profile, its nomenclature and classification, the course will concentrate on the processes and factors that influence weathering and soil development. Topics to be covered include: physical and chemical weathering of rocks; the influences of parent material, topography, climate, and time on soil formation; and the relationships between soils and the biosphere. The remainder of the course will be taken up with the application of soils to geological and environmental problems. Two half-day field trips will familiarize students with the various soil types found in Connecticut. |
| 2703 |
ENVS-354-01 |
Climate Change Global South |
1.00 |
SEM |
Fernandez Milmanda, Belen |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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GLB5
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: POLS-354-01, INTS-354-01 |
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The course analyzes the domestic and global politics of how countries in the Global South are dealing/preparing to deal with climate change and its effects. We will discuss the particular challenges that climate change presents to countries across the Global South characterized by weaker institutions, lower state capacity, and scarce economic resources. Using countries and subnational units in the Global South as case studies, we will discuss issues: how interest groups shape mitigation and adaptation strategies, why citizens support climate denialists, and how different political regimes (autocracies vs. democracies) approach climate change. We will also study the global and domestic aspects of environmental injustices created by climate change and the world's current mitigation and adaptation strategies. |
| 1103 |
ENVS-399-01 |
Independent Study |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment. |
| 1030 |
ENVS-401-01 |
Advanced Sem Environmntl Scien |
1.00 |
SEM |
Pitt, Amber |
M: 1:30PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
Y |
WEB
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course is open to senior environmental science majors and minors, and others by permission of instructor. |
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This capstone seminar will engage students in the interdisciplinary study of a local environmental issue. The course will include interaction with community groups and government agencies, library research, and the collection and analysis of data to explore the connections between science, public policy, and social issues. This course does not meet the natural science distribution requirement. |
| 1031 |
ENVS-405-01 |
Internship in Env Science |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course allows students to meet the integrating experience requirement for the environmental science major through an approved internship. Students who wish to use an internship toward the major must have their integrated internship contract approved by the Environmental Science Program director before the internship is begun. All students undertaking approved internships will be required to keep a detailed log of their activities, prepare a final written report and make an oral presentation of their work to the Environmental Science Program staff and students in order to complete the internship credit. |
| 1104 |
ENVS-419-01 |
Research in Env Science Libr |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Students will conduct library research projects under the direction of an individual staff member. Students electing this type of independent study should plan on a full semester culminating with the completion of a final formal paper. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. |
| 1105 |
ENVS-425-01 |
Research in Env Science Lab |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Students will conduct original laboratory research projects under the direction of an individual staff member. Students electing to pursue independent study of this type should plan on initiating the work no later than the fall of the senior year, and should also plan on no less than two semesters of study with a final formal report to be submitted to the staff. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. |
| 1106 |
ENVS-466-01 |
Teaching Assistantship |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 course credit) |
| 1101 |
ENVS-497-01 |
Honors Research |
0.50 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
NAT
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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An extended paper on the subject of the student's two-semester research project with a professor in environmental science, to be read by three or more members of the program. This course is open only to those environmental science majors who wish to qualify for honors (See paragraph on honors in environmental science in the description of the major). Simultaneous enrollment in Environmental Science 419 or 425 during the spring semester of senior year, submission of the special registration form and approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment. |