A graduate/undergraduate seminar on current topics in coastal ecology.
A comprehensive treatment of global environmental factors affecting coastal marine systems, including climate change, sea-level rise, alterations in freshwater and sediment transport, disturbance and habitat loss, overfishing, alien species, and …
The objective of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of factors influencing the distribution of terrestrial plants at the local, landscape, and global scales. We will …
Examines how spatial patterns and processes influence ecological systems across a broad range of biological organization, including genes, populations, communities, and ecosystems. Investigates the central role of humans in altering …
Surveys the major habitats of marine and estuarine areas and the organisms which have adapted to life in these environments. Emphasizes the organisms and communities which have evolved in response …
Study of the flows of energy and the cycling of elements in ecosystems and how these concepts connect the various components of the Earth system. Prerequisite: EVSC 3200 and one …
Introduces the study of soils as a natural system. Topics include the fundamentals of soil chemistry, hydrology, and biology with respect to genesis, classification and utilization. Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 and …
This course will focus on lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs as ecosystems. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding through lectures and discussions of the main physical, …
We will explore how weather and climate impact human health from the individual to the societal level. Topics will include how the human body responds to heat and cold, weather …
Analyzes the principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal and spatial scales near the Earth's surface, including energy, mass, and momentum transfer. Includes features of the atmospheric environment affecting …
This is course will introduce undergraduate students to issues in air pollution environmental justice and climate equity from an environmental sciences perspective. Students will consider atmospheric processes and chemical transformations …
This course will introduce students to the numerical, statistical, and computational methods used to model variability and change in Earth's climate system. The course will provide a conceptual understanding of …
This seminar course will review the atmospheric and oceanic processes responsible for large-scale variability and change in Earth's climate system through readings and discussions of recent peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Synoptic meteorology is the study of the weather systems (high- and low-pressure systems, waves in the jet stream, fronts) that impact day-to-day weather. This class will introduce the foundational theories …
This course introduces students to research topics in air pollution, including the ozone hole, tropospheric ozone, aerosol chemistry and physics, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, air pollution regulation and control, health impacts, environmental …
This seminar treats topics in the physical processes that shape landscapes. Topics will rotate with each semester, and will initially focus on the Appalachian Mountains and Chesapeake Bay as natural …
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of environmental science.
Study of energy, water, and carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface.Prerequisite: Must have completed EVSC 3300 or EVSC 3600
This class will explore methods in the analysis and provision of water resources systems, building on principles of hydrologic science, global change, and equity. Our understanding of water as an …
In this course we will explore the dimensions of what "sustainability" and "sustainable development" mean in the context of water use and management. We will examine the different ways in …