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Spring Semester 2008 - Sustainability Related Courses
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Courses whose instructors have notified us that they have sustainability related content. ANTH 435 Human Adaptation to Forests (Area or Theory)T 1:30-4:00 WEB 113. Instructor - Leslie E Sponsel. The countries of insular and mainland Southeast Asia are the regional focus of this course this semester. BE 150 Introduction to Biological EngineeringW 12:30-01:20p R 01:30-04:00p Instructor Daniel Jenkins. Pre-requisite MATH 140 or consent. Discussion and experimental investigation of physical and chemical principles underlying representative biological processes and systems. Bioproduction, energy conversion processes, physiological systems, biological treatment, biosensors, biomechanics, and related natural and engineered systems. CEE 375 Construction Materials MW 10:30-11:20, M 02:30-04:20pInstructor Farshad Rajabipour. Pre-requisite CEE 370. Restriction: Major. Introduction to the crystalline and molecular structure of materials. Properties of metals, concrete, concrete admixtures, asphalt, wood, and other materials commonly used in construction. ECON 358 Environmental EconomicsTR 0900-1015a CR 115. Instructor Nori Tarui. Nature and causes of environmental degradation and economic solutions. Topics include air and water pollution, toxic waste, deforestation, soil erosion, biodiversity, global warming and sustainable economic growth. Pre: 120, 130, or 131; or consent. ECON 458 Project Evaluation and Resource ManagementInstructor: Jim Roumasset. Principles of project evaluation and policy analysis. Shadow pricing, economic cost of taxes and tariffs; public policy for exhaustible, renewable, and environmental resources. (Cross-listed as NREM 458) Diversification: Social Science and Oral Communication Prerequisite: Econ 301 ECON 637/NREM 637 Resource EconomicsTR 12:00-01:15p. Instructor Nori Tarui. Analysis of problems of development and management of natural resources with emphasis on resources in agriculture and role in economic development. Pre: 608 or AREC 634; or consent. GEOG 312 Agricultural Food and SocietyMW 0900-1015a SAUND 443B. Instructor Krisna Suryawata. Examines historical and contemporary development of the global agro-food systems. The impacts of technological, political and economic changes to food security, environment and development. Open to nonmajors. GEOG 324 Geography of Global TourismMW 1230-0145p SAUND 443B. Instructor John Cusick. Tourist landscape in relation to resources, spatial patterns of supply and demand, impacts of tourism development, and models of tourist space. Flows between major world regions. Pre: sophomore standing or higher, or consent. (Cross-listed as TIM 324) GG 455 HydrogeologyM 0130-0220p POST 703. Instructor Aly El-Kadi. Occurrence, characteristics, movement, quality, development, and contamination of water in the Earth’s crust. Pre-requisites MATH 242 or MATH 252A or consent. OCN 201 Science of the Sea2 sections plus labs. Course co-ordinator Eric de Carlo. Structure, formation, and features of ocean basins; seawater properties and distributions; currents; waves; tides; characteristics of marine organisms; marine ecological principles; man and the sea. Field trip required. OCN 310 Global Environmental ChangeMWF 0930-1020a MSB 100. Instructor Jane Schoonmaker. Global environmental change problems such as carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect, acid rain, chlorofluorocarbons and the ozone layer, global deforestation and the effect on climate, etc. Pre: one environmentally oriented science course. (Cross-listed as OEST 310 and MET 310) PEPS 310 Environment and AgricultureTR 0830-0945a GIL 306. Instructors M.G. Wright & E.M. Villalobos. Overview of environmental issues and impacts associated with agriculture, specifically pest management issues, and options for environmentally responsible management and amelioration of these impacts. Pre: 210 or consent. PHIL 103 Introduction to Environmental PhilosophyMWF 1230-0120p PHYSCI 317, Instructor Tom Jackson. A critical examination of environmental issues; analyzing the nature of the human being, the nature of nature, and the relationship of the human being to nature. PHIL 316 Science, Technology and SocietyTR 0300-0415p WAT 420. Instructor Mary Tiles. Investigation of some of the complex interconnections between science, technology, and society. Pre: any course 100 or above in PHIL or in a course with either DB or DP or DS designation, or consent. PHYS 100 Survey of Physics MWF 0130-0220pMechanics, electricity and magnetism, waves, optics, atomic and nuclear physics. Only algebra and geometry used. For non-science majors. DP This course focuses on physics concepts and their connection to society. Among these are energy efficiency, energy sources, climate change, and energy options. So aspects of sustainability are part of the course but not the primary focus. Instructor Michael Jones. PLAN 640 Land Use Policies & ProgramsT 0500-0730p SAUND 116. Instructor Luciano Minerbi. Land use public policy planning in urban and regional settings. Growth management and land use guidance systems. A-F only. Pre: 600 and 601, or consent. Restriction: College. PLAN 740 Planning Thoery: Environmental Evaluation & PolicyT 0130-0415p SAUND 114. Instructor Makena Coffman. Pre: 600 or consent. POLS 378G American Environmental PoliticsThe course focuses on addressing THE World’s fundamental three crises -- responding in time and effectively to the rapid convergence of environmental degradation, Peak Oil, and Abrupt Global Climate disruptions. Students will also be engaged in solution-oriented sustainability projects. Instructor Ira Rohter. TR 0130-0245p BUSAD C101 POLS 673 Future of Political SystemsW 0530-0800p SAUND 624. Instructor Jim Dator. Normative and descriptive forecasts of political institutions, systems, subsystems, and behaviors. Design of preferred systems. Restriction: College. TIM 303 001 Management of Service EnterprisesWF 1200-0115p GRG 227. Instructor Harold Richens. Principles and philosophies of management with special emphasis on those principles and theories that are most relevant to management in service-based industries. Students may not earn credit for 303 and BUS 315. Pre: 101 or consent. Restriction: Major. Document Actions |
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