Course Listings

AAEC 4313, Natural Resource Economics
Prerequisite: AAEC 3315 and junior standing. Economics of natural resource use and allocation including land economics, economics of water development, and environmental economics. (Writing intensive.)

ANTH 3314, Human Ecology and Adaptation
Prerequisite: ANTH 1301 or 2300 and 2100, or consent of instructor. Survey of human biological adaptability, the dual inheritance of genes and culture, human survival, emerging infectious disease.

ANTH 3317, Anthropology, Epidemiology, and Global Health
Prerequisite: ANTH1301 or 2300 and 2100, or consent of instructor. Introduction to communicable-disease epidemiology; covers theory and methods, transmission, surveillance and control, emerging infectious diseases.

ATMO 1300, Introduction to Atmospheric Science
An investigation of atmospheric properties and physical processes that determine current weather events and long-term climate conditions.

ATMO 2301, Weather Climate, and Human Activities
Observation and analysis of the impacts of weather and climate on human activity, e.g. storms, climate change, forecasting, weather modification, health, energy, transportation.

BIOL 1305. Ecology and Environmental Problems
An introduction to ecological principles and the analysis of environmental problems. Not for major credit. BIOL 1401, 1402, 1305, and 1306 may be taken in any sequence or simultaneously. Fulfills the lecture component of the natural sciences requirement.

BIOL 1401, Biology of Plants
An introductory coverage of plant-environment interactions and plant structure and function as they relate to our understanding of the plant world. Expressly designed for students not majoring in a biological science. Will fulfill laboratory science requirements. BIOL 1401 and 1402 may be taken in any sequence or simultaneously.

BIOL 1402, Biology of Animals
An introductory coverage of animal-environment interactions and animal structure, function and behavior as they relate to our understanding of the animal world. Expressly designed for students not majoring in a biological science. BIOL 1401 and 1402 may be taken in any sequence or simultaneously.

BIOL 3303, Tropical Marine Biology
Prerequisite: One year of introductory biology or Honors integrated science. This course, taught at Hofstra University Marine Laboratory in Jamaica, introduces students to the ecology and diversity of tropical marine communities.

BIOL 3307, Population Biology
Prerequisite: BIOL 3309. Introduction to population biology theory with emphasis on interaction between genetics and ecology.

BIOL 3309, Principles of Ecology
Prerequisite: BIOL 1305, 1401, 1402, or 1404 or consent of instructor. An examination of ecological systems emphasizing populations, communities, and ecosystems.

BIOL 4310. Community Ecology
Prerequisite: A course in ecology or consent of instructor. An investigation of theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding the composition, diversity, and structure of plant, animal, and microbial communities.

BIOL 4330. Landscape Ecology
Prerequisite: BIOL 1404 or 3309 or consent of instructor. An examination of how we quantify patterns and effects of spatial heterogeneity on organisms and ecological processes.

BIOL 4350. Physiological Plant Ecology
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Investigation of the physiological processes of plants that contribute to understanding the ecological distribution and evolutionary success of plants in their physical environment

BIOL 4392. Marine Biology
Prerequisite: 1403 or 1404 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the study of marine organisms and their environments.

ECO 3336, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Prerequisite: ECO 2301 or consent of instructor. Economic analysis of environmental and natural resource problems. Topics include externalities, market failures, property rights, public goods, environmental regulation, and optimal resource use.

GEOG 1401, Physical Geography
Study of the atmospheric and terrestrial systems that shape our natural environment especially the global patterns of climate, landforms, and vegetation. Fulfills laboratory science requirements.

GEOG 3300,Geographic Information Systems
Fundamentals of cartography and the use of geographic information systems for thematic mapping and spatial analysis. Laboratory emphasizes experience with GIS software.

GEOG 3301, Remote Sensing of the Environment
Prerequisite: GEOG 3300 or equivalent. Introduction to remote sensing techniques including air photo interpretation and digital satellite image processing. Emphasis on the use of remote sensing imagery in geographic information systems.

GEOG 3310, Environmental Change
Prerequisite: GEOG 1401 or equivalent natural science courses. Investigates changes in climate, hydrology, soils, biota and landforms since the start of the Ice Age, and the effects of these environmental changes on humans.

GEOG 3335, Field Seminar in Physical Geography
Seminar conducted in field setting to provide students with first-hand opportunity for observing actual physical and human aspects of study area. Specific region and topic may vary. May be repeated for credit with change of subject matter.

GEOG 3353, Man, Resources, and Environment
Prerequisite: Introductory physical geography or consent of instructor. Study of the interrelated problems of population growth, efficient use of natural resources, and human disruption of the earth’s environment.

GEOG 3360, Technology and the Human Landscape
Study of the relationship of technological development and energy use with human use of the earth from pre-humans to the present.

GEOG 4301, Geomorphology in Environmental Management
Prerequisite: GEOG 1402, GEOL 1303, or consent of instructor. Evaluation and analysis of earth-forming processes and terrain features in relation to human activities. Course emphasizes analytical techniques.

GEOG 4321, Biogeography
Prerequisite: IGEOG 1401 or consent of instructor. Study of plants and animals in their spatial context, functional interaction, and as related to human impacts.

GEOG 4357, Geography of Arid Lands
Systemic and regional inquiry into the physical nature and the problems of human utilization of the arid and semi-arid lands of the earth.

GEOL 1303, Physical Geology
Beginning course. A study of earth materials (rocks and minerals), gradation (erosion and deposition), diastrophism (earth movements and mountain building), vulcanism and earth resources.

GEOL 3322, Oceanography
Prerequisite: GEOL 1303 or GEOG 1401 or ATMO 1300. The physiography and origin of ocean basins and of the processes and systems operative in them including physical, chemical, and biological factors as well as sedimentation patterns.

GEOL 3323, Environmental Geology
Prerequisite: GEOL 1303 or GEOG 1402. Study of geological processes that affect human activities, emphasizing natural hazards, water resources, waste disposal, energy, mineral resources, and land use and planning.

HLTH 2302, Environmental Health and Awareness
Examines critical issues and relationships affecting biospheric health including personal, community, and international ecology.

HIST 3327, Survey of American Environmental History
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of American environmental and conservation history from the Age of Discovery through the environmental awareness of the twentieth century. Fulfills legislative requirement in American history.

HIST 4323. Nature and Americans
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. History of the relationship between Americans and their land from prehistory to the present.

LARC 3302, Development of Landscape Architecture
History of landscape architecture. Design as expression of culture and society's relationship to nature. Geographical, historical, and cultural context of major movements in landscape architecture.

LARC 4302, Environmental Planning for Sustainable Development
An introduction to environmental planning issues with emphasis on the integration of related disciplines to attain environmentally and socially sustainable development.

LARC 4303, Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
Prerequisite: LARC 4302. Environmental management principles and procedures. An investigation of land planning, environmental law, resource economics, and public policy to achieve sustainable development.

PHIL 3325, Environmental Ethics
Discussion of conceptual and moral questions surrounding human population and consumption of resources, loss of biodiversity and wilderness areas, and human use of nonhuman animals.

PSS 4330, Environmental Soil Chemistry
Chemistry of inorganic and organic soil components with emphasis on environmental significance of soil solution-solid phase equilibria, sorption phenomena, ion exchange processes, reaction kinetics, redox reactions, and acidity processes.

PSS 4337, Environmental Soil Science
Prerequisite: PSS 2432. Physical, chemical, and biological properties and processes of soil as they relate to environmental quality.

NRM 2301, Introductory Wildlife
Introduction to the ecology and management of wildlife populations. Stresses principles, life histories, and management techniques.

NRM 2302, The Ecology and Conservation of Natural Resources
An introduction to the ecology and conservation of renewable natural resources of native lands, including their multiple use for timber, water, range, recreation, and wildlife.

NRM 2305, Freshwater Ecology and Fisheries
Survey and management of freshwater habitats: types of organisms, adaptations, and ecological interactions; and effects of solar radiation, temperature, currents, dissolved gases, chemicals, and pollution.

NRM 2307, Diversity of Life
Principles of biogeography, examination of current environmental threats to biodiversity, and conservation of natural systems. Plant and animal (including invertebrate) issues are examined.

NRM 3302, Range Plant Ecology
The basic principles of autecology and synecology and their relationship to management of the range ecosystem.

NRM 3307, Principles of Conservation Science
Prerequisite: NRM 2307. A survey of the theory and practices of conservation biology. Emphasis is placed on methods used to maintain plant and animal biodiversity.