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ENV-STDY 325
Cultural Perspectives on the Environment
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This course explores the history of conservation practices in American agriculture from the 1700s through the present. Additionally, the course examines the past and present legal implications of environmental statutes for minority farmers from a social and environmental justice perspective. This course is also offered as Geography 325.
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 334
Gender and the Environment
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This course provides a survey of different ways women relate to nature. The objectives of the course are: to understand historical relationships between women and nature in the western world, to understand different theoretical approaches to studying women and nature, to explore the geography of women's activism on behalf of the environment, and to understand how women's health is linked to the environment. Cross-listed with Geography 334
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 345
Animals and Society
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This course explores the wide variety of cultural and ecological interactions that exist between people and animals whether wild or domesticated, aquatic, terrestrial, or avian. Utilitarian and ethical perspectives are used to study current patterns of use and abuse in animal keeping. Cross-listed with Geography 345.
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 412
Global Tourism
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This course is a regional survey of world tourism. Topics include the uniqueness of place, the marketing of tourist destinations, and the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts on host societies. This course is cross-listed with Geography 412. Prerequisites: Geog 105, or Geog 200, or Geog 202, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 430
Soil And Groundwater Remediation
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Review of basic geoenvironmental concepts. Nature, cause, and occurence of contaminated soil and groundwater. Principles of remediation, discussion of cleanup goals and various remediation alternatives and technologies. Design a remediation system: Project planning, data requirements, cost considerations, and implementation. A class project is required. Prerequisites: GEOLOGY 335 / GEOG 335 or permission of instructor Offered: Winter
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 450
Ecotoxicology
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This course addresses the fundamentals of ecotoxicology, integrating the sciences of ecology and toxicology. Students will learn the biological basis for pollutant effects on individuals and populations of plants and animals, how pollutant intensity varies as a function of bioavailability, the basics of risk assessment, and how pollutant effects are modified by ecological interactions within communities and ecosystems. The ultimate goal of ecotoxicology is to predict the effects of pollution within an ecological context. This course will be offered every other spring semester. Prerequisites: Chem 211/212, Biol 108, or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3 hours
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ENV-STDY 499
Environmental Studies Practicum
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Students conduct research, participate in discussions, and prepare written reports on selected topics concerning the environment. Prerequisites: Senior standing and successful completion of the WEPT exam. Offered: Winter.
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Credits: hours
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