Uses of water resources and impacts on aquatic systems and human society. Prerequisites: Minimum Sophomore standing.
'Kincentric ecology', as defined by Enrique Salmon, is when humans view themselves as part of an extended ecological family that shares ancestry and origins with other species. Explores how we relate to other species through engagement with a number of different fields, including ecology, evolution, ecofeminism, multispecies ethnography, and Indigenous Place-Thought. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Offers an introduction to environmental health. Topics include: methods (toxicology, epidemiology) environmental health hazards (physical, biological, chemical) and supports (nature contact), risk analysis, communication and management, health and climate change, food production and access, energy production, and water. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with: HLTH 2070.
Examines the historical trajectory of environmental justice; key lessons from EJ movements; the links between environmental justice, sustainability, decolonial movements, and just transitions; as well as how racism, classism, prejudice, and power are intimately intertwined with epistemic practices in science, technology, and environmental governance. Prerequisite: ENVS 1500, ENVS 1510, NR 1020, NR 1090, or ENSC 1010.
The study of sustainability integrating natural and social science perspectives. Topics include theories of ecological adaptation and resilience, sustainability assessment methods, life cycle analysis, relational values, community science, emerging technologies and their applications to achieving a sustainability transformation. Prerequisites: ENVS 1500, ENVS 1510, NR 1010, NR 1020, NR 1090, or Instructor permission; minimum Sophomore standing.
Special topics in natural resources beyond the scope of existing formal courses.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Uses interdisciplinary approaches to analyze specific connections between human-environment interactions from the gender perspective, especially women's and children's health. Examines the tensions between science, politics, gender and nature. Explores historical and contemporary understandings of gender in science and society at large. Prerequisite: Minimum Junior standing.
Focus at the intersection of energy law, environmental law, and climate law, including the regulations that empower government agencies to enforce the laws, and the policies that implement this enforcement. Partnership with Vermont Law School's Institute for Energy and the Environment provides an experiential learning opportunity for students. Prerequisite: Minimum Junior standing.
Advanced special topics in natural resource planning beyond the scope of existing formal courses.
Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
This service learning course examines how ecological systems are responding to climate change and how human communities are currently adapting. Case studies will highlight the use of emerging technologies, design innovations, and planning to create more resilient communities and how concepts of adaptive capacity and social justice are incorporated into these efforts. Students use this knowledge to conduct community-based research in 'consultant' groups for a local community to support adaptation efforts. Prerequisite: SEP 2880.
Ecology of streams including hydrodynamics, morphology, sediment transport, chemistry, biology and human impacts. Field and laboratory experience. Prerequisites: BIOL 1000, or BIOL 1400 and BIOL 1450, or BCOR 1400 and BCOR 1450; CHEM 1100 and CHEM 1150, or CHEM 1400 and CHEM 1450; NR 2030 or BCOR 2100.
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Honors course.