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Current
Lewis & Clark ENVS Courses
160 | 220 | 310 | 320 | 400
Here is some information on the ENVS (Environmental Studies) courses I teach. I use Moodle in all my courses: click on the
course number to go to the most recent Moodle course page. If the page is password-restricted, please email me to request permission to enter.
Course number: |
ENVS 160 |
Course title: |
Introduction to Environmental Studies |
Offered: |
Spring semesters annually |
Prerequisites: |
BIO 141, or CHEM 100 or 110, or ECON 100, or instructor consent |
Description: |
Scholarly perspectives on environmental problems and solutions, integrating concepts and analytical skills drawn from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Foundation for all subsequent courses in the Environmental Studies major. Lectures, faculty and guest presentations, regular online assignments, individual and group research projects. |
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ENVS 220 |
Course title: |
Environmental Analysis |
Offered: |
Fall semesters annually |
Prerequisites: |
ENVS 160 |
Description: |
Development of research and analytical skills in environmental studies as preparation for upper-division work by majors. Emphasis on formulation, practice, and communication of research. Skills span full range of allied fields, including ecological modeling, descriptive and inferential statistics, geographic information systems, survey and interview techniques, and bibliographic research. Lectures, individual and small-group assignments, and course project. |
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ENVS 310 |
Course title: |
Environmental Problems |
Offered: |
Spring semesters annually |
Prerequisites: |
ENVS 160 and 210, or instructor consent |
Description: |
Advanced analysis of environmental problems as they emerge from the intersection of human-environment relations, environmental change, and cultural values. Development of interdisciplinary conceptual and analytical skills to explain environmental problems, and rubric to compare environmental problems across time, space, and cultural context. Lectures, regular online assignments, individual and group research projects. |
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ENVS 320 |
Course title: |
Environmental Solutions |
Offered: |
Fall semesters annually |
Prerequisites: |
ENVS 310, or instructor consent |
Description: |
Advanced formulation and analysis of solutions to domestic and international environmental problems, focusing on environmental movements, environmental politics and policy, legal and institutional dimensions, and effectiveness of attempted solutions. Emphasis on development of civic engagement skills. Lectures, faculty and guest presentations, regular online assignments, individual and group research projects. |
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ENVS 400 |
Course title: |
Senior Seminar |
Offered: |
Spring semesters annually |
Prerequisites: |
ENVS 310, 320, and senior standing, or instructor consent |
Description: |
An advanced, integrative keystone seminar involving primary research for all senior environmental studies majors. Research projects are based on each student's concentration within the major. Students are encouraged to start planning their projects through meetings with the instructor and ENVS 499 independent study during the previous semester or, preferably, even earlier. |
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