In this first course in a two course-sequence in Environmental Science, students learn about the major environmental challenges today, environmental ethics and economics, ecology, biodiversity and conservation, biogeochemical cycles, human population trends, and the water, soil, and agricultural resources we depend on. Accompanying lab: ENVS 1401L

In this second course of the two course-sequence in Environmental Science, students investigate fossil fuel energy, nuclear energy, renewable energy, climate change science, climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, environmental pollution and remediation, and sustainability on small and large scales. Accompanying lab: ENVS 1402L 

In this Study Abroad course, our class travels to the Cancún, Mexico area to explore issues at the intersection of karst geology, tourism, and water management. We meet engineers at drinking water and wastewater plants in rapidly developing parts of Cancún, hike through an underground river cave system, snorkle in cenotes, windows into the karst aquifer, and learn about local water and tourism issues from community members, scientific divers, and sea turtle ecologists. Offered in Spring 2023, Co-led with Dr. Kelly Alley.

Using “flipped” course design, class time will be spent exploring classic, impactful, and paradigm-shifting research related to the role of the oceans in past, present, and future climate change and how our oceans and climate system function. Students will work with real-world geoscience data and experience the process of scientific inquiry and discovery. Cross-listed at the graduate level.