ENVS 2000 Applied Ecology for ENVS-Offered Summer A Term
Covers how ecological ideas and principles underlie both the problems and solutions of multiple environmental issues. The ecology of environmental concerns ranging from endangered species to global carbon cycling will be reviewed, including perspectives from physiological, behavioral, population, community, and ecosystem ecology.
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Partially fulfills the Natural Sciences requirement
ENVS 2100 Permaculture Design-Offered in Maymester
May 11-29, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fulfills the Application requirement
ENVS 3020 Advanced Writing in Environmental Studies-Offered in Maymester
Instructor: Dale Miller
Offers training in critical thinking and analytical writing skills appropriate to upper-division classes. Writing assignments integrate the subject matter of different topical areas. Fulfills writing requirement for Environmental Studies major. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.
Fulfills Writing requirement (recommended for students considering HONORS thesis).
ENVS 3521 Climate Politics and Policy-Offered Summer A Term
Instructor: Max Boykoff
The objective of this course is to understand, explore and critically analyze how climate changing activities are governed using four main components:
1. general introduction: mitigation & adaptation; frames,
perspectives & responsibilities; impacts
2. climate politics and policy at the national and international levels
3. climate politics and policy at the sub-national level: regional, state and city-level governance
4. where climate politics and policy meet the public: non-nation state actors and everyday spaces
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Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement
ENVS 4100-001 Special Topics in ENVS: Environments & Peoples: Environment & Human Migration-Offered in Maymester
There is growing concern that in coming decades global migration patterns will be affected by land degradation, weather extremes, food insecurity, pollution, and climate change. As the impacts of global and local environmental change take hold, there is increasing need for researchers, policymakers, and the general public to understand better the complex relationship between environment and migration and the various shapes it may take.
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Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement
ENVS 4800 Capstone: Culture, Media and Environmental Issues Offered Summer A Term
Instructor: Max Boykoff
In this course, we will critically analyze environmental issues and find meaning in our daily lives by way of intertwined media representational practices and culture by way of four main themes:
1. institutions, actors, (collective) psychology
2. mass media
3. understanding and engagement in the public sphere
4. non-nation state actors
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Fulfills the ENVS Capstone requirement
EBIO 4460-001 Biological Data Management Offered in Maymester
Instructor: Miranda Redmond
Understanding how to effectively manage large data sets is a critical skill set in nearly all scientific disciplines, including ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. In this course students will gain valuable and marketable data management skill sets (a desired skill set for most entry and mid-level jobs). Students will learn how to download available ecological and climate datasets, load these data into a relational database (Microsoft Access and SQLite), create queries to summarize the data, and then visualize their results in R. While the principal focus of this course is data design, management, and visualization, students will also need to create testable scientific hypotheses, summarize their results, and discuss their findings in the context of recent scientific literature. As such, this course will be helpful for students working on honors thesis or independent projects. The 3-credit Maymester course will be held M-F from 9am-12pm in HUMN 1B45.
ENVD 4363-001 Open Space Systems for all Species-Offered in Maymester
May 11-29, 2015
Get out in your own backyard and learn from the nation's most successful urban land conservation program. Join us in this 3-week intensive course to learn about open space conservation and planning through field trips, analysis and design. Our project will involve the expansion of the Boulder Regional Trails Systems.
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Fulfills the Application requirement.
Study Sustainability in Scotland with CELL and the Findhorn Foundation in Maymester
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Undergraduate Certificate Program
in Renewable and Sustainable Energy
CU-Boulder's undergraduate energy certificate program provides broad exposure to energy issues, with an emphasis on renewable and sustainable energy. Required coursework in energy science and technology, energy policy, and energy projects is coupled with electives on energy and environment, energy technologies, energy economics, and other areas to give students the skills and knowledge to tackle society's pressing energy problems. Successful completion of the certificate program is indicated on CU-Boulder official transcripts.
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