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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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ENVSCI 226 - Introduction to Oceanography
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The world ocean covers approximately 71% of the Earth surface and 99% of its livable volume. This course explains how the ocean works starting from the histories of ocean explorations and early scientific knowledge rot ocean formation, currents and waves, effect of Earth’s rotation, coastal and estuarine systems, marine habitats, nutrient-carbon cycle, human impacts and the role of oceans in climate change.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI 120 and ENVSCI 121 and ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
000673:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 256 - Health and Medical Geography
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will introduce students to health and medical geography as an applied social science, emphasizing the role that place plays in human health and well-being, and updating the notion that geography is merely an inventory of places. Through basic geographic concepts and tools, this course will examine different aspects of health and medicine that underscore the interactions of humans with each other and with their physical and social environments. Topics include: the role that the physical and human environments play in health and medicine; an introduction to basic spatial analysis methods; map interpretation; models of diffusion; spatial aspects of health care delivery, health care policies, as well as environmental settings and resource issues.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
036418:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 260 - Global Environmental Change
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the cross-disciplinary (astronomical, geophysical, chemical, and biological) interactions and cycles that cause global environmental change and the impact of human activities on natural earth-ecosystem processes, including global warming, pollution, deforestation, ozone depletion, and biodiversity reduction. Environmental change throughout Earth’s history will be explored to better understand the effects of human-induced changes on the Earth System.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 120 or BIOL 111 or permission of instructor
014097:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 261 - Statistics for Environmental Science
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on fundamental statistical concepts, methods in data analysis and applications to environmental science. Topics include frequency distributions and graphic representations of data, measures of central location and spread, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, correlation and single and multiple variable linear regression. Environmental Sciences majors may only use ENVSCI 261 or MATH 125 , not both, for fulfilling the “Designated Skills” courses requirement for the major.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Mathematics and Technology
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MATH 114QR or MATH 115 or MATH 129 or MATH 130 or MATH 140 or appropriate placement score
013450:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 267L - Introduction to Coastal Biological Systems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will survey coastal marine habitats in terms of the organisms that inhabit these regions; the biological processes that dominant within those environments and the impacts of that habitat on humans. The objectives of the course will be for the students to gain an appreciation and understanding of the diversity and function of coastal marine systems in terms of the biological organisms and biological processes that are found there. ENVSCI 267L and ENVSTY 267L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI 120 and ENVSCI 121 and ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
014098:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 270 - Cities and the Environment
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course introduces spatial analyses of cities to provide a broader understanding of their historical and current role. Major topics include the application of different geographical perspectives, why and where cities developed, the evolution of cities, how urban function and culture determines their spatial organization, how the economy and transportation drives the change in land use in urban areas, and urban areas in the 21st century.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
000880:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 280 - Global Society and the Environment
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the spatial distribution of economic activities at local, national, regional & global scales and introduces the inter-related causes-and-effects on the economic use and organization of space. Major topics include the spatial distribution of the major economic sectors, the historical geography of capitalism, the city as an economic node, colonialism and globalization, the geography of the recession, the economy and the environment, and the location of informal economies.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
000878:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 281 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is concerned with computer handling of spatial data. It covers essential elements of a GIS, hardware requirements, GIS software, data acquisition, data structures, spatial databases, methods of data analysis and spatial modeling, and applications of GIS in solving a variety of environmental and economic problems.
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000860:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 299 - Environmental Science Methods and Practice
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This class is a general introduction to the practice of environmental science. The course provides students with an overview of the scientific method and process, particularly within the context of coastal environmental science. Students will learn the steps of crafting scientific hypotheses, research design, experimentation, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation. The course includes an introduction to the tools and methods used in the field and laboratory to collect and analyze environmental samples and the application of statistical analysis to these data. Students also learn how to search and review primary literature.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
038417:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 302 - Geomorphology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A topical approach to the analysis of landforms and the processes responsible for their formation. Map and aerial photographic interpretation are used to demonstrate the relationship of underlying structure to destructive and constructive processes at various stages of landform development. Environmental, regulatory, and other applications are discussed.
000874:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 305 - Hydrology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Hydrology is the science of dealing with the waters of the earth, their occurrence, distribution, circulation, and chemistry. This course introduces students to the physical science of hydrology in the context of its application to real world problems. Emphasis is placed on understanding the physical processes that form the water cycle (precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater flow).
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI 281 and MATH 130 or higher
000876:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 313 - Oceans and Human Health
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course aims to introduce students to the evolving interdisciplinary filed of “Oceans and Human Health.” Lectures will provide background information on human health, the physical environment, and oceanographic processes, presented through a case study approach that will demonstrate the inter-relationships among these three factors. The course will include such current topics as the impacts of global climate change, endocrine disruptors, harmful algal blooms (HABs), toxic dinoflagellates, waterborne and foodborne diseases, and the importance of natural products from the ocean. Impacts (to both humans and the ocean) and remedies will be emphasized.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI /ENVSTY 267L and ENVSCI 120 or permission of instructor
039483:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 316 - Coastal and Marine Pollution
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will explore human impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems. Beginning with a brief introduction of coastal and marine ecology and methods for measuring impacts, the course will then investigate the major causes of environmental degradation to coastal and marine ecosystems. Major marine pollutant classes including metals, pesticides, and organic pollutants will be examined by reviewing sources, distribution in coastal ecosystems, toxicology of the pollutants to estuarine and marine organisms, and resulting effects to fisheries, marine communities, and human health. The impacts of nutrients loading, sewage outfalls, oil spills and dredging on environmental quality and the cascading effects on ecosystems will be discussed.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI 120 and ENVSCI 121 and BIOL 111 and BIOL 112
037118:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 317 - Coastal and Marine Pollution Laboratory
2 Credit(s) | Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Coastal and Marine Pollution Laboratory (ENVSCI 317) is a two credit laboratory course which accompanies the Coastal and Marine Pollution (ENVSCI 316 ) lecture course. This course will provide hands on exploration of topics of importance in coastal and marine pollution including emerging contaminants and toxicity testing, endocrine disruption and biomarker monitoring, and invasive species monitoring and effects. This laboratory course will enable students to explore experiments in detail while learning elements of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and formal scientific writing through laboratory activities and reports.
Enrollment Requirements:
Corequisite: ENVSCI 316
040153:1
2 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 324 - Coastal Zone Management
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is concerned with coastal environmental problems and their solutions. It discusses in general the identification of the component parts of the coastal zone and the development of appropriate policies for their management. Field trips to representative areas are required relative to Mass CZM.
000870:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 325 - Introduction to Biological Oceanography
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Biological oceanography is a field of study that seeks to understand what controls the distribution and abundance of different types of marine life, and how living organisms influence and interact with processes in the oceans. These include processes from those that occur at the molecular level, such as photosynthesis, respiration, and cycling of essential nutrients, to those that are large-scale such as effects of ocean currents on marine productivity.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI /ENVSTY 267L or ENVSCI 226
039487:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 336L - Ecosystems Ecology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will focus on the foundational principles of ecosystems ecology. We will focus on the flow of energy and materials through both the biosphere (plants, animals, and microbes) and the geosphere (soils, atmospheres, and oceans) and the role that humans are playing in altering these key fluxes. We will draw on examples from both terrestrial and marine systems to understand the underlying principles of ecosystem structure and function. BIOL 336L and ENVSCI 336L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
033434:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 340 - Planning and Land Use Law
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A study of the law as it has developed and applies to the planning process and the regulation of land use in the United States, with emphasis on Massachusetts.
000868:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 341 - The Geochemistry of a Habitable Planet
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Geochemistry is a unique field integrating geology and chemistry to tell the story of a planet. In this class, we will use geochemistry to reconstruct the story of our Earth, a habitable planet. You will learn about the formation of elements in stars, the formation of Earth in the context of the solar system, the differentiation of the planet via igneous processes, the origin of the continents, the effects of water and CO2 on Earth climate, the source of fossil fuel and mineral resources, the origin of life, and our effect on the planet. Along the way, we will explore principles in isotope geochronology, trace element geochemistry, aqueous chemistry, stable isotope geochemistry and chemical proxies in dynamic systems.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 120 or CHEM 117 or CHEM 118
040799:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 342 - Laboratory for the Geochemistry of a Habitable Planet
1 Credit(s) | Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is designed to introduce the theory, applications,a nd operation of modern instrumental methods for geochemical analysis of earth materials. Students will be introduced to a wide spectrum of instrumental techniques and will gain an understanding of the analytical approach to problem solving. The course aligns laboratory activities with ENVSCI 341 to reinforce key geochemical concepts through discovery.
Enrollment Requirements:
Corequisite: ENVSCI 341
040800:1
1 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 345L - Natural Resources & Sustainable Development
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This class introduces the economic approach to sustainable growth and economic development by, among other things, examining questions surrounding natural resource management. The first third of the course focuses on the role economics can and cannot play in examining natural resources issues, schools of thought concerning the extent to which natural resources are scarce, and what sustainable economic growth means. The second third of the class focuses on exposing you to the tools economists and policy decision makers use to examine natural resource issues. Finally, the final third of the course focuses on applying the concepts you have learned to specific natural resource issues. ECON 345L and ENVSCI 345L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ECON 100 or ECON 101 or ENVSCI 120 or permission of instructor
013989:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 346 - Global Ecology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course reveals key examples of the vast network of long distance ecological connections across the biosphere. Emphasizing a visual, interactive, and interdisciplinary approach, students explore the impacts of air currents, symbiosis, bacteria as global organism, biogenic depositions, algal interactions, and climate disruption. Students are also introduced to inspiring science-based grassroots and indigenous leaders around the world.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 55 credits
040884:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 349L - Economic Approaches to Environmental Problems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to the economist’s approach to solving environmental problems. The course examines applicable economic theories, then uses them to develop a framework for analyzing a wide range of environmental issues. Topics include benefit/cost analysis; measurement of environmental damages; and current government approaches to solving air, water, and solid waste pollution problems. ECON 349L and ENVSCI 349L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ECON 100 or ECON 101 or ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
013992:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 357 - Coastal Watershed Ecology and Conservation
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Watersheds are natural terrestrial boundaries in which water flows from a high point divide to low point catchments of lakes and streams. The coast is the interface where the land meets the ocean and thus coastal watersheds provide the upstream linkage to the coastal transition from the terrestrial landscape into estuaries and the open ocean. Thus, studying coastal watersheds provides invaluable insight into coastal environmental processes and issues. In this course, students will be exposed to the physical and chemical properties of water, the physiography of groundwater, wetlands, flowing water, and lakes/reservoirs, and the ecology and conservation of aquatic systems in watersheds with particular attention paid to coastal watersheds.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 210 or ENVSCI 226 or ENVSCI 260 or ENVSCI 267L or BIOL 290
039996:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 358 - Coastal Watershed Ecology and Conservation Laboratory
1 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this laboratory course students will gain physical, chemical, and ecological analytical, quantitative, evaluation, and written communication skills to conserve and manage coastal watersheds.
Enrollment Requirements:
Corequisite: ENVSCI 357
039997:1
1 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 360 - Computer and Analytical Cartography
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Topics include cartographic design, cartographic transformations, digital data formats, software for automated cartography, generation of computer maps, and cartographic modeling.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 281 or ENVSCI 380 or permission of instructor
000863:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 364 - Environmental Management and Sustainability
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines current national environmental problems facing both private and non-profit organizations from a management perspective. These problems include hazardous materials and waste, clean air and water quality. The course also explores the relationship between environmental protection and health and safety issues such as biosafety and worker protection.
038846:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 368 - Social-Ecological Systems Dynamics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will advance students understanding of social-ecological systems, how social-ecological systems change over time, and how a systems dynamics modeling approach is ideal for understanding social-ecological systems. Students will focus on fundamental concepts of system dynamics and the modeling process by using real-world environmental issues. System Dynamics is an ideal methodology for studying sustainability research questions because it provides the qualitative and quantitative tools (i) for understanding the feedbacks, accumulation, nonlinearities, surprises, delays within social ecological systems; (ii) for tracing the roots of the problem by studying in depth the structure and the processes underlying the relationships between social and ecological systems; (iii) for testing alternative policy and management scenarios and designing sustainable pathways of development.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite:
040801:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 372 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This is an introductory course on the principles and techniques of remote sensing. It covers the physical principles of electromagnetic radiation, remote sensing systems, interpretation of aerial photographs, satellite remote sensing data, thermal and radar imagery, and applications of remote sensing. Students cannot receive credit for both EEOS 370 and ENVSCI 372.
Enrollment Requirements:
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038298:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 375 - Urban Planning
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A case method approach to urban planning. Students are supplied with a standard “request for a proposal” for a master plan. As an end product, they must present and submit a proposal for review. Class work focuses on how to use the planning process to design a master plan and on various approaches to designing zoning ordinances and land-use controls.
013456:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 381 - GIS Applications and Spatial Databases
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is designed to give students an overview of GIS applications, an understanding of spatial and relational database concepts, and the practical experience of using GIS to solve real works problems. The course will include both lecture and lab components. The lab will use ESRI’s ArcGIS software, its extensions, and ArcSDE, as well as the database applications Microsoft Access 2003 and SQL*Plus. Students will complete a final project involving data collection, analysis and display.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 281 or EEOS 380 or permission of instructor
000859:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 383 - Water Resources Management: Principles, practices, and problems.
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course explores the global use of water across different sectors of the economy and the management of these resources. Specific attention will be paid to sustainable use of water resources. The course integrates the principles that underlie water resource management, the problems that have arisen, and some possible solutions for the future.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or ENVSTY 101
013458:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 384 - Climate and Energy: Law, Policy, and Management
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines legal, public policy and management issues related to Climate Change as well as those related to the development of renewable energy. It begins with an international overview of the social-economic forces shown to influence climate change, the legal and economic mechanisms that have emerged to address such change and the evolving global energy portfolio (particularly efforts to develop renewable energy). Current laws as well as evolving energy and climate change associated policies and regulations will be considered. Students participate in discussion of readings in the climate change and energy management literature, select and critically review an environmental or energy program from a climate change management perspective, and present their findings to the seminar.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or ENVSTY 101 or ECON 101 or MGT 130 or permission of instructor
036822:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 387 - Climate Change Adaptation Planning
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Anthropogenic climate change will continue for centuries. Since all human and natural systems depend upon climate, this means that all systems must adjust or adapt to the changing climate and its nonstationary conditions. This class discusses and analyzes the impacts of climate change, various adaptation strategies, and the different theories and processes of adaptation planning. The goal is to give students the knowledge and skills to participate in impact, vulnerability, and adaptation projects and research.
040585:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 390 - Changing Coastal Environments
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will examine natural and anthropogenic processes affecting the coastal zone and nearshore environment. Environmental Science principles and their application to design and planning will be emphasized. Topics will include coastal ecosystem biodiversity and conservation, coastal wetland development, sediment movement in estuaries and long-shore, natural disturbances regimes including coastal storms, flooding, and erosion. Applications of ecological principles for landscape design, planning, restoration, recreation, management and conservation at regional scales will include stormwater management, hardened coastlines, sediment and toxics management, marsh restoration, energy development. No pre-requisites are associated with this course. It is open only to UMass Boston students admitted to the Nantucket semester program offered in collaboration with CAPS. The program serves junior and senior students across the environmental fields including CSM and CLA majors and as such the complete listing of course permutations that would meet pre-req requirements is not possible. All students admitted to the program are evaluated based on academic preparation (completion of minimum 30 credits including at least 1 introductory science course and mathematics course), faculty references, student application essays, and formal interviews.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
038419:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 391 - Biology of Whales
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course provides a comprehensive review of the biology, ecology, and management of cetaceans. a thorough grounding in cetology and populations biology will prepare students to understand conservation problems presented as case histories. Students will also complete an independent research paper on a topic related to cetacean conservation. Hands–on activities may include the dissection of a small cetacean and a shore–based whale watch in Massachusetts Bay.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
040802:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 393 - Ecophysiology and Conservation of Fishes
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course combines fundamental lessons on fish ecology and physiology with an applied conservation focus, centering on anthropogenic disturbances threatening biodiversity in today’s aquatic ecosystems. After an initial review of the basic physical properties of aquatic environments, we examine the diversity and specialization of form and function among fishes, as well as basic lessons on reproduction and life history. Next we explore the physiological systems within fishes that enable an aquatic existence. Whenever possible, we integrate case studies on anthropogenic threats and their direct and/or indirect effects on physiology, fitness, survival and ultimately the conservation and management of different fish species. Students will be encouraged to think about how particular aspects of anatomy, physiology, and life history among the 28,000+ species of fish influence their relative ability to withstand specific conservation threats. This is a combined lecture and laboratory class. Students are required to register for both the lecture and laboratory section.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI /ENVSTY 267L or BIOL 290
039488:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 406 - GIT Data Collection and Field Methods
4 Credit(s) | Lecture, Field Studies, and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course has 3 components: lecture, lab, and field data collection. The course is conducted at the UMass Boston campus for the first 2 weeks and at the UMass Boston field station on Nantucket for the third and final week. The course covers basic Geographic Information Technologies (GIT) and applications used to research, map, and analyze landward and coastal phenomena.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequities: ENVSCI 281 and ENVSCI 381 or permission of instructor
037545:1
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 422 - Zooplankton Ecology
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Zooplankton can be called the cows of the sea. These animals range in size from 20 um to >1 mm and are the food supply for many commercially important fish, whales and other larger animals. This course will examine the different classes and functional groups of zooplankton with an emphasis on copepods and pelagic tunicates. Zooplankton morphology, physiology and ecology will be discussed in detail and related to larger environmental issues, e.g. global warming, eutrophication. There will be 1-2 field trips and/or laboratory classes to learn current zooplankton methods.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI /ENVSTY 267L or BIOL 290
040155:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 444 - Cooperative Education Field Experiences
3 - 6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 2 times/6 credits
Description:
In this program majors are placed in paid work positions. Credit is awarded only to those who complete an approved learning prospectus, including working reports and a substantial research project. Note: No more than a total of 6 credits in ENVSCI 444 or ENVSCI 499 may be counted toward the major.
000855:1
3 - 6 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 445 - Cooperative Education II
3 - 9 Credit(s) | Practicum |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/54 credits
Description:
For this course, majors are placed in paid work positions in which academic credit is awarded each semester by working at least three hours per week for each credit attempted and by completing an approved learning prospectus including, but not limited to, activities such as reflective assignments, daily/weekly journal entries, supervisor meetings and evaluations,and a final reflective paper. This course is repeatable 6 times for a maximum of 54 credits.
040822:1
3 - 9 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 472 - Programming for Geospatial Analysis
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an introduction of the Interactive Data Language. IDL is widely used and powerful tool for viewing and manipulating big data, which are usually taken by various imagers. Students will learn the basics, commands, subroutines, loops, and applications of IDL. Also, with real images from various satellites, students will learn to use IDL for extracting useful information or data products for Earth Sciences studies.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 281 and EEOS 370
000850:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 478 - Independent Study
1 - 6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits
Description:
This course provides an opportunity for a qualified, advanced student to work on a specialized topic or research project under the guidance of a sponsoring faculty member (not necessarily your assigned academic advisor) outside of the traditional lecture/discussion/laboratory course framework. This course will not count towards the capstone requirement.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits and permission of instructor
033280:1
1 - 6 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 480 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 3 times/9 credits
Description:
This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period.
000845:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 488 - Advanced Marine Geographic Information Systems
4 Credit(s) | Lecture and Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Advanced Marine Geographic Information Systems in a course on GIS principles, theories, and practices for marine environmental applications. It will focus on the fundamentals of marine GIS, spatial data, and spatial analysis by using real-world marine datasets and ESRI’s ArcGIS software. Topics will include, but are not limited to, oceanographic data acquisition, habitat modeling, species distribution modeling, and marine spatial planning for conservation and human uses.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 281
039479:1
4 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSCI 499 - Practicum
3 - 6 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
A work program opportunity for qualified department majors to obtain practical experience in an approved work position in the field of their interest and training. Students submit critiques of their experience and are supervised by departmental advisors.
000843:1
3 - 6 Credit(s) |
Environmental Studies |
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ENVSTY 101 - The Nature of Environmental Problems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
An introduction to environmental issues and analysis emphasizing comparisons between the sustainable characteristics of ecosystems, both natural and human, and the human impacts on the Earth’s life support systems. Topics include human population growth, food production, use of natural resources, pollution, loss of bio-diversity, and conservation strategies.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
016621:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 111L - Environmental Concerns and Chemical Solutions
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Human society is constantly facing such environmental issues and problems as ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, environmental toxins, and renewable energy resources. This course provides students with a foundation in chemistry that can be used to examine these and other environmental concerns. A combination of lecture and group discussion illustrates the science behind these issues, and helps students develop an unbiased view. CHEM 111L and ENVSTY 111L are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
000671:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 179GL - First-Year Seminar in the School for the Environment
4 Credit(s) | Seminar |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This is a one semester four-credit version of the School for the Environment’s First-Year Seminar requirement. Course content will vary by instructor, but will focus on current issues in sustainable human, built, and natural systems of coastal New England. Using this approach, students will become increasingly familiar with the experienced in interdisciplinary discourse, the different ways of knowing, and the interplay between the arts, humanities, economic development, and natural and social sciences that comprise the study of sustainable human, built and natural systems. Successful completion of this course will fulfill the students First-Year Seminar requirement which focuses on the capabilities of careful reading, clear writing, critical thinking, information technology, oral presentation, teamwork, and academic self-assessment. CDVCTR 179GL and ENVSTY 179GL are the same course.
Course Attribute(s):
First Year Seminar
Enrollment Requirements:
Degree students only, with fewer than 30 credits when they entered UMass Boston
Students may complete only one 100G course (First Year Seminar)
040883:2
4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 210 - Second-Year Seminar: Conflict and Resolution
1 Credit(s) | Seminar |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Environmental problem solving involves stakeholder interactions in which conflict can arise and must be resolved in order to provide a solution. In this seminar, students will be introduced to the basic understanding of conflict and a working knowledge of the three major forms of dispute resolution - negotiation, mediation, and arbitration that are needed in adaptive management and stakeholder negations associated environmental problems. This course will prepare students for upper-level conflict resolution courses. Coursework will include readings, written reflective exercises with peer-review feedback, and role-playing activities. This course is designed forvertical alignment and cohort developing in the environmental studies and sustainability major.
039777:1
1 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 220 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Interdisciplinary thinking is defined as having basic knowledge about each potently relevant discipline to understand its perspective, and access, translate, think critically about, and use its insights. The goal of this course is to prepare students to become interdisciplinary thinkers and problem solvers. By the end of this course, students will be able to explain why a knowledge society needs both disciplinary specialization and interdisciplinary breadth, understand the differences between disciplinary, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches; identify the defining elements of a discipline and how this information is used tin interdisciplinary works; identify and explain the assumptions of interdisciplinary study; and identify and develop attitudes and skills that are conductive to interdisciplinary critical thinking.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 24 credits
039775:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 222L - Religion and the Environment: Global Stewardship and Practices of Faith Communities
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines the influence of religious traditions on environmental ethics across cultures. The course draws on sacred texts of Judeo-Christian, Muslim, Jain, Hindu, and possibly other faiths, and secular perspectives of environmental ethics. From these standpoints, students examine global case studies, from Africa, the Middle East, Europe, America and possibly elsewhere. Students explore how spiritual understandings of the world influence human behavior toward the planet and the ecosystems we inhabit. Through comparisons between religious traditions across cultures and their relationship with environmental ethics, students develop an understanding of how faith systems influence our treatment of the Earth.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures
040666:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 230 - Introduction to Sustainability
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of sustainability science, a problem-driven, interdisciplinary scholarship seeking to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective interventions that foster shared prosperity and reduce poverty while protecting the environment. Students will explore the dual challenge of the need to understand how societal dynamics and environmental dynamics interact over time AND how they help induce or inhabit the functioning of socio-ecological systems. This course introduces students to theories, concepts, mechanisms, analytical frameworks and tools, research designs, and basic data to help advance the understanding of the dynamic relationship between societal changes and environmental changes. Topics explored will include systems dynamics, historical perspectives on natural resource use, economic growth, and sustainability, quality of life, and use of renewable and non-renewable resources. Students will write a 6 to 10 page final paper on sustainability science problem suitable for Writing Proficiency Portfolio.
Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSCI 122 or ENVSTY 101
040718:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 267L - Introduction to Coastal Biological Systems
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course will survey coastal marine habitats in terms of the organisms that inhabit these regions; the biological processes that dominant within those environments and the impacts of that habitat on humans. The objectives of the course will be for the students to gain an appreciation and understanding of the diversity and function of coastal marine systems in terms of the biological organisms and biological processes that are found there. ENVSCI 267L and ENVSTY 267L are the same course.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENVSCI 120 and ENVSCI 121 and ENVSCI 122 or permission of instructor
014098:2
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 280 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
2 - 4 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The course covers a variety of areas in environmental studies. The topic is announced during preregistration period.
016634:1
2 - 4 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 301 - Internship in Environmental Studies
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit up to 6 times/6 credits
Description:
The internship requires a minimum of 100 hours of service doing environmental work with government, non-government, corporate, or research organizations. The program can assist students in finding appropriate internship placements. Each student’s supervisor at the placement organization provides a report on the intern’s performance and students submit a paper to the program director describing their internship experience. The number of credits varies according to the number of internship hours. This course may be taken on a pass/fail basis only.
016623:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 310 - Third-Year Seminar: Professional Development
1 Credit(s) | Seminar |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this seminar course students will develop professionally by learning about resumes, personal statements, job cover letters, public presentations, interview skills and etiquette, reading and evaluating the primary literature, writing reports/proposals, learn how to prepare an internship, job, or graduate school application package. After learning about these topics, students will write and evaluate resumes, personal statements, cover letters, make and present a presentation to the general public, and conduct a mock interview. This course also is designed for vertical alignment and cohort development in the environmental studies and sustainability major.
039776:1
1 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 321 - Spiders of Nantucket
2 Credit(s) | Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this course, students will learn about spider biology, anatomy, life history, classification and taxonomy, and ecology through classroom lectures and discussions, field sampling, and laboratory processing and identification activities.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
039717:1
2 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 331 - Feeding the Next Two Billion: Solutions for Food Security
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Currently, there are 7 billion people on planet earth. At this population level, humans have already exceeded the earth’s natural carrying capacity, and as a result, food security is a significant issue across the globe. By 2050, it is estimated that there will be an addition 2 billion more people on the earth. With a growing middle class and the push towards more westernized diets, it is not clear how we will meet the food security challenge. This class will provide students with a knowledge base regarding global food production and from this, students will work to understand feasible solutions for feeding two billion additional people. Students also will understand tradeoffs in food systems and will work to develop new solutions for food security.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites:
040922:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 364 - Environmental Justice
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Environmental justice is defined by the state of Massachusetts as the equal protection and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies and the equitable distribution of environmental benefits. This course provides an overview of environmental justice as an aspect of U.S. environmental policy. The goal of the course is to give students the ability to develop and articulate informed opinions about environmental justice, to understand how the concept came into use, and to think critically about measuring and solving environmental justice problems. The course uses written assignments, case studies, and role-playing exercises to help students develop the analytical skills necessary to tackle this topic.
016624:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 371 - Telling the Story: broadcast multi-media communications about natural, built, and human environments
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Through lecture and hands on studio activities, students in this course will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to create and publish audio files necessary for communicating their stories about natural, built, and human environments to a broad audience such as stakeholders and community members. This course will train student sin foundational communications skills such as finding, developing, and storyboarding stories and train student sin current technical best practices such as rights and responsibilities and recording, editing, and posting audio files. Studio time will consist of mixture of directed and independent activities.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 60 credits
040241:1
3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 380 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
The course covers a variety of areas in environmental studies at an advanced level. The topic is announced during preregistration period.
016626:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 410 - Fourth-Year Seminar: Environmental Issues
1 Credit(s) | Seminar |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
In this fourth-year seminar, students will be exposed to current global environmental issues in a discussion and debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Issues covered will fall under fie topic areas: environmental philosophy, principles versus politics, energy issues, food and pollution, and toxic chemicals. Each issue reading is framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and issue pro and con stance, and an issue post-script. Students will write issue or analysis reports for each issue and discuss the issue in class via general discussion, panel discussions, role-play discussions, and debates. This fourth-year seminar course also is designed for vertical alignment of the curriculum and cohort development for environmental studies and sustainability majors.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENVSTY 310
039778:1
1 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 478 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Research and reading in a selected area of environmental studies, guided by a faculty advisor.
Enrollment Requirements:
Instructor consent
016631:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
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ENVSTY 479 - Independent Study
1 - 3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Study of a particular area of this subject under the supervision of a faculty member. Students wishing to register must do so through the department.
016632:1
1 - 3 Credit(s) |
Exercise and Health Science |
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EHS 120 - Careers in Exercise & Health
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is an overview of professions in the fields of exercise and health science. Career opportunities within fitness instruction and management, clinical exercise, sports medicine, health science, and allied health will be investigated. Objectives include describing various aspects of careers, determining requirements for advanced study and learning what necessary coursework would be for applying to several professions of interest. Activities and faculty/guest speakers will introduce students to the wide array of careers related to exercise and health science.
Enrollment Requirements:
Exercise and health science students only
033240:1
3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 150 - Introduction to Nutrition
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course examines ways in which nutrition promotes health, influences disease, and affects exercise and sports performance. A major goal is to have students better understand the role that nutrition plays in their own health. Participants evaluate popular diets and dietary supplements, examine current nutrient recommendations, and acquire confidence in making sensible nutrition recommendations.
Enrollment Requirements:
Exercise and health science and nursing students only
000661:1
3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 160 - Fitness & Wellness
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Students completing this course will learn introductory concepts about 1) fitness and related topical areas, including physical activity, nutrition, behavior change, body composition, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, and flexibility, and 2) wellness, including lifestyle related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Students will learn about the components of fitness as it related to health and develop their own personal fitness plan. Students will be introduced to causes and treatments for lifestyle related chronic diseases, relevant organizational websites, and develop their own wellness profile. This is a fundamental course that introduces students to the basic principles of fitness and wellness.
Enrollment Requirements:
Exercise and health science students only
000663:1
3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 230 - Strength and Conditioning
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course addresses the scientific and theoretical basis of strength training and conditioning. Basic terms and concepts will be discussed and an overview of the major research that has been conducted in this area will be explored. The fundamental concepts and variables that influence the design of strength and conditioning programs will be discussed, with an emphasis on functional training. The bioenergetics of exercise and training will be explored. Anaerobic training adaptions will be compared and contrasted with aerobic training adaptions. The course is designed to serve as basic preparations for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification.
Enrollment Requirements:
Exercise and health science students only
016707:1
3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 240 - Prevention and Care of Sport Injuries
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course is designed to assist students in recognizing and providing immediate treatment of the common injuries seen in recreational and competitive sports. Additional topics include pre-participation physicals, protective equipment, emergency first-aid, orthotics, illnesses and disease routinely seen in active individuals, and when to treat and when to refer.
Enrollment Requirements:
Exercise and health science students only
016708:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 297 - Special Topics
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Addresses a specific topic in exercise and health sciences. Course content varies according to the topic.
039459:1
3 Credit(s) |
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4 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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4 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 386 - Exercise Physiology I Laboratory
1 Credit(s) | Laboratory |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course utilizes laboratory experiences to illustrate topics taught in EHS 385 - Exercise Physiology I. Specific labs include: 1) measuring work and power, 2) field tests of aerobic and anaerobic capacity, 3) muscle fatigue and relationships between muscle force, velocity and power, 4) the measurement of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production and the respiratory exchange ratio, 5) Oxygen deficit and excess post exercise oxygen consumption, 6) direct test of maximal aerobic power, 7) heart rate and blood pressure response to exercise, 8) the ventilator response to exercise, 9) body temperature and exercise, and 10) substrate utilization during exercise.
Enrollment Requirements:
Pre- or corequisite: EHS 385
039884:1
1 Credit(s) |
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4 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 410 - Exercise & Aging
3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
This course focuses on fitness, exercise, physical activity, and health issues in the geriatric population. Topics include methods of evaluating fitness levels, exercise prescription, public health issues, and current research issues.
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: EHS 380 or EHS 385
033249:1
3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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EHS 421 - Pediatric Exercise Externship
1 Credit(s) | Practicum |
Course can be counted for credit once
Description:
Students will have a practicum experience with hands-on learning through volunteering at a local community site with children and/or adolescents. Time will be spent not only in the community site, but also on campus with special workshops to develop skills related to working with children/adolescents in health/wellness programming. Space is limited and special permission is needed to enroll. Selection for the course is done through a competitive application process. Please contact the instructor for details.
Enrollment Requirements:
Corequisite: EHS 420
040039:1
1 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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3 Credit(s) |
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