| ENST 162-01 |
Integrative Environmental Science
Instructor: Sarah Sterner
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary environmental science. Students will learn to draw upon a variety of natural sciences to identify and address environmental challenges. Students will examine environmental issues analytically, learn to evaluate existing data, and begin to develop skills for acquiring new knowledge via the scientific method. They will be exposed to basic techniques for assessing environmental problems in lectures, laboratory exercises, and fieldwork. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 161
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
KAUF 179
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
KAUF 113 |
| ENST 162-02 |
Integrative Environmental Science
Instructor: Sarah Sterner
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary environmental science. Students will learn to draw upon a variety of natural sciences to identify and address environmental challenges. Students will examine environmental issues analytically, learn to evaluate existing data, and begin to develop skills for acquiring new knowledge via the scientific method. They will be exposed to basic techniques for assessing environmental problems in lectures, laboratory exercises, and fieldwork. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 161
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
KAUF 113
09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
KAUF 179 |
| ENST 162-03 |
Integrative Environmental Science
Instructor: Allyssa Decker
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary environmental science. Students will learn to draw upon a variety of natural sciences to identify and address environmental challenges. Students will examine environmental issues analytically, learn to evaluate existing data, and begin to develop skills for acquiring new knowledge via the scientific method. They will be exposed to basic techniques for assessing environmental problems in lectures, laboratory exercises, and fieldwork. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 161
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
KAUF 113
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
TOME 227 |
| ENST 218-01 |
Geographic Information Systems
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 218-01, GEOS 218-01 and GISP 218-01. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. It is used in a wide variety of fields including archaeology, agriculture, business, defense and intelligence, education, government, health care, natural resource management, public safety, transportation, and utility management. This course provides a fundamental foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology that will enable students to investigate and make reasoned decisions regarding spatial issues. Utilizing GIS software applications from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), students work on a progression of tasks and assignments focused on GIS data collection, manipulation, analysis, output, and presentation. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours per week. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 218, GEOS 218 and GISP 218.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
LIBRY DSRL |
| ENST 303-01 |
Climate Advocacy
Instructor: Heather Plumridge Bedi
Course Description:
Diverse climate justice advocates raise their voices, engage in activism, protect natural resources, practice low-carbon living, lobby for climate legislation, promote environmentally friendly technology, educate the public, participate in citizen science, rally for sustainable policy solutions, support climate-impacted communities, and engage in other forms of advocacy. These acts allow advocates to work towards socially just and sustainable forms of protecting the Earth from climate change. Students in this interactive course will examine distinct forms of climate advocacy, understanding how and why distinct changemakers champion to protect the Earth. Large portions of the course will focus on Indigenous Ways of Being climate work and food-related climate advocacy. Students will engage in their chosen form of climate advocacy and will create a digital storytelling piece.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
ALTHSE 201 |
| ENST 305-01 |
Environmental Epidemiology in Practice
Instructor: Wande Benka-Coker
Course Description:
This course explores how environmental exposures shape human health, with a focus on applying scientific tools and methods to real-world challenges. Students will learn the core principles of environmental epidemiology, including study design, exposure assessment, and data analysis, and will apply these skills through project-based, place-based research. A substantial component of the course involves hands-on work with advanced air quality monitoring systems and community-scale sensor networks, enabling students to investigate how pollutants vary across landscapes and populations. Case studies and fieldwork will emphasize the health impacts of air pollution in rural and agricultural contexts, while also considering broader issues of environmental justice and policy. By the end of the semester, students will be able to integrate field data, epidemiological methods, and public health perspectives to evaluate human-environment interactions and propose science-based solutions.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
KAUF 116 |
| ENST 305-02 |
Ornithology
Instructor: Kim Van Fleet
Course Description:
The class room component of this course emphasizes the evolution, morphology, physiology, ecology and conservation biology of birds. Students will have numerous opportunities both in and outside of the classroom to examine conservation issues and actions as they relate to the functioning of natural ecosystems, the consequences of anthropocentric impacts to those environments and learn how sustainability practices influence many bird species, populations and communities. The lab portion of this course will focus on hands-on learning through a variety of tools, mechanisms and field experiences including but not limited to use of study skins and skeletons, field guides, optics and field-monitoring techniques. Students will be regularly immersed in living labs during field trips both local and regional including visits to a bird banding station, state wildlife management areas and research study sites. In addition students will learn how to identify birds through specific behaviors, visual field marks, songs and calls. There will be a least one day-long field trip during a weekend and one extended lab field trip to a waterfowl stopover habitat during spring migration. Each student will also complete a research paper on selected ornithological topics.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
KAUF 109
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 109 |
| ENST 305-03 |
Wildlife Monitoring Methods and Technology
Instructor: Kim Van Fleet
Course Description:
This field course will provide students with a solid foundation and hands on experiences regarding the practical use of specific tools and the application of field methods and techniques used in both environmental consulting and wildlife sciences today. Coursework will focus on numerous topics including research and experimental design; collection, management and analysis of data; identification of animals and marking techniques; measuring animal abundance; assessment of wildlife habitat, the role of radio and satellite telemetry; and the practical application of spatial technology (GIS). Students will gain hands on experience in reading and using topographic maps, interpreting aerial photos, using a compass and hand held GPS, orienteering, and creating maps in GIS. Students will also learn about employing and in many cases practicing various monitoring techniques such as spot mapping, area searches, conducting point counts, nest searches, transect surveys, live trapping and marking, use of remote cameras; telemetry; and the use of mist nets for capturing birds and mammals. At least one field trip will include a day long (weekend) visit to an active research site.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, F
KAUF 109 |
| ENST 318-01 |
Advanced Applications in GIS
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 318-01, GEOS 318-01 and GISP 318-01. The course is intended as a continuation of the introductory course on Geographic Information Systems, 218, and will concentrate on more advanced discussions and techniques related to spatial analysis and GIS project design. The main focus of the course will be on using higher-level GIS methods to investigate and analyze spatial problems of varying complexity; however, the specific project and topical applications will vary depending on student interests. Students will be required to develop and complete an individual spatial analysis project that incorporates advanced GIS techniques. Prerequisite: 218 or GEOS 218 or ARCH 218 or GISP 218 or equivalent GIS experience. Three hours classroom per week. This course is cross-listed as GEOS 318, ARCH 318 and GISP 318. Offered every two years.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, F
LIBRY DSRL
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
LIBRY DSRL |
| ENST 325-01 |
Environmental Data Analysis in Practice
Instructor: Maggie Douglas
Course Description:
Realms of environmental study as different as climate change, land/water management, environmental health, environmental justice, and many others share something in common: they often involve collecting, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data. This course will introduce students to data analysis as it is used to answer environmental questions. Lecture will include activities to understand data organization and statistical concepts, and to critique environmental data as it is presented and interpreted in scholarly and popular sources. During lab, students will learn to write code in the R statistical language to import, wrangle, visualize, and analyze data. These skills will be applied to a real-world project in collaboration with a campus or community partner, culminating in a final product that is shaped by the needs of the partner. No previous coding experience is expected or required.Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 162, BIOL 131 or ARCH/ENST/GEOS/GISP 218.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 178
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
KAUF 116 |
| ENST 330-01 |
Environmental Policy
Instructor: Michael Beevers
Course Description:
This course examines the effect of environmental policies on environmental quality, human health and/or the use of natural resources at local, national and international levels. It considers the ways scientific knowledge, economic incentives and social values merge to determine how environmental problems and solutions are defined, how risks are assessed and how and why decisions are made. The course examines a range of tools, processes and patterns inherent in public policy responses and covers issues ranging from air and water pollution and toxic and solid waste management to energy use, climate change and biodiversity protection. A combination of lectures, case studies, and field trips will be used.
Prerequisite: 161 and 162, or permission of instructor.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
ALTHSE 07 |
| ENST 406-01 |
Environmental Innovations and Activism Capstone
Instructor: Heather Plumridge Bedi
Course Description:
Innovative approaches are needed to address urgent environmental and social concerns, including the climate crisis. As a capstone in Environmental Studies and Science, this course will examine environmental challenges, innovations, and activism from natural science, social science, and humanities perspectives. Following a review of key course concepts, the group will explore how diverse actors, groups, and governments approach environmental innovations and activism. Students will each select an environmental challenge and examine related innovations or activism for their capstone project. These student topics will frame the focal areas for course case studies and will allow the class to examine how a range of stakeholders attempt to contest and address pressing environmental issues.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
KAUF 187 |
| ENST 406-02 |
Air Quality and Beyond: Integrated Environmental Problem-Solving
Instructor: Wande Benka-Coker
Course Description:
This senior seminar uses air pollution as a lens to develop sustainable responses to contemporary environmental challenges. Students will develop a deep understanding of the scientific, policy, and social dimensions of air quality while considering how environmental problems interconnect across systems and scales. The course emphasizes practical skills, including environmental assessment, community engagement, policy analysis, stakeholder mapping, collaborative research methods, and effective science communication. Learning takes place through lectures, discussions, case studies, fieldwork, and data analysis exercises that highlight the role of evidence in guiding decisions. Students will practice translating complex findings into clear and compelling narratives for diverse audiences, while also gaining experience in navigating ethical dilemmas and conflicting values that shape environmental decision-making. By the end of the seminar, students will be prepared to apply integrated, interdisciplinary approaches to real-world environmental problems and to design sustainable, actionable solutions in partnership with community and global stakeholders.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
KAUF 187 |
| Courses Offered in ANTH |
| ANTH 110-01 |
Archaeology and World Prehistory
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 110-01.
Archaeology is the primary means by which we decipher human prehistory. Using archaeology as a guide we will start with the origins of culture from its rudimentary beginnings nearly 4 million years ago, follow the migrations of hunters and gatherers, explore the first farming villages and eventually survey the complex urban civilizations of the Old and New Worlds. We will examine the development of technology, economic and social organization through the lens of archaeological techniques and discoveries throughout the world.
This course is cross-listed as ARCH 110. Offered every year.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 313 |
| ANTH 260-01 |
Environmental Archaeology
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 260-01. The study of the human past requires knowledge of the biological and geophysical systems in which cultures developed and changed. This course explores past environments and the methods and evidence used to reconstruct them. Emphasis is on the integration of geological, botanical, zoological, and bioarchaeological data used to reconstruct Quaternary climates and environments.
This course is cross-listed as ARCH 260. Offered every two years.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| ANTH 345-02 |
Life in the Anthropocene
Instructor: James Ellison
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 345-02. Increased attention to human influences on Earth's climates and geology has given rise to a much-discussed Anthropocene epoch. Whether we locate the start of the epoch thousands of years ago with the origins of agriculture, with the industrial revolution, or more recently with nuclear bomb technologies, we can understand the label through rapid successions of record high temperatures and severe weather events, polar ice melts and rising sea levels, and astonishing numbers of extinctions, all of which play out in disparate ways across the globe. These changes call for new ways to understand how humans live in the world. In this course we examine what it means to be human in these times, and how people live in mutual and dynamic relationships with technologies, environments, and other species in ways that shape these processes and that are shaped by them. Our organizing frame will be ethnography, with examples drawn from throughout the world. Sustainability will be a persistent question during the semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in ARCH |
| ARCH 110-01 |
Archaeology and World Prehistory
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 110-01. Archaeology is the primary means by which we decipher human prehistory. Using archaeology as a guide we will start with the origins of culture from its rudimentary beginnings nearly 4 million years ago, follow the migrations of hunters and gatherers, explore the first farming villages and eventually survey the complex urban civilizations of the Old and New Worlds. We will examine the development of technology, economic and social organization through the lens of archaeological techniques and discoveries throughout the world.
This course is cross-listed as ANTH 110.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 313 |
| ARCH 218-01 |
Geographic Information Systems
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ENST 218-01, GEOS 218-01 and GISP 218-01. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. It is used in a wide variety of fields including archaeology, agriculture, business, defense and intelligence, education, government, health care, natural resource management, public safety, transportation, and utility management. This course provides a fundamental foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology that will enable students to investigate and make reasoned decisions regarding spatial issues. Utilizing GIS software applications from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), students work on a progression of tasks and assignments focused on GIS data collection, manipulation, analysis, output, and presentation. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours per week. This course is cross-listed as ENST 218 , GEOS 218 and GISP 218.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
LIBRY DSRL |
| ARCH 260-01 |
Environmental Archaeology
Instructor: Matthew Biwer
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 260-01. The study of the human past requires knowledge of the biological and geophysical systems in which cultures developed and changed. This course explores past environments and the methods and evidence used to reconstruct them. Emphasis is on the integration of geological, botanical, zoological, and bioarchaeological data used to reconstruct Quaternary climates and environments.
This course is cross-listed as ANTH 260. Offered every two years.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 304 |
| ARCH 318-01 |
Advanced Applications in GIS
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ENST 318-01, GEOS 318-01 and GISP 318-01. The course is intended as a continuation of the introductory course on Geographic Information Systems, 218, and will concentrate on more advanced discussions and techniques related to spatial analysis and GIS project design. The main focus of the course will be on using higher-level GIS methods to investigate and analyze spatial problems of varying complexity; however, the specific project and topical applications will vary depending on student interests. Students will be required to develop and complete an individual spatial analysis project that incorporates advanced GIS techniques.
Prerequisite: 218 or ENST 218 or GEOS 21 8 or GISP 218 or equivalent GIS experience. Three hours of classroom per week. This course is cross-listed as ENST 318, GEOS 318 & GISP 318. Offered every two years.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, F
LIBRY DSRL
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
LIBRY DSRL |
| ARCH 345-02 |
Life in the Anthropocene
Instructor: James Ellison
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ANTH 345-02. Increased attention to human influences on Earth's climates and geology has given rise to a much-discussed Anthropocene epoch. Whether we locate the start of the epoch thousands of years ago with the origins of agriculture, with the industrial revolution, or more recently with nuclear bomb technologies, we can understand the label through rapid successions of record high temperatures and severe weather events, polar ice melts and rising sea levels, and astonishing numbers of extinctions, all of which play out in disparate ways across the globe. These changes call for new ways to understand how humans live in the world. In this course we examine what it means to be human in these times, and how people live in mutual and dynamic relationships with technologies, environments, and other species in ways that shape these processes and that are shaped by them. Our organizing frame will be ethnography, with examples drawn from throughout the world. Sustainability will be a persistent question during the semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in ARTH |
| ARTH 160-01 |
Polar Impressions: Creative Practice in the Arctic
Instructor: Anthony Cervino
Course Description:
Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Arctic Art & Science Mosaic. Through a variety of art materials and processes, students will develop hands-on skills and conceptual approaches to experience and respond to the Arctic as a subject of creative study. This course intertwines individual student experiences with additional focus on the broader social and political environment of the region. In response to site visits in Norway and additional research based on individual interests, students will create artworks that investigate the current geo-political and ecological state of the Norwegian Arctic while also responding to its striking landscape, rich history, and vibrant cultures. Enrollment in this course is restricted to students participating in the Spring 2026 Arctic Art and Science Mosaic.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
GDYRST DOWN |
| Courses Offered in BIOL |
| BIOL 131-01 |
Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems: The Physiology of Life
Instructor: Scott Boback
Course Description:
This introductory course spans levels of biological organization from basic multicellular microanatomy to organismal physiology and ecology, as understood through the lens of evolution. Course content will be focused around a specific theme determined by the instructor, and will include evolutionary principles of variation, selection, competition and cooperation, and how their operation at different levels of organization accounts for form and function of organisms, communities, and ecosystems. We will investigate homeostasis, reproduction and development as physiological processes that take place within organisms, and as ecological processes that interact with the environment and generate diversity of form over evolutionary time. Finally we will take stock of the existing forms and levels of biological organization and ask how their relationships establish the biosphere in which we live. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This is one of two courses required of all Biology majors before entering the upper level. It is complementary to BIOL 132 Introduction to Molecules, Genes, and Cells, and the courses may be taken in either order.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 106
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
RNORTH 1317 |
| BIOL 131-02 |
Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems: The Physiology of Life
Instructor: Scott Boback
Course Description:
This introductory course spans levels of biological organization from basic multicellular microanatomy to organismal physiology and ecology, as understood through the lens of evolution. Course content will be focused around a specific theme determined by the instructor, and will include evolutionary principles of variation, selection, competition and cooperation, and how their operation at different levels of organization accounts for form and function of organisms, communities, and ecosystems. We will investigate homeostasis, reproduction and development as physiological processes that take place within organisms, and as ecological processes that interact with the environment and generate diversity of form over evolutionary time. Finally we will take stock of the existing forms and levels of biological organization and ask how their relationships establish the biosphere in which we live. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This is one of two courses required of all Biology majors before entering the upper level. It is complementary to BIOL 132 Introduction to Molecules, Genes, and Cells, and the courses may be taken in either order.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
RNORTH 1317
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 106 |
| BIOL 131-03 |
Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems: Topics in Ocean Ecology
Instructor: Mike Potthoff
Course Description:
Permission of instructor required.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
JAMESR 2228
09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
JAMESR 1206 |
| BIOL 132-03 |
Introduction to Molecules, Genes, and Cells: Topics in the Molecular Basis of Disease
Instructor: Jill Felker
Course Description:
This introductory course approaches core biological themes from the molecular and cellular level, and is complementary to BIOL 131, Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems. Course content will be focused around a specific theme determined by the instructor, and will include biomolecule and cell structure and function; cell signaling and communication; chromosome and gene structure; DNA replication; transcription; and translation. The course will involve lecture, discussion, and readings from scientific literature. Laboratory exercises include both classic and modern approaches to cellular and molecular biology utilizing prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic organisms. The laboratory will stress the discovery approach in applying current techniques to biological experiments. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. This is one of two courses required of all Biology majors before completing upper level coursework. It is complementary to BIOL 131 Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems, and the courses may be taken in either order.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
ALTHSE 106
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
JAMESR 2218 |
| BIOL 216-02 |
Genetics w/Lab
Instructor: Michael Roberts
Course Description:
A study of Mendelian genetics, linkage, and mutation. An introduction to basic DNA structure and function including replication, transcription, and translation. Laboratory exercises involve both classic and molecular approaches to genetic analysis utilizing prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.
Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: 131 & 132. For Neuroscience majors only, prerequisite is 132 and PSYC 125.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
KAUF 186
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
RNORTH 1316 |
| BIOL 301-01 |
Wildlife Ecology
Instructor: Gene Wingert
Course Description:
Wildlife Ecology is designed for majors in both Environmental Science and Biology. This course approaches ecology from the aspect of focusing on individual organisms and the role they play in their environment. Students will visit various habitats in Pennsylvania and view wildlife first hand. The texts are both place based focusing on Northeastern forests and Northeastern vernal ponds. These two ecosystems are intimately linked and the health of one influences the other. Students will have hands on labs with living organisms and investigate the roles each of these organisms play in the forest and vernal pool environment. A focus of the course will be how we must manage these ecosystems if they are to be enjoyed by our grandchildren. Both of these ecosystems are being changed by human ignorance and global climate change. We are at a squeak point in our ability to sustain these ecosystems. Only a complete understanding of their ecology and rapid action will sustain them for future generations.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
RNORTH 2319
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
RNORTH 2319 |
| BIOL 313-01 |
Cell Biology w/Lab
Instructor: John Henson
Course Description:
An introduction to the structure and function of cells, with emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of cellular processes. The course will involve discussion-oriented lectures and readings from the current literature. The laboratory will stress the discovery approach in applying state of the art techniques to cell biological experiments.
Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level BIOL course. For Neuroscience majors only, prerequisite is 132 and PSYC 125 and NRSC 200.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
KAUF 186
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
JAMESR 1218 |
| BIOL 322-01 |
Plant Systematics w/Lab
Instructor: Carol Loeffler
Course Description:
A systematic survey of the plant kingdom through the collection and study of living plants. Frequent field trips are conducted as weather permits. An herbarium of named plants is prepared. Emphasis will be placed on the diverse features of plants which permit effective study of fundamental biological problems.
Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level Biology course. For ENST/ENSC majors only, prerequisite is ENST 162.
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12:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
RNORTH 2319
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MW
RNORTH 2319 |
| BIOL 322-02 |
Plant Systematics w/Lab
Instructor: Carol Loeffler
Course Description:
A systematic survey of the plant kingdom through the collection and study of living plants. Frequent field trips are conducted as weather permits. An herbarium of named plants is prepared. Emphasis will be placed on the diverse features of plants which permit effective study of fundamental biological problems.
Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level Biology course. For ENST/ENSC majors only, prerequisite is ENST 162.
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12:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
RNORTH 2319
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MW
RNORTH 2319 |
| BIOL 326-01 |
Microbiology w/Lab
Instructor: David Kushner
Course Description:
Permission of the Instructor Required. Molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry (structure and function) of bacteria, archaea, and viruses. Includes an introduction to the immune system and mechanisms of medical control of microbes. Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis are addressed via readings from the recent primary literature. Laboratory exercises include the isolation and characterization of unknown bacteria using traditional and molecular methods, and modern genomic approaches to characterizing host response to infection.
Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level BIOL course. For Neuroscience majors, prerequisite is NRSC 200.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
STUART 1113
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
RNORTH 1316 |
| BIOL 333-01 |
Human Physiology w/Lab
Instructor: Chuck Zwemer
Course Description:
This course examines physiological mechanisms in the human body with an emphasis on the chemical and physical principles that govern the normal functions of organs and organ systems to maintain homeostasis. Topics include the nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, digestive, renal, reproductive, and immune systems. The laboratory reinforces lecture material through experiments that involve physiological measurements and data analysis.Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level BIOL course. For Neuroscience majors, prerequisite is NRSC 200. This course examines physiological mechanisms in the human body with an emphasis on the chemical and physical principles that govern the normal functions of organs and organ systems to maintain homeostasis. Topics include the nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, digestive, renal, reproductive, and immune systems. The laboratory reinforces lecture material through experiments that involve physiological measurements and data analysis.Six hours classroom a week. Prerequisites: One 200-level BIOL course. For Neuroscience majors, prerequisite is NRSC 200.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
JAMESR 1228
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
JAMESR 1228 |
| BIOL 343-01 |
Metabolism
Instructor: Thomas Arnold
Course Description:
A survey of the metabolic processes in animals and plants, including signal transduction, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and photosynthesis, as well as the biosynthesis of the major types of biomolecules. For each metabolic pathway, we will examine the regulation of enzymes and related genes, their energetic requirements, and the function of pathway end products. Both the normal functioning of metabolic pathways and common metabolic malfunctions, e.g., human inborn errors of metabolism, will be considered. Selected readings from the primary literature and the popular press are required. Students will complete detailed case studies focusing on human metabolism and metabolic disorders.
Three hours classroom a week. Prerequisite: CHEM 242. A survey of the metabolic processes in animals and plants, including signal transduction, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and photosynthesis, as well as the biosynthesis of the major types of biomolecules. For each metabolic pathway, we will examine the regulation of enzymes and related genes, their energetic requirements, and the function of pathway end products. Both the normal functioning of metabolic pathways and common metabolic malfunctions, e.g., human inborn errors of metabolism, will be considered. Selected readings from the primary literature and the popular press are required. Students will complete detailed case studies focusing on human metabolism and metabolic disorders.
Three hours classroom a week. Prerequisite: CHEM 242.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 115 |
| Courses Offered in CHEM |
| CHEM 132-01 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Olivia Wilkins
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
STUART 1104 |
| CHEM 132-02 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Rebecca Connor
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
STUART 1104 |
| CHEM 132-03 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Katie Barker
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
STUART 1104 |
| CHEM 132-L1 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Christine O'Neill
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
STUART 1113
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
STUART 1121 |
| CHEM 132-L2 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Katie Barker
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
STUART 1121
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
STUART 1113 |
| CHEM 132-L3 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Olivia Wilkins
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
STUART 1121
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
STUART 1113 |
| CHEM 132-L4 |
General Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Brian Wladkowski
Course Description:
A continuation of Chemistry 131. Topics covered in the second semester will include: kinetics, equilibrium, acids, bases, and buffers, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and transition metal chemistry.
Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 131.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
STUART 1121
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
STUART 1113 |
| CHEM 242-01 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Krishna Mohan Donavalli
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
STUART 1104 |
| CHEM 242-02 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Miguel Leal
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
STUART 1104 |
| CHEM 242-L1 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Miguel Leal
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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12:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
STUART 1118
12:30 PM-01:00 PM, M
TOME 122 |
| CHEM 242-L2 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Krishna Mohan Donavalli
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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01:15 PM-05:15 PM, T
STUART 1118
01:15 PM-01:45 PM, T
TOME 122 |
| CHEM 242-L3 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Katie Barker
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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12:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
STUART 1118
12:30 PM-01:00 PM, W
TOME 122 |
| CHEM 242-L4 |
Organic Chemistry II with Lab
Instructor: Jarek Metro
Course Description:
This course continues the study of the reactivities of organic and inorganic molecules started in 241. Particular emphasis is placed on unsaturated systems. Laboratory work continues investigations into the synthesis, analysis, and identification of organic and inorganic molecules begun in 241.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 241.
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01:15 PM-05:15 PM, R
STUART 1118
01:15 PM-01:45 PM, R
TOME 122 |
| CHEM 243-01 |
Modern Chemical Analysis w/Lab
Instructor: Brian Wladkowski
Course Description:
The theory of chemical equilibrium as it pertains to acid-base, metal-ligand, redox, and EDTA titrations. Topics such as experimental design, sampling, calibration strategies, standardization, and the optimization and validation of experimental results will be covered. Statistical analysis of data will also be included. This class is meant to aid students in developing both a sound knowledge of experimental protocols (i.e. How many samples do we need to collect? How do we extract our analyte from the matrix? How much sample must be extracted in order to obtain a measurable result? How do we measure what's present? and in the critical evaluation of experimental results (How much confidence do we have that our results are representative of the system under study?).
Three hours classroom and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 132 or 141. The theory of chemical equilibrium as it pertains to acid-base, metal-ligand, redox, and EDTA titrations. Topics such as experimental design, sampling, calibration strategies, standardization, and the optimization and validation of experimental results will be covered. Statistical analysis of data will also be included. This class is meant to aid students in developing both a sound knowledge of experimental protocols (i.e. How many samples do we need to collect? How do we extract our analyte from the matrix? How much sample must be extracted in order to obtain a measurable result? How do we measure what's present? and in the critical evaluation of experimental results (How much confidence do we have that our results are representative of the system under study?).
Three hours classroom and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 132 or 141.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 122
01:30 PM-05:30 PM, T
STUART 2112 |
| CHEM 244-01 |
Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Instructor: Sarah St. Angelo
Course Description:
The fundamentals of chemical thermodynamics will be presented with a view towards providing an understanding of the concept of chemical equilibrium. Introductory concepts in chemical kinetics will also be discussed. Laboratory will focus on experiments illustrating the principles of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics.
Three hours classroom and four hours laboratory per week. Prerequisites: 132 or 141, MATH 171 or concurrent enrollment.
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12:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
STUART 2117
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
TOME 122 |
| CHEM 342-01 |
Structure and Function of Biomolecules w/Lab
Instructor: Rebecca Connor
Course Description:
This course is an introductory biochemistry course focused on the chemistry of the major molecules that compose living matter. The structure and function of the major classes of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates) are addressed along with other topics including bioenergetics, enzyme catalysis, and information transfer at the molecular level. The laboratory portion of the course focuses on methods used to study the properties and behavior of biological molecules and their functions in the cell.
Three hours lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite 242; an introductory biology course is highly recommended. This course is an introductory biochemistry course focused on the chemistry of the major molecules that compose living matter. The structure and function of the major classes of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates) are addressed along with other topics including bioenergetics, enzyme catalysis, and information transfer at the molecular level. The laboratory portion of the course focuses on methods used to study the properties and behavior of biological molecules and their functions in the cell.
Three hours lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite 242; an introductory biology course is highly recommended.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
STUART 1104
01:15 PM-05:15 PM, R
STUART 2112 |
| CHEM 342-02 |
Structure and Function of Biomolecules w/Lab
Instructor: Rebecca Connor, Jarek Metro
Course Description:
This course is an introductory biochemistry course focused on the chemistry of the major molecules that compose living matter. The structure and function of the major classes of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates) are addressed along with other topics including bioenergetics, enzyme catalysis, and information transfer at the molecular level. The laboratory portion of the course focuses on methods used to study the properties and behavior of biological molecules and their functions in the cell.
Three hours lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite 242; an introductory biology course is highly recommended. This course is an introductory biochemistry course focused on the chemistry of the major molecules that compose living matter. The structure and function of the major classes of biomolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates) are addressed along with other topics including bioenergetics, enzyme catalysis, and information transfer at the molecular level. The laboratory portion of the course focuses on methods used to study the properties and behavior of biological molecules and their functions in the cell.
Three hours lecture and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite 242; an introductory biology course is highly recommended.
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01:00 PM-05:00 PM, F
STUART 2112
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
STUART 1104 |
| Courses Offered in COMP |
| COMP 130-01 |
Introduction to Computing
Instructor: Matt Ferland, John MacCormick
Course Description:
An introduction to computer science as a scientific discipline. The key elements of computer programming will be introduced, using the Python programming language. This leads to techniques for solving problems and conducting scientific investigations via computation. Core topics include: programming constructs such as conditionals, loops, functions, and parameters; data structures such as arrays and dictionaries; libraries and objects; algorithmic techniques such as recursion; and software engineering techniques such as testing and debugging. Additional topics include social, legal and ethical issues raised by computing and computing for the greater good.Students may not take this course for credit if they have already received credit for COMP 132 or COMP 232. An introduction to computer science as a scientific discipline. The key elements of computer programming will be introduced, using the Python programming language. This leads to techniques for solving problems and conducting scientific investigations via computation. Core topics include: programming constructs such as conditionals, loops, functions, and parameters; data structures such as arrays and dictionaries; libraries and objects; algorithmic techniques such as recursion; and software engineering techniques such as testing and debugging. Additional topics include social, legal and ethical issues raised by computing and computing for the greater good.Students may not take this course for credit if they have already received credit for COMP 132 or COMP 232.
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03:00 PM-05:00 PM, F
TOME 118
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
TOME 115 |
| COMP 130-02 |
Introduction to Computing
Instructor: Matt Ferland, John MacCormick
Course Description:
An introduction to computer science as a scientific discipline. The key elements of computer programming will be introduced, using the Python programming language. This leads to techniques for solving problems and conducting scientific investigations via computation. Core topics include: programming constructs such as conditionals, loops, functions, and parameters; data structures such as arrays and dictionaries; libraries and objects; algorithmic techniques such as recursion; and software engineering techniques such as testing and debugging. Additional topics include social, legal and ethical issues raised by computing and computing for the greater good.Students may not take this course for credit if they have already received credit for COMP 132 or COMP 232. An introduction to computer science as a scientific discipline. The key elements of computer programming will be introduced, using the Python programming language. This leads to techniques for solving problems and conducting scientific investigations via computation. Core topics include: programming constructs such as conditionals, loops, functions, and parameters; data structures such as arrays and dictionaries; libraries and objects; algorithmic techniques such as recursion; and software engineering techniques such as testing and debugging. Additional topics include social, legal and ethical issues raised by computing and computing for the greater good.Students may not take this course for credit if they have already received credit for COMP 132 or COMP 232.
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03:00 PM-05:00 PM, W
TOME 118
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
TOME 115 |
| COMP 132-01 |
Principles of Object-Oriented Design
Instructor: William Goble
Course Description:
An introduction to object-oriented software design using Java. Topics include objects, classes, code modularity and reusability, abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and design patterns. Additional topics include unit testing, recursion, empirical and theoretical comparison of elementary algorithms. The lab component focuses on programming as a tool for solving problems and simulating real-world events. Prerequisite: Equivalent of one course of prior programming experience. See Advising Guide for placement advice for 130 and 132. Three hours classroom and two hours laboratory a week. Offered every semester. An introduction to object-oriented software design using Java. Topics include objects, classes, code modularity and reusability, abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and design patterns. Additional topics include unit testing, recursion, empirical and theoretical comparison of elementary algorithms. The lab component focuses on programming as a tool for solving problems and simulating real-world events. Prerequisite: Equivalent of one course of prior programming experience. See Advising Guide for placement advice for 130 and 132. Three hours classroom and two hours laboratory a week. Offered every semester.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
TOME 118
03:00 PM-05:00 PM, M
TOME 118 |
| COMP 180-01 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with DATA 180-01 and MATH 180-01. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language.Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as DATA 180 and MATH 180. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| COMP 180-02 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with DATA 180-02 and MATH 180-02. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language.Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as DATA 180 and MATH 180. Offered every semester.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| COMP 241-01 |
Computational Mathematics
Instructor: Dick Forrester
Course Description:
Cross-listed with MATH 241-01. An introduction to a broad range of numerical methods for solving mathematical problems that arise in science and engineering. Focus is given to developing a basic understanding of numerical algorithms, their applicability, and their limitations. Topics typically include floating-point number representation, sources of error, conditioning and numerical stability, root finding, solutions of both linear and nonlinear systems, least squares, splines and polynomial interpolation, optimization, and numerical differentiation and integration. The implementation and validation of algorithms through computer programming is also emphasized. No prior programming experience is required.
Prerequisite: Completion of two of the following courses: MATH 170,171, 211 and 270. This course is cross-listed as MATH 241. Offered in even numbered spring semesters.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
TOME 121 |
| Courses Offered in DATA |
| DATA 180-01 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with COMP 180-01 and MATH 180-01. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language. Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as COMP 180 and MATH 180. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| DATA 180-02 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with COMP 180-02 and MATH 180-02. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language. Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as COMP 180 and MATH 180. Offered every semester.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| Courses Offered in ECON |
| ECON 332-01 |
Economics of Natural Resource Sustainability
Instructor: Nicky Tynan
Course Description:
This course uses microeconomics to analyze the use and conservation of natural resources, including energy, minerals, fisheries, forests, and water resources, among others. Broad themes include the roles of property rights, intergenerational equity, and sustainable development in an economy based on resource exploitation.
Prerequisite: 278. For ENST, ENSC and INST majors, prerequisite is ECON 222.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
ALTHSE 201 |
| Courses Offered in FREN |
| FREN 307-01 |
French Ecological Literature/Histoires françaises de l’écologie
Instructor: Hanna Roman
Course Description:
This course will explore the history and literature of ecological thought in France, through the assumption that the human relationship to environment and the crises that arise from it are not new phenomena and not simply the result of present-day climate change. Rather, these stories have shaped and have been shaped by French culture through the centuries, from the early-modern period to the current era. Instead of approaching the course material chronologically, the class will group novels, short stories, graphic novels, films, and documentaries by theme, putting similar mentalities and imaginaries of nature from different historical periods into dialogue. Themes will be based on natural and human-made places: forest, sea, desert, islands, cities, gardens, colonies, post-apocalyptic landscapes/dystopias, utopias. Through readings and creative, thought-provoking assignments, students will reflect on the importance of fiction and literature in understanding and interacting with nature and in imagining futures in the face of real climate change concerns. Prerequisites: French 231 or French 232.
This course will explore the history and literature of ecological thought in France, through the assumption that the human relationship to environment and the crises that arise from it are not new phenomena and not simply the result of present-day climate change. Rather, these stories have shaped and have been shaped by French culture through the centuries, from the early-modern period to the current era. Instead of approaching the course material chronologically, the class will group novels, short stories, graphic novels, films, and documentaries by theme, putting similar mentalities and imaginaries of nature from different historical periods into dialogue. Themes will be based on natural and human-made places: forest, sea, desert, islands, cities, gardens, colonies, post-apocalyptic landscapes/dystopias, utopias. Through readings and creative, thought-provoking assignments, students will reflect on the importance of fiction and literature in understanding and interacting with nature and in imagining futures in the face of real climate change concerns. Prerequisites: French 231 or French 232.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 314 |
| Courses Offered in GEOS |
| GEOS 142-01 |
Earth's Changing Climate
Instructor: Marcus Key
Course Description:
An overview of our understanding of climate processes and their interaction with the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere based on studies of ancient climates, which inform our understanding of climate change now and into the future. Topics include drivers of climate change at different time scales, evidence for climate change, and major climate events such as ice ages. Emphasis will be placed on the last 1 million years of earth history as a prelude to discussing potential anthropogenic impacts on the climate. Case studies of major climate players such as the US and China will be contrasted with those most vulnerable, Africa and SE Asia to determine mitigation and adaptation strategies. The lab component will use historic climate data, field experiences, and climate modeling to interpret climate change processes. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. An overview of our understanding of climate processes and their interaction with the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere based on studies of ancient climates, which inform our understanding of climate change now and into the future. Topics include drivers of climate change at different time scales, evidence for climate change, and major climate events such as ice ages. Emphasis will be placed on the last 1 million years of earth history as a prelude to discussing potential anthropogenic impacts on the climate. Case studies of major climate players such as the US and China will be contrasted with those most vulnerable, Africa and SE Asia to determine mitigation and adaptation strategies. The lab component will use historic climate data, field experiences, and climate modeling to interpret climate change processes. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 186
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
KAUF 152 |
| GEOS 142-02 |
Earth's Changing Climate
Instructor: Marcus Key
Course Description:
An overview of our understanding of climate processes and their interaction with the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere based on studies of ancient climates, which inform our understanding of climate change now and into the future. Topics include drivers of climate change at different time scales, evidence for climate change, and major climate events such as ice ages. Emphasis will be placed on the last 1 million years of earth history as a prelude to discussing potential anthropogenic impacts on the climate. Case studies of major climate players such as the US and China will be contrasted with those most vulnerable, Africa and SE Asia to determine mitigation and adaptation strategies. The lab component will use historic climate data, field experiences, and climate modeling to interpret climate change processes. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. An overview of our understanding of climate processes and their interaction with the atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere based on studies of ancient climates, which inform our understanding of climate change now and into the future. Topics include drivers of climate change at different time scales, evidence for climate change, and major climate events such as ice ages. Emphasis will be placed on the last 1 million years of earth history as a prelude to discussing potential anthropogenic impacts on the climate. Case studies of major climate players such as the US and China will be contrasted with those most vulnerable, Africa and SE Asia to determine mitigation and adaptation strategies. The lab component will use historic climate data, field experiences, and climate modeling to interpret climate change processes. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
KAUF 152
08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 186 |
| GEOS 151-01 |
Foundations of Earth Sciences
Instructor: Ben Edwards
Course Description:
How do mountains and oceans form? Why do the positions of continents shift? Can rocks bend or flow? What is the history of life on our planet? This course explores the materials that make up the Earth and the processes that shape it, both at and below the surface. Students will take field trips around the Carlisle area as well as complete analytical and computer laboratory activities in order to acquire basic field, laboratory, and computer modelling skills. This course serves as a gateway to the Earth Sciences major, but is also appropriate for non-majors. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.
How do mountains and oceans form? Why do the positions of continents shift? Can rocks bend or flow? What is the history of life on our planet? This course explores the materials that make up the Earth and the processes that shape it, both at and below the surface. Students will take field trips around the Carlisle area as well as complete analytical and computer laboratory activities in order to acquire basic field, laboratory, and computer modelling skills. This course serves as a gateway to the Earth Sciences major, but is also appropriate for non-majors. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
KAUF 179
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
KAUF 140 |
| GEOS 151-02 |
Foundations of Earth Sciences
Instructor: Ben Edwards
Course Description:
How do mountains and oceans form? Why do the positions of continents shift? Can rocks bend or flow? What is the history of life on our planet? This course explores the materials that make up the Earth and the processes that shape it, both at and below the surface. Students will take field trips around the Carlisle area as well as complete analytical and computer laboratory activities in order to acquire basic field, laboratory, and computer modelling skills. This course serves as a gateway to the Earth Sciences major, but is also appropriate for non-majors. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.
How do mountains and oceans form? Why do the positions of continents shift? Can rocks bend or flow? What is the history of life on our planet? This course explores the materials that make up the Earth and the processes that shape it, both at and below the surface. Students will take field trips around the Carlisle area as well as complete analytical and computer laboratory activities in order to acquire basic field, laboratory, and computer modelling skills. This course serves as a gateway to the Earth Sciences major, but is also appropriate for non-majors. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
KAUF 140
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
KAUF 179 |
| GEOS 204-01 |
Introduction to Geographical Information Systems with Field Applications
Instructor: Peter Sak
Course Description:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. Using exclusively open-source software, this course provides a foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology with an emphasis on applications commonly employed in the field-based sciences. Students will learn to develop and use protocols for collecting spatially representative data in outdoor settings and then learn techniques for the manipulation, analysis, output and presentation of those data. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. No prior GIS experience is needed. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. Using exclusively open-source software, this course provides a foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology with an emphasis on applications commonly employed in the field-based sciences. Students will learn to develop and use protocols for collecting spatially representative data in outdoor settings and then learn techniques for the manipulation, analysis, output and presentation of those data. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours of classroom and three hours of laboratory per week. No prior GIS experience is needed.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
KAUF 153
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
KAUF 153 |
| GEOS 218-01 |
Geographic Information Systems
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 218-01, ENST 218-01 and GISP 218-01. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. It is used in a wide variety of fields including archaeology, agriculture, business, defense and intelligence, education, government, health care, natural resource management, public safety, transportation, and utility management. This course provides a fundamental foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology that will enable students to investigate and make reasoned decisions regarding spatial issues. Utilizing GIS software applications from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), students work on a progression of tasks and assignments focused on GIS data collection, manipulation, analysis, output, and presentation. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours per week. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 218, ENST 218 and GISP 218.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
LIBRY DSRL |
| GEOS 311-01 |
Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
Instructor: Ben Edwards
Course Description:
Part of the Arctic Art and Science Mosaic. Permission of Instructor Required. This course will use QGIS and other software to introduce students to methods for analyzing changes to Earth's cryosphere, the region where water exists yearly in the form of ice. The focus will be mainly on changes to glaciers, sea ice and permafrost in the Arctic that can be mapped using satellite data and aerial photography, although we will also explore the Antarctic and 'Third Pole' cryospheres briefly. Students will learn techniques for tracking cryospheric/environmental changes and how to access data from a variety of online sources (e.g., Landsat and Sentinel imagery) to do their own research projects. Weather permitting, we will also collect basic datasets using UAVs to better understand the limitations of remote sensing tools.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
KAUF 140 |
| GEOS 318-01 |
Advanced Applications in GIS
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 318-01, ENST 318-01 and GISP 318-01. The course is intended as a continuation of the introductory course on Geographic Information Systems, 218, and will concentrate on more advanced discussions and techniques related to spatial analysis and GIS project design. The main focus of the course will be on using higher-level GIS methods to investigate and analyze spatial problems of varying complexity; however, the specific project and topical applications will vary depending on student interests. Students will be required to develop and complete an individual spatial analysis project that incorporates advanced GIS techniques. Prerequisite: 218 or ENST 218 or ARCH 218 or GISP 218 or equivalent GIS experience. Three hours classroom per week. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 318, ENST 318 and GISP 318. Offered every two years.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, F
LIBRY DSRL
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
LIBRY DSRL |
| GEOS 333-01 |
Environmental Geophysics
Instructor: Jorden Hayes
Course Description:
Geophysics combines geological knowledge with fundamental principles from physics, mathematics, and computer science to indirectly image and elucidate Earths subsurface structure. This course focuses on understanding geophysical methods commonly applied to Earths shallow subsurface (less than 200 m) to solve environmental, geological, archaeological, and civil engineering problems. This course will include physical theory, field methodology (e.g., survey design and data collection), data analysis and interpretation. Course topics include refraction and reflection seismology, ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity and conductivity, magnetism and magnetic surveying, nuclear magnetic resonance, and gravity. This course will involve collecting and integrating datasets from multiple geophysical surveys and culminate in a final project. Lectures, discussions, laboratories, and field trips. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 151.
Geophysics combines geological knowledge with fundamental principles from physics, mathematics, and computer science to indirectly image and elucidate Earths subsurface structure. This course focuses on understanding geophysical methods commonly applied to Earths shallow subsurface (less than 200 m) to solve environmental, geological, archaeological, and civil engineering problems. This course will include physical theory, field methodology (e.g., survey design and data collection), data analysis and interpretation. Course topics include refraction and reflection seismology, ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity and conductivity, magnetism and magnetic surveying, nuclear magnetic resonance, and gravity. This course will involve collecting and integrating datasets from multiple geophysical surveys and culminate in a final project. Lectures, discussions, laboratories, and field trips. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Prerequisite: 151.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
KAUF 146
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, R
KAUF 146 |
| Courses Offered in GISP |
| GISP 218-01 |
Geographic Information Systems
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 218-01, ENST 218-01 and GEOS 218-01. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a powerful technology for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data and geographically-referenced information. It is used in a wide variety of fields including archaeology, agriculture, business, defense and intelligence, education, government, health care, natural resource management, public safety, transportation, and utility management. This course provides a fundamental foundation of theoretical and applied skills in GIS technology that will enable students to investigate and make reasoned decisions regarding spatial issues. Utilizing GIS software applications from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), students work on a progression of tasks and assignments focused on GIS data collection, manipulation, analysis, output, and presentation. The course will culminate in a final, independent project in which the students design and prepare a GIS analysis application of their own choosing. Three hours per week. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 218, ENST 218 and GEOS 218.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
LIBRY DSRL |
| GISP 318-01 |
Advanced Applications in GIS
Instructor: Amina Naliaka
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 318-01, ENST 318-01 and GEOS 318-01. The course is intended as a continuation of the introductory course on Geographic Information Systems, 218, and will concentrate on more advanced discussions and techniques related to spatial analysis and GIS project design. The main focus of the course will be on using higher-level GIS methods to investigate and analyze spatial problems of varying complexity; however, the specific project and topical applications will vary depending on student interests. Students will be required to develop and complete an individual spatial analysis project that incorporates advanced GIS techniques. Prerequisite: 218 or ENST 218 or GEOS 218 or ARCH 218 or equivalent GIS experience. Three hours classroom per week. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 318, ENST 318 and GEOS 318. Offered every two years.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
LIBRY DSRL
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, F
LIBRY DSRL |
| Courses Offered in HIST |
| HIST 206-01 |
American Environmental History
Instructor: Emily Pawley
Course Description:
Examines the interaction between humans and the natural environment in the history of North America. Explores the problem of sustainable human uses of the North America environment form the pre-colonial period to the present. Also serves as an introduction to the subfield of environmental history, which integrates evidence from various scientific disciplines with traditional documentary and oral sources. Topics include: American Indian uses of the environment, colonial frontiers, agricultural change, industrialization, urbanization, westward expansion, the Progressive-Era conservation movement, changes in lifestyle and consumption including their increasingly global impact, shifts in environmental policy, and the rise of the post-World War II environmental movement. Examines the interaction between humans and the natural environment in the history of North America. Explores the problem of sustainable human uses of the North America environment form the pre-colonial period to the present. Also serves as an introduction to the subfield of environmental history, which integrates evidence from various scientific disciplines with traditional documentary and oral sources. Topics include: American Indian uses of the environment, colonial frontiers, agricultural change, industrialization, urbanization, westward expansion, the Progressive-Era conservation movement, changes in lifestyle and consumption including their increasingly global impact, shifts in environmental policy, and the rise of the post-World War II environmental movement.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
DENNY 313 |
| Courses Offered in JDST |
| JDST 215-01 |
Jewish Environmental Ethics
Instructor: Andrea Lieber
Course Description:
Cross-listed with RELG 215-01. Since the 1960's many writers on environmental issues have blamed our contemporary environmental crises in part on a so-called "Judeo-Christian" worldview, rooted in the Hebrew Bible. Such writers assert that the biblical heritage shared by these two religious traditions, advocates an unhealthy relationship between humanity and nature, one in which human beings are destined to conquer the earth and master it. In this course we will explore Jewish perspectives on nature and the natural world through close readings of biblical and other classical Jewish theology, history and ritual practice, we will also examine the ways in which this motif is re-conceptualized in modern secular contexts (ie, Zionism, and the kibbutz movement). We will conclude by studying contemporary varieties of Jewish environmental advocacy. In addition to texts focused specifically on Judeo-Christian traditions, the syllabus will include other classic works of Environmental ethics foundational to the field of Environmental studies.
Offered every three years in rotation with the offering of ENST 111. This course is cross-listed as RELG 215.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 301 |
| Courses Offered in MATH |
| MATH 121-01 |
Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Tony Mixell
Course Description:
An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester. An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
TOME 121 |
| MATH 121-02 |
Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Melissa Innerst
Course Description:
An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester. An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
TOME 117 |
| MATH 121-03 |
Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Chris Fowler
Course Description:
An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester. An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 121 |
| MATH 121-04 |
Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Chris Fowler
Course Description:
An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester. An introduction to the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data. The focus is on data presentation and statistical reasoning based upon the analysis of data sets. Topics include the study of sampling methods, observational and experimental studies, graphical and numerical summaries of data, probability, sampling distributions, significance testing, estimation, and simple linear regression. Does not count toward the major or minor in mathematics.Students cannot take this course concurrently with 225. Students who have received credit for 225 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
TOME 115 |
| MATH 151-01 |
Introduction to Calculus
Instructor: Tracy McKay
Course Description:
An introduction to limits and derivatives together with a review of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: departmental placement. Students who have received credit for MATH 170 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
TOME 120
01:30 PM-02:50 PM, T
TOME 120 |
| MATH 170-01 |
Single Variable Calculus
Instructor: Barry Tesman
Course Description:
The study of real-valued functions, including transcendental functions, limits, derivatives and their applications, the definition of the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 151 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
TOME 117
03:00 PM-04:20 PM, R
TOME 120 |
| MATH 170-02 |
Single Variable Calculus
Instructor: Tracy McKay
Course Description:
The study of real-valued functions, including transcendental functions, limits, derivatives and their applications, the definition of the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 151 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
TOME 120
01:30 PM-02:50 PM, R
TOME 120 |
| MATH 170-03 |
Single Variable Calculus
Instructor: Tony Mixell
Course Description:
The study of real-valued functions, including transcendental functions, limits, derivatives and their applications, the definition of the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 151 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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01:30 PM-02:50 PM, W
TOME 121
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
TOME 121 |
| MATH 171-01 |
Multivariable Calculus
Instructor: Jennifer Schaefer
Course Description:
Multivariable calculus including parametric and polar equations, vectors, three-dimensional analytic geometry, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, and multiple integrals. Additional topics if time permits.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 170 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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03:00 PM-04:20 PM, W
TOME 120
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
TOME 122 |
| MATH 171-02 |
Multivariable Calculus
Instructor: David Richeson
Course Description:
Multivariable calculus including parametric and polar equations, vectors, three-dimensional analytic geometry, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, and multiple integrals. Additional topics if time permits.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 170 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 120
03:00 PM-04:20 PM, T
TOME 120 |
| MATH 171-03 |
Multivariable Calculus
Instructor: Lorelei Koss
Course Description:
Multivariable calculus including parametric and polar equations, vectors, three-dimensional analytic geometry, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, and multiple integrals. Additional topics if time permits.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 170 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
TOME 117
01:30 PM-02:50 PM, W
TOME 120 |
| MATH 180-01 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with COMP 180-01 and DATA 180-01. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language.Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as COMP 180 and DATA 180. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| MATH 180-02 |
Introduction to Data Science
Instructor: Lulu Wang
Course Description:
Cross-listed with COMP 180-02 adn DATA 180-02. An introduction to theprinciples and tools of data science focusing on exploratory data analysis. Topics include types of variables, mathematical representations of data, data wrangling and transformations, data visualization and numerical summaries, and supervised and unsupervisedmachinelearning. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language.Prerequisites: MATH 170 or department placement. This course is cross-listed as COMP 180 and DATA 180. Offered every semester.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 112 |
| MATH 211-01 |
Foundations of Higher Mathematics
Instructor: Holley Friedlander
Course Description:
An introduction to fundamental mathematical concepts used in mathematics and computer science, with an emphasis on writing mathematical arguments. The course presents the principles of mathematical logic, sets, functions, and methods of proof. Prerequisite: 170 or COMP 130 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 232 |
| MATH 211-02 |
Foundations of Higher Mathematics
Instructor: Holley Friedlander
Course Description:
An introduction to fundamental mathematical concepts used in mathematics and computer science, with an emphasis on writing mathematical arguments. The course presents the principles of mathematical logic, sets, functions, and methods of proof. Prerequisite: 170 or COMP 130 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
TOME 232 |
| MATH 225-01 |
Probability and Statistics I
Instructor: Dick Forrester
Course Description:
A calculus-based introduction to the core topics of probability and statistics. Topics include discrete and continuous random variables, joint distributions, expectation, variance, random sampling from populations, hypothesis tests, and confidence intervals. The course includes an introduction to the R statistical programming language. Prerequisite: 171. Offered every semester.
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MWF
TOME 121 |
| MATH 241-01 |
Computational Mathematics
Instructor: Dick Forrester
Course Description:
Cross-listed with COMP 241-01. An introduction to a broad range of numerical methods for solving mathematical problems that arise in science and engineering. Focus is given to developing a basic understanding of numerical algorithms, their applicability, and their limitations. Topics typically include floating-point number representation, sources of error, conditioning and numerical stability, root finding, solutions of both linear and nonlinear systems, least squares, splines and polynomial interpolation, optimization, and numerical differentiation and integration. The implementation and validation of algorithms through computer programming is also emphasized. No prior programming experience is required.Prerequisite: Completion of two of the following courses: 170, 171, 211 and 270. This course is cross-listed as COMP 241. Offered in even numbered spring semesters.
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
TOME 121 |
| MATH 262-01 |
Linear Algebra
Instructor: Holley Friedlander
Course Description:
An introduction to matrix algebra and abstract vector spaces with an emphasis on writing mathematical arguments. Topics include linear systems and matrices, vector spaces, linear independence, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.Prerequisite: 211 or permission of the instructor. Offered every semester.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
TOME 117 |
| MATH 270-01 |
Integration and Infinite Series
Instructor: Lorelei Koss
Course Description:
The study of methods of integration, applications of the integral, elementary differential equations, and infinite sequences and series.Prerequisite: 171 or departmental placement. Offered every spring.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
TOME 117 |
| MATH 270-02 |
Integration and Infinite Series
Instructor: Lorelei Koss
Course Description:
The study of methods of integration, applications of the integral, elementary differential equations, and infinite sequences and series.Prerequisite: 171 or departmental placement. Offered every spring.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
TOME 117 |
| MATH 325-01 |
Probability and Statistics II
Instructor: Melissa Innerst
Course Description:
A continuation of Introduction to Probability and Statistics I. Topics include additional discrete and continuous distributions, conditional distributions, moment generating functions, additional hypothesis tests, simple linear regression and correlation, multiple linear regression, and analysis of variance. The course expands proficiency in the R statistical programming language. Prerequisites: 171 and 225. Offered every semester.
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12:30 PM-01:20 PM, MWF
TOME 117 |
| Courses Offered in MUAC |
| MUAC 357-01 |
Ear to the Earth
Instructor: Ellen Gray
Course Description:
What might we learn about our relationships to the environment by orienting our ears to the earth? From the sounds of melting glaciers in the Antarctic to indigenous sound worlds in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea, where a gifted composer might have once collaborated with sounds of waterfalls and birds--- what can learn about our environment by listening to it? What perspectives might tuning into sound lend to thinking about climate change and resilience? This interdisciplinary seminar introduces students to a diverse range of approaches to using sound and music as modalities through which to understand human relationships to the natural world and the environment, from diverse historical moments, cultural contexts, and geographies. Our explorations will include: environmental sound recordings and soundscape compositions, documentary films and ethnographic accounts, and emerging work at the intersection of acoustic ecology, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences. Students will conduct local place-based observations in select outdoor environments. Guided writing assignments on sound recordings, site observations, readings, and viewings, will assist students in developing skills in description, analysis, and reflection. No musical note reading skills are necessary. Prerequisites: MUAC 209, 210, 211, or 212 OR ENST 161 (for ENST/ENSC majors) OR permission of instructor What might we learn about our relationships to the environment by orienting our ears to the earth? From the sounds of melting glaciers in the Antarctic to indigenous sound worlds in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea, where a gifted composer might have once collaborated with sounds of waterfalls and birds--- what can learn about our environment by listening to it? What perspectives might tuning into sound lend to thinking about climate change and resilience? This interdisciplinary seminar introduces students to a diverse range of approaches to using sound and music as modalities through which to understand human relationships to the natural world and the environment, from diverse historical moments, cultural contexts, and geographies. Our explorations will include: environmental sound recordings and soundscape compositions, documentary films and ethnographic accounts, and emerging work at the intersection of acoustic ecology, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences. Students will conduct local place-based observations in select outdoor environments. Guided writing assignments on sound recordings, site observations, readings, and viewings, will assist students in developing skills in description, analysis, and reflection. No musical note reading skills are necessary. Prerequisites: MUAC 209, 210, 211, or 212 OR ENST 161 (for ENST/ENSC majors) OR permission of instructor
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
EASTC 411 |
| Courses Offered in PHIL |
| PHIL 104-01 |
Practical Ethics
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
Course Description:
This course introduces students to contemporary debates in practical ethics. Course materials investigate how theoretical approaches to ethics apply to practical issues, including discussions of animal ethics, environmental ethics, reproductive ethics, civil disobedience, and the ethics of mass incarceration and the death penalty. This course is best suited for students interested in thinking about the relationship between ethical theory and practice, with an emphasis on how power, privilege, and responsibility intersect in our everyday lives. This course introduces students to contemporary debates in practical ethics. Course materials investigate how theoretical approaches to ethics apply to practical issues, including discussions of animal ethics, environmental ethics, reproductive ethics, civil disobedience, and the ethics of mass incarceration and the death penalty. This course is best suited for students interested in thinking about the relationship between ethical theory and practice, with an emphasis on how power, privilege, and responsibility intersect in our everyday lives.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 411 |
| PHIL 261-03 |
Environmental Ethics
Instructor: Amy McKiernan
Course Description:
Examination of specific problem, author, text, or movement.Prerequisites: Two prior courses in philosophy.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
TOME 115 |
| Courses Offered in PHYS |
| PHYS 132-01 |
Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
Instructor: Hans Pfister
Course Description:
Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
An introduction to thermal physics and electromagnetism using an inquiry-based, hands-on approach that combines cooperative learning with the use of computer tools for data acquisition, analysis, and mathematical modeling. Both analytic and numerical calculations are introduced for characterizing motion. A selection of kinesthetic experiments is included to enhance student learning. Topics include heat, temperature, phases of matter, kinetic theory, and heat engines; electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electrical circuits, and Ohms and Kirchhoffs law; an introduction to Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves.
Three two-hour sessions per week. (Students enrolled in Physics 132 who have completed Mathematics 170 are encouraged to continue their mathematics preparation while taking physics by enrolling in Mathematics 171.) Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 131 and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in MATH 170. Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
An introduction to thermal physics and electromagnetism using an inquiry-based, hands-on approach that combines cooperative learning with the use of computer tools for data acquisition, analysis, and mathematical modeling. Both analytic and numerical calculations are introduced for characterizing motion. A selection of kinesthetic experiments is included to enhance student learning. Topics include heat, temperature, phases of matter, kinetic theory, and heat engines; electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electrical circuits, and Ohms and Kirchhoffs law; an introduction to Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves.
Three two-hour sessions per week. (Students enrolled in Physics 132 who have completed Mathematics 170 are encouraged to continue their mathematics preparation while taking physics by enrolling in Mathematics 171.) Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 131 and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in MATH 170.
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09:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
TOME 101 |
| PHYS 132-02 |
Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
Instructor: Catrina Hamilton-Drager
Course Description:
Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
An introduction to thermal physics and electromagnetism using an inquiry-based, hands-on approach that combines cooperative learning with the use of computer tools for data acquisition, analysis, and mathematical modeling. Both analytic and numerical calculations are introduced for characterizing motion. A selection of kinesthetic experiments is included to enhance student learning. Topics include heat, temperature, phases of matter, kinetic theory, and heat engines; electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electrical circuits, and Ohms and Kirchhoffs law; an introduction to Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves.
Three two-hour sessions per week. (Students enrolled in Physics 132 who have completed Mathematics 170 are encouraged to continue their mathematics preparation while taking physics by enrolling in Mathematics 171.) Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 131 and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in MATH 170. Workshop Physics: Matter and Fields
An introduction to thermal physics and electromagnetism using an inquiry-based, hands-on approach that combines cooperative learning with the use of computer tools for data acquisition, analysis, and mathematical modeling. Both analytic and numerical calculations are introduced for characterizing motion. A selection of kinesthetic experiments is included to enhance student learning. Topics include heat, temperature, phases of matter, kinetic theory, and heat engines; electric and magnetic fields, forces on charged particles, electrical circuits, and Ohms and Kirchhoffs law; an introduction to Maxwells equations and electromagnetic waves.
Three two-hour sessions per week. (Students enrolled in Physics 132 who have completed Mathematics 170 are encouraged to continue their mathematics preparation while taking physics by enrolling in Mathematics 171.) Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 131 and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in MATH 170.
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01:30 PM-03:20 PM, MWF
TOME 101 |
| PHYS 142-01 |
Physics for the Life Sciences
Instructor: Brett Pearson, Robert Boyle
Course Description:
Introductory, non-calculus physics, principally for life science and pre-med students. Topics include acoustics, optics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. Three one-hour lectures and one three-hour lab per week. Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 141 or 131.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
TOME 115
01:30 PM-04:30 PM, M
TOME 105 |
| PHYS 142-02 |
Physics for the Life Sciences
Instructor: Robert Boyle, Brett Pearson
Course Description:
Introductory, non-calculus physics, principally for life science and pre-med students. Topics include acoustics, optics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. Three one-hour lectures and one three-hour lab per week. Because of the similarity in course content, students will not receive graduation credit for both 132 and 142. Prerequisite: 141 or 131.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
TOME 105
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
TOME 115 |
| Courses Offered in RELG |
| RELG 116-01 |
Religion, Nature, and the Environment
Instructor: Jodie Vann
Course Description:
This course explores how various religious and spiritual traditions have understood, conceptualized, and interacted with the natural world. Incorporating from both conventional religions (such as Catholicism, Judaism, and Buddhism) as well as newer spiritual forms (like Contemporary Paganism), the course provides a comparative survey of the relationships between religiosity and nature. Themes under examination include notions of human dominion, stewardship, panentheism, and naturalism. Students will consider how religious ideologies have shaped conceptions of nature, and how changing understandings of the natural world have challenged religious ideas. This course explores how various religious and spiritual traditions have understood, conceptualized, and interacted with the natural world. Incorporating from both conventional religions (such as Catholicism, Judaism, and Buddhism) as well as newer spiritual forms (like Contemporary Paganism), the course provides a comparative survey of the relationships between religiosity and nature. Themes under examination include notions of human dominion, stewardship, panentheism, and naturalism. Students will consider how religious ideologies have shaped conceptions of nature, and how changing understandings of the natural world have challenged religious ideas.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
WEISS 235 |
| RELG 116-02 |
Religion, Nature, and the Environment
Instructor: Jodie Vann
Course Description:
This course explores how various religious and spiritual traditions have understood, conceptualized, and interacted with the natural world. Incorporating from both conventional religions (such as Catholicism, Judaism, and Buddhism) as well as newer spiritual forms (like Contemporary Paganism), the course provides a comparative survey of the relationships between religiosity and nature. Themes under examination include notions of human dominion, stewardship, panentheism, and naturalism. Students will consider how religious ideologies have shaped conceptions of nature, and how changing understandings of the natural world have challenged religious ideas. This course explores how various religious and spiritual traditions have understood, conceptualized, and interacted with the natural world. Incorporating from both conventional religions (such as Catholicism, Judaism, and Buddhism) as well as newer spiritual forms (like Contemporary Paganism), the course provides a comparative survey of the relationships between religiosity and nature. Themes under examination include notions of human dominion, stewardship, panentheism, and naturalism. Students will consider how religious ideologies have shaped conceptions of nature, and how changing understandings of the natural world have challenged religious ideas.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
WEISS 235 |
| RELG 215-01 |
Jewish Environmental Ethics
Instructor: Andrea Lieber
Course Description:
Cross-listed with JDST 215-01. Since the 1960's many writers on environmental issues have blamed our contemporary environmental crises in part on a so-called "Judeo-Christian" worldview, rooted in the Hebrew Bible. Such writers assert that the biblical heritage shared by these two religious traditions advocates an unhealthy relationship between humanity and nature, one in which human beings are destined to conquer the earth and master it. In this course we will explore Jewish perspectives on nature and the natural world through close readings of biblical and other classical Jewish theology, history and ritual practice, we will also examine the ways in which this motif is re-conceptualized in modern secular contexts (ie, Zionism, and the kibbutz movement). We will conclude by studying contemporary varieties of Jewish environmental advocacy. In addition to texts focused specifically on Judeo-Christian traditions, the syllabus will include other classic works of Environmental ethics foundational to the field of Environmental studies.Offered every three years in rotation with the offering of ENST 111. This course is cross-listed as JDST 215.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
EASTC 301 |