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Prerequisites: ENSP 300 or permission of instructor This course will provide a qualitative and quantitative understanding of concepts and physical principles governing the occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the Earth's surface. Managing human impacts on watersheds and water resources and understanding the interrelationships among land-use, soil, and water will be addressed. Human uses of and impacts on water will be examined with an emphasis on principles of water resource and watershed planning.

Prerequisites: Junior standing, ENSP 101, ENSP 102 and one 300-level BIOL course for undergraduates. Examines sources, fates and biological effects of environmental pollutants. Topics covered include: air, water and soil pollution; techniques for monitoring and evaluating pollution effects; and pollution control technologies. Factors leading to global climate change will be examined in depth. The social, economic, and political issues surrounding pollution problems are all examined.

Prerequisites: ENSP 101, ENSP 102, BIOL 201 and one 300-level BIOL course or permission of the instructor. Introduces students to the basic biological and ecological principles of natural resource management and the complexities of applying these principles to real-world problems. Quantitative and qualitative techniques are used to analyze ecosystems in an integrated fashion that combines biological, economic and political considerations. The impact of climate change on management plans is also considered

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BIOL 338 or permission of the instructor. Examines the critical problems of maintaining, enhancing and restoring biological diversity. Principles of ecology, population biology, genetics and modeling are applied to the conservation of rare species and endangered ecosystems. Topics include international trade in wildlife, ethnobotany, ecological restoration, conservation ethics, natural resource economics, conservation genetics and ecotourism.

Prerequisite: Senior major status, or permission of the instructor. This multi-disciplinary course introduces advanced students to the natural and social science methodologies used when preparing environmental impact assessments. Students will then apply those techniques in the analysis of a contemporary environ-mental situation. They will analyze and interpret scientific, economic, social and political data, and collaboratively develop and evaluate alternative courses of action. Finally, they will make a formal presentation of the seminar’s findings to a knowledgeable audience.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department.  The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.