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16399 |
EUS 101
Intro to Environmental & Urban Study |
Kris Feder |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
HEG 106 |
SSCI |
Humans
have profoundly altered the character of Earth’s biosphere since the advent of agriculture
and urbanization 10,000 years ago. This course explores how global problems
such as climate disruption, species extinction, and depletion of fossil soils,
fuels, and waters are interlinked with one another but also with social
problems such as financial instability, widening economic inequality, food
insecurity, intensifying conflict and militarization, and declining public
health. We review the empirical evidence of major environmental problems;
consider which academic disciplines and practical skills are required to tackle
them; and contemplate alternative political options open to governments and
communities. Issues will be considered
at a variety of scales—from the level of individual responsibility to the
local, regional, national, and global dimensions. EUS 101 and 102 are the
foundational courses of the EUS program and are required for moderation. No
prerequisite. Class size: 22
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16072 |
EUS 102
Intro:Environmental & Urban Science |
Christopher Bowser |
T Th 6:20 pm-7:40 pm |
OLIN 201 |
SSCI |
This
course offers an integrated exploration of the science underlying environmental
issues. The primary objective is to provide students with a systems-oriented
understanding of biological, chemical, physical,
and geological processes that affect
earth, air, water, and life. Students will gain a solid understanding of the
fundamental scientific principles governing environmental systems including the
cycling of matter and the flow of energy. By practicing the application of
these scientific concepts, students will develop their ability to predict
potential outcomes of complex environmental issues. Regional examples of
elemental cycling, hydrology, ecology, climate change,
and food systems will be used to teach and practice concepts, including through
field trips to local environmental points of interest. This class will include some fieldwork which
may require longer class meeting times on Tuesdays specifically. Class size: 22
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16553 |
EUS 203 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
Ben Houston |
F |
12:15
pm -2:15 pm |
HDR 101A |
SSCI |
2
credits (Core
Course) This course is designed to provide undergraduate students with
a comprehensive review of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing
technologies as they are used in a variety of social and environmental science
applications. Through a mixture of lectures, readings, and hands-on exercises,
students will acquire an understanding of the structure of spatial data and
databases, basic cartographic principles and data visualization techniques, how
to conduct spatial analysis and methods for developing sound GIS project design
and management practices. Upon completing this class, students will:
· Understand
the fundamental concepts of geographic information systems and their
relationship with other information management systems.
· Gain
familiarity with GIS software for conducting basic GIS analyses and producing
cartographic products.
· Conduct
studies typically carried out in GIS including site selection, analysis of
spatial/temporal processes, assess environmental/urban impacts
Prerequisites: Preference
will be given to moderated students. Class size: 10
|
16393 |
EUS 215
Food Systems:Human HEALTH
and Environmental Health |
Kris Feder |
M
W 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
HEG 106 |
SSCI |
This
course examines the association between human health and environmental health, with
a particular focus on the links between the “diseases of civilization” and
industrial agriculture. First, we review what nutrition science has discovered
about the role of diet in human health and disease. Second, we study how
agriculture, especially industrial agriculture, has impacted both human health
and environmental quality. Third, we survey appropriate technologies for
reforming our food systems toward less destructive and more sustainable methods
of food production. Finally, we survey political and policy obstacles that
stand in the way of reform.
Class size: 22
|
16395 |
EUS 220
The Dust Bowl: Lessons on How Not to Prepare for and
Respond to Natural Perturbations |
Gidon Eshel |
M
W 10:10 am-11:30 am |
OLIN 205 |
SSCI |
The
Dust Bowl―the prolonged, sustained and widespread drought that ravaged the
southern Great Plains throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, and the blowing
sand and soil that accompanied it―is arguably the single most devastating
environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. It emptied the Southern Plains
of a full one third of their pre-drought population, turned one of the most
rapidly expanding regions (in both population and economic activity) of the
then still principally rural nation into sterile, deserted wasteland, and
inflicted almost unimaginable physical and personal suffering on those who
stayed. It is also a nearly perfect example of how a natural, entirely
expected, human-impacting phenomenon can be turned into the unmitigated
regional catastrophe that it was by ill-conceived human action. The Dust
Bowl is thus a classic case study in human--environment interactions that holds
invaluable lessons for the future. In this class, we will review, in
mechanistic details, the physical (climatologcal,
hydrological, agroecological, geomorphic) elements of
the Dust Bowl, and place them in historic/economic context wherever
appropriate. Class size: 22
|
16345 |
EUS 231
Buddhist Views of Nature: A Vast Net of Interconnected
Diamonds |
Tatjana von
Prittwitz und Gaffron |
M W 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm |
101 CENTER
FOR JAMES |
HUM |
Cross-listed:
Religion Interconnection
is a central teaching in Buddhism. In the Flower Ornament Scripture (Avatamsaka
Sutra) the image of Indra’s Net is depicted – a world in which everybody and
everything is a diamond, mirroring each other. In this class we will explore
how contemporary Buddhist teachers, both in the East and West, respond to our
ecological crisis, drawing from traditional Buddhist views of nature. We
will examine this perception of a dependent co-arising, needing to understand the
particular Buddhist approach and its unique potential. We will
study ecological appeals in Engaged Buddhism (core text: Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth
Kraft), classical texts like Dogen’s Mountains and Rivers Sutra, and read reflections by modern
Buddhist nature poets such as Gary Snyder declaring nature as our community. In
addition, we will look at the traditional Zen arts from Japan that are aimed
towards the realization of self and other, inner and outer world being one,
with particularly haiku, calligraphy (sho-do)/ painting (sumie) (with reference
to Chinese landscape paintings) and cha-do (tea ceremony and garden) being
poignant expressions of how we relate to our environment. Other examples of the
tight connection between practitioners and nature, can be found in
|
16396 |
EUS 240
Advanced |
Gidon Eshel |
M
W 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
ALBEE 106 |
SSCI |
While
prohibitively technical at times, some fundamental advances in environmental
science can be translated into English and made at least partially palatable
for the curious, motivated student. This seminar-style course will explore, in
detail, several key papers of recent years covering climate change, water
resources and agriculture. Class size: 15
|
16343 |
EUS 305
EUS Practicum: CITIES AND CLIMATE
CHANGE |
Thomas O'Dowd |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
RKC 200 |
SSCI |
Cities are our social, cultural, and economic centers, but in
a climate-changed world, many cities are living on the edge. Climate change is
affecting the frequency and severity of storms, floods, and other natural
disasters, and also raising sea levels. These changes have significant impacts
on the natural, built, and social environments of our large and small cities
(from
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16073 |
EUS 316
Waste |
Elias Dueker |
T
Th 10:10 am-11:30 am Lab: W 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
RKC 111 RKC 112 |
SCI |
Cross-listed: Biology
This course takes a close look at the long-term implications of our
standard approaches to handling human waste. Innovations in waste treatment are
required as we rapidly reach saturation, resulting in increased air and water
pollution and decreasing space for land fills.
Students in this class will learn the science behind current waste treatment
technology (water, air, and land-based) and be exposed to cutting-edge
alternative approaches (water reclamation, living machines, etc.). Lab work will be microbiological and
field-based, and will allow students to become familiar with the bacteria and
biogeochemical processes we rely on for most current and cutting-edge
waste-treatment approaches.
Prerequisites: Either EUS 221,
EUS 222, BIO 202, or permission of instructor.
This class will include engagement with local and regional communities
and will include joint classroom and field experiences with Prof. Ellen
Driscoll's ART206 Sculpture II: Fluid Dynamics class and Prof. Sophia Stamatapoulou-Robbins' ANTH323 The Politics of
Infrastructure class. Class size: 16
|
16598 |
EUS
322 The Politics of Solutions |
Monique Segarra |
T 2:00
pm-4:20 pm |
RKC 102 |
SSCI |
Innovative
solutions to mitigating and adapting to climate change are emerging at a rapid
pace, from the private and public sector, non-governmental organizations,
research institutions and not least, from individuals and communities. This
class will examine a range of solutions whose viability, in addition to their
technological or economic cost, are shaped by ideas,
interests, and institutions that facilitate or impede their moving onto policy
agendas or to large-scale adoption. The course will consider solutions that
include renewable energy technologies, urban planning, land use management and
changing individual and social behaviors. Cases are drawn from the
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16342 |
EUS EUS Colloquium |
Kris Feder |
M
4:45 pm-6:00 pm |
OLIN 102 |
|
2
credits. Why does it seem that natural capital is dangerously overexploited even
as human capital is chronically underemployed? Do certain biases in the operation
of markets or in the evolution of governance account for a tilt in resource use
away from labor and toward nature? If so, are policy reforms open to us that
could remove such biases–shifting the politico-economic subsystem toward a more
sustainable path while ameliorating poverty and inequality? The colloquium is
an invited speaker series that meets once weekly. Speakers will be asked to
address various aspects of this theme from economic, political, ecological,
historical, or other perspectives. (EUS majors must enroll in EUS COLL at least
once and may enroll twice for credit. Space permitting, all members of the
community are welcome to attend lectures.) Class size: 45
Cross-listed
courses in EUS:
|
16141 |
ART 100
AC Cybergraphics |
Adriane Colburn |
T 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
HDR 106 |
PART |
|
16265 |
ART 206
ED Sculpture II:Fluid Dynamics |
Ellen Driscoll |
W 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER 138 |
PART |
|
16132 |
ARTH 210
Roman Art and Architecture |
Diana
DePardo-Minsky |
T Th 4:40 pm-6:00 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
|
16110 |
ARTH 238
Mapping the 19th Century City |
Gretta Tritch Roman |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
HDR 106 |
AART |
|
16134 |
ARTH 281
Governing the World |
Olga Touloumi |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLIN 102 |
AART |
|
16140 |
ARTH 343
Geographies of Sound |
Maria Sonevytsky Olga Touloumi |
T 10:10 am-12:30 pm |
BLM |
AART |
|
16041 |
BIO 311
Field Ornithology |
Bruce Robertson |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm LAB:
F 8:30 am-12:30 pm |
RKC 115 |
SCI |
|
16038 |
BIO 202
Ecology and Evolution |
Bruce Robertson |
W F 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
RKC 114
/ 115 |
SCI |
|
16040 |
BIO 244
Biostatistics |
Gabriel Perron |
W F 1:30 pm-4:30 pm |
RKC 111 |
MATC |
|
16595 |
BIO 416 CURRENT ISSUES IN ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY |
Stuart Findlay Colin Fuss AJ Reisinger |
M 3:10pm- 4:30 pm |
RKC 115 |
|
|
16380 |
ANTH 101
Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
RKC 101 |
SSCI DIFF |
|
16337 |
ANTH 212
Historical Archaeology |
Christopher Lindner |
T 4:40 pm-6:00 pm F 11:50 am-4:30 pm |
HEG 300 |
SSCI DIFF |
|
16381 |
ANTH 277
Nature & Power in Middle East |
Sophia
Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
T Th 3:10 pm-4:30 pm |
OLIN 201 |
SSCI DIFF |
|
16338 |
ANTH 323
The Politics of Infrastructure |
Sophia
Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
W 1:30 pm-3:50 pm |
OLINLC 210 |
SSCI DIFF |
|
16385 |
ECON 202
Intermediate Macroeconomics |
James Felkerson |
M
W 8:30 am-9:50 am |
OLIN 202 |
SSCI |
|
16387 |
ECON 203
Game Theory |
Aniruddha Mitra |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
HEG 204 |
SSCI |
|
16529 |
ECON 221 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Sanjaya DeSilva |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
ALBEE 106 |
SSCI |
|
16388 |
ECON 237
Economics of the Public Sector |
James
Green-Armytage |
M
W 3:10 pm – 4:30 pm |
HEG 102 |
SSCI |
|
16389 |
ECON 331
International Migration |
Aniruddha Mitra |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
HEG 106 |
SSCI |
|
16407 |
HIST 138
The Mediterranean World |
Tabetha Ewing |
T Th 4:40 pm-6:00 pm |
OLIN 101 |
HIST |
|
16445 |
HIST 2014
History of |
Cecile Kuznitz |
M
W 3:10 pm-4:30 pm |
HEG 204 |
HIST |
|
16348 |
HIST 232
American Urban History |
|
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLIN 202 |
HIST |
|
16405 |
HIST 269
Encounters:American Brdrlnds |
Christian Crouch |
M
W 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLIN 204 |
HIST |
|
16357 |
HIST 2253
War Against the World |
Alice Stroup |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
OLIN 203 |
HIST |
|
16201 |
ITAL 235
Imagining Italian Cities |
Franco Baldasso |
M
W 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
RKC 101 |
FLLC |
|
16094 |
PHYS 120
Global Energy |
Paul
Cadden-Zimansky |
Th 3:00 pm-5:00 pm |
HEG 107 |
SCI |
|
16094 |
PHYS 120
Global Energy |
Paul
Cadden-Zimansky |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
HEG 201 |
SCI |
|
16430 |
PS 109
Political Economy |
Sanjib Baruah |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLIN 303 |
SSCI |
|
16411 |
PS 283
Environmental Politics of |
Robert Culp |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
OLINLC 115 |
SSCI |
|
16441 |
SOC 101
Introduction to Sociology |
Peter Klein |
T Th 3:10 pm-4:30 pm |
OLIN 203 |
SSCI DIFF |
|
16439 |
SOC 205
Intro to Research Methods |
Yuval Elmelech |
T Th 4:40 pm-6:00 pm |
HDR 101A |
MATC |
|
16376 |
SOC 231
The Environment & Society |
Peter Klein |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
HEG 204 |
SSCI |