Environmental Sampling and Reporting
Environmental Sampling and Reporting is a hands-on, practical course that equips students with the skills and knowledge to collect, analyze, and report environmental data effectively. This course focuses on the methodologies and techniques used in environmental monitoring, including sampling air, water, soil, and animal populations. Students learn how to follow standard operating procedures, ensure quality […]
Geology and Soils
Geology and Soils, like GEOL111W, covers the nature of geologic materials, structures, and processes. It likewise covers the processes that help shape the earth’s crust (such as mountain building; volcanism; continental drift; and the work of ice, wind, and running water). Unlike GEOL111W, it introduces students to minerals and rocks and includes topics such as […]
Forestry Resources
Forestry Resources introduces students to a wide range of issues that forests face in a changing climate with a growing human population. These interactions between humans and forests are extensive. Humans place significant pressures on forest resources, expecting many services in return. This course explores these interactions and other forestry-related topics, including distribution and forest ecology, […]
Dendrology and Introduction to Tree & Shrub Identification
Dendrology is the study of trees and other woody plants. In Dendrology and Introduction to Tree and Shrub Identification, students learn the taxonomy, geographic range, natural history, ecological relationships, and uses of major tree and shrub families found in New England. Laboratory work focuses on the morphology and classification of common New England trees and […]
Environmental Project
A student-directed capstone course, Environmental Project asks students to apply the knowledge and skills they learned while fulfilling their Environmental Science degree requirements. In cooperation with their faculty advisor, students design and complete a comprehensive project related to their area of interest. (Prerequisite: CHEM113W, ENVS110W, GIS112W)
Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the loss of biodiversity. Students examine the importance of biodiversity and the loss of it from a genetic perspective to an ecosystem perspective. In addition to studying the challenges for species management, students explore endangered ecosystems, the eventual cause of extinctions, and the […]
Water Resources and Hydrology
Water is essential to life and many of the processes that occur on Earth. Water Resources and Hydrology takes a detailed look at the occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the Earth’s surface. This course covers the basics of limnology, water as a critical resource, threats to the resource, water treatment resources, and basic […]
Introduction to Environmental Science
Introduction to Environmental Science is an introductory course in environmental science involving an interdisciplinary study of how entities in nature are interconnected. It provides an integrated study of environmental problems, connections, and solutions.