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ENVS 002 D2:SU:International Environmental Studies 4 ENVS 095 SU: Foundation of Sustainability (Costa Rica) 5 ENVS 101 Academic Planning Workshop 6 ENVS 107 SU: Human Health & Environment 7 ENVS 143 Political Ecology 8 ENVS 150 Natural History and Conservation of the Galapagos 9 ENVS 156 Permaculture 10 ENVS 167 D2: Global Environmental History (H Breadth) 11 ENVS 178 Environmental Ethics 12 ENVS 188 Sustainability Science (NS Breadth) 13 ENVS 191/192/198 Internship/Independent Study/Undergraduate Research 14 ENVS 195 Environmental Policy, Media Literacy, and Activism (SS Breadth) 15 ENVS 195 Environment in World Cinema 16 ENVS 195 Emerging Technology and Health 17 ENVS 195 Tropical Ecology/Rural Livelihoods (Costa Rica) 18 ENVS 197 Sense of Place in the Anthropocene (Student Designed Course) 19 ENVS 201 Research Methods 20 ENVS 202 Senior Capstone 21 ENVS 284 Teaching Assistantship 22 ENVS 295 Women, Health, and the Environment 23 ENVS 295 SL: Birding for Change 24 ENVS 295 Cree Country: Native History and Environmental Change 25 ENVS 295 Behavioral Economics of Sustainability 26 ENVS 295 SL: Energy Law and Climate Change 27 ENVS 295 SL: Energy and Climate in Vermont 28 ENVS 295 Sustainable Management/Community Engagement (Costa Rica) 29
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Table of Contents
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Interdisciplinary approach to understanding.
Sustainability in all things
Commitment to high-impact experiential learning.
Joy of creative teaching. Catalysts for change.
ENVS 002 D2:SU:International Environmental Studies
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TATIANA ABATEMARCO
9:40am - 10:30am Monday, Wednesday, Friday
See the schedule of courses for available lab times.
Multidisciplinary analysis of the interaction of global and local variables in understanding and solving pervasive environmental problems.
Prerequisite: First-Year/Sophomore standing.
Lecture + lab, 4 Credits, CRN 10275EN
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ENVS 095 SU: Foundation of Sustainability (Costa Rica)
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WALT KUENTZEL
DAVE KESTENBAUM
This course will provide students with a general orientation to Costa Rica and serve as a group building educational experience. It will set the tone for the semester by introducing the academic concepts and theories from the sustainability literature and then bringing students in contact with a variety of real world situations where these concepts are being applied. Locations have been selected to provide a diversity of natural environments and social contexts to illustrate the complexities and challenges of sustainable development practices.
Travel Study, 3 Credits, CRN 14028
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ENVS 101 Academic Planning Workshop
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KEVIN CHU
This course provides guidance for environmental studies students to pursue educational enhancement opportunities. Students will learn academic planning skills, network with campus partners, and engage with the community beyond UVM.
Prerequisite: ENVS 001 & ENVS 002
Lecture, 1 Credits, CRN 13964
1:15pm - 2:30pm Tuesday, Thursday
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ENVS 107 SU: Human Health & Environment
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An introduction to "environmental health." Topics include: methods (toxicology, epidemiology) environmental health hazards (physical, biological, chemical) and supports (nature contact), risk analysis, communication and management, health and climate change, food production and access, energy production, and water.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 14028
CHRISTINE VATOVEC
4:05m - 7:05pm Monday
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ENVS 143 Political Ecology
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Human-environment interactions under globalization. The politics of using particular ideas of 'nature' for the benefit of some and to the detriment of others in spaces from local backyards to global contexts. Environmental movements and livelihoods.
Prerequisite: GEOG 040; GEOG 050 or GEOG 070.
Lecture, 3 credits, CRN 15646
3:30pm - 4:30pm Monday, Wednesday
HARLAN MOREHOUSE
ENVS 150 Natural History and Conservation of the Galapagos
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A hands-on exploration of the unique biodiversity found in the tropical Andes and the Galapagos Islands. Students will contemplate ideas of how this great diversity came to be and learn about current conversation efforts in place that aim to protect this diversity.
Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Travel Study, 3 credits, CRN 15617
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This is a travel study course during spring break from 3/9 to 3/17. Additional fees and requirements do apply.
Please email the instructors for more information.
Nicholas Shear Monique McHenry
ENVS 156 Permaculture
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We will explore each of the fundamental principles underlying the permaculture paradigm. Skills and techniques for “reading the landscape,” developing site-responsive design, and representing interpretations and plans through visual maps and public presentations will be developed through a collaborative design by students in groups.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in biology or ecology.
Lecture + lab, 3 credits, CRN 15619
This course meets Tuesday and Thursday from 1:15pm - 2:30pm. You must also sign up for lab from 2:50-4:05 on either Tuesday (CRN 15627) or Thursday (CRN 15628).
Instructor: Annie S. White
ENVS 167 D2: Global Environmental History (H Breadth)
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The role and influence of nature on global human history and how people and cultures have influenced the natural world around them.
Prerequisite: ENVS 002 or NR 002. May not be taken concurrently with or following receipt of credit for HST 067 since course requirements partially overlap.
Lecture, 3 credits, CRN 15577
1:15pm - 2:30pm Tuesday, Thursday
ROB WILLIAMS JR.E
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ENVS 178 Environmental Ethics
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Current approaches and problems in environmental ethics drawing on philosophy and case studies in animal rights, land ethics, deep ecology, wilderness protection, and human rights.
Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Lecture, 3 credits, CRN 15591
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This course meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30am - 9:20am. It is a cross-listed course with PHIL 010. Combined total enrollment is 50.
Instructor: Michael Ashooh
ENVS 188 Sustainability Science (NS Breadth)
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The study of sustainability integrating natural and social science perspectives. Topics include theories of ecological adaptation and resilience, sustainability assessment methods, emerging technologies and applications.
Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 11340
BRENDAN FISHER EN
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ility Scie
nce
10:05am - 11:20am Tuesday, Thursday
ENVS 191/192/198 Internship/Independent Study/Undergraduate Research
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Instructor permission is required to enroll in credits for any of these three options.
Credits vary based on the scope of proposed experiences.
Please email Amy Seidl with any questions.
Internship: On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan
Independent Study: Tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom setting.
Undergraduate Research: Undergraduate student work on individual or small team
research projects under the supervision of a faculty member,
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ENVS 195 Environmental Policy, Media Literacy, and Activism (SS Breadth)
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Students will develop skills for interpreting media, and for contributing ideas to shape public discourse. Activism happens in many forms, and it is a necessary skill for delivering positive policy change related to the environment and social justice.
Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 12986
TRISH O'KANE
4:25pm - 5:40pm Tuesday, Thursday
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ENVS 195 Environment in World Cinema
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This course examines cinematic depictions of the relationship between cultural identity and the natural world (environment, place, landscape) from around the world. We will draw on ecocriticism, postcolonial cultural theory, and other forms of cultural analysis to critically assess how filmmakers have depicted their own and others’ cultures in relationship to changing social and ecological themes and challenges.
Prerequisite: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Lecture, 3 credits, CRN 15608
4:05pm - 7:05pm MondayADRIAN IVAKHIV
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ENVS 195 Emerging Technology and Health
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Technological advances continue to shape our societies, our relationships with each other, and our interactions with the world around us. Solutions can create new problems. Explore the shifting dynamics environmentalism in the context of health and technology.
Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, NR 001, NR 002, ENSC 001.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 12986
BINDU PANIKKAR
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3:30pm - 4:45pm Monday, Wednesday
ENVS 195 Tropical Ecology/Rural Livelihoods (Costa Rica)
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WALT KUENTZEL
DAVE KESTENBAUM
Tropical Ecology: Using a combination of lectures, natural history walks, and data-collecting field problems, students will gain extensive, first-hand experience with the rich biological diversity that supports resident livelihoods on the Osa Peninsula and at the same time draws an increasing number of tourists to the region.
Rural Livelihoods: The course will explore the dynamics of how commodity agricultural production (timber, beef, rice, palm oil, etc.), direct foreign investment, and centralized government initiatives can interact (or interfere) with the dynamics of local entrepreneurial business development.
Travel Study, 3 Credits, CRN 13484 and 14029
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ENVS 197 Sense of Place in the Anthropocene (Student Designed Course)
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This course will cultivate a sense of place that encourages environmental stewardship, support action-oriented community engagement and inspire critical consciousness. This peer-to-peer learning environment will be both academically and personally rigorous, centering social justice, experiential learning and meaningful dialogue for awareness and action.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 15609
EN
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lace in
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ELLA MIGHELL
GIANNINAGASPERO-BECKSTROM
1:15pm - 4:15pm Tuesday
ENVS 201 Research Methods
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Planning, design, and methods for the senior capstone thesis or project. Includes literature review and proposal writing. This class will prepare students for both quantitative and qualitative research.
Prerequisite: ENVS 101, junior standing
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 11340
BRENDAN FISHER1:15pm - 2:30pm
Tuesday, Thursday
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ENVS 202 Senior Capstone
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Senior capstone thesis, project, creative arts project, or internship under faculty direction. This represents a culminating experience in the program that synthesizes prior knowledge and develops skills and experiences for future success.
Prerequisite: ENVS major, junior standing
Instructor guided, 3 credits, CRN depends on advisor
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ENVS 284 Teaching Assistantship
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TATIANA ABATEMARCO
9:40am - 10:30am Monday, Wednesday, Friday
See the schedule of courses for available lab times.
The Environmental Program is looking to fill approximately 13 Teaching Assistant positions for ENVS 002, International Environmental Studies, for Spring 2018. We are expecting approximately 230 people in the class. The TA position is a paid job ($11/hr) and you can receive up to two credits through ENVS 284, Teaching Assistantship..
Prerequisite: ENVS 002, ENVS 101, junior or senior standing. Instructor permission required.
Lecture + lab, 2 Credits, CRN 10321
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ENVS 295 Women, Health, and the Environment
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The intersection of environmentalism and social justice reveal shortcomings of past and current approaches to sustainability, but also point towards opportunities for future growth. Women’s participation in environmentalism is necessary to protect the health of society and our planet.
Prerequisite: ENVS 001, ENVS 002, junior or senior standing only
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 12617
BINDU PANIKKAR
5:05pm - 6:20pm Monday, Wednesday
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ENVS 295 SL: Birding for Change
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Be the change you want to see in the world! This is a community-based course. By participating in an after-school birding and nature study club for kids, UVM students are laying the foundation for a university pipeline program; many Flynn and Hunt students will become first-generation college students.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission only. Email to apply.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 12632
TRISH O'KANE
4:25pm - 5:40pm Tuesday, Thursday
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ENVS 295 Cree Country: Native History and Environmental Change
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This seminar offers a case study in globalization and its social and environmental consequences on the northern resource frontier. Quebec’s Cree have occupied the James Bay region of Quebec for 5000 years. Must have passport for travel between March 23-31. $600 trip fee.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing only, or instructor permission.
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 12617
DAVID MASSELL 4:05pm - 7:05pm Monday
EN
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ENVS 295 Behavioral Economics of Sustainability
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Behavioral economics applies psychological insights into human behavior to explain economic, social, and environmental decision-making. This understanding reveals possible opportunities to influence though and action towards sustainable choices.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Required
Lecture, 1 Credit, CRN 15616
BRENDAN FISHER3:30pm - 4:20pm
Monday
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ENVS 295 SL: Energy Law and Climate Change
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Reducing carbon emissions from energy generation is essential to slowing the increase in CO2 in our atmosphere and hydrosphere, thereby mitigating the pace of anthropogenic climate change. Increased use of renewable energy sources is promoted as an obvious and significant part of any solution to decreasing CO2 emissions.
Prerequisite: ENVS 001, ENVS 001, or POLS 021
Lecture, 3 Credits, CRN 15615
JODY PRESCOTT 6:00pm - 9:00pm Thursday
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ENVS 295 SL: Energy and Climate in Vermont
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Vermont has long been seen as an innovator in energy and climate policy, with pioneering efforts to increase energy efficiency and encourage the development of renewable energy resources. However the state is failing to meet legislated climate goals. This Service Learning course will immerse students in current energy and climate issues in Vermont and beyond.
Prerequisite: ENVS major, junior standing
Lecture, 3 credits, CRN 14303
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BRIAN TOKAR
10:05am - 12:55pm Thursday
ENVS 295 Sustainable Management/Community Engagement (Costa Rica)
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DAVE KESTENBAUM
Managing for Sustainability: The goal of the course is to understand and apply ecosystem management principles to the complex and changing array of challenges in the Osa Peninsula region revolving around agriculture, forestry, wildlife, protected areas, tourism, fishing, ranching, mining, water quality, and transboundary issues.
Community Engagement: Students will work on a variety of community identified service learning projects such as mangrove restoration, ecotourism development, palm oil BMPs, entrepreneurial education and outreach
Travel Study, 3 Credits, CRN 14030 and 14031
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