Curriculum EVES Specialization [ biological and environmental sciences m.s., ph.d. ]

Recommended Courses

  • BES 500 — Advanced Science Ethics
  • BES 501: Advanced Scientific Communication
  • BES 521 – Rhetorical Field Methods for Science Communication
  • BES 533 – Using Multimedia to Communicate Science
  • BES 581: Biological and Environmental Sciences Colloquium [Fall semesters]
  • BES 582: Biological and Environmental Sciences Colloquium [Spring semesters]
  • BES 600: Graduate Seminar in Biological & Environmental Sciences [Spring semesters only, find EVES section] NB. All graduate students must enroll at least twice; full-time students are expected to enroll each spring. S/U credit.
  • COM 522 – Seminar in Media and the Environment
  • GEO 450 – Introduction to Sedimentary Geology
  • GEO 465 – Introduction to Geophysics
  • GEO462/562 – Biogeochemical Cycles
  • GEO 483 – Hydrogeology
  • GEO 491 – Special Topics
  • GEO 497 – Field Experiences in the Geosciences
  • GEO 530 – Petrogenetic Igneous Processes
  • GEO 533 – Readings in Petrology and Geochemistry
  • GEO/CVE/NRS 535 – Geospatial Watershed Modeling (offered in Spring)
  • GEO 568 – Isotopes in Hydrogeology
  • GEO 581 – Topics in Tectonics
  • GEO 582 – Innovative Remediation Technologies
  • GEO 583 – Ground-Water Modeling
  • GEO 584 – Environmental Hydrogeology – Fate and Transport of Contaminants
  • HPR 411 / CVE 323 – Sustainable Solutions for Developing Communities
  • MAF 592— Doing Ethnography
  • NRS 409 – Concepts in GIS
  • NRS 410 – Fundamentals of GIS
  • NRS 412 – Soil/Water Chemistry
  • NRS 415 – Remote Sensing of Environment
  • NRS 426 – Soil Microbiology
  • NRS 432 – Principles of Onsite Wastewater (offered odd years in Spring)
  • NRS 450 – Soil Conservation and Land Use
  • NRS 461 – Watershed Hydrology and Management
  • NRS 471 – Soil Morphology and Mapping
  • NRS 480 – Senior Colloquium
  • NRS 501 – Restoration Ecology (offered even years) 
  • NRS 509 – Concepts in GIS and Remote Sensing
  • NRS 516 – Remote Sensing in Natural Resources Mapping
  • NRS 518 – Ecohydrology for Green Design (offered even years in Spring)
  • NRS 522 – Advanced GIS
  • NRS 524 – Applications in GIS
  • NRS 526 – Microbial Ecology of Soils and Sediments
  • NRS 533 – Landscape Pattern and Change
  • NRS 534 – Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes
  • NRS 542 – Environmental Crisis Communication
  • NRS 543 – Public Engagement with Science
  • NRS 545 – Invasion Science (offered odd years)
  • NRS 568 – Visualizing Environmental Rhetoric
  • OCG 533 – Graduate Writing in Marine and Environmental Sciences
  • SCM 545 – Video Storytelling for Science and the Environment (currently under review)
  • SCM 621 – Producing with Purpose (currently under review)
  • WRT 533 – Graduate Writing in Life Sciences
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