Environmental Semester - Winter Term Courses

The following courses are being offered as part of the environmental theme semester. These courses, from departments across the University, provide an opportunity to examine environmental issues from a variety of viewpoints and disciplines. We encourage you to investigate -- and participate in -- as many of these courses as possible!

Course descriptions and (in most cases) schedule and availability information are available by clicking on the course title in the following list.

DivisonDiv #Course #Course TitleCr Hrs.Professor
College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Urban Planning007502.001Environmental Planning3Patrick McGovern
College of Engineering
AOSS/
NRE/
UCrse/
Sociology
241/
711/
495/
482
172.001
111.001
111.001
111.001
Introduction to Global Change II4Tim Killeen
David Allan
Vince Abreu
AOSS241202.001The Atmosphere3Peter Sousounis
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A)
Cultural Anthropology319440.001Cultural Adaptation: Political Ecology, Agriculture & Deforestation3Michael Fleisher
Biology328100.001Biology for Nonscientists4Jack Burch
Biology328108.001 Introduction to Animal Diversity4Phil Myers
Biology328255.001Plant Biology5Michael Wynne
Biology328483.001Limnology: Freshwater Ecology3John Lehman
Chem/
AOSS
334/
241
105.001Our Changing Atmosphere3John Barker
English361313.010Topics in Literature: Winter & Spring4Richard Tillinghast
English361317.001Literature & Culture: Changing Attitudes Towards Nature3Alan Howes
English361484.001Issues in Criticism: Romantic Nature3Tobin Siebers
Env. Studies/
Geology/
AOSS
366/
377/
241
123.001Life and the Global Environment2James Walker
Env. Studies/
Res. College
366/
867
240.001Introduction to Environmental Studies: Big Questions for a Small Planet4Catherine Badgley
Env. Studies/
NRE
366/
711
356.001
308.001
Homeplace: Life in the Huron Valley3Paul Webb, John Knott, James Walker
Env. Studies366412.001Alternative Patterns of Resource Utilization: The Amish in Twentieth Century America3Trudy Huntington
Geology377135.001History of the Earth3Alex Halliday, Gerry Smith
Geology377206.001How the Earth Works: The Water Cycle & Environment2Phil Meyers
Geology377222.001Introductory Oceanography3Bob Owen
Geology377223.001Introduction to Oceanography, Lab1Bob Owen
Geology377265.001How to Build a Habitable Planet3Ben van der Pluijm
Geology377275.001The Ice Ages Past and Present3Ted Moore
German379326.002Intermediate German: Deutschlands Ökologie: eine grüne Zukunft? (The Ecology of Germany: A Green Future?)3Janet VanValkenburg
History390197.003Freshman Seminar: Environment & History in Europe3Paolo Squatriti
History/
American Culture
390/
315
396.002
496.001
History Colloquium: "History of the North American Environment"4Maria Montoya
Honors395493.001DeRoy-Graf Seminar: Rethinking Agriculture in the Age of Ecology2Wes Jackson,
Donald Worster
Political Science450497.001Undergraduate Seminar in Comparative and Foreign Government: The Political Economy of the Environment3Michael Ross
Political Science450498.001Undergraduate Seminar in International Politics: Global Environmental Changes and the State3Harold Jacobson
Sociology482105.002First Year Seminar in Sociology: People and Global Environmental Change3Richard Rockwell
AOSS/
NRE/
UCrse/
Sociology
241/
711/
495/
482
172.001
111.001
111.001
111.001
Introduction to Global Change II4Tim Killeen
David Allan
Vince Abreu
School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE)
AOSS/
NRE/
UCrse/
Sociology
241/
711/
495/
482
172.001
111.001
111.001
111.001
Introduction to Global Change II4Tim Killeen
David Allan
Vince Abreu
NRE711210.001Introduction to Environmental Policy3Bonnie Robinson
NRE711220.001Conservation of Biological Diversity3David Allan
NRE711270.001Our Common Future: The Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of Sustainable Development4Lisa Curran
NRE711301.001Ecological Issues4Paul Nowak, Jim Diana
NRE/
LHSP (Lloyd Hall Scholars Program)
711/
445
306.003
110.003
Environmental Problem Solving3Scott Sherman
NRE711306.004Environmental Politics and Policy3Barry Rabe
NRE711306.007Composting - Nature's Recycling2Doren Comerchero,
Lori Kasle
NRE711306.045Interdisciplinary Capstone Applications3Pat West
NRE711361.001
561.001
Conservation Behavior: Source Reduction and Recycling 3Kate Irvine, Maureen Austin
NRE711443.001Applied Social and Behavioral Science3Pat West
NRE/
Economics
711/
358
470.001
370.001
Natural Resource Economics3Gloria Helfand
NRE/
Education
711/
208
481.001
D474
Environmental Education and Natural Resources4Michaela Zint
School of Public Health
EIH742310.001Environmental Chemicals and Disease3Rita Loch-Caruso
HBHE747661.001Environmental Disasters and Social Policy3Greg Button
HBHE747690.001Environmental Health Education3Sylvia Tesh
Residential College
RC/Hums 865242.001Creative Adaptation4Carolyn Balducci
RC/Hums865322.001Advanced Writing for Children and Young Adults4Carolyn Balducci
RC/IDiv
Env. Studies
867
366
240.001
240.001
Big Questions for a Small Planet4Catherine Badgley
RC/IDiv867350.001Special Topics; Environmental Education1Steve Brechin
RC/NSci875415.001Science & Politics4Susan Wright
RC/SSci
NRE
877
711
305.001
306.093
Society & The Environment4Steve Brechin