ANTH360: Environmental Anthropology

The relationships between culture and the bio-physical environment, as well as the cultural environment. The emphasis will be on primitive and non-Western cultures. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ANTH 201 or ANTH 125 or ANTH 155 or ANTH 135 or ANTH 145 or ANTH 270 or departmental approval.

BIOL109: The Living World

This course will provide students an opportunity to learn about the biological and environmental components of life and how these components interact to affect their own lives. This course is designed to be effective for and approachable by students who are not biology majors. No prerequisites in biology are needed. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Natural/Physical Science Laboratory. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.) 4 sh.

ENVR109: The Human Environment

An interdisciplinary course which explains the human impact, as social groups and individuals, on the natural environment. It explores the relationships and interconnectedness between natural processes and social, economic, cultural, technological, and political culture. Critical environmental issues are discussed. Crosslisted with Psychology, PSYC 109. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Social Science, Social Science. Offered as ENVR 109 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 160 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

ENVR313: Environmental Policy

The course studies U.S. environmental policy in air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, and waste disposal and other areas. It examines the major ideas that shape environmental policy, the institutional processes by which these ideas are turned into policy, and how these policies affect both U.S. and global environments. Issues of international environmental policy will also be discussed. Offered as ENVR 313 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 361 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: Junior or senior status or permission of the instructor.

ENVR410: Environmental Law

The study of the National Environmental Policy Act; the Environmental Impact Statement; the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Solid and Hazardous Waste; related environmental laws, i.e. OS&H act; and litigation are analyzed. Aspects of environmental law, within which institutions and corporations must operate, are discussed. Cross-listed with Earth and Environmental Studies, EUGS 410. Offered as ENVR 410 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 460 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: Junior or senior status or permission of the instructor.

EUGS101: Human Geography

Human Geography presents the interaction of culture and environment. Variations in environment and culture result in great differences how culture is imprinted upon the environment. The role of politics, language, religion, economics, urban systems, and technology reveal the relative intensity with which culture roots in nature. Emphasis is upon culture as a force that shapes the human use of the earth. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Social Science, Social Science. Offered as EUGS 101 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 161 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

EUGS222: The Geography of Life and Death

Study of medical geography of diseases of man and their relationship to physical setting. Factors such as climate, soils, water nutrition and sanitation in relation to diseases will be analyzed world-wide. Human diseases also examined; national, regional, and local geographic conditions. Offered as EUGS 222 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 264 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

EUGS331: Urbanization and Environment

Examines interaction between man and the physical urban environment. Studies dynamic and physical processes as related to air, water and noise pollution, and hydrologic and geologic hazards. Offered as EUGS 331 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 385 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: EUGS 100 or GEOS 107; and EUGS 206 or permission of the instructor.

GEOS107: Planet Earth

An introduction to the physical characteristics of planet earth. The focus is on processes and interactions of the four components of the earth system: atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. An understanding of the human impact on earth systems is also developed and maintained in perspective. Satellite information, aerial photography, maps, charts and other Geographic Information Systems technologies are used to study planet earth in this course. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Natural/Physical Science Laboratory. Offered as GEOS 107 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 101 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.) 4 sh.

GEOS125: Earth and the Environment

The study of the natural processes of the earth and the effects of human activities on the environment. Earth materials, processes and systems, and the engineering properties of natural materials will be discussed, as well as pollution of soil, water and air. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Natural/Physical Science Laboratory. Offered as GEOS 125 through Spring 2012. To become EAES 107 effective Summer 2012. (3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.) 4 sh.

Prerequisites: Not open to those who have had GEOS 107 Planet Earth, GEOS 108 Principles of Geology, or GEOS 112 Physical Geology.

HLTH240: Foundations of Environmental Health

Prepares student to make informed decisions concerning the avoidance or elimination of disease-causing environmental exposures by providing an understanding of the scientific principles by which these exposures are identified, measured, and judged as to their acceptability. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

JUST200: Perspectives on Justice Studies I

An examination of questions of justice based upon social behavior, group processes and individual differences. The course will explore controversies surrounding justice and injustice, including the potential for differential treatment based upon race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical ability. Meets the University Writing Requirement for majors in Justice Studies. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

JUST209: Environmental Crime

The purpose of this course is to explore the variety of harms committed against the environment and its inhabitants. The course examines explanations for environmental crime, the criminal justice system response, consequences of environmental offenses, crime resulting from natural disasters, and how the criminal justice system can be more responsive to issues of environmental crime. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 101 or JUST 102.

JUST314: Environmental Justice

The domain of this course is the role of social inequities, especially those of class and race, in the distribution of environmental risks in societies at the local, national, and global levels and includes study of legal remedies and public policy measures that address environmental injustices. Cross listed with Sociology, SOCI 314. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 101 or JUST 200 or JUST 201 or JUST 232 or departmental approval.

JUST318: Animals and Justice

The course will familiarize students with scholarship on the relationships between human and nonhuman animals from a multidisciplinary perspective including the ecological, environmental, cultural, economic, social, psychological, and health dimensions of these relationships. The course will situate nonhuman animals into a larger conception of social justice. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 101 or JUST 200 or JUST 201 or JUST 232 or departmental approval.

JUST330: International Environmental Issues

This course will familiarize students with environmental issues from a global perspective. The course will situate global environmental concerns within a larger framework of social justice and elaborate on various social, political, economic, and historical issues related to the environment and natural resources. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 200 or JUST 201.

JUST359: Women and the Environment

The course will familiarize students with the role of women in the environmental movement, currently and historically from a social justice perspective. The course will focus on the unique roles women have played in environmental protection. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 101 or JUST 102 or JUST 200 or JUST 209.

JUST398: Selected Topics in Justice Studies

Exploration of a timely and significant area of Justice Studies. The specific topic will be announced each time that the course is offered. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: JUST 101 or JUST 102 or JUST 200 or JUST 201 or departmental approval.

PSYC109: The Human Environment

An interdisciplinary course which explains the human impact, as social groups and individuals, on the natural environment. It explores the relationships and interconnectedness between natural processes and social, economic, cultural, technological, and political culture. Critical environmental issues are discussed. Crosslisted with Earth and Environmental Studies, ENVR 109. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Social Science, Social Science. Starting Summer 2012: An interdisciplinary course which explains the human impact, as social groups and individuals, on the natural environment. It explores the relationships and interconnectedness between natural processes and social, economic, cultural, technological, and political culture. Critical environmental issues are discussed. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

SOCI216: Sociology of Food and Population

This course will examine the ways in which people's food production and consumption patterns are affected by and related to other aspects of their social organization. The interrelationship between food production/consumption patterns, political life, stratification systems, and demography will be examined. The main focus will be a comparison between different forms of social organization with respect to the management of food and population issues. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

SOCI309: Sociology of Health and Illness

The focus of this course is on the relationship between society and health with a special emphasis on the role of culture and social structure. Health inequalities and the sociology of disability will be central concerns. Other topics will include social and cultural definitions of health and illness, the social role of the "sick", comparative medical beliefs and practices and medical institutions. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: SOCI 100 or 113 or 201 or 202 or 204 or departmental approval.

SOCI312: Environmental Sociology

The role of sociology in understanding and analyzing the environment, environmental issues and problems, and the sociocultural sources and structure of environmentalism and environmental movements. Various perspectives and approaches to explaining the relationship between society and the environment are explored. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: SOCI 100 or 113 or 201 or 202 or 204 or departmental approval.