ESM 201
- Ecology of Managed Ecosystems
Principles of individual ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem ecology. Emphasis on applications (conservation, resource management, ecological effects of pollution and habitat fragmentation, etc.).
Waiver Policy
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Davis
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ESM 202
- Environmental Biogeochemistry
Biogeochemical processes as applied to the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land, and inland waters, and applications to environmental issues such as eutrophication, toxic pollution, carbon sequestration, and acidification
Waiver Policy
Prerequisites:
Introductory Chemistry. ESM 203 is strongly recommended.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Holden
Keller
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ESM 203
- Earth System Science
Interactions among the atmosphere, oceans, and land and models of Earth’s climate and hydrology. Application of knowledge about the Earth System in environmental management and policy.
Waiver Policy
Prerequisites:
Instructors assume some background in earth system processes. If lacking in this, study of a basic college-level text on physical geography is recommended.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Dozier
Dunne
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ESM 204
- Economics of Environmental Management
Environmental regulation (incentives, command, and control), asymmetric information (cost revelation and auditing), regulatory incidence, dynamics and discounting, exhaustible and renewable resources, valuation, environmental macroeconomics, trade and the environment, and comparative regulatory analysis.
Waiver Policy
Prerequisites:
ESM 251 or equivalent.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Costello
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ESM 206A
- Statistics & Data Analysis for Environmental Science and Management
Develop skills and conceptual framework to effectively use data to solve practical problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experimental design, exploratory data analysis, probability and uncertainty, time series analysis, and spatial stats. Emphasis of case studies from environmental problems.
Prerequisites:
Math 3ABC or equivalent.
Units:
2
Instructor:
Kendall
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ESM 206B
- Statistics & Data Analysis for Environmental Science and Management
Develop skills and conceptual framework to effectively use data to solve practical problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experimental design, exploratory data analysis, probability and uncertainty, time series analysis, and spatial stats. Emphasis of case studies from environmental problems.
Prerequisites:
Math 3ABC or equivalent.
Units:
2
Instructor:
Kendall
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ESM 207
- Environmental Law and Policy
Basic elements of the legal system as it specifically relates to environmental issues. Study of the different stages and different institutions involved in environmental policy making.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Salzman
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ESM 210
- Business and the Environment
Introduces students to business objectives and structure and discusses new business models and tools that incorporate principles of environmental management and corporate performance. It highlights corporate strategies that deliver value to shareholders while responding to environmental concerns.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Libecap
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ESM 211
- Applied Population Ecology
Examination of the application of population ecology to conservation of rare species and management of harvested populations. Topics include populations regulation, population viability analysis, fisheries management, metapopulation dynamics, and populations monitoring.
Prerequisites:
ESM 201
This course will not be offered in 2008-09.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Kendall
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ESM 212
- Biological Community Survey & Analysis
Design and execution of field sampling campaigns to characterize, map, and inventory plant and animal communities. Includes review of basic sampling theory, measurements for terrestrial vegetation, vertebrate and invertebrate survey methods, multivariate analysis of community data, vegetation and species habitat mapping and modeling.
Prerequisites:
ESM 201
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Davis
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ESM 214
- Bioremediation
Concepts and approaches to correct and alleviate the effects of environmental pollution using biological processes. Biochemical, ecological, and physicochemical aspects of remediation and mitigation. Assessing and monitoring applicability/efficacy of biological treatment. Natural and engineered methods for adversely affected biological resources.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Holden
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ESM 215
- Landscape Ecology
Relationships between spatial patterns in landscape structure (physical, biological, and cultural) and ecological processes. Role of ecosystem pattern in mass and energy transfers, disturbance regimes, species’ persistence, applications of remote sensing, and GIS for landscape characterization and modeling.
Prerequisites:
ESM 201.
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Davis
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ESM 219
- Microbial Processes in the Environment
Microbes are the most abundant organisms on earth and are responsible for most biogeochemical cycling. Who and where are they, what do they do, and how? This course provides an integrated understanding applicable to managing the environment and natural resources.
Prerequisites:
ESM 202 or equivalent
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Holden
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ESM 222
- Fate and Transport of Pollutants in the Environment
Transport and biogeochemical transformation of pollutants in the environment. Review of pollutant properties and media characteristics that affect transport, accumulation, and degradation of pollutants. Basic tools for managing pollutants in the environment, including prevention, detection, and remediation.
Prerequisites:
ESM 202.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Keller
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ESM 223
- Management of Soil and Groundwater Quality
Focuses on protection and remediation of contaminated aquifers. Covers the determination of groundwater quality objectives based on risk assessment, approaches for protecting or remediating aquifers and contaminated soils, and cost evaluation of management strategies.
Prerequisites:
ESM 202, 203. {Strongly recommended: ESM 222 and groundwater hydrology.}
Units:
4
Instructor:
Brown
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ESM 223L
- Laboratory in Management of Soil and Groundwater Quality
A hands-on approach to learning how to sample and treat contaminated soil and groundwater. The series of lab modules covers field sampling, analysis, unit treatment processes and a remediation design project. Students are presented with state-of-the-art technologies for dealing with contamination.
Prerequisites:
ESM 222 and ESM 223 or concurrent enrollment in ESM 223
Units:
1
Instructor:
Keller
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ESM 224
- Sustainable Watershed Quality Management
Integrates environmental science and management to address sustainable watershed management. Learn the elements of a watershed management plan and become familiar with the development process that takes into consideration various issues and concerns and provides concrete actions to address them.
Prerequisites:
ESM 202 & 203. Strongly recommended: ESM 222 and 234 or 235.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Keller
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ESM 225
- Water Policy
Explores key water policy issues in the context of science, technology, and the practical management of water systems. If focuses on the nexus of science, economics, law, and social and political factors play in the policy process.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Wilkinson
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ESM 232
- Environmental Modeling
Introduction to the development, evaluation, interpretation, and presentation of models as applied to environmental problems. Course will consist of theory and many practical examples building and interpreting models using computers. No previous computer experience required.
Prerequisites:
Math 3ABC or equivalent
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Dozier
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ESM 233
- River Restoration
Review of hydrologic, geomorphic, and engineering principles used in restoration of rivers, floodplains, and riparian zones for safety, land management, and ecosystem improvement. The course involves lectures and the analysis and reporting of general principles and case studies.
Prerequisites:
ESM 203.
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
2
Instructor:
Dunne
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ESM 234
- River Systems
Hydrologic and geomorphic basis of environmental management problems concerning large river systems. Analysis of the processes of flooding, sedimentation, and morphological change in channels, floodplains, deltas, and alluvial fans. Effects of climate, land use and engineering.
Prerequisites:
ESM 203.
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Dunne
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ESM 235
- Watershed Analysis
Hydrologic and geomorphic basis of environmental management problems concerning land surfaces and channels in small drainage basins, including the effects of land use and engineering. Emphasis placed in the use of theory and field methods.
Prerequisites:
ESM 203.
Normally offered every other year
Units:
4
Instructor:
Dunne
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ESM 236
- The Mountain Snowpack
Intensive field, laboratory, and classroom study of physical processes in the mountain snowpack. Snow accumulation and ablation, metamorphism, physical and chemical properties, and remote sensing. Role of snow in watershed hydrology, water resources, and recreation.
Prerequisites:
ESM 203, intermediate skiing ability and consent of instructor.
Normally offered every other year over spring break.
Units:
3
Instructor:
Dozier
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ESM 237
- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology and Ecology
Global climate change may dramatically alter water resources and the ecosystems that depend upon them. This course will provide an overview of research on current and projected future hydro-ecological impacts of a changing climate at local to global scales.
Prerequisites:
(None).
Units:
4
Instructor:
Tague
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ESM 241
- Environmental Politics and Policy
The politics of environmental policymaking from agenda formation to the stages of implementation, assessment, and reforms. Emphasis on national and state level policymaking in the U.S. coupled with a consideration of interactions across levels of social organization and comparisons across socio-political systems.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Anderson
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ESM 242
- Natural Resource Economics and Policy
Economic principles and policy issues in the use of exhaustible and renewable resources including fossil fuels, water, minerals, fisheries, forests, and biodiversity. Management of resource markets on a regional or international scale.
Prerequisites:
ESM 204
Units:
4
Instructor:
Costello
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ESM 243
- Environmental Policy Analysis
Developing and analyzing environmental policies involves balancing social, political, and economic considerations. Course covers this process, including problem identification, formation of alternative policy response, and methods of analyzing and selecting the most appropriate policy response, and effective communications of results to clients/policymakers.
Prerequisites:
ESM 204 & ESM 241
Units:
4
Instructor:
Anderson
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ESM 245
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Nonmarket Valuation
Economic theory of environmental policy, with special emphasis on the role of cost-benefit analysis. Techniques for estimating economic values for nonmarket environmental resources. Case studies involving ecosystem protection, pollution control, and other topics to illustrate the necesarry analytical tools.
Prerequisites:
ESM 204
Units:
4
Instructor:
Staff
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ESM 247
- Governance for Sustainable Development
Examination of the demand for governance in conjunction with efforts to achieve environmental, economic, and social goals. Special attention to alternative approaches to the supply of governance at the global level as well as to interact between governance systems addressing distinct issues.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Young
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ESM 248
- Environmental Institutions: Rights, Rules, and Decision-making Systems
Comparative study of management systems or regimes addressing natural resources and environmental concerns and operating at scales ranging from local to global. Topics include characterization of individual regimes and factors affecting the formation, evolution, and effectiveness of these institutional arrangements.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Young
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ESM 251
- Introduction to Environmental Policy Analysis
Design and evaluation of public policies for addressing environmental problems. Theory of environmental policy that arises from the study of markets, market failure, and economic efficiency as well as the broader scope of analysis that accounts for distributional concerns, sustainability, impact analysis, cost effectiveness, and multi-criteria analysis.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
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ESM 254
- Coastal Marine Ecosystem Processes
Examination of physical, chemical and geological processes in coastal ecosystems, including estuaries, that are influenced by human activities. Focus centers on dynamical processes that control biological communities and resources, and the relationship of the science to marine resource management and policy.
Prerequisites:
ESM 201 & 203; 202 (may be concurrent)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Lenihan
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ESM 257
- Coastal Marine Law and Policy
This course will characterize the factors that contribute to coastal marine ecosystem disturbance; review marine policies and coastal laws; provide cases of the substantive areas of coastal marine policy; and describe tools to conduct coastal marine policy analysis.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
McGinnis
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ESM 260
- Applied Marine Ecology
The application of ecological principles and methods to environmental problems in marine ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on design and execution of field sampling and experiments to assess biological impacts of anthropogenic disturbances and restoration activities. Concepts illustrated with case studies
Prerequisites:
ESM 201
Units:
4
Instructor:
Lenihan
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ESM 261
- Management of Scientific Data
Theory, techniques, and tools for managing heterogeneous scientific information, database architectures, and data models. Metadata standards and data characterization. Design and use of relational databases. Aspects of the science data life cycle: collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and presentation.
Prerequisites:
(None)
ESM 263
- Geographic Information System
Advanced introduction to GIS theory and technology, emphasizing spatial analysis and cartographic presentation. Typical algorithms and data structures. Role of GIS in environmental information management. Integration of GIS with other analytical tools.
Prerequisites:
(None)
ESM 264
- Web Mapping/Publishing
Tools and techniques for publishing, accessing, and manipulating environmental information on the World Wide Web, including: web services; scientific and geographic markup languages; virtual globes; distributed geographic information systems; open-source tools; geographic mashups.
Prerequisites:
(None)
ESM 266
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
Advanced introduction to remote sensing theory, technology, and applications in environmental science and management. Survey of principles and analytical methods throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Integration of remote sensing with other tools.
Prerequisites:
ESM 203
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Dozier
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ESM 269
- Survey Design and Environmental Public Opinion
Issues of survey design, including sampling, questionnaire design, data collection and data processing. Students will design and field an original survey, analyze the survey data and report the results.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Anderson
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ESM 270
- Conservation Planning & Priority Setting
Analytical approaches that can be used to direct energy and resources toward conservation that yields the greatest return on investment. Case studies of how government agencies, international multilateral institutions and non-governmental agencies identify where to invest their conservation efforts.
Prerequisites:
ESM 201.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Davis
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ESM 273
- Life Cycle Assessment
Advanced introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA) tools and practice. Students will conduct an LCA according to ISO 14040/44 (2006) using professional LCA software. Goal and scope definition, parametric life cycle inventory modeling, impact assessment, sensitivity analysis, reporting.
Prerequisites:
ESM 282 or concurrent enrollment in ESM 282
Same class of 595M with Geyer in spring 2007 & 2008. Not open to students who have already completed one of these classes.
Units:
2
Instructor:
Geyer
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ESM 274
- Competitive Advantage Strategies for Environmental Innovation
Competitive forces that an organization launching environmental innovations considers in devising strategies for entrepreneurial success. Technology or product benefits to society and the firm, industry and competitor analysis, production processes and nature of input supplies, identification of target markets and consumer response.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Libecap
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ESM 275
- Principles and Practice of Environmental Planning
Principles, concepts, and techniques of environmental planning at the state, regional, and local government levels, with emphasis on emerging trends in addressing environmental problems. Green plans, sustainable communities, coastal planning, agricultural land preservation, smart development, new urbanism, and mitigation monitoring.
Prerequisites:
(None)
ESM 277
- Law of Environmental Management
Knowledge and skills for regulatory analysis. How to deal with administrative materials and communicate with key players. Compliance, compliance counseling and the enforcement process. Environmental implications of product development, business or process expansion, and environmental aspects of typical business transactions.
Prerequisites:
ESM 207
Normally offered every every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Malloy
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ESM 280
- Organizations and Environmental Leadership
Individuals play an important role in leading organizations toward environmental sustainability. Participants learn about their own behaviors which can effectively influence the environmental decision-making of groups, organizations, and society. Course explores both theory and practice.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Ramus
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ESM 281
- Corporate Environmental Management
Prepares students to use creatively conceptual tools and management strategies to improve the environmental performance of firms. Corporate, societal, and political barriers to implementing these innovative strategies will be analyzed and methods for overcoming these constraints discussed.
Prerequisites:
ESM 210.
ESM 282
- Industrial Ecology
Introduction to the study of material and energy flows in industrial and consumer activities and their effects on the environment. Explores the concept of industrial ecosystems and teaches tools like life cycle assesment and material flow analysis.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Geyer
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ESM 283
- Environmental Negotiation
Strategic negotiations take place daily. Their successful outcome depends on the competence of the negotiators. Using environmental case studies and negotiation exercises, course participants will gain a hands-on understanding of the negotiation process and how they can influence it.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Ramus
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ESM 288
- Energy, Technology and the Environment
Covers the main physical principles of energy conversion and the environmental impacts related to it. Also explores the balance between resource availability and demand, and the relationship between energy use and technology.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Geyer
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ESM 289
- Green Supply Chain Management
Course combines the theories of supply chain management and industrial ecology to explore the environmental and economic performances of production and consumption systems and develop and apply the evaluation methods and management tools necessary to green supply chains.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Normally offered every other year.
Units:
4
Instructor:
Geyer
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ESM 293
- Advanced Special Topics in Climate and Energy
Advanced topics in climate and energy.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 293-1F
- Lands, Waters, and Wildlife in a Changing Climate: Science, Policy, and Management
The effects of a changing climate cut a broad swathe across lands and waters. These effects include changed precipitation patterns, thawing permafrost, melting sea ice, greater frequency and intensity of storms, a lengthier wildland fire season, altered timing of species migration, altered patterns of species composition, sea level rise, and other changes. These landscape changes are not solely the consequence of a changing climate—and not all changes necessarily present management problems. But some changes, in some locations, will present significant land, water, and wildlife management challenges. This course will examine legal, policy, management, and science issues of a changing climate in the context of land, water and wildlife management, drawing, in particular, on Department of the Interior research and practical experiences.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
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ESM 294
- Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Law
Advanced, special topics in environmental law. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 296
- Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Management
Advanced, special topics in environmental management. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 296-1W
- Advanced Special Topics: Resource Productivity
Advanced, special topics in environmental management. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
Instructor:
von Weizsacker
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ESM 296-2W
- Advanced Special Topics: Leadership
This course is a continuation of ESM 280. Students wishing to further hone their leadership skills are invited to participate.
Prerequisites:
ESM 280
Units:
2
Instructor:
Ramus
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ESM 297
- Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Policy
Advanced, special topics in environmental policy. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 297-1F
- Advanced Special Topics: Ethical Decision-Making for the Environment
Ethical and legal issues surrounding environmental decision-making by individuals and in organizations. Environmental challenges facing public, non-profit and for-profit organizations. Analysis of behavior according to ethical standards; examination of opportunities for corporate social responsibility and initiatives; application of ethical frameworks to decision-making. special_notes: This a 2-unit version of a 4-unit course (ESM 276) that was offered in Fall 2006 & 2007. This course is not open to students that have already completed ESM 276. This course is being offered instead of ESM 276 so that a greater number of students may be able to participate.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2 - 2
Instructor:
Harris
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ESM 297-1W
- Advanced Special Topics: Implementing Environmental Laws and Programs
This course will examine the implementation of environmental laws and management of environmental programs by exploring three questions: How are environmental problems identified, defined, and placed on the public agenda for action? What strategies and instruments are used to address these problems? How can performance-based management be used to ensure effectiveness of environmental programs and initiatives? The course is taught from a practitioner perspective and will provide students with a set of ideas, practices, and skills that can be used for strategic management of organizations and programs charged with protecting the environment.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
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ESM 297-2F
- Advanced Special Topics: Financing for Global Environmental Protection
The course will provide a practical guide to major international and bilateral sources of funding for biodiversity conservation, renewable energy promotion, climate change mitigation, cleaning up oceans and phasing out persistent organic pollutants. Students will analyze project documents and evaluation reports and learn about eligibility criteria and implementation lessons from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and USAID.
Prerequisites:
ESM 204
Units:
2
Instructor:
Clemencon
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ESM 297-3F
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Nonmarket Valuation
Economic theory of environmental policy, with special emphasis on the role of cost-benefit analysis. Techniques for estimating economic values for nonmarket environmental resources. Case studies involving ecosystem protection, pollution control, and other topics to illustrate the necesarry analytical tools.
Prerequisites:
ESM 204
Units:
4
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ESM 299
- Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Science
Advanced, special topics in environmental science. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 299-2F
- Advanced Special Topics: Climate Change Biology
This course explores the response of nature to climate change. From species range shifts to wholesale changes in ecosystems, climate change is altering natural systems across the planet. The biology of these changes is becoming increasingly well understood, from present observations to models of future change. Past change presents a set of imperfect insights into the future. This course explores these past, present and future biological changes in response to climate, their causes, possible conservation responses and policy implications.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Hannah
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ESM 401A
- Masters Group Project
1st quarter of a year-long group study of an environmental problem. Includes in-class training sessions to develop skills necessary to efficiently and effectively conduct the study.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Group Project)
Units:
4
Instructor:
Tague
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ESM 401B
- Masters Group Project
2nd quarter of a year-long group study of an environmental problem.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Group Project)
Units:
4
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ESM 401C
- Masters Group Project
Final quarter of a year-long group study of an environmental problem. Requires completion of a final report, policy brief, poster, defense, and public presentation.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Group Project)
Units:
4
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ESM 410
- Internship Practicum
Students complete a summer internship, prepare a short paper, and present internship experiences to the Bren School community through an informal presentation.
Prerequisites:
Completion of a summer internship.
Units:
1
Instructor:
Staff
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ESM 430
- Workshop in Environmental Science and Management: CEQA/NEPA workshop
Workshops to develop professional skills for careers in environmental science and management.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
0.5 - 1
Instructor:
Willis
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ESM 436
- Legal Issues in Environmental Problem Solving
May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Workshops to expose students to a range of technical and business writing.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
0.5 - 1
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ESM 437
- Writing Skills for Environmental Professionals
In this course, we move beyond the formulas you have been taught, either in high school, or during your undergraduate/graduate education, and approach writing backward. We start from the conclusion -- your communication goal, what you want the reader to walk away with -- and figure out how to set up your papers to get there. To improve your writing, we will study strong examples from the field, identify what makes good writing "good," and apply these findings to your work.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
0.5 - 2
Instructor:
Bradley
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ESM 440
- Advanced Environmental Communication
This course will focus on the strategies of strong writers and apply these strategies to collaborative writing as well as a broad range of workplace writing tasks. Together with the instructor, students will develop models for and experience with writing reports, proposals, briefs, articles, press releases, and presentations. Students will also learn data visualization techniques and effective presentation slide and poster design. While issues of structure, style, and format will be addressed, the focus of this advanced course is on concise and targeted communication of a clear message. An outcome of this course is to equip students with a set of writing skills and strategies that enable them to confidently approach and effectively complete workplace writing tasks.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
0.5 - 2
Instructor:
Bulger
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ESM 595A-Z
- Group Studies: MESM/PhD
Seminars in selected fields of environmental science and management. Open to master and PhD students. May be repeated for credit with changes in content.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 595AA
- PhD Seminar: Eco-Hydrologic Modeling
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Dunne
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ESM 595AA-ZZ
- Group Studies: PhD Level
Seminars in selected fields of environmental science and management. Open only to PhD students. May be repeated for credit with changes in topic.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
1 - 4
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ESM 595EE
- PhD Seminar: Numerical Approaches to Dynamic Optimization
This course introduces PhD students to numerical approaches to dynamic simulation and optimization. Applications will be based primarily on natural resource and environmental management including, but not limited to: fisheries, forestry, climate change, and water. The computing platform will be MATLAB, though prior experience with MATLAB is not required.
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2 - 2
Instructor:
Costello
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ESM 595GG
- PhD Seminar: Ecological Sustainability
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Kendall
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ESM 595JJ
- PhD Seminar: Environmental Microbiology
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2
Instructor:
Holden
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ESM 595P
- MESM/PhD Seminar: Environmental Policy and Economics - Regulatory Analysis
The White House, the EPA and NHTSA jointly proposed accelerating the new car fuel efficiency rules and resolving the dispute between California, the auto companies and the EPA over the Pavley bill. This action also paves the way for regulation of GHG by EPA in that the new rules explicitly targets GHG. The proposed rule has a 60 day comment period followed by two hearings. This will be a student-led effort to familiarize ourselves with the rule and find specific aspects we think could be improved and prepare comments for official submission.
Prerequisites:
Solid economics background
(Seminar)
Units:
2 - 4
Instructor:
Kolstad
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ESM 595PB
- Interdisciplinary Problem Based PhD Seminar
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2
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ESM 595SB
- Interdisciplinary Skills Based PhD Seminar
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
2
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ESM 595SS
- Interdisciplinary Speaker Series PhD Seminar
Prerequisites:
(None)
(Seminar)
Units:
1
Instructor:
Anderson
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ESM 596
- Directed Readings and Research
Independent study under the supervision of a Bren School faculty member (a faculty member from another department cannot supervise an ESM 596 course). Registration requires an ESM 596 Petition approved and signed by the supervising faculty member and the Assistant Dean before the start of the quarter. No petitions will be accepted after the 3rd week of the quarter. The ESM 596 Petition can be found on the Bren School website under Services. Registration in ESM 596 requires an “instructor code” that can be found on the Bren School website under Course Schedule or on GOLD. ESM 596 may be taken for a letter grade or S/U (as agreed upon by the instructor and the student). ESM 596 is a variable unit course; MESM students may apply a maximum of 4 units of ESM 596 towards their MESM degree requirements.
Prerequisites:
(None)
Units:
1 - 12
Instructor:
Staff
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ESM 597
- Individual Study for Ph.D. Examinations
Instructor should be students major professor or chair of the doctoral committee. Instructor approval required to finalize enrollment.
Prerequisites:
Instructor approval required to finalize enrollment.
Units:
1 - 12
Instructor:
Staff
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ESM 599
- Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
Instructor should be students major professor or chair of the doctoral committee. Instructor approval required to finalize enrollment.
Prerequisites:
(None)
MESM