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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| CE 3501 |
Environmental Engineering Fundamentals |
3 |
Fall |
M. Auer
Honrath
Perlinger
Urban |
Basic principles and calculations for environmental engineering.
Covers application of mass balance, energy balance, and physical/chemical/biological
principles to water and wastewater treatment, surface water quality,
air quality, solid waste management, and groundwater quality. |
| CE 3502 |
Environmental Monitoring & Measurement Analysis |
3 |
Spring |
Paterson
Urban |
Introduction to environmental data acquisition and interpretation,
fundamentals of environmental monitoring, instrumentation, measurement
techniques, and statistical analyses. Measurements are conducted
in a variety of engineered and natural environments. Probability
and statistical analyses are applied to the collected data. |
| CE 3503 |
Environmental Engineering |
3 |
Fall, Spring, Summer |
M. Auer
Hand
Paterson
Balliod |
Application of fundamental chemical, biological, and physical
principles of environmental engineering to design and operation
of systems used for water and wastewater treatment, solid waste
management, air pollution control, and analysis of quality of surface
water, air, and groundwater. |
| CE 3610 |
Hydrology |
2 |
Fall, Spring |
Barkdoll
Watkins
Griffis |
Components of the hydrologic cycle and their interactions. Emphasizes
rainfall-runoff relationships as applied to civil engineering. Also
includes probability concepts, frequency analysis, and hydrologic
flood routing. |
| CE3620 |
Water Resources Engineering |
4 |
Fall, Spring |
Barkdoll
Watkins
Griffis |
Introduction to hydrologic engineering, including rainfall-runoff
modeling and hydrologic frequency analysis. Analysis and design
of hydraulic systems such as pipe networks and storm water management
systems. Computational, field, and experimental laboratory sessions
reinforce lectures and provide hands-on learning opportunities. |
| CE4501 |
Environmental Engineering Chemical Processes |
4 |
Fall |
Mihelcic
Perlinger
Urban |
Application of chemistry, conservation principles, and mathematics
to the analysis of chemical processes occurring in natural and engineered
environments. Topics include acid-base phenomena, the carbonate
system, precipitation/dissolution, redox chemistry, diffusion, mass
transfer, and applications to engineering design. Laboratory experiences
illustrate principles and modern measurement. |
| CE4505 |
Surface Water Quality Engineering |
3 |
Fall |
M. Auer
Urban |
Develops the scientific basis for water quality management in
lakes and rivers. Considers the origin, behavior, and fate of nutrients
and toxic substances. Introduces engineered approaches for lake
management, including mass balance modeling. Presents techniques
for water quality restoration and the legal framework supporting
pollution control. |
| CE4507 |
Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection Design |
3 |
Spring |
Hand
Baillod
Barkdoll
Hutzler |
Application of basic principles in civil and environmental engineering
to the analysis and design of water distribution systems, wastewater
collection systems, air distribution and collection systems, and
their appurtenances. |
| CE4508 |
Water and Wastewater Treatment |
3 |
Fall |
Baillod,
Hand |
Principles of physical, chemical and biological processes employed
in water and wastewater treatment. Design of selected individual
units within water and wastewater treatment systems. |
| CE4509 |
Environmental Process Simulation Laboratory |
2 |
Spring |
Hand |
Provides a rigorous hands-on introduction to laboratory and pilot-plant
experimentation and simulation modeling focused on selected physical,
chemical and biological water and waste water treatment systems
used in environmental engineering. |
| CE4620 |
Open Channel Flow |
3 |
Fall |
Barkdoll
Watkins
Griffis |
Analysis of open channel systems, including natural channels,
designed channels, flow transitions, non-uniform flow, and unsteady
flow. |
| CE4630 |
Hydraulic Structures |
3 |
Spring |
Barkdoll
Watkins
Griffis |
Analysis and design of water regulating structures. Includes dams,
spillways, gates, dikes, levees, stilling basins, culverts, and
various minor structures. |
| CE5502 |
Biological Treatment Processes |
3 |
Spring |
Baillod |
Application of kinetics, reactor theory, and microbiology to modeling
and design of aerobic and anaerobic wastewater treatment systems.
Topics include activated sludge process models and application of
these models to process design and operation. |
| CE5503 |
Physical/Chemical Treatment Processes |
3 |
Spring |
Hand |
Advanced theory, fundamentals, and application of physical and
chemical processes employed in design and operation of drinking
water treatment systems. |
| CE5504 |
Surface Water Quality Modeling |
3 |
Spring |
M. Auer |
Mathematical models are applied in the solution of water quality
management problems. The spatial and temporal variation of conservative
and reactive substances is simulated in lakes, rivers, and embayments.
Kinetic representations of natural phenomena are developed, including
mass transport, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and toxics and
food web dynamics. |
| CE5508 |
Biogeochemistry |
3 |
Spring/Fall |
Urban |
Introduction to hydraulics and hydrology. Topics include closed
piping systems, pumps, open channel flow, and quantities of water
and wastewater. |
| CE-CH5509 |
Transport and Transformation of Organic Pollutants |
3 |
Fall/demand |
Perlinger |
Assessment of factors controlling environmental fate, distribution,
and transformation of organic pollutants. Thermodynamics, equilibrium,
and kinetic relationships are used to quantify organic pollutant
partitioning and transformations in air, water, and sediments.
Use of mass balance equations to quantify pollutant transport. |
| CE5660 |
Hydrology II |
3 |
Demand |
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Advanced hydrology aimed at a more thorough understanding of the
individual components of the hydrologic cycle. Includes physical
hydrology, hydrometeorology, stochastic hydrology, and remote sensing
applications. |
| CE5664 |
Water Resources Modeling |
3 |
Fall |
Watkins |
Application of fundamental principles to develop mathematical
models of water resources systems. Includes application of numerical
methods, programming to develop simple water resources models, and
application of state-of-the-art models for hydrology and river analysis. |
| CE5665 |
Sediment Transport |
3 |
Spring |
Barkdoll |
Basin mechanics of the transport of sediments in natural systems,
including tractive forces and geomorphic functions. |
| CE5666 |
Water Resources Planning & Management |
3 |
On Demand |
Watkins |
Economic and environmental aspects of water use. Topics include
flood damage reduction, water demand and hydrologic forecasting,
water supply planning, and water resource systems operation. |
| CE5620 |
Stochastic Hydrology |
3 |
On Demand |
Griffis |
Application of statistics to problems in surface hydrology. Topics
include the flood flow and streamflow frequency analysis, goodness-of-fit
tests, model selection, treatment of historical and censored data,
regionalization and regression, time series analysis, Bayesian inference,
sensitivity and uncertainty analysis methods. |
| Geological & Mining Engineering
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| GE 2500 |
Introduction to Oceanography |
3 |
Spring |
Beske-Diehl |
Effect of waves, tides, currents, natural hazards along shorelines,
and air-sea interactions on the climate. |
| GE 3200 |
Geochemistry |
3 |
Fall |
Wood |
Introduction to elements of modern geochemistry including aqueous
solutions, isotopes, age dating, etc. Emphasizes concepts and quantitative
methods. Teaches principles of thermodynamics and phase equilibria
from an introductory perspective as they pertain to geologic systems. |
| GE 4800 |
Groundwater Engineering |
3 |
On Demand |
Gierke |
Application of geohydrology principles to design water-well supplies,
site investigations, and subsurface remediation systems. |
| GE 3850 |
Geohydrology |
3 |
Fall, Spring |
Mayer
Gierke |
Geologic and hydrologic factors controlling the occurrence, movement,
and development of subsurface water. Quantitative methods for analyzing
groundwater systems are introduced. GE3800 or equivalent recommended. |
| GE 2800 |
Water and Society |
3 |
Fall |
Mayer |
The course introduces basic concepts of the water cycle, human
interactions in the water cycle, and the social and political dimensions
of water. Areas of coverage include: hydrology, water economics,
water law, water and politics, water and religion, and water and
health. |
| GE 5810 |
Flow and Transport in Subsurface Systems |
3 |
On Demand |
Gierke
Mayer |
Analysis of fluid flow in geologic materials, including groundwater
flow, solute and contaminant transport, heat flow, and petroleum
movement. Develops fundamental transport equations and numerical
methods for solving these equations |
| GE 5850 |
Advanced Groundwater Engineering and Remediation |
3 |
On Demand |
Gierke |
Computer modeling and other advanced topics in the analysis hydrological
systems, contaminant transport and fate, and subsurface remediation
systems. |
| Biological Sciences |
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| BL3310 |
Environmental Microbiology |
3 |
Spring |
Bagley |
General principles of microbiology, focusing on both the use and
control of micro-organisms.. Topics include microbial structure,
function, growth, metabolism, and diversity, as well as microbial
involvement in water and waste treatment, waterborne diseases, and
pollution control. |
| BL 4450 |
Limnology |
4 |
Fall |
Keen |
Introductory study of interrelated physical, chemical, and biological
processes of freshwater lakes. Field work on local lakes emphasized. |
| BL 4090 |
Tropical Island Biology |
2 |
Spring Break |
Snyder
Huckins |
A survey of island biology, including marine and terrestrial habitats.
Topics include formation of carbonate islands, geological history
of the Bahamas, island plant communities, intertidal, grass bed,
mangrove and coral reef communities. Special course fees. |
| BL4451 |
Aquatic Ecology |
4 |
Fall |
Huckins |
Integrated coverage of flowing and standing fresh water environments,
including physical and chemical factors and their impact on the
biota. Applied aspects include biological responses to stress and
fisheries management. Emphasizes fieldwork on local environments. |
| BL4460 |
Biodiversity & Human Influences on Freshwater Ecosystems |
3 |
Spring Even |
N.Auer |
Course is designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate
students interested in a broader understanding of Biodiversity and
life's most precious and necessary resource - freshwater. Class
will be a discussion of book chapters, scientific journal articles,
contributed case study presentations by students and a semester
paper. |
| BL4440 |
Fish Biology |
4 |
Spring Odd |
Huckins
N.Auer |
Fishes and their habitat, native and exotic fishes of the Great
Lakes region, and ocean fishery resources will be examined. Basic
topics in Ichthyology and fish ecology, evolution, genetics, reproduction
strategies and identification of early life stages, fish community
structure, food webs and dynamics. Laboratory exercises on sampling,
identification and classification of fishes and basic fish anatomy
and discussion of scientific papers relevant to the subject material. |
| BL 5451 |
Aquatic Ecology |
4 |
Fall Odd |
Huckins |
Integrated coverage of flowing and standing fresh water environments,
including biological, physical, and chemical factors and their interactions.
Applied aspects include biological responses to stress, fisheries,
and the management of aquatic systems. Emphasizes the fundamentals
of aquatic systems and fieldwork on local environments. |
| BL 5460 |
Advanced Ecology: Ecosystems |
3 |
Spring Even |
Huckins |
Comparison of ecosystem structure and processes with emphasis
on lakes. Stresses critical reading of recent journal literature. |
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Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| UN1001 |
Freshwater Uses and Abuses |
4 |
Fall |
N.Auer |
Demands on freshwater supplies worldwide continue to increase
as the human population increases. How do we balance the supply
with the demand for drinking, irrigation, industry, power and our
natural resource management? We will look at countries sharing freshwater
supplies, examples of overuse and how we as a nation begin to experience
a limit to our "unlimited" supply. How can we better handle this
precious resource? |
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| EC 4600 |
Natural resource and Environmental Economics |
3 |
Spring |
Campbell |
Examines economic issues related to the supply and use of natural
resources and the environment. Resources studied include agriculture,
forests, fisheries, nonrenewable resources, water, and wildlife.
Topics covered include efficiency, benefit-cost analysis, US environmental
policy, and international concerns. |
| EC5600 |
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics |
3 |
Spring/
Summer |
Campbell |
Graduate version of EC4600. |
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| ED 3510 |
Communicating Science I |
2 |
Fall & Spring |
J. Schumaker Chadde |
Students will learn how to design and deliver hands-on presentations
to K-8 students and their parents. Presentations will be delivered
at family science nights conducted at area schools. Classroom lectures
will highlight the rationale for interacting with schools and communities
as a professional, presentation skills, effective teaching techniques,
learning styles, classroom management techniques and model hands-on
learning techniques |
| ED 3511 |
Communicating Science II |
1 |
Fall & Spring |
J. Schumaker Chadde |
Students will make presentations in local K-8 classrooms and/or
at evening family science nights conducted at area schools. Classroom
lectures will highlight the rationale for interacting with schools
and communities as a professional, presentation skills, effective
teaching techniques, learning styles, classroom management techniques,
and model ands-on learning techniques. |
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| SS3240 |
Landscape Perspectives: History, Anthropology, Geography |
3 |
Fall,
Odd years |
Scarlett |
This course explores how multiple academic disciplines use landscape
in order to frame research questions. Topics are drawn from ecological
anthropology, environmental and social history, cultural and physical
geography, geology, and archaeology. Students begin by establishing
common vocabulary of physical geography. They then explore the
interplay between environment, cultural practice, and symbolic knowledge
through readings and discussions on cartography, evolutionary and
cultural ecology, traditional ecological knowledge, and theories
of place and space. |
| SS 3300 |
Environmental Problems |
3 |
Spring |
Henquinet |
An examination of local, regional, and global contemporary environmental
problems. Critical consideration of underlying social, historical,
and economic causes. Case studies drawn from topics such as global
warming, ozone depletion, groundwater pollution, solid waste disposal,
deforestation, and resource depletion. Studies proposed solutions
and their impacts. |
| SS 3520 |
U.S. Environmental History |
3 |
Spring |
Gorman |
Examines how human interaction with physical environment has changed
in North America over the last four centuries. Topics include history
of US river systems, uses of land by Native Americans, changes associated
with European colonization, incorporation of natural resources into
industrial economy, early conservation and preservation movements,
and environmental concerns accompanying urbanization and industrialization.
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| SS 3630 |
Environmental Policy and Politics |
3 |
Fall |
Solomon |
A broad survey of how environmental policy making actually works
in the U.S. Covers both environmental policy processes and politics,
and the major environmental policies themselves for control of air
pollution, water pollution, hazardous wastes, and other major environmental
problems. |
| SS 5300 |
Environmental Policy and Politics |
3 |
Fall |
MacLennan
Solomon |
An overview of environmental policymaking and politics in the
U.S. Emphasizes policies regarding air and water pollution, toxics
and hazardous waste. Discussion of rulemaking, enforcement, and
administration of laws by EPA. Investigation of environmental politics
on national and community levels, with focus on social movements
and citizen participation. |
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Environmental Science |
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Course Title |
Credits |
Semester |
Faculty |
Course Description |
| FW 3110 |
Natural Resource Policy |
3 |
Spring |
Halvorsen |
Covers concepts related to social systems and natural resources.
Offers a survey of natural resource (forest, wildlife, water, public
lands, and minerals) policies and organizations. State and federal
levels of policymaking will be linked to the human values, attitudes,
and beliefs that set the context for natural resource policy processes.
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| FW 4220 |
Wetlands |
4 |
Fall |
Chimner
Gale |
Study of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics
of wetlands. Describes functions and values of individual wetland
types. Presents management of wetlands and laws governing wetlands.
Labs concentrate on field techniques used to assess specific plant,
animal, soil, and hydrological characteristics of wetlands. |
| FW 4370 |
Forest and Landscape Hydrology (new faculty taking over - name
and description may change but will be hydrology-focused) |
3 |
Spring |
Pypker |
Covers the functions of water in the landscape. Emphasizes how
forests affect water functions and how water functions change in
the landscape due to land use. |
| FW 5115 |
Restoration Ecology |
3 |
Spring (alternate years - even years) |
Webster
Chimner
Huckins |
Study the tools, challenges, and philosophical underpinnings associated
with ecological restoration. Restoration of forest, grassland, and
wetland communities (plant and animal) will be discussed. |
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