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Bulletin 2020-21 Environmental Studies (02/28/21) Environmental Studies Environmental Studies offers one major and two minors. The Environmental Analysis major (https://enst.wustl.edu/academic- requirements/) creates a framework to integrate environmental courses and places a strong emphasis on critical thinking and general analytical and problem-solving skills. We offer an explicit focus on the application of those skills to analyze and design solutions to contemporary environmental challenges. The curriculum for this major is integrated and interdisciplinary, drawing from many disciplines across Arts & Sciences and the university as a whole. The major thus captures the strengths of the traditional academic departments and incorporates the interdisciplinary innovation necessary to explore fully the multiple issues and questions posed by the study of the environment. Our curriculum is sequenced and scaffolded so that students encounter concepts at increasing levels of depth, analysis, and real-world application. We offer opportunities for students with different disciplinary interests to repeatedly encounter one another and to engage in reflection with peers throughout, especially during our fourth-year reflection seminar. The Interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis minor (https:// enst.wustl.edu/academic-requirements/#anchor-group-9814) prepares students to tackle real-world environmental challenges by providing more robust opportunities for interdisciplinary knowledge and skill development. In particular, the minor is structured to provide students with opportunities to strengthen their critical analysis and problem-solving skills through participation in team-based learning experiences and, where possible, by engaging in real-world issues. The Environmental Studies minor (https://enst.wustl.edu/ academic-requirements/#anchor-group-9799) includes core course work in biology, earth science, and political science. Students may choose upper-level elective courses in a variety of natural and social science disciplines. Please visit the Environmental Studies website (http://enst.wustl.edu/) for more information. Students can also choose from among three environmental majors in the following academic departments: Biology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Political Science. For more information about these related majors, please visit the following Bulletin pages: Environmental Biology (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/ artsci/biology/#majors) Environmental Earth Sciences (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/ undergrad/artsci/earthplanetarysciences/#majors) Environmental Policy (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/ artsci/politicalscience/#majors) Phone: 314-935-7047 Email: [email protected] Website: http://enst.wustl.edu Faculty Director David Fike (https://eps.wustl.edu/people/david-fike/) Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences Associate Director, International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (InCEES) Director, Environmental Studies Program PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Earth and Planetary Sciences) Associate Director Eleanor Pardini (https://biology.wustl.edu/people/eleanor- pardini/) Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist Associate Director, Environmental Studies Program Contact for Environmental Biology PhD, University of Georgia (Biology) Professor William R. Lowry (https://polisci.wustl.edu/people/william- lowry/) Contact for Environmental Policy PhD, Stanford University (Political Science) Additional Faculty Solny Adalsteinsson (https://tyson.wustl.edu/solny- adalsteinsson/) Staff Scientist, Tyson Research Center (Environmental Studies) Sharon Deem (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/ Sharon_Deem/) DVM, PhD, DACZM (Environmental Studies; Saint Louis Zoo) Karen DeMatteo (https://enst.wustl.edu/people/karen- dematteo/) Senior Lecturer PhD, Saint Louis University (Environmental Studies; GIS) Elizabeth Hubertz (http://law.wustl.edu/faculty_profiles/ profiles.aspx?id=6728) Lecturer in Law Assistant Director, Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic JD, University of Virginia (Law; Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic) 1

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EnvironmentalStudiesEnvironmental Studies offers one major and two minors. TheEnvironmental Analysis major (https://enst.wustl.edu/academic-requirements/) creates a framework to integrate environmentalcourses and places a strong emphasis on critical thinkingand general analytical and problem-solving skills. We offer anexplicit focus on the application of those skills to analyze anddesign solutions to contemporary environmental challenges.The curriculum for this major is integrated and interdisciplinary,drawing from many disciplines across Arts & Sciences and theuniversity as a whole. The major thus captures the strengthsof the traditional academic departments and incorporates theinterdisciplinary innovation necessary to explore fully the multipleissues and questions posed by the study of the environment.Our curriculum is sequenced and scaffolded so that studentsencounter concepts at increasing levels of depth, analysis,and real-world application. We offer opportunities for studentswith different disciplinary interests to repeatedly encounterone another and to engage in reflection with peers throughout,especially during our fourth-year reflection seminar.

The Interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis minor (https://enst.wustl.edu/academic-requirements/#anchor-group-9814)prepares students to tackle real-world environmental challengesby providing more robust opportunities for interdisciplinaryknowledge and skill development. In particular, the minor isstructured to provide students with opportunities to strengthentheir critical analysis and problem-solving skills throughparticipation in team-based learning experiences and, wherepossible, by engaging in real-world issues.

The Environmental Studies minor (https://enst.wustl.edu/academic-requirements/#anchor-group-9799) includes corecourse work in biology, earth science, and political science.Students may choose upper-level elective courses in a varietyof natural and social science disciplines. Please visit theEnvironmental Studies website (http://enst.wustl.edu/) for moreinformation.

Students can also choose from among three environmentalmajors in the following academic departments: Biology, Earthand Planetary Sciences, and Political Science. For moreinformation about these related majors, please visit the followingBulletin pages:

• Environmental Biology (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/biology/#majors)

• Environmental Earth Sciences (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/earthplanetarysciences/#majors)

• Environmental Policy (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/politicalscience/#majors)

Phone: 314-935-7047

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://enst.wustl.edu

FacultyDirectorDavid Fike (https://eps.wustl.edu/people/david-fike/)Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary SciencesAssociate Director, International Center for Energy, Environmentand Sustainability (InCEES)Director, Environmental Studies ProgramPhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Earth and Planetary Sciences)

Associate DirectorEleanor Pardini (https://biology.wustl.edu/people/eleanor-pardini/)Senior Lecturer and Research ScientistAssociate Director, Environmental Studies ProgramContact for Environmental BiologyPhD, University of Georgia(Biology)

ProfessorWilliam R. Lowry (https://polisci.wustl.edu/people/william-lowry/)Contact for Environmental PolicyPhD, Stanford University(Political Science)

Additional FacultySolny Adalsteinsson (https://tyson.wustl.edu/solny-adalsteinsson/)Staff Scientist, Tyson Research Center(Environmental Studies)

Sharon Deem (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharon_Deem/)DVM, PhD, DACZM(Environmental Studies; Saint Louis Zoo)

Karen DeMatteo (https://enst.wustl.edu/people/karen-dematteo/)Senior LecturerPhD, Saint Louis University(Environmental Studies; GIS)

Elizabeth Hubertz (http://law.wustl.edu/faculty_profiles/profiles.aspx?id=6728)Lecturer in LawAssistant Director, Interdisciplinary Environmental ClinicJD, University of Virginia(Law; Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic)

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Scott Krummenacher (https://polisci.wustl.edu/people/scott-krummenacher/)LecturerPhD, Saint Louis University(Political Science)

Doug Ladd (https://www.samfoxschool.wustl.edu/portfolios/doug_ladd/)LecturerMS, Southern Illinois University

Suzanne Loui (https://enst.wustl.edu/people/suzanne-loui/)LecturerPhD, Saint Louis University(Biology; Environmental Studies)

Beth Martin (https://enst.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/beth-martin/)Teaching ProfessorMS, Washington University(Environmental Studies)

John Parks (http://enst.wustl.edu/people/john-parks/)LecturerPhD, Washington University(Environmental Studies; University College)

David Webb (https://www.slu.edu/business/centers/emerson-leadership-institute/)LecturerMBA, MS, Saint Louis University

Bill WinstonLecturerMS, Washington University(Environmental Studies; University College)

MajorsThe Major in EnvironmentalAnalysisThe major in environmental analysis is a flexible programof study that focuses on developing the critical skills andcompetencies required for interdisciplinary environmentalwork. This program is ideal for students seeking a standalonemajor focused on the environment and sustainability or acomplement to a primary major in the natural or social sciencesor humanities.

Required Units: 49

Required Courses (28 units):

Required core disciplinary courses (9 units):

Code Title Units

Choose three of the following:

Biol 2950 Introduction to Environmental Biology 3

EnSt 101 Earth's Future: Causes andConsequences of Global ClimateChange (I60 course)

3

EnSt 102 To Sustainability and Beyond: People,Planet, Prosperity

3

EnSt 105 Sustainability in Business 3

EnSt 215 Introduction to EnvironmentalHumanities

3

EnSt 250 One Health: Linking the Healthof Humans, Animals, and theEnvironment

3

EPSc 201 Earth and the Environment 4

Pol Sci 2010 Introduction to Environmental Policy 3

Note: Students may count EnSt 101 or EnSt 102 — but not both— toward the major.

Required core courses in analysis and communication (12 units):

Code Title Units

Choose four of the following:

Drama 214 Public Speaking: EmbodiedCommunication

3

EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts andNarratives of the Nuclear Era

3

EnSt 316 Beyond the Evidence 3

EnSt 350W Environmental Issues: Writing 3

EnSt 357 Environmental Problem Solving 3

EnSt 364 Field Methods for EnvironmentalScience

3

EnSt 380 Applications in GIS 3

Math 2200 Elementary Probability and Statistics 3

Math 3200 Elementary to Intermediate Statisticsand Data Analysis

3

Note: A fifth course from this section can count as a seventhelective; refer to the "Elective Courses" section of this page formore information.

Required course in social identity and environment (3 units):

Code Title Units

Choose one of the following:

GeSt 232 Intergroup Dialogue: Race/Ethnicity 3

SOC 2010 The Roots of Ferguson:Understanding Racial Inequality in theContemporary U.S.

3

SOC 2110 Social Inequality in America 3

SOC 3212 The Social Construction of Race 3

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Required interdisciplinary environmental capstone course (3units):

Code Title Units

Choose one of the following:

EnSt 405 Sustainability Exchange: Communityand University Practicums

3

EnSt 407 RESET - Renewable Energy Policy,Engineering and Business

3

EnSt 452 International Climate NegotiationSeminar

var.;max

6

EnSt 539 Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic var.;max

6

EnSt 498 Senior Honors Research 3

Fourth-year reflection seminar (1 unit):

The purpose of this seminar is to create a written narrativeportfolio that synthesizes, integrates, and reflects on thestudent's learning across the courses and experiences ofthe major. Reflection will occur through personal writing anddiscussion with peers in the course.

Elective Courses (21 units):

Students will choose depth and breadth elective courses fromthree categories: social sciences, humanities and arts, andnatural science. Students must choose seven elective courses,with at least four courses chosen from one category and at leastone course chosen from each of the other two categories. Thismeans that students can choose a five/one/one or four/two/onecombination of courses from the three categories. If desired, astudent may choose as their seventh elective a course from the“Required core courses in analysis and communication” sectionof the major.

Social sciences electives:

Code Title Units

AMCS 299 The Study of Cities and MetropolitanAmerica

3

Anthro 3608 Caribbean Island Vulnerabilities:Puerto Rico

3

Anthro 360 Placemaking St. Louis 3

Anthro 361 Culture and Environment 3

Anthro 3613 Follow the Thing: Global Commodities& Environment

3

Econ 451 Environmental Policy 3

EnSt 310 Ecological Economics 3

EnSt 316 Beyond the Evidence 3

EnSt 340 Energy Governance in Israel and theMiddle East

3

EnSt 341 International Energy Politics 3

EnSt 346 Environmental Justice 3

EnSt 347 Sustainable Cities 3

EnSt 461 Intro to Environmental Law 3

MGT 401M Sustainable Development andConservation Through EntrepreneurialCollaboration: Madagascar

3

MGT 402 Ethical Issues in Managerial DecisionMaking

1.5

MGT 460L Introduction to SocialEntrepreneurship

3

MGT 460M Business of Social Impact 1.5

MPH 5002 Epidemiology * 3

MPH 5323 TPS: Climate Change and PublicHealth *

3

Pol Sci 363 Quantitative Political Methodology 3

Pol Sci 381 The Politics of Electoral Systems 3

Pol Sci 495 Research Design and Methods 3

SOC 3350 Poverty and the New American City 3

SOC 3510 Sick Society: Social Determinants ofHealth and Health Disparities in theUnited States

3

SOC 4810 Global Structures and Problems 3

* If classroom space allows after graduate student enrollment,permission for undergraduate enrollment may be granted atthe discretion of the faculty instructor. Students will need tocontact the faculty instructor for permission.

Environmental humanities electives:

Code Title Units

AFAS 3075 Recipes for Respect: Black Foodwaysin the United States

3

Comp Lit 375 Topics in Comp Lit: FindingChina:From Sojourners to Settlers inChinese Diaspora & Chinese Amer Lit

3

Drama 351 Intro to Playwriting 3

EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts andNarratives of the Nuclear Era

3

History 3194 Environment and Empire 3

Phil 235F Introduction to Environmental Ethics 3

Writing 309 Writing the Natural World 3

IPH 431 Statistics for Humanities Scholars:Data Science for the Humanities

3

Natural science electives:

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Code Title Units

Anthro 3053 Nomadic Strategies and ExtremeEcologies

3

Anthro 4285 Environmental Archaeology 3

Anthro 4803 Advanced GIS Modeling andLandscape Analysis

3

Biol 3220 Woody Plants of Missouri 3

Biol 349 Microbiology 4

Biol 373W Laboratory on the Evolution of AnimalBehavior (Writing Intensive)

3

Biol 381 Introduction to Ecology 3

Biol 419 Community Ecology 3

Biol 4193 Experimental Ecology Laboratory 4

Biol 4195 Disease Ecology 4

EnSt 364 Field Methods for EnvironmentalScience

3

EnSt 365 Applied Conservation Biology 3

EnSt 375 Urban Ecology 3

EnSt 481 Advanced GIS 3

EPSc 219 Energy and the Environment 3

EPSc 323 Biogeochemistry 3

EPSc 336 Minerals and Rocks in theEnvironment

3

EPSc 385 Earth History 3

EPSc 386 The Earth's Climate System 3

EPSc 413 Introduction to Soil Science 3

EPSc 428 Hydrology 3

EPSc 454 Exploration and EnvironmentalGeophysics

4

LAND 551A Landscape Ecology 3

Related MajorsStudents interested in studying the environment can also choosefrom relevant majors in the departments of Biology, Earth andPlanetary Sciences, and Political Science.

Please visit the following Bulletin pages for more informationabout these majors:

• Environmental Biology (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/biology/#majors)

• Environmental Earth Sciences (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/earthplanetarysciences/#majors)

• Environmental Policy (http://bulletin.wustl.edu/undergrad/artsci/politicalscience/#majors)

MinorsThe Minor in InterdisciplinaryEnvironmental AnalysisRequired Units: 18

Required Courses:

Choose three of the following:

Code Title Units

EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts andNarratives of the Nuclear Era

3

EnSt 316 Beyond the Evidence 3

EnSt 350W Environmental Issues: Writing 3

EnSt 357 Environmental Problem Solving 3

EnSt 364 Field Methods for EnvironmentalScience

3

EnSt 380 Applications in GIS 3

One interdisciplinary environmental capstone course:

Code Title Units

EnSt 405 Sustainability Exchange: Communityand University Practicums

3

EnSt 407 RESET - Renewable Energy Policy,Engineering and Business

3

EnSt 452 International Climate NegotiationSeminar

var.;max

6

EnSt 539 Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic var.;max

6

One advanced elective in natural science (prerequisites: EnSt481 [EnSt 380]; EPSc 454 [EPSc 201]):

Code Title Units

EnSt 364 Field Methods for EnvironmentalScience

3

EnSt 365 Applied Conservation Biology 3

EnSt 481 Advanced GIS 3

EPSc 454 Exploration and EnvironmentalGeophysics

4

One advanced elective in social science and humanities(prerequisites: Econ 451 [Econ 1011]):

Code Title Units

EnSt 310 Ecological Economics 3

EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts andNarratives of the Nuclear Era

3

EnSt 316 Beyond the Evidence 3

4

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EnSt 340 Energy Governance in Israel and theMiddle East

3

EnSt 341 International Energy Politics 3

EnSt 346 Environmental Justice 3

EnSt 347 Sustainable Cities 3

EnSt 461 Intro to Environmental Law 3

Econ 451 Environmental Policy 3

History 3194 Environment and Empire 3

Approved for students who entered Spring 2020 orbefore:

History 3068 An Inconvenient Truth: The HumanHistory of Climate Change

3

Pol Sci 340 Topics: Environmental Justice 3

Pol Sci 3752 Topics in American Politics 3

Pol Sci 4043 Public Policy Analysis, Assessmentand Practical Wisdom

3

The Minor in EnvironmentalStudiesRequired Units: 19

Required Courses:

Code Title Units

EPSc 201 Earth and the Environment 4

Biol 2950 Introduction to Environmental Biology 3

Pol Sci 2010 Introduction to Environmental Policy 3

Total Units 10

Elective Courses: 9 units; one course from each of the threecategories below:

One advanced science course:

Code Title Units

Biol 3220 Woody Plants of Missouri 3

Biol 370 Animal Behavior 3

Biol 381 Introduction to Ecology 3

EnSt 364 Field Methods for EnvironmentalScience

3

EnSt 365 Applied Conservation Biology 3

EnSt 375 Urban Ecology 3

EnSt 380 Applications in GIS 3

EnSt 481 Advanced GIS 3

EPSc 323 Biogeochemistry 3

EPSc 386 The Earth's Climate System 3

EPSc 401 Earth Systems Science 3

EPSc 413 Introduction to Soil Science 3

One advanced political science or law course:

Code Title Units

EnSt 310 Ecological Economics 3

EnSt 340 Energy Governance in Israel and theMiddle East

3

EnSt 341 International Energy Politics 3

EnSt 346 Environmental Justice 3

EnSt 347 Sustainable Cities 3

EnSt 350W Environmental Issues: Writing 3

EnSt 357 Environmental Problem Solving 3

EnSt 461 Intro to Environmental Law 3

EnSt 539 Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic var.;max

6

Pol Sci 363 Quantitative Political Methodology 3

Pol Sci 389A Power, Justice and the City 3

Pol Sci 4043 Public Policy Analysis, Assessmentand Practical Wisdom

3

Pol Sci 495 Research Design and Methods 3

One advanced anthropology or ethics course:

Code Title Units

Anthro 3053 Nomadic Strategies and ExtremeEcologies

3

Anthro 3472 Global Energy and the AmericanDream

3

Anthro 3608 Caribbean Island Vulnerabilities:Puerto Rico

3

Anthro 361 Culture and Environment 3

Anthro 3613 Follow the Thing: Global Commodities& Environment

3

Anthro 3615 Environmental Anthropology 3

Anthro 4215 Anthropology of Food 3

EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts andNarratives of the Nuclear Era

3

EnSt 316 Beyond the Evidence 3

EnSt 405 Sustainability Exchange: Communityand University Practicums

3

History 3194 Environment and Empire 3

Other preapproved substitutions: Courses that are offeredless frequently or that have more prerequisites but that arepreapproved substitutions for these requirement categoriesinclude the following:

Advanced science:

Code Title Units

EPSc 429 Environmental Hydrogeology 3

EPSc 444 Environmental Geochemistry 3

EPSc 484 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction 3

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Advanced political science or law:

Code Title Units

Econ 451 Environmental Policy 3

EnSt 407 RESET - Renewable Energy Policy,Engineering and Business

3

EnSt 452 International Climate NegotiationSeminar

var.;max

6

Advanced anthropology or ethics:

Code Title Units

Anthro 3612 Population and Society 3

Anthro 379 Archaeology and Climate Change 3

CoursesVisit online course listings to view semester offerings forL82 EnSt (https://courses.wustl.edu/CourseInfo.aspx?sch=L&dept=L82&crslvl=1:4).

L82 EnSt 101 Earth's Future: Causes and Consequences ofGlobal Climate ChangeEarth's Future: Causes and Consequences of Global ClimateChange examines the following: 1) the physical basis for climatechange; 2) how climates are changing and how we know andassess that climates are changing; and 3) the effects of climatechange on natural and human systems. The course is team-taught and will involve participation by scholars across theuniversity with expertise in specific subjects. This is a broadintroductory course for first-year students, and it presumes nospecial subject matter knowledge on the part of the student. Thiscourse is for first-year (non-transfer) students only.Same as I60 BEYOND 101Credit 3 units. A&S: FYBB A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSMBU: SCI

L82 EnSt 102 To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet,ProsperityThis course combines interdisciplinary instruction with appliedproject work. Students will be introduced to global concepts insustainability and examine how they relate to specific issuesin the greater St. Louis community, learning what it means tobe civic-minded stewards of social and ecological systems. Inaddition, students will work on developing the critical "soft skills"needed for success on the job, such as effective communicationtechniques, project management, and leadership. Students willemerge from the course with a systems-level understandingof sustainability, a working knowledge of the fundamentals ofcommunity engagement, and an appreciation for values-basedcivic stewardship. Experience in this course will prepare studentsfor applied project-based work in other courses or internships,regardless of academic discipline. This course is for first-year(non-transfer) students only.Same as I60 BEYOND 140Credit 3 units. A&S: FYS A&S IQ: SSC EN: S

L82 EnSt 105 Sustainability in BusinessIn today's complex business environment, organizations areconstantly challenged to develop innovative policies andprocesses that ensure profitability. Some leaders believe thatthe sole purpose of business is to maximize shareholder wealthand that fiscal sustainability is not compatible with environmentalresponsibility. In reality, ecological and economic performanceneed not--and should not--be mutually exclusive. Fortunately,the outmoded mindset of "profit-at-any-cost" is beginning to shiftas organizations recognize the importance of adopting balancedbusiness practices that promote social equity and environmentalprosperity without sacrificing financial stability. Organizationsthat embed sustainability into their corporate strategies increaseoperational efficiency by using resources more responsibly andminimizing waste. In an increasingly crowded and competitivemarketplace, sustainability has become a source of competitiveadvantage through which an organization can have a positiveimpact not only on the financial "bottom line" but also onthe environment and society. In this course, we explore keyconcepts and issues driving sustainability in business. We alsoexamine core sustainability principles, frameworks, and toolsthat companies can use to better understand and work withinthe natural systems that enable their existence and sustain theiroperations.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 109A Quantitative Reasoning in EnvironmentalScienceIntroduction to practical mathematical methods for understandingenvironmental aspects of our planet, particularly how theenvironment changes with time through human interactions.Emphasis on intuitive approaches in devising simplerelationships for understanding quantitative outcomes ofnatural processes. Introduction to basic statistical methods,including hypothesis testing, and how statistics can be applied toenvironmental problems.Same as L19 EPSc 109ACredit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM, AN Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 110 Environmental IssuesThis course examines the science behind current environmentalissues, with emphasis on ecology and conservation. Studentswill gain an understanding about the consequences of the waythat humans currently interact with the natural environmentand potential solutions that would allow long-term sustainabilityof the Earth. Topics will include: human population growth,ecosystem structure and diversity, types and origin of pollution,global climate change, energy resources and use, challenges tofeeding the world, and the interaction between the environmentand human health.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 115 Introduction to Conservation BiologyThis course is introductory level and appropriate for both non-science majors as well as potential science majors who maybe investigating their interests. Conservation Biology will focuson biodiversity, its preservation and current threats, as well asobstacles to its preservation for the future. We will examinethe different levels of biodiversity present in nature as well ashighlighting its importance, and why it matters to the humanpopulation. In studying Conservation Biology, students willalso learn key concepts from related fields such as evolution

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and ecology that are necessary to understand concepts andconcerns. Course topics include species and ecosystemmanagement, restoration, strategies to combat threats, and pastsuccesses and failures relating to biodiversity conservation.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 121 Ampersand: Pathfinder — A Sense of Place:Discovering Missouri's Natural HeritageThis is the first course in the Pathfinder program, and it willintroduce students to their new home for the next four years.This interdisciplinary course will cover Missouri geology, climate,archaeology, and native megafauna. We will explore manyof the habitats found in Missouri (prairie, forest, glade, andstream) and the biology of our diverse plant and animal wildlife(arthropods, mollusks, fish, salamanders, lizards, birds, andmammals). This will provide a foundation that will inform thestudy of ecology, policy and management in other courses. Inaddition to weekly lectures and discussions, students in thiscourse will visit sites across the state during three weekendcamping trips and two one-day trips. Attendance on field tripsis an essential component of the course. Course enrollment isopen only to students admitted into the Pathfinder Fellowshipprogram.Same as L61 FYP 121Credit 3 units. A&S: AMP A&S IQ: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 122 Ampersand: Pathfinder — A Sense of Place:Discovering the Environment of St. LouisGo exploring in and around St Louis. You'll learn about theSt. Louis backyard, and your "home" for the next four years.Through field trips, readings, and discussion, you'll see first-hand what challenges face the environment and the people wholive here. You will learn how to examine multiple perspectives,how to think critically and how to approach problems from aninterdisciplinary and holistic approach. You'll also learn why it isimportant to know a community at the local level if you're goingto affect change on any level-state, national, or international. Inaddition to weekly readings and discussion, this class includesseveral field trips.Same as L61 FYP 122Credit 3 units. A&S: AMP A&S IQ: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 181 Ampersand: Pathfinder — EnvironmentalSeminarA survey of pressing environmental issues, both local and global,as well as an introduction to the breadth of environmental workoccurring on campus. Credit/no credit only.Same as L61 FYP 181PCredit 1 unit. A&S: AMP

L82 EnSt 201 Earth and the EnvironmentIntroduction to the study of the Earth as a dynamic, evolvingplanet. Emphasis on how internal and surface processescombine to shape the environment. Themes: Earth's interior asrevealed by seismic waves; Earth history and global tectonicsshown by changes to ocean floors, mountain-building, formationof continents, earthquakes and volcanism; climate historyand global biogeochemical cycles, influenced by circulationof atmosphere and oceans, ice ages and human activity.Composition and structure of rocks and minerals. Part of theintroductory sequence of courses for all Earth and planetarysciences and environmental studies majors. Three class hoursand one two-hour lab a week.

Same as L19 EPSc 201Credit 4 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 210 Undergraduate Teaching AssistantCredit 3 units.

L82 EnSt 215 Introduction to Environmental HumanitiesIn this environmental humanities seminar, we will consider textsillustrating how American citizens evolved in their perception,use, and expectations of the natural world during the 19th andearly 20th centuries, especially with regard to (but not limitedto) the practice of agriculture. How did the mandatory short-term goals of health and economic security sought so eagerlyby citizens and supported by evolving technologies foreshadowthe unintended consequences of long-term environmentaldamage that would contribute to climate change, and how canwe understand this using a critical and hopeful lens? Consideringcontemporary writings on our perception of "environmentalism"will help us nuance our analysis. Topics will include agrariandemocracy; settlement of the Great Plains by immigrant farmers;the Dust Bowl; and fragmentation of the Sioux ecosystem. Thiscultural research will frame our visits to the Tyson ResearchCenter, Washington University's field laboratory in westSt. Louis County. The Tyson Research Center's missionis to provide a living landscape for environmental researchand education as a component of Washington University'sInternational Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability(InCEES). As a class, we will meet with faculty researchersfrom both science and the humanities and hear about theirwork on ecosystem sustainability (i.e., thinking long-term forhuman and environmental health). We will use texts such asgovernment reports, history, literature, environmental policy,and autobiography. This course is for first-year and sophomorestudents only.Credit 3 units. A&S: FYS A&S IQ: HUM BU: HUM EN: H

L82 EnSt 221A Human Use of the EarthExamination of the impacts of a growing population on the Earth,including habitat destruction, resource depletion, and air andwater pollution. Population growth, landscape change, and thedistribution and uses of the water, mineral, and energy-producingresources of the Earth.Same as L19 EPSc 221ACredit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 222 Topics in Japanese Literature and Culture:Environmental Consciousness in Modern JapaneseLiteratureA topics course on Japanese literature and culture. Subjectmatter varies by semester; consult current semester listings fortopic.Same as L05 Japan 221Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: HUM, LCD BU: IS EN: H

L82 EnSt 250 One Health: Linking the Health of Humans,Animals, and the EnvironmentThis course provides an introduction to One Health, acollaborative effort of multiple disciplines -- working locally,nationally, and globally -- to attain optimal health for people,animals, and the environment. The student will learn aboutthe challenges threatening environmental, animal, andhuman health. More importantly, they will learn about thetransdisciplinary/holistic/One Health approach, which is

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necessary if we are to develop the solutions to these challenges.To address the loss of biodiversity, climate change, andenvironmental pollutants, students will participate in project-based learning modules to understand the how and why of thesechallenges as well as the mechanisms available to study currentthreats to conservation and public health. Class lessons willconsist of lectures, clicker-based discussions, and case-studydiscussions. Assignments will include regular readings, quizzes,three exams, the creation of one infographic to convey a conceptto a lay audience, and one short final reflection essay. Thiscourse will be limited to first- and second-year students.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 290 Sophomore Seminar in Sustainability and theEnvironmentThis course will provide an opportunity for students to evaluateand explore potential paths in environmental studies, and learnpresentation skills to carry forward in their careers. Studentswill also get the opportunity to get out of the classroom andparticipate in environmental field trips and activities.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM

L82 EnSt 2950 Introduction to Environmental BiologyIntroduction to Environmental Biology is designed to teachimportant principles of environmental biology and generalscience literacy skills. We cover the foundational biologicalprinciples and contemporary issues within four main topics:human population growth, transfer of energy and carbon in theecosystem, biodiversity, and food production. We focus on thebiological principles involved as we examine these topics inthe context of some contentious and confusing issues relatedto environmental biology in everyday life. The science literacyskills that you master in this course will help you address theissues you face in your everyday life regarding scientific andpseudoscientific claims about the environment and societyand will form the foundation for your development as a criticalconsumer of science information in the media. This course isrequired for all environmental biology majors and environmentalstudies minors. We recommend you take this course in yourfirst- or second-year if possible. If your interests align and yourschedule allows, we recommend co-enrolling in ENST 215:Introduction to Environmental Humanities.Same as L41 Biol 2950Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 299 Directed InternshipInternship with an environmental organization (commercial,not-for-profit, governmental, etc.) where the primary objectiveis to obtain professional experience outside of the classroom.Student must have a faculty sponsor and must file a LearningAgreement with the Career Center, the faculty sponsor and thesite supervisor. A final written project is agreed upon betweenthe student and faculty sponsor before work begins, and isevaluated by the faculty sponsor at the end of the internship.Detailed supervision of the intern is the responsibility of the sitesupervisor.Credit variable, maximum 3 units.

L82 EnSt 3068 An Inconvenient Truth: The Human History ofClimate ChangeWhile climate change has become a hot-button issue in recentdecades, it is by no means a new concern. Advisers to the kingof France were warning against deforestation in the 18th centuryand 19th century. Scientific experiments revealed the arrival of

acid rain in the industrial centers of Great Britain. This coursewill examine the longer history of climate change and how it hasbeen addressed as a scientific, political and environmental issue.Students will be introduced to the field of environmental historyand explore how the methods of this field of inquiry challengetraditional historical categories.Same as L22 History 3068Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: HUM Arch: HUM Art: HUM BU: HUM, ISEN: H

L82 EnSt 306B Africa: Peoples and CulturesAn anthropological survey of Africa from the classicethnographies to contemporary studies of development.Emphasis on the numerous social and economic changesAfrican peoples have experienced from precolonial times to thepresent.Same as L48 Anthro 306BCredit 3 units. A&S IQ: LCD, SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU:HUM, IS

L82 EnSt 310 Ecological EconomicsOur planet is finite but our economic theories and practicesassume that our economy can grow forever. The paradoxicalpursuit of infinite growth on a finite planet has real-worldconsequences: from climate change to increasing incomeinequality to stagnant and declining quality of life for mostof us to the ongoing mass extinction of species that are noteconomically useful to us, but whose loss simplifies ecosystemsto the point of collapse. If these trends continue we will facesome very difficult times ecologically and socio-politically. Onealternative to infinite-planet economic theory is EcologicalEconomics, which can be described as economics as if thelaws of thermodynamics are true and apply to us. Alone amongdisciplines with any aspiration to analytic rigor, the field ofeconomics has remained unaffected by the thermodynamicrevolution that transformed such fields as biology, chemistry,physics, even history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.This failure to take physical law into account is one greatsource of our society's environmental (and social and political)problems. Ecological economics thus represents the continuationof the thermodynamic revolution begun in the 1880s. Thiscourse is designed to give you an appropriate grounding in thefundamental assumptions, the conceptual novelties, and thedistinctive tools of analysis that comprise this emergent schoolof economic theory, while placing this theorizing in historical(and ecological) context. We'll pay particular attention to howthe precepts and practice of Ecological Economics illuminatethe largest challenge facing humans today, the necessity ofdeveloping an ecologically sustainable society, one that is sizedto the limits of our finite planet.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 315 Fallout: Analyzing Texts and Narratives of theNuclear EraIn this environmental humanities course we will compareand integrate diverse texts and narratives through whichAmericans have developed a complex relationship to nucleartechnology. Nuclear technology has long been developed,used and debated. Capable of both healing and harm, itchallenges our notions of risk verses benefit at every level. Itis also poised to potentially play a significant environmentalrole in climate mitigation by delivering large amounts of nearlycarbon-free energy. Using texts such as literary nonfiction,history, environmental anthropology, natural history and public

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health, we will explore aspects of the Manhattan Project, theChernobyl Nuclear Reactor accident, the presence of fear in thepublic perception of nuclear technology, and debates regardingthe current and future use of nuclear energy. Two or threeSaturday field site visits will be required, one to Weldon SpringsInterpretive Center.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: HUM Arch: HUM Art: HUM BU: HUM EN:H

L82 EnSt 316 Beyond the EvidenceWhy, when all evidence points to the growing threats of climatechange, is it so difficult to create movement toward addressingthis issue? Why, when we have so much evidence that vaccinesreduce illness and death and are extremely safe, do individualsstill choose not to vaccinate their children? What if I told youthat the scientific evidence does not matter? Over the lastfew decades, neither better education, nor guilt, nor fear hasworked to produce change on important environmental andpublic health issues. In this course, we will explore the differentfactors that contribute to the reasons why scientific evidencedoes not matter for the individual choices we make or policieswe support. We will especially consider how values, beliefs,emotions, and identity shape how we process information andmake decisions. We will examine how we might talk to oneanother in a way that might shift thinking or behavior as wellas how we can create evidence-based policy. We will explorethemes of worldview, cognitive linguistics and framing, cognitivedissonance, risk perception, empathy, habit changes, bunglesin messaging, and difficult dialoguing through the examples ofclimate change and vaccination. Course activities will consist ofregular reading, some online research, reflective journaling athome, and engaging in conversation during class. This course isdesigned to target upper-level students in environmental majorsand pre-health studies.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 320 Pathfinder: Environmental ModernismCredit 3 units. A&S IQ: HUM EN: H

L82 EnSt 323 BiogeochemistryThis course covers basic concepts of how elements cycleamong the Earth's crust, the oceans, and the atmosphere,including perturbations due to human activities. Carbon,nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and water cycles. Isotopic tracers.Feedbacks, forcings, and residence times. Redox cycling andthermodynamics. Biogeochemical box models and changes inbiogeochemical cycles over Earth's history. Biogeochemistryof greenhouse gases; biogeochemical feedbacks in the climatesystem. This course is appropriate for EPS students, engineeringstudents, environmental science majors, and other students withinterest in the environmental or geological sciences.Same as L19 EPSc 323Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 340 Energy Governance in Israel and the MiddleEastThis course focuses on the energy policy concerns of Israeland its surrounding region. Students gain a deep understandingof the complexities involved in energy policy formulation andits profound impact on the security, economy and foreignpolicy of the Middle East. The course examines such issues assecuring energy markets and suppliers, managing oil revenue,deciding on the country's energy mix for electricity, balancingenvironmental concerns, using energy resources as a "weapon"

in foreign policy, subsidizing renewable energy, dealing withwater scarcity, promoting nuclear energy, and the role of energyin armed conflicts. Each lesson focuses on one policy concernor dilemma, reviews the main theories and approaches to it,and uses Israel and its surrounding region as case studies foranalysis. Although the course focuses on Israel and the EastMediterranean area, it is widely relevant to students interestedin energy policy formulation in the United States, Europe, orelsewhere.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: LCD, SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA,IS EN: S

L82 EnSt 341 International Energy PoliticsWhat determines the global price of oil? What is the relationshipbetween oil, democracy, poverty, and war? Can renewableenergy ever fully replace fossil fuels? In this course, wewill analyze long-term trends in the international energymarkets while focusing on the political, economic, and securityconsiderations that influence them. We first review the effectsof fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) on peace and conflict inthe international system and on the stability and well-beingof regimes that are rich with such resources. We discuss themajor role that energy plays in regional and interstate politics byexamining the energy policy of various actors in the internationalsystem, including the United States, the European Union, SaudiArabia, China, Russia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Iran. The coursewill also deal with various issues in global environmental politicsas well as global trends in the use of renewable and nuclearenergy. Grades are based on a short research paper, a classpresentation, and a mid-term exam.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: IS EN: S

L82 EnSt 346 Environmental JusticeEnvironmental quality varies widely across race, class, genderand other forms of social difference. This course explores howand why these differences exist. It provides an overview of thehistory and foundations of the environmental justice movementin the United States while covering classic environmental justiceissues, such as toxic waste and pollution, along with more recentissues, such as food access, urban green space, transportationand climate change. Environmental justice concerns in St. Louisare featured as part of the course. Class time will be devoted tolectures, case studies, group activities and discussions. Studentlearning will be assessed through exams, reflection, onlineassignments, a policy brief on an environmental justice issue anda group presentation.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: CPSC, SSC BU: BAEN: S

L82 EnSt 347 Sustainable CitiesCredit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC EN: S

L82 EnSt 350W Environmental Issues: WritingThis course is for students interested in environmental issuessurrounding natural science, social science and policy. Thecourse aims to provide students with the writing skills they needto be succesful in the environmental field once they graduate.Students will examine environmental issues and decision-making processes by examining data and facts underlyingpositions and decisions. They will explore the role of audience,purpose and author angle of vision as they examine the roles ofmultiple stakeholders in environmental issues and processes.Students will also be exposed to different types of writing usedin environmental studies professions. When the course includes

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a service learning component, students will be exposed to thetypes of writing that are necessary in environmental careersand in environmental nonprofits and governmental agencies inparticular.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM, WI BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 357 Environmental Problem SolvingThis course aims to provide students with the opportunityto develop and apply problem-solving skills in the context ofenvironmental challenges. Students will learn basic frameworksof decision-making through readings and role-play. Throughthe role-play, students will grapple with the perspectives ofmultiple stakeholders, the interplay of science and policy, andthe ambiguity and uncertainty inherent in decision-makingprocesses.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 361 Culture and EnvironmentAn introduction to the ecology of human culture, especiallyhow "traditional" cultural ecosystems are organized and howthey change with population density. Topics include foragers,extensive and intensive farming, industrial agriculture, theecology of conflict, and problems in sustainability.Same as L48 Anthro 361Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: ETH EN: S

L82 EnSt 3615 Environmental AnthropologyThis course will provide students with a working knowledgeof how the study of humans across space and time hasfundamentally impacted the way we understand the idea ofnature, the environment and what it means to be human. Thecourse will ground students in both historical and cutting-edge anthropological theories with units on subsistence,transformative nature, imagining wilds in the Anthropocene andpluralizing environmentalisms.Same as L48 Anthro 3615Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: CPSC, SSC BU: BAEN: S

L82 EnSt 364 Field Methods for Environmental ScienceThis course provides a broad survey of practical and appliedmethods for environmental field work for site assessments,ecological studies, conservation land management, habitatmonitoring, and ecological restoration. A primary focus will besources and techniques for obtaining and interpreting field dataacross a range of abiotic, organismal and system/communityparameters, with emphasis on hands-on field experienceproviding students with direct knowledge highlighting theadvantages and limitations of various methods. In the process,students will learn about multiple taxonomic and organismalgroups and natural community types, and the relationshipsamong these and the physical environment in functional naturalsystems. Course topics include theory and practice of methodsfor sampling biotic and abiotic resources, including vegetation,fauna, aquatic systems, stream geomorphology, and soils, aswell as using these data for assessments, habitat monitoring,land management decisions, and developing ecologicalrestorations. Students will gain familiarity with responding toissues driving applied environmental science and related fieldstoday, including data quality, sampling design, field techniques,viability and threat analyses, and incorporating field data intomulti-scale conservation planning and design work. The courseconsists of instructor presentations, guest lectures, readings andwritten response papers, student projects and presentations,

classroom discussions, and extensive field exercises and hands-on training. Class logistics: one lecture (1.5 hours) and one lab(5 hours) per week, plus 2-3 all day Saturday field trips (seepolicy on absences for back-up plan regarding field trips).Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 365 Applied Conservation BiologyA hands-on introduction to the concepts of conservation biologyand applied conservation practice, including designing andimplementing conservation projects. Readings, lectures,classroom exercises, and field projects will immerse students inall aspects of conservation in the contemporary landscape, andthe tools and techniques needed for successful and sustainableconservation outcomes will be introduced. Three Saturday fieldtrips are required.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 374 Social Landscapes in Global ViewFrom the beginning of the human campaign, societies havesocialized the spaces and places where they live. Thissocialization comes in many forms, including the generationof sacred natural places (e.g., Mt. Fuji) to the constructionof planned urban settings where culture is writ large inovert and subtle contexts. Over the past two decades orso, anthropologists, archaeologists and geographers havedeveloped a wide body of research concerning these sociallyconstructed and perceived settings — commonly known as"landscapes." This course takes a tour through time and acrossthe globe to trace the formation of diverse social landscapes,starting in prehistoric times and ending in modern times. Wecover various urban landscapes, rural landscapes, nomadiclandscapes (and others) and the intersection of the naturalenvironment, the built environments and the symbolism thatweaves them together. Chronologically, we range from 3000BCE to 2009 CE and we cover all the continents. This coursealso traces the intellectual history of the study of landscape as asocial phenomenon and investigates the current methods usedto recover and describe social landscapes around the world andthrough time. Join in situating your own social map alongside themost famous and the most obscure landscapes of the world andtrace the global currents of your social landscape!Same as L48 Anthro 374Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: LCD, SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA,IS EN: S UColl: CD

L82 EnSt 375 Urban EcologyUrban Ecology is a field of study within ecology that focuseson the urban environment as an ecosystem and attemptsto understand how humans and nature can better coexist inthese highly modified environments. The ultimate goal is to aidefforts for more sustainable cities through better urban planningand practices. It is a multidisciplinary study including topicsfrom ecology, evolution and conservation biology, as well asarchitecture, economics and business. The class format willinclude both lectures and discussions.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 380 Applications in GISThis introductory course in Geographic Information Systems(GIS) is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, andconfidence to be an independent user of GIS. The course willuse the latest version of ESRI ArcGIS. The course is taughtusing a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on, interactive tutorials in the classroom. You will also explore

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the scientific literature to understand how GIS is being usedby various disciplines to address spatial questions. The coursetakes a multidisciplinary approach that is focused on learningthe tools of GIS versus working with data from a particularfield. The goal is to establish a solid foundation you can use toaddress spatial questions that interest you, your mentor, or youremployee. The first weeks of the course will provide a broadview of how you can display and query spatial data and producemap products. The remainder of the course will explore thepower of GIS with a focus on applying spatial analytical toolsto address questions and solve problems. As the semesterdevelops, more tools will be added to your GIS toolbox so thatyou can complete a final independent project that integratesmaterials learned during the course with those spatial analysesthat interest you the most. Students will have the choice of usinga prepared final project, a provided data set, or designing anindividualized final project using their own or other availabledata.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 381 Introduction to EcologyThis course explores the science of ecology, includingfactors that control the distribution and population dynamicsof organisms and the structure and function of biologicalcommunities. It regularly touches on applications of theseprinciples, such as ecological responses to global climatechange, consequences of habitat fragmentation, and diseaseecology/conservation medicine. Principles of experimentaldesign, quantitative data analysis and interpretation, andmathematical models are critical to the field of ecology andare emphasized throughout the course. The class meetingshave an active learning format that includes lectures, regularstudent interaction during small-group activities, discussions,and computer simulation labs. Assignments include regularhomework reading, occasional problem sets, and computer pre-and post-lab activities. Prerequisite: Biol 2970, Biol 2950, orpermission of instructor. Same as L82 EnSt 381.Same as L41 Biol 381Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 390 Independent StudyIndependent study for undergraduates, supervised by a facultymember. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Credit variable, maximum 6 units.

L82 EnSt 391 Directed Research in Environmental StudiesResearch activities or project in environmental studies doneunder the direction of an instructor in the program. Permission ofan instructor and the chair of the program is required.Credit variable, maximum 6 units.

L82 EnSt 392 Directed Fieldwork in Environmental StudiesFieldwork carried out under the direction or supervision of aninstructor in the Program. Permission of an instructor and of thechair of the program is required.Credit variable, maximum 6 units.

L82 EnSt 405 Sustainability Exchange: Community andUniversity PracticumsThe Sustainability Exchange engages interdisciplinary teamsof students to tackle real-world energy, environmental,and sustainability problems through an experiential form ofeducation. Students will participate in projects with clients and

partners on- or off-campus, developed with and guided by facultyadvisors drawn from across the University, ultimately deliveringan applicable end-product that explores "wicked" problemsrequiring innovative methods and solutions. Past projectshave included investigating soil impacts of de-icing practiceson campus, collecting data on inequitable trash collection inneighborhoods, working with St. Louis City's building divisionto make buildings more energy efficient, and developing anunderstanding of how buildings impact birds on campus. Fall2020 projects may include previously mentioned projects, andmay also include helping a municipality develop a sustainabilityplan, working on sustainable investing practices, mitigatingplastic pollution in the Mississippi, and developing compostingtoilets. The team-based project will be complemented bya seminar that will explore problem solving strategies andmethodologies drawn from a wide range of creative practices,including design, engineering, and science, as well ascontemporary topics in energy, environment, and sustainability.Students will draw on these topics to influence their projects. Thecourse is designed primarily for undergraduates, with preferencegiven to seniors.Same as I50 INTER D 405Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: CPSC, SSC EN: S

L82 EnSt 406 Urban Ecosystem Principles IntegrationIn today's world, your discipline has grand challenges whosesolutions often lay in other realms. How will you train yourselfto leverage the interdisciplinary partnerships required toinnovatively solve and evolve in a rapidly changing world?The mission of this interdisciplinary course is to "Advance theinterrelationships of ecological and human systems towardcreating a healthy, resilient, and biodiverse urban environment,"and bring together experts and students in ecology, urbandesign, architecture/landscape architecture, economics, socialwork and engineering, drawing from inside and outside theWashington University community. Building from our knowledgeof ecosystem principles and function, a diverse group of leadersin their fields provides lectures, readings and student projectleadership to understand and test Healthy Urban EcosystemsPrinciples among human and ecological (nonhuman) systemsand the range of sociopolitical processes entailed with theirimplementation. Class content is developed by WashingtonUniversity leaders in their disciplines as well as externalorganizations such as the Missouri Botanical Garden, the FieldMuseum in Chicago and others. This course builds upon a 1-unitfall seminar (not a prerequisite) that introduces challenges andsolutions to achieving healthy urban ecosystems, and providesstudents an opportunity to more deeply engage and manipulatethe interrelationships of symbiotic urban systems, and applythose concepts in multidisciplinary project applications. Projectsleverage student-defined challenges in the evolving laboratoryof urban St. Louis using Healthy Urban Ecosystems Principlesto develop multidisciplinary integrated solutions to challengesencountered in urban areas such as climate change andresilience, security of ecosystem services, social inequity,economic strife, and community vitality. Students presenttheir work in a public forum at semester's end. CET (https://gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/for-faculty-and-staff/community-engaged-teaching/) course.Same as I50 INTER D 406Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSP EN: S

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L82 EnSt 407 RESET - Renewable Energy Policy,Engineering and BusinessRESET will provide students with an in-depth understandingof the policy, engineering, and business factors that areshaping the growing renewable energy industry as well asthe opportunities and challenges in the decades ahead fordecarbonizing the electric grid. From 2015 to 2017, the numberof U.S. states producing grid electricity from 20% or morerenewable energy sources (excluding hydropower) increasedfrom seven to eleven. The IPCC's Fall 2018 Special Reporton 1.5 degrees of warming concluded that approximately 45%reductions in global emissions will be required by 2030 tolimit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. With this new science-based target in mind, how quickly can the United States andthe world accelerate the transition to renewable energy?What technical problems will need to be addressed? What isthe current and future role of policy? What are the economicimplications? RESET is an interdisciplinary course comprisedof classroom lectures from faculty and industry professionals;group discussions; field trips to solar, wind, and fossil fuel powerplants; and a final applied team-based project to propose anew major solar photovoltaic project. RESET is structured toprovide students with an understanding of the large-scale issuesinfluencing renewable energy deployment as well as the real-world factors that are necessary for designing, financing, andbuilding new wind and solar projects.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 408 Earth's Atmosphere & Global ClimateStructure and dynamics of Earth's atmosphere. Basic factorscontrolling global climate of Earth. Quantitative aspects ofremote sensing of atmosphere. Remote sensing instrumentation.Prerequisites: Math 233 and Phys 191; or permission ofinstructor.Same as L19 EPSc 408Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 413 Introduction to Soil SciencePhysical, chemical, and biological processes that occur withinsoil systems. Types of soils and how these relate to soilformation. Major components of soil, including soil water,minerals, organic matter, and microorganisms. Soils in wetlandsand arid regions. Cycling of nutrients and contaminants in soils.Soil quality,conservation, and sustainability. Prerequisites: EPSc323 or Chem 106 (or AP Chem score of 4); or permission ofinstructor.Same as L19 EPSc 413Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 419 Community EcologyCommunity ecology is an interdisciplinary field that bridgesconcepts in biodiversity science, biogeography, evolutionand conservation. This course provides an introduction tothe study of pattern and process in ecological communities,with an emphasis on theoretical, statistical and experimentalapproaches. Topics include ecological and evolutionaryprocesses that create and maintain patterns of biodiversity;biodiversity and ecosystem function; island biogeography,metacommunity dynamics, niche and neutral theory; speciesinteractions (competition, predation, food webs); speciescoexistence; and environmental change. The class format

includes lectures, discussions, and computer labs focused onthe analysis, modeling, and presentation of ecological datausing the statistical program R. Prerequisite: Bio 2970, Bio 381(recommended), or permission of instructor.Same as L41 Biol 419Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 4193 Experimental Ecology LaboratoryThe goal of this course is to provide skills in the design,interpretation, and written presentation of results of ecologicalexperiments, with emphasis on hypothesis testing, samplingmethodology, and data analysis. Students have opportunitiesto address a variety of ecological questions using field,greenhouse, and laboratory (microcosm) studies. The courseis divided into a 5-hour lab period (generally held at the TysonResearch Station) and a 1.5-hour lecture/discussion period heldon campus. Occasional Saturday field trips to local sites (e.g.,forests, wetlands, prairies, streams) for in-depth study may bescheduled. This is a writing-intensive course, and grades arebased on written assignments (including final projects) and in-class participation. This course fulfills the upper-level laboratoryrequirement for the biology major. Prerequisites: permissionof instructor and at least one of the following: Biol 3501, Biol372, Biol 381, Biol 419, or Biol 472. Enrollment is limited to 15students.Same as L41 Biol 4193Credit 4 units. A&S IQ: NSM, WI Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 426 Topics in American Politics: LocalEnvironmental SustainabilityThis course is intended primarily for sophomores and juniors.The topic of this course varies by semester, dependent onfaculty and student interests. Prerequisites: L32 101B AmericanPoliticsSame as L32 Pol Sci 426Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC, SD Art: SSC EN: S

L82 EnSt 428 HydrologySurvey of principles that govern the flow of water in river andgroundwater systems in deep geologic environments. Basicequations of fluid flow, dynamics, and the characteristicsof drainage basins, rivers, floods, and important aquifers.Exploitation of ground water systems. Prerequisite: EPSc 353; orpermission of instructor.Same as L19 EPSc 428Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 432 Environmental MineralogyTopics connected with environmental mineralogy, some selectedby students. Topics may include: mineral dust such as asbestos,containment materials for nuclear waste disposal, environmentalramifications of the processing and use of phosphate fertilizers,lead in the environment, acid mine drainage, microbial mediationof sulfide oxidation, minerals in the human body, weathering ofbuilding materials, materials engineering, and engineering ofmaterials for more effective recycling. Three class hours andone two-hour laboratory a week. Participation in discussions,term paper, two field trips required. Most readings from primarysources. Prerequisite: EPSc 352 or permission of instructor.Same as L19 EPSc 430Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Art: NSM

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L82 EnSt 444 Environmental GeochemistryIntroduction to the geochemistry of natural waters and theprocesses that alter their composition. Key principles of aqueousgeochemistry and their application to describe the main controlson the chemistry of pristine and polluted soil, surface, andground water environments. Acids and bases, mineral solubility,carbonate chemistry, chemical speciation, redox reactions,adsorption and ion exchange, and the speciation, mobility, andtoxicity of metals. Prerequisites: EPSc 201 and Chem 106 (or APChem score of 4); or permission of instructor.Same as L19 EPSc 444Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Art: NSM BU: SCI

L82 EnSt 451 Environmental PolicyThis course examines the relationship between environmentaleconomics and environmental policy. The course focuses onair pollution, water pollution, and hazardous wastes, with someattention given to biodiversity and global climate change. Thecourse examines critically two prescriptions that economicsusually endorses: (1) "balancing" of benefits against costs (e.g.,benefit-cost analysis) and the use of risk analysis in evaluatingpolicy alternatives; (2) use of market incentives (e.g., prices,taxes or charges) or "property rights" instead of traditionalcommand-and-control regulations to implement environmentalpolicy. Prerequisite: Econ 1011.Same as L11 Econ 451Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA, ETH EN: S

L82 EnSt 452 International Climate Negotiation SeminarThis variable credit course (all students will register for 3CREDITS) is designed to prepare students to attend andobserve annual meetings associated with the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as adelegate of Washington University. The course and meetingsprovide student delegates with a unique educational experienceto observe the development of international climate policythrough interdisciplinary negotiations and interactions insidethe negotiating space. Students see the interaction betweenclimate policy, science and technology as they identify andanalyze policy decisions across the international climate regime.The number of students who can attend meetings is limitedby the United Nations. We will do our best to have courseparticipants attend either the COP or Subsidiary Body meetings.Students attend one week. The COP 25 meeting will be held inSantiago, Chile from December 2 to December 13, 2019. TheSubsidiary Body meetings will be in Bonn, Germany in June2020. Enrollment is limited. Indicate your interest by placingyourself on the waitlist (registering for 3 credits) and completingan application. All students will be placed on the waitlist uponregistration and students will be selected to enroll from thewaitlist after all the applications are reviewed. The applicationwill be open March 1 and will be available on the course websitehttps://sites.wustl.edu/wustlcop/ and on the Climate ChangeProgram website at climatechange.wustl.edu. Application reviewwill begin April 12. Interviews will take place between April 16and April 25, and enrollment decisions will be made by April 26.Participation in the course is possible without traveling to themeetings. The course is currently scheduled for T/Th 11:30 -1:00. Contact the instructor with questions at [email protected] variable, maximum 6 units. A&S IQ: SSC EN: S

L82 EnSt 461 Intro to Environmental LawSurvey of the most prominent federal laws designed to controlpollution and protect human health and the environment.Examines laws applicable to environmental impact statements,biodiversity, air pollution, water pollution, and hazardous waste.Discusses the role of state law and cooperative federalism,as well as the roles of the courts, the legislature, and theadministrative state in protecting the environment.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: SSC Arch: SSC Art: SSC BU: BA EN: S

L82 EnSt 481 Advanced GISThis course is designed to move beyond tools and skills learnedin Applications in GIS (EnSt 380/580). Classes will featurehands-on exercises selected to help students master advancedGIS analysis tools and techniques, while providing experiencein the planning and execution of real-world projects. Primaryemphasis will be on applying fundamental GIS concepts,performing spatial analysis, developing proficiency with coreArcGIS software (e.g., Network Analyst extension), resolution ofproblems, and efficient delivery of results. Readings from booksand scientific literature will introduce key concepts and providereal-world examples that will be reinforced in the hands-onexercises, assignments and projects. As the semester develops,students will gain a variety of new tools and techniques thatwill allow them to complete a final independent project thatintegrates the material learned during the course.Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM Arch: NSM Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 498 Senior Honors ResearchIndependent research for undergraduate honors, to besupervised by a faculty member. Prerequisites: senior standing,eligibility for honors, and permission of instructor.Credit 3 units.

L82 EnSt 4980 Undergraduate Research SeminarProvides an opportunity for advanced undergraduates tosynthesize many of the diverse subdisciplines of Earth andPlanetary Sciences while focusing on a research topic. Subjectchanges each offering. Each subject is unique and timely, butbroad enough to encompass wide-ranging interests amongstudents. Students conduct original research, make writtenreports of the results, and make oral presentations of theirprojects in class. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission ofinstructor.Same as L19 EPSc 498Credit 3 units. A&S IQ: NSM, WI Art: NSM

L82 EnSt 499 Senior HonorsIndependent work for undergraduate Honors, to be supervisedby a faculty member. Prerequisites, senior standing, eligibility forHonors, and permission of instructor.Credit 3 units.

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