UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| ENV S 1 - Introduction to Environmental Studies |
| (4) Freudenburg |
| "Environmental Studies" requires insights from many disciplines, including the social as well as biophysical science and the humanities. This introduction offers an overview of the field, examining both our planet and the ways in which we humans depend on it. |
| ENV S 2 - Introduction to Environmental Science |
| (4) Manalis, Keller |
| Provides integration of fundamental science with environmental topics. Includes impacts of human population increase; principles of systems and change, biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and global climate; energy and laws of thermodynamics; water supply and pollution; toxicology and risk analysis; air pollution and stratospheric ozone depletion. |
| ENV S 3 - Introduction to the Social and Cultural Environment |
| (4) Graves |
| An introduction to the relationship of societies and the environment from prehistorical times to the present. The course is global in perspective, and includes history, literature, philosophy, economics, science, and culture as evidence for examining the human social environment. |
| ENV S 15 - Chemistry of the Environment |
| (4) Clark |
| Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A |
| Application of chemical principles such as kinetics, equilibria, radioactive decay,
and thermodynamics to environmental problems. Environmental problems
discussed include global cycles, carbonate chemistry, ozone formation, the
structure of the atmosphere, and water pollution. The interactions and
consequences of human actions on the chemistry of the environment will be
emphasized. |
| ENV S 20 - Introduction to Shoreline and Watershed Issues, Policy, and Research |
| (4) STAFF |
| Students are introduced to shoreline and watershed issues facing the local community by meeting with scholars, researchers, activists, and artists who study coastal preservation, restoration, and related environmental issues. Course includes local field trips, in-class discussions, and elective short-research project. |
| ENV S 25 - Quantitative Thinking in Environmental Studies |
| (4) Manalis |
| Improve students’ ability to deal with quantitative aspects of environmental topics by developing skills in algebra, computer use (Excel), graphing, and processing and conceptualizing environmental data by using numerical
modeling. Collaborative learning is emphasized. |
| ENV S 100 - Environmental Ecology |
| (4) Schimel |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 2; and, Environmental Studies 1 or 3; and, EEMB 20 or MCDB 20 or, MCDB 1A-AL and EEMB 2. |
| A study of principles of ecology and their implications for analyzing environmental problems. Focus on understanding the processes controlling the dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems. Specific examples emphasize the application of these concepts to the management of natural resources. |
| ENV S 103S - History of Surfing |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| The history of surfing from its Polynesian origins to
today's global, commercial, and cultural force, with perspectives from history of politics; economics; science and technology; the developing world; sex, ethnicity, gender; popular culture; and special focus on the environment. |
| ENV S 104 - People, Poverty, and Environment in Central America |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2. |
| Analysis of the interrelated social, demographic, economic, political, and environmental crises occurring in Central America from an anthropological perspective. Emphasis on the evolution of contemporary problems, current conditions and future prospects for the region. |
| ENV S 105 - Solar and Renewable Energy |
| (4) Manalis |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1, 2, and 3. |
| How solar and renewable energy fits with environmental-energy options in both developed and developing nations. Technologies are studied in terms oftheir effects on the physical, social, and biological environment. Demonstrations, field trips, and guest lecturers. |
| ENV S 106 - Critical Thinking About Human-Environment Problems and Solutions |
| (4) Freudenburg |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 and 3. |
| Environmental Studies 2 and upper-division standing. |
| Focus on two interrelated aspects of human-environment interactions where shortfalls in critical thinking are important - our thinking about human- related "problems and causes" and potential "solutions." Gain feel for seductiveness of common misconceptions and learn why to move beyond them. |
| ENV S 107 - History of Global Environmental Problems |
| (4) Osborne |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3, or one course from History 4A-B-C, 106A-B-C, 107A-B-C. |
| Survey of global environmental problems from antiquity to the present. Topics include demography, agriculture, climate change, disease, and storage of toxic waste. |
| ENV S 107C - The Darwinian Revolution and Modern Biology |
| (4) Osborne |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment or completion of one of the following: History 4B or 4C or 17B or 17C; Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; Philosophy 1 or 3; or upper division standing. |
| Examines the social and scientific impacts of evolutionary ideas from around 1800 through Charles Darwin, the modern evolutionary synthesis, the birth of ecology, and molecular biology. |
| ENV S 107E - History of Animal Use in Science |
| (4) Guerrini |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 and 3; or History 4A or 4B or 4C or 17A or 17B or 1upper division standing. |
| Examines history of scientific uses of animals from antiquity to the present. Topics include vivisection, field trials, and the development of drugs and vaccines. Changing ethical ideas about animals, including the relationship between animal rights and environmental ethics, is also considerd. |
| ENV S 107R - History of Ecological Restoration |
| (4) Guerrini |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| An examination through case studies of ecological restoration from a historical perspective featuring the intersection between the historian and the restoration process. Consideration of the definition of natural and cultural resources and historical artifacts. |
| ENV S 108A - The Origins of Western Science, Antiquity to 1500 |
| (4) Osborne |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment or completion of one of the following: History 4A or 4B; Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; Philosophy 1 or 3; or upper-divisionstanding. |
| Examines the emergence and development of science through an examination of ancient cosmology, medicine, natural history, philosophy, and environmental ideas. |
| ENV S 110 - Disease and the Environment |
| (4) Guerrini |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| The interaction of human and animal disease and the environment through case studies, from the Black Death of 1300s to asthma, AIDS and the Ebola virus. "Environment" is broadly defined to include both natural and built environments. |
| ENV S 111 - The California Channel Islands |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: MCDB 1A-1AL and EEMB 2; or MCDB 20 or EEMB 20 or Geography 3A or 3B or Geology 2 or Environmental Studies 2. |
| introductory chemistry. |
| Discussion of biological, geological, ecological, anthropological, and oceanographiccharacteristics of the Channel Islands area as well as the management andhuman uses of this region. Emphasis on islands and ocean waters off Southern California. |
| ENV S 112 - World Population, Policies, and the Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| History of global population growth, with emphasis on developing nations. Its socio-economic effects on a society and factors behind migration. Different views of Malthus, Marx, Boserup, and others and governmental policies to check rapid population growth will also be discussed. |
| ENV S 114A - Soil Science |
| (5) Chadwick |
| Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A-B; and, Geography 3B or Geology 2. |
| Introducton to the chemical, hydrological, and biological characteristics of soils, their global distribution, and their response to management. Field and laboratory projects are designed to provide an understanding of soil-landscape distribution, soil morphology, and the physical and chemical properties that influence management decisions. |
| ENV S 114B - Soil Genesis and Classification |
| (5) Chadwick |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 114A. |
| Introduction to the chemical, physical, and biological processes that produce soil and influence their management. The morphology, genesis, classification, and global distribution of soil is emphasized. Labs cover field site selection, soil description, sampling, laboratory preparation of soil samples and selected chemical and physical anlyses. |
| ENV S 115 - Energy and the Environment |
| (4) Manalis |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 2; and, Enviromental Studies 25 or Mathematics 3A or 34A or Chemistry 1A. |
| Focus on learning how to use energy efficiently in accordance with the laws of
thermodynamics and in harmony with the environment. Topics include the
nature of energy and the fundamentals for a sustainable environmental energy
policy. |
| ENV S 116 - Building Sustainable Communities |
| (4) Wilkinson |
| Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or Geography 5. |
| Examines sustainability, communities, and urban systems in a global context. Covers impacts cities have on the environmental systems that support them, and explores ways to improve urban systems through technology, policy, and design.
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| ENV S 117 - Science and Policy Dimensions of Climate Change |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Climate change and variability due to glabal warming is a critical environmental, social, and economical issue. Course will review the scientific basis of our understanding of climate change and policy responses to the problem including "no regrets" and multiple-benefit responses. |
| ENV S 118 - Industrial Ecology: Designing for the Environment |
| (4) Manalis |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1, 2, and 3. |
| Industrial Ecology is a philosophical and methodical framework interwoven with concepts in ecology and economics used to aid in understanding of how industrial systems interact with the environment. Capital, energy, and material flows are examined and viewed in cultural context. |
| ENV S 119 - Ecology and Management of California Wildlands |
| (5) D'Antonio |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 100 or EEMB 120. |
| Explore ecological processes in California habitats and the challenges of their management through field trips, discussions with land managers, lectures and readings. Focus on regional habitats including specialized habitats such as coastal salt marsh and vernal pools, and more widespread such as oak savanna and chaparral. |
| ENV S 120 - Toxics in the Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 2; EEMB 20 or MCDB 20 or, MCDB 1A-AL and EEMB 2; Chemistry 1A and 1B, or Environmental Studies 15. |
| Chemistry 1B and 1C and one course in introductory statistics. |
| Effects and implications for the future of introducing toxins into the biosphere. Examination of physiological and biochemical effects and the mechanisms of action of the potential toxins. Discussion of methodological approaches and legal ramifications of studies in environmental toxicology. |
| ENV S 122LE - Cultural Representations: Literature and the Environment |
| (4) Hiltner |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2 or upper-division standing. |
| Environmental survey of Western literature that explores the often-ignored literary history of the natural world. |
| ENV S 122NE - Cultural Representations: Nature and the Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 50 or 109 (one course from 109 series) or English 10 or upper-division standing. |
| Perceptions of nature have changed throughout history and vary across cultures. Course explores changing expressions of our changing relations to the world we live in, with emphasis on cultural movements (films, literature, newspapers, etc.) that have affected contemporary American experience. |
| ENV S 123 - Coastal Ocean Law and Policy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper division standing. |
| Explores both the governance of human uses of coastal, marine, and ocean areas and the complex laws, practices, and policies employed to resolve conflicts among competing users. Examines interactions among local, state, federal, and international laws with emphasis on California coast. |
| ENV S 124 - Environmental Dispute Resolution |
| (4) McGinnes |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; and upper-division standing. |
| An examination of the formal and informal conflict resolution tools, such as litigation, arbitration, negotiation and mediation, which are utilized in approaching and resolving environmental disputes of all kinds. |
| ENV S 125A - Principles of Environmental Law |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; and upper-division standing. |
| An introduction to the history and methodology of law as it relates to human use of the environment. Case studies are used to examine common law, constitutional and modern environmental laws, with an emphasis on current theories and principles. |
| ENV S 125B - Land Use and Planning Law |
| (4) McGinnes |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 125A. |
| An examination of local, state, and federal laws regulating land use and development. Selected problems analyzed through case studies. |
| ENV S 126A - Environmental Law: Simcoast |
| (4) McGinnes |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 125A-B. |
| Simulation of the planning and permitting process under current coastal protection laws. Students play roles in game situations based on actual cases from legal dockets. |
| ENV S 127 - Concepts of Environmental Education and Practicum |
| (4) Lewin |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1, 2, and 3. |
| Conceptual introduction to Environmental Education (EE) through study and research of EE history, learner characteristics, models of excellence, and professional networks. Students utilize sound educational principles and
hands-on experiences to plan, implement, and evaluate a quality EE experience for others. |
| ENV S 128 - Foundations of Ecosystem Restoration |
| (4) D'Antonio |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 100 or EEMB 120. |
| Integrates ecological principles with practical issues involved in ecosystem
restoration. Beginning with the challenge of selecting goals and establishing a
target trajectory, students evaluate how ecological knowledge can guide
restoration and whether sustainable states or trajectories can be achieved. |
| ENV S 129 - Ecopsychology |
| (4) McGinnes |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3. |
| Course explores the theories and practices of psychologists, educators, and others whose work is focused on the connections between "inner" human nature and "outer" nature within which humans experience themselves and the rest of the world. |
| ENV S 130A - Coupled Human and Natural Systems: Risks, Vulnerability, Resilience, and Disasters |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| Examines human dimensions of global environmental change in developing
countries from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. Compares and
contrasts alternative conceptual and analytical models of dynamic, interrelated
human-environmental systems and presents recent approaches to
understanding risk, vulnerability, resilience, and disasters. |
| ENV S 130B - Global Tourism and Environmental Conservation |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| Environmental Studies 130A or Anthropology 130A. |
| Focus on the contradictions between international tourism as an economic
development strategy and environmental conservation efforts, especially in an
era of climate change. One major objective is to help students make more
informed decisions about their own tourist experiences. |
| ENV S 130C - Global Food Systems and Human Food Security |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Anthropology 2 or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| Environmental Studies 130A or 130B or Anthropology 130A or 130B. |
| Examines history of global food system and its impacts on ecosystems,
ecologies, and human nutrition and food security. How agricultural, capture
fisheries, and aquacultural industries were integrated into the global food
system. Provides information to make more informed decisions about consuming
these products. |
| ENV S 131 - International Environmental Law and Politics |
| (4) Pulver |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3. |
| An examination of the actors and institutions of international
environmental law and politics, with an emphasis on explaining patterns of success and failure in addressing global environmental problems.
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| ENV S 132 - Human Behavior and Global Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Study of global environmental impacts of major human technological innovations, including the use of fire, development of agricultural tools, and the process of industrialization. Evaluation of prospects for altering human behavior to encourage sustainable development is included. |
| ENV S 134 - Coastal Processes and Management |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 2; Mathematics 3A or 34A or Environmental Studies 25; Geology 1 or 2 or 4 or 20 or Geography 3A or 3B. |
| introductory biology. |
| Using representative coastal regimes, students study the major processes at work in our nation's coastal zones and examine the nature and efficacy of the planning and management programs that have been put in place in these areas. |
| ENV S 135A - Principles of Environmental Planning |
| (4) Wack |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Introduction to the history, theory, and trends of urban, regional, and environmental planning in both California and the United States. Field trips to local urban areas. |
| ENV S 135B - Advanced Environmental Planning |
| (4) Wack |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 135A. |
| Advanced seminar applying principles presented in environmental studies 135A to regional and local government planning processes. Field analysis of local planning issues. |
| ENV S 140 - Biological Principles of Conservation Planning |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: EEMB 20 or MCDB 1A-AL or MCDB 20. |
| Environmental Studies 2 or 100 or Geography 3A or 3B or Geology 2. |
| Introduction to the ecological principles common to wildlife, range, and forest management. Discussion of the historic development of these disciplines and a survey of management practices and applications. Case studies and field trips. |
| ENV S 143 - Endangered Species Management |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1, 2, 3. |
| Recommended preparation: Environmental Studies 125A. |
| Examination of the protection and management of endangered species through analysis of the state and federal endangered species acts. Topics include biodiversity, speciation and extinction rates, the history of endangered species legislation, and selected species' case studies. |
| ENV S 144 - Form, Process And Human Use Of Rivers |
| (4) Keller |
| Prerequisites: Mathematics 3A-B or 34A-B. |
| Physics 1 or 6A/6AL or Geology 117. |
| Basic understanding of fluvial (river) hydrology. In-depth evaluation of channel form and fluvial processes and impact of human use of rivers. |
| ENV S 146 - Animals in Human Society: Ethical Issues of Animal Use |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| An exploration of the ethical issues which arise when humans interact with other animals, and an examination of conflicting attitudes toward the valueof animal life in such specific areas as food production, recreational activities, research and environmental protection. |
| ENV S 147 - Air Quality and the Environment |
| (4) Clark |
| Prerequisites: Mathematics 3A or 34A or Environmental Studies 25; and, Chemistry 1A and 1B, or Environmental Studies 15. |
| Types, sources, effects, and control of air pollution. Topics include gaseous pollutants particulates, toxic contaminants, atmospheric dispersion, photochemical smog, acid rain control measures, the clean air act and regulatory trends, indoor air. |
| ENV S 149 - World Agriculture, Food, and Population |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Evolution, current status, and alternative futures of agriculture, food and population worldwide. Achieving environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable food systems; soil, water, crops, energy and labor; diversity, stability and ecosystems management; farmer and scientist knowledge and collaboration; common property management. |
| ENV S 152 - Applied Marine Ecology |
| (5) Schmitt, Staff |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 100, or EEMB 2 and MCDB 1B, or EEMB 3; and Mathematics 3A or 34A. |
| EEMB 120. |
| Introduction to the application of ecological principles and methods to environmental problems in marine habitats. Focus on problems that are local, regional, and global in scale. Concepts illustrated with case studies. |
| ENV S 158 - Cultural and Biological Diversity of Food Plants |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Geography 161. |
| The evolution of food plants from domestication to genetic engineering. Patterns of diversity around the world in small-scale, traditionally-based and industrial communities. Class participation in project on local olive diversity includes field work. |
| ENV S 160 - American Environmental Literature |
| (4) Schlenz |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 and Writing 2. |
| Assesses contributions of literary texts to american environmental movements. Examines influences of writers such as Thoreau, Rachel Carson, and Edward Abbey upon environmental perceptions, values, and attitudes in american cultural history and upon rhetorics and politics of contemporary environmental debates. |
| ENV S 161 - Environmental Journalism: A Survey |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1, 2, and 3. |
| A study of how environmental issues are and should be reported by all typesof news media. Students will be assigned to write several environmental news and feature stories. |
| ENV S 162 - Environmental Water Quality |
| (4) Loaiciga |
| Geography 3B, lower-division biology and chemistry. |
| Study of the physio-chemical and biological characteristics of natural waters,
analysis of water pollution and treatment, water-quality regulations. The
laboratory: independent research and supervised research of water pollutants
and water treatment, quantitative analysis of water-quality data and one-day
field work. |
| ENV S 162A - Environmental Water Quality |
| (4) Loaiciga |
| Geography 3B, lower-division biology, chemistry. |
| Study of the physio-chemical and biological characteristics of natural waters, analysis of water pollution and treatment, water-quality regulations. The laboratory: independent research and supervised research of water pollutants and water treatment, quantitative analysis of water-quality data and one-day field work. |
| ENV S 165A - Environmental Impact Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 116 or 135A. |
| Analyzes the historical and theoretical approaches to environmental assessment methodology and procedures for preparing and reviewing environmental impact reports. Explores strengths and weaknesses of current public policy context. |
| ENV S 165B - Advanced Environmental Impact Analysis |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 165A; consent of department. |
| Advanced seminar during which students prepare their own focused environmental impact report on a specific development project. Includes in-depth discussion of baseline, mitigation, impacts, and public comments. Assignments based on research and fieldwork provide reality professional environmental planning experience. |
| ENV S 166BT - Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture |
| (4) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Geography 161. |
| Social, cultural, ethical, biological, and environmental issues surrounding biotechnology (BT) and the food system. Includes theory and method of BT; scientific, social and political control of BT; effect of BT on genetic diversity, small-scale farmers, the environment, food supply, consumer health. |
| ENV S 166FP - Small-Scale Food Production |
| (5) Cleveland |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 149 or Anthropology 149 or Geography 161. |
| Biological, ecological, social, and economic principles of small-scale food production and their practical applications. Includes each student cultivating a garden plot; lab exercises, field trips to local farms and gardens. |
| ENV S 167 - Biogeography: The Study of Plant and Animal Distributions |
| (4) Still |
| Prerequisites: Geography 3A or 3B or Environmental Studies 2 or EEMB 2 or Earth Science 2. |
| a prior course in EEMB. |
| Basic processes governing geographic distribution patterns of biota, including
migration, evolution, isolation, and endemism. Biogeographic regions and their
histories and an introduction to island biogeography. Emphasis on plants and
plant geography. One all-day field trip. |
| ENV S 168 - Aqueous Transport of Pollutants |
| (4) Clark |
| Prerequisites: Mathematics 3B and Chemistry 1A-B-C. |
| Geology 113 or 173-173L or Geography 116-116L, or 144 or Environmental Studies 144. |
| Focus on the behavior of dissolved species in rivers. Examination of the basic advection-diffusion model. Particular emphasis on field data. |
| ENV S 169 - Tracer Hydrology |
| (4) Clark |
| Prerequisites: Mathematics 3B and Chemistry 1A-B-C. |
| Geology 113 or 173-173L or Geography 116-116L, or 144 or Environmental Studies 144. |
| Introduction to principles of chemical and isotope tracer hydrology. Emphasis on methods of groundwater dating, the use of tracers as managementtools, and contaminate plume monitoring. |
| ENV S 171 - Ecosystem Processes |
| (4) Schimel |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 100 or EEMB 2 or MCDB 1B. |
| EEMB 120. |
| An examination of the key processes that regulate ecosystem productivity and function in terrestrial ecosystems. Specific foci include: plant- soil linkages including decomposition and nutrient supply, and the role of above- and below-ground community composition on element cycles. |
| ENV S 172 - Integrated Materials and Waste Management |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3. |
| introductory chemistry and economics; electives in biology and natural sciences. |
| Addresses how waste has been regarded and managed through the ages to the present. Emphasis on the technological, policy, and economic dimensions of modern materials and waste management, such as landfill, conservation technologies, waste reduction, recycling and composting. |
| ENV S 173 - American Environmental History |
| (4) STAFF |
| Traces the history of American attitudes and behavior toward nature. Focus on wilderness, the conservation movement, and modern forms of environmentalism. |
| ENV S 174 - Environmental Policy And Economics |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Economics 1 or 2 or 109. |
| Introductory course on economic analysis of environmental policy. Topics include incentives and regulation, protection of the stratospheric ozone layer, global climate change, and equity issues. |
| ENV S 175 - Environmental Economics |
| (4) Kolstad |
| Prerequisites: Economics 100B or 104B. |
| Course provides a rigorous treatment of environmental economics. topics include welfare analysis, ethical dimensions of economic criteria for protecting the environment, measuring the demand for environmental goods, property rights, economic incentives, including marketable permits and emission fees, and regulating risk. |
| ENV S 176A - Water Policy in the West: Linking Science with Environmental and Economic Values |
| (4) STAFF |
| Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3. |
| Examines water supply and use, the science of water systems and watersheds, key concepts in water policy, and the basics of water law as a fundamental element of the history and context for water policy in the West. |
| ENV S 176B - Advanced Study of Water Policy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 176A. |
| Students are in the field full-time for approximately two weeks to study watersheds and water systems including Yosemite/Hetch Hetchy, Mono Lake, and the state and federal water systems in California. |
| ENV S 178 - Politics of the Environment |
| (4) Smith |
| Prerequisites: Political Science 12 or Environmental Studies 3; upper-division standing. |
| Analysis of environmental policy issues and their treatment in the political process. Discussion of the interplay of substantive issues, ideology, institutions, and private groups in the development, management, protection, and preservation of natural resources and the natural environment. |
| ENV S 179 - Natural Resource Economics |
| (4) Deacon |
| Prerequisites: Economics 100B or 104B. |
| Theory and capital theory applied to problems of conservation and management of natural resources. Analysis of public policy with special emphasis on nonrenewable resources, management of forests, deforestation and species extinction, and use of fish and game resources. |
| ENV S 183 - Films of the Natural and Human Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3; and Film Studies 46. |
| Course presents a series of popular films and professional documentaries representing a range of trends, images, and issues associated with the natural and human environments. Visual images and critical thinking skills are combined to enhance understanding of environmental issues presented by the media. |
| ENV S 184 - Gender and the Environment |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| Environmental Studies 1 or Anthropology 2. |
| A philosophical, evolutionary, and cross-cultural analysis of the ways women and men may relate differently to their environment resulting in the design of gender-sensitive and sustainable policies for planning and development in both the developing and the developed world. |
| ENV S 185 - Human Environmental Rights |
| (4) Stonich |
| Prerequisites: Environmental Studies 1 or 3 or Anthropology 2. |
| Introduction to human environmental rights. Examines the expansion of human rights to include human environmental rights, abuses of human environmental rights, associated social conflicts, and emergent social movements including environmental justice and transnational advocacy networks. |
| ENV S 188 - The Ethics of Human-Environment Relations |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Geography 5, or Environmental Studies 1 or 3. |
| Survey of contemporary environmental ethics, focusing on both philosophical and applied issues. Topics include anthropocentrism and its alternatives, the role of science and aesthetics, multicultural perspectives and the problem of relativism, and the conflict between radical and reformist environmentalism. |
| ENV S 189 - Religion And Ecology In The Americas |
| (4) Talamantez |
| An overview of the growing field of religion and ecology in the Americas. Focus on spiritual traditions and landbased knowledge indigenous to the Western hemisphere. |
| ENV S 190 - Colloquium On Current Topics In Environmental Studies |
| (1) STAFF |
| Required attendance a six public lectures dealing with environmental topics. Weekly discussion sections on the lectures and brief written evaluations of six lectures. Open to all students. |
| ENV S 192 - Internships In Environmental Studies |
| (1-12) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division status, 3.0 overall G.P.A., Environmental Studies majors onlApproval by department. |
| Opportunites to learn about practical approaches to environmental problem solving by working under faculty direction as interns with local, state, and federal agencies concerned with the environment or with private research and business organizations. Periodic and final reports will be part of the internship. |
| ENV S 193 - Special Topics In Environmental Studies. |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing. |
| One-time course taught by lecturers or guest professors on a special area of interest in environmental studies. Specific course titles and topicsto be announced by the Environmental Studies program each quarter. |
| ENV S 194 - Group Study |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division status and consent of instructor. |
| Directed group reading, study, and research on specific subject for Environmental Studies majors. Admission by specific arrangement with the Environmental Studies chair. |
| ENV S 196 - Introduction to Teaching in Environmental Studies |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor and department. |
| Students assist instructor in teaching course in which the student previously received a grade of A- or better. Activities determined in consultation with the instructor and may include assisting in laboratories, tutorials, discussion sections and field trips. |
| ENV S 197 - Senior Thesis |
| (6) Graves |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; consent of instructor. |
| Student should have an overall grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. |
| Under the guidence of the instructor, students select a topic and advisor in an environmental field of their choice and develop, write and present a thesis. |
| ENV S 199 - Independent Investigation in Environmental Studies |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in environmental studies; consent of instructor and department. |
| Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member in the department. Course offers qualified students the opportunity to undertake research or work in a topic related to the characteristics and problems in the environment. |
| ENV S 199RA - Independent Research Assistance in Environmental Studies |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in environmental studies; consent of instructor and department. |
| Faculty supervised research assistance. |
| ENV S 500 - Teaching Assistant Training |
| (1) STAFF |
| Examines effective teaching methods and professional conduct and responsibilities. Emphasis on teaching aids, examination preparation, and grading. Includes general orientation regarding the University of California and UCSB campus; various pertinent regulations; and services available to teaching assistants and to students. |
| ENV S 501 - Teaching Assistant Practicum |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Concurrent appointment as a teaching assistant in environmental studies. |
| Students gain practical experience in teaching while coordinating one or more discussion/lab sections. Responsibilities include analyses of course texts/materials, discussion/lab sections, and formulation of topics/ questions for papers and examinations. Evaluations are completed by members of the class sections. |
| ENV S 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-8) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Enrolled graduate student at UCSB; consent of instructor and department. |
| Individual tutorial. Hours and credit by arrangement with an individual faculty member in environmental studies. Written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by the instructor and the department chair. |