Graduate Course Inventory

Brief descriptions of graduate courses offered within the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. For further, more detailed, information on these courses please refer to the syllabi available on this web site.

CAS GE 504 International Resources and Environmental Issues and Management

Outline of major international resource and environmental challenges facinghumankind. Explores policy management options in the international arena.Topics include: resources and national security, energy and development,transboundary air and water pollution, genetic resources and species extinction,and food security. Lakshmanan. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment

Prereq: CAS BI 306, CAS GG 304, or consent of instructor. Principles andconcepts that underlie the physical and ecological forces that causeenvironmental change. Topics include soil erosion, acid rain, thermal pollution,greenhouse effect, stratospheric ozone depletion, and loss of biodiversity. Phillips. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS GE 511 Ecological Economics

Prereq: CAS GG 304 or CAS EC 303; and CAS EE 275. Interrelationshipsamong population, economic growth, environment, energy and natural resourcesupplies. Focus on possibilities and limitations of technological solutions topressures of population on resources and environment. Critical examination ofselected economic environmental models. TBA. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS GE 517 Models for Hydrologic Analysis

Prereq: consent of instructor. Principles and practices of modeling hydrologicmodels. Classes and goals of hydrologic models. Methods of model selectionand construction. Use of models in surface and groundwater hydrology studiesand decision making. Emphasis on conceptual and stochastic hydrologic models (Offered alternate years.) Salvucci. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS GE 518 Natural Resource Scarcity and Economic Growth

Prereq: CAS GG 304, CAS EC 303, and CAS EE 275, or consent of instructor.Perspectives on adequacy issues of natural resources. Comparison of differentmodels of change in the quality and quantity of renewable and nonrenewableresources over time. Analysis of social and economic implications of resourcedepletion and degradation, and adequacy of technical change to overcomeresource scarcity. Cleveland. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

CAS GE 520 Topics in Energy and Environmental Policy

Prereq: consent of instructor. Topics vary from year to year and may include the policy aspects of environmental regulation, risk assessment and environmentaldecision making, international environmental policy, natural resource policy, andenergy policy. P. Anderson/Reibstein. 4 cr, either sem.

CAS GE 550 Modeling Environmental and Social Systems

Requires stamped approval. Prereq: CAS EE 275, CAS EC 414, or consent ofinstructor. The techniques of organizing energy, environmental, or social systemsinto mathematical computer models. Includes the theory underlying differentmodeling techniques, programming skills, and a hands-on research project inwhich students develop their own models. TBA. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS GE 594 Global Environmental Negotiation and Policy

Key concepts, actors, concerns, and issues related to the process of negotiatingglobal environmental policies. Overviews of the international system andenvironmental problematique; an international negotiation simulation; casestudies of global agreements on ozone depletion, climate change, desertification,and biodiversity, among others. Selin. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GRS GE 618 Ecotoxicology

Examines the impact of pollutants on the structure and function of ecologicalsystems from molecular to ecosystem levels. Emphasis on single- andmultispecies toxicity bioassays, mechanisms of toxicity and ecological effects,and their application to ecological risk assessments. Three hours lecture, onehour discussion. Gensemer. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GRS GE 625 Environmental Policy Analysis and Modeling

Prereq: CAS EE 320. Provides an in-depth analysis of issues surrounding theimplementation of environmental policy. It focuses on alternative theories forpolicy analysis and compares regulatory strategies for environmental protection.Introduces students to models used in environmental policy analysis and helpsstudents critically formulate designs to implement environmental policy. Sue Wing. 4cr, 1st sem.

GRS GE 630 Environmental Pollution and Control Technology

Prereq: CAS EE 275 and CAS EE 320. Examines air pollution, water pollution,solid wastes, and hazardous wastes and discusses their control technologies.Considers environmental legislation and presents qualitative descriptions oftreatment technologies. Discusses the application of total quality managementtechniques in integrated pollution management. (Offered alternate years.) TBA.4 cr, 2nd sem.

GRS GE 703 Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis

Covers the basic economic principles of resource use and environmentalmanagement. These principles are used to evaluate energy and environmentalpolicies that have been implemented over the last 15 years. Includes several casestudies. Kaufmann. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GRS GE 712 Regional Energy Modeling

Prereq: Consent of instructor. Regional energy modeling techniques and existing regional energy models. Current energy issues are discussed. Modeling procedures are introduced. Current regional and energy models are explored. Kaufmann. 4cr, 2nd sem.

GRS GE 902 Energy and Environmental Studies Internship

Staff. 4 cr, Either sem.

GRS GE 903 Research in Energy and Environmental Studies

Staff. Hours arranged. Variable cr, either sem.