phd in environmental science policy and management

Environmental Science, Policy, & Management PhD

The Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) Graduate Program provides a wealth of opportunities for students interested in careers in academia, government, and non-governmental agencies worldwide. Our faculty are internationally recognized, and ESPM is the campus hub for connections to other renowned Berkeley programs in the environment such as the Energy and Resources Group , Agricultural and Resource Economics , the Goldman School of Public Policy , Integrative Biology , Berkeley Natural History Museums , and Berkeley Law . The Berkeley campus maintains close ties to world-class research facilities at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, California Academy of Sciences, Stanford University, and many other institutions. Students admitted to our program work with their research mentor to select courses, individualize their training, and conduct research projects that meet their interests and goals. Our core graduate courses provide an introduction to the wide breadth and deep expertise of research on the environment within our department and help students apply for funding opportunities early in their graduate program.

The PhD program is the main graduate program in ESPM for students entering with or without previous masters degrees, though we also offer limited numbers of MS degrees in our specialized Master of Range Management and Master of Forestry programs. The goal of the program is to provide both a strong disciplinary education and broadly based experience in cross-disciplinary communication and problem solving. To achieve this, the program leading to the PhD in environmental science, policy, and management requires that students complete three core courses and take additional coursework in the following three areas: area of specialization, research skills, and experiential breadth.

Disciplinary Emphasis

The disciplinary emphasis is the broadest academic area encompassing the student's interests. The three disciplinary emphases within the department are ecosystem sciences, organisms & environment, and society & environment. A student pursuing a strongly interdisciplinary program may study more than one of these disciplines in depth. Specific coursework within each field will be chosen by the guiding committee in conjunction with the student and approved by the graduate mentor.

Area of Specialization

The area of specialization is a narrower field within the context of the disciplinary emphasis. Some examples of these areas are microbial community ecology, ecosystem function, arthropod population and community ecology, biological control of arthropods, arthropod biodiversity science, American environmental history and policy, international forest management, biogeochemistry, Mediterranean grassland ecosystems, remote sensing, and forest management, to name a few.

Application

Prospective graduate students are encouraged to contact a potential PhD mentor directly prior to the application deadline. If possible, prospective graduate students should plan to visit the campus, department, and graduate program. As part of their application, each student will be asked to identify one of the three disciplinary emphases (ecosystem sciences, organisms & environment, and society & environment) most closely associated with her/his interests. If you have questions about which emphasis to choose, please ask your prospective mentor. It is not uncommon for students in ESPM to be co-mentored by two professors, often with different disciplinary emphases. The area of specialization is determined after entry into the program, in consultation with the guiding committee and PhD mentor.

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Environmental Science Policy & Management PhD

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Application Deadline

December 4, 2023

Degree Type(s)

Doctoral / PhD

Degree Awarded

GRE Requirements

Master of Philosophy in Environmental Science, Policy and Management Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science, Policy and Management

MPhil(ESPM) PhD(ESPM)

Both full- and part-time

Full-time: 2 years Part-time: 4 years  

Full-time: 3 years (with a relevant research master’s degree), 4 years (without a relevant research master’s degree) Part-time: 6 years

Division of Environmental and Sustainability

PG Programs Coordinator (RPg program): Prof Jianzhen YU, Chair Professor of Environment and Sustainability and Professor of Chemistry

http://www.envr.ust.hk/programs/research-postgraduate-program/mphil-phd-in-espm/program-objective.html

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The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programs are broad-based research postgraduate programs that embrace a wide spectrum of environmental interests. The programs serve as an innovative platform for interdisciplinary research involving scientific, technological, environmental socio-economic and policy challenges. The programs also provide students with the background to solve complex environmental problems and to engage in interdisciplinary environmental research that can have a high impact on Hong Kong and the world. Co-supervision on student thesis work is a core feature in the programs, an approach that enhances the interdisciplinary education experience for students. Currently, the research concentrations include:

• Air quality and built environment
• Climate change and adaptations
• Environmental data analysis
• Environmental economics
• Environmental microbiology
• Environmental policy and management
• Environmental pollution and health
• Physical/Biophysical oceanography and ecosystem modeling
• Planning and design for sustainable development
• Sustainability, energy and environment

The MPhil Program aims to train students to conduct independent interdisciplinary research in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. A candidate for an MPhil degree is expected to demonstrate knowledge in the discipline and to synthesize and create new knowledge, making a contribution to the field.

The PhD Program seeks to train students in original research and to cultivate the independent, interdisciplinary and innovative thinking that is essential for a successful career in research, management or policy formulation in this area. A candidate for a PhD degree is expected to demonstrate mastery of knowledge in the chosen discipline and to synthesize and create new knowledge, making an original and substantial contribution to the discipline.

On successful completion of the MPhil program, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of areas of their specialization and in environmental science, policy and management in general;
• Apply experimental or modeling techniques/skills for investigations of problems in environmental science, policy and management;
• Conduct directed research, develop experimental/modeling/data analysis protocols and interpret results; and
• Communicate effectively the results of scientific research in writing and by oral presentation.

On successful completion of the PhD program, graduates will be able to:

• Apply experimental or modeling techniques/skills for investigations of problems inenvironmental science, policy and management;
• Conduct independent research, propose laboratory/field/modeling experiments, develop protocols, evaluate results and formulate hypotheses;
• Communicate effectively the results of scientific research in writing and by oral presentation; and
• Evaluate and critique current research, approaches and methodologies in environmental science, policy and management.

Offered by the Division of Environment and Sustainability, the programs are supported with the following research foci and state-of-the-art facilities. It aims to provide students with a deeper understanding of environmental science and related policies so as to help increase their abilities in tackling the environment and generating meaningful solutions.  

Research Foci

The Division’s main areas of focus are:

• Atmospheric science and air pollution
• Climate change policy and adaptations
• Sustainability and environmental economics
• Healthy living environment

We also work at the points where these areas intersect, such as the scientific understanding of management strategies and policy formulations.  

HKUST has excellent central facilities and equipment to support the Program's teaching and learning. These include: the Environmental Central Facility, environmental monitoring facilities, real-time air quality and meteorological forecasting systems, satellite receiving systems and Geographical Information System.

Minimum Credit Requirement

MPhil:  9 credits  PhD:  12 credits   

• Credit Transfer

Subject to approval of the PG Coordinator, PhD students who have taken the HKUST MPhil Program in Environmental Science, Policy and Management will be granted credit transfer of up to a maximum of 9 credits. Students admitted to the PhD program with a relevant master’s degree may be granted credit transfer on a case-by-case basis. In such case, the maximum number of credits transferrable is 6.  

• Core Courses

MPhil/PhD: 6 Credits  

• Elective Courses

MPhil: 3 Credits

PhD: 6 Credits

Students may take other postgraduate course(s) approved by the supervisor and the PG Coordinator.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant Training

All full-time RPg students are required to complete PDEV 6800. The course is composed of a 10-hour training offered by the Center for Education Innovation (CEI), and session(s) of instructional delivery to be assigned by the respective departments. Upon satisfactory completion of the training conducted by CEI, MPhil students are required to give at least one 30-minute session of instructional delivery in front of a group of students for one term. PhD students are required to give at least one such session each in two different terms. The instructional delivery will be formally assessed.  

Professional Development Course Requirement

Students are required to complete PDEV 6770. The 1 credit earned from PDEV 6770 cannot be counted toward the credit requirements. PhD students who are HKUST MPhil graduates and have completed PDEV 6770 or other professional development courses offered by the University before may be exempted from taking PDEV 6770, subject to prior approval of the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Students are required to complete ENVR 6770. The 1 credit earned from ENVR 6770 cannot be counted toward the credit requirements. PhD students who are HKUST MPhil graduates and have completed ENVR 6770 or other professional development courses offered by the University before may be exempted from taking ENVR 6770, subject to prior approval of the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies.

• English Language Requirement

Full-time RPg students are required to take an English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) Speaking Test administered by the Center for Language Education before the start of their first term of study. Students whose ELPA Speaking Test score is below Level 4, or who failed to take the test in their first term of study, are required to take LANG 5000 until they pass the course by attaining at least Level 4 in the ELPA Speaking Test before graduation. The 1 credit earned from LANG 5000 cannot be counted toward the credit requirements.  

MPhil students are required to complete LANG 5081. PhD students are required to complete LANG 5080 and LANG 5081.  

The credits earned from LANG 5080 and LANG 5081 cannot be counted toward the credit requirements. Students can be exempted from taking LANG 5080 and/or LANG 5081 with the approval of the supervisor and the PG Coordinator.

• Postgraduate Seminar

Students must take ENVR 6010 whenever it is offered.  

• PhD Qualifying Examination

PhD students are required to submit a thesis proposal to the Qualifying Examination Committee who will examine the students’ general background knowledge and knowledge related to the topic of the research. Students must pass the qualifying examination no later than the forth regular term of study for full-time students, or the sixth regular term of study for part-time students.  

• Thesis Research
• Registration in ENVR 6990; and
• Presentation and oral defense of the MPhil thesis.
• Registration in ENVR 7990; and
• Presentation and oral defense of the PhD thesis.

Last Update: 20 May 2021

To qualify for admission, applicants must meet all of the following requirements. Admission is selective and meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

Applicants seeking admission to a master's degree program should have obtained a bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution, or an approved equivalent qualification;

Applicants seeking admission to a doctoral degree program should have obtained a bachelor’s degree with a proven record of outstanding performance from a recognized institution; or presented evidence of satisfactory work at the postgraduate level on a full-time basis for at least one year, or on a part-time basis for at least two years.

Applicants have to fulfill English Language requirements with one of the following proficiency attainments:

TOEFL-iBT: 80*

TOEFL-pBT: 550

TOEFL-Revised paper-delivered test: 60 (total scores for Reading, Listening and Writing sections)

IELTS (Academic Module): Overall score: 6.5  and All sub-score: 5.5

* refers to the total score in one single attempt

Applicants are not required to present TOEFL or IELTS score if

their first language is English, or

they obtained the bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from an institution where the medium of instruction was English.

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The doctoral program cultivates scholars who are equipped to understand and develop solutions to complex environmental challenges.

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Doctoral students work with the school’s world-renowned faculty to collaboratively design cutting-edge research projects that engage them in scientific discovery, policy, public discourse, and action.  The five-year program is fully funded and independent of any faculty research grants, allowing doctoral students the intellectual freedom to explore the environmental issues that most inspire them. Students also have access to a broad array of resources across Yale University and its professional and graduate schools, including its faculty and library system.  Graduates complete the doctoral program having gained disciplinary depth and strong leadership skills that enable success in any career path — academic, government research, policy, nonprofits, and the private sector.

Doctoral students at YSE receive five years of guaranteed funding, independent of any faculty research grants, allowing doctoral students the intellectual freedom to explore the environmental issues that most inspire them.

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Doctoral students at YSE receive five years of guaranteed funding , independent of any faculty research grants, allowing doctoral students the intellectual freedom to explore the environmental issues that most inspire them.

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Working closely with some of the top experts in their fields is one of the advantages of a YSE doctoral degree. Our faculty are committed to mentoring the next generation of environmental leaders to tackle the world’s most urgent problems.

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As co-leader of Black Marble, NASA’s light dataset, Eleanor Stokes '18 PhD is currently tracking the effects of Russian military strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure and climate-induced natural disasters across the world. NASA’s Black Marble science team, which uses data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite aboard NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite spacecraft  to map  disaster impacts in vulnerable communities , was awarded the 2020 NASA Group Achievement Award for helping realize the vision of the  NASA-ESA-JAXA COVID dashboard  and enabling international partnership in a time of need.  “Humanity is facing major global risks from extreme weather and rising sea levels,” Stokes says. “It’s very important to have a satellite record that can speak to the human piece of the puzzle.

Redefining Human-Wildlife Conflict

In the Tibetan Plateau, Yufang Gao ’14 MESc, ’23 PhD interviews, observes, and travels with Tibetan herders and Buddhist monks. He sets up camera traps and collects scat to analyze the diet of snow leopards. And he has hiked a mountainside 15,000 feet above sea level — all in pursuit of data for his dissertation focused on the quest for harmonious coexistence between people and large carnivores. What is needed for human-wildlife coexistence is a different perspective about conflict, Gao says. “Conflict,” he has found, “is part of coexistence.”

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Tracking Forest Inventory

Richard Guldin ’76 MFS, ’79 PhD  has helped reinvent the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program by integrating new sampling designs, field procedures, and innovative software to create an annual inventory that has become a global model. His work earned him the Society of American Foresters’ Sir William Schlich Award.

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Our doctoral program offers scholars from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to pursue a highly individualized area of inquiry under the mentorship of a YSE faculty member. The research conducted by YSE PhD candidates spans global and disciplinary boundaries — and what’s more, it is fully funded.

Doctoral students at YSE receive 5 years of guaranteed funding. Funding packages consist of a stipend , full tuition coverage, and health insurance. For more information on funding and benefits for doctoral students at Yale, visit the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences' stipend payments and financial support pages.

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Our Environment and Sustainability Ph.D. equips students with diverse perspectives to develop profound new ideas, knowledge and approaches to the most important concerns facing people and the planet. The program provides training to develop deep understandings of the structures of current environment and sustainability issues today and to develop analytical research to address them. This requires learning in multiple disciplines and how they, together, can better provide greater knowledge to bear to the social, environmental, political, scientific and economic factors creating the situation we face today. Our goal is to prepare students for a range of careers in academia, as well as public and private sectors.

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Students in the Bren School PhD in Environmental Science and Management  program develop broad and specialized knowledge, analytical powers, technical skills, and creative thinking to become leaders in environmental science and management. 

The Bren School's interdisciplinary foundation also bolsters the PhD program, reflecting the fact that environmental problem solving frequently requires collaboration and innovation across multiple disciplines. Whether focused on natural sciences, economics, policy, digital data and modeling, communication, or some combination, the work of Bren PhD students is a balance of research and application. With the knowledge and skills acquired here, Bren PhD graduates pursue careers in academia, research, public agencies, non-profit organizations, and business.

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Gabriela Alberola   Impacts of corruption on environmental management in Latin America; watershed management and policy; environmental politics in Latin America

Bonnie Basnett Small-scale fisheries, fisheries management, marine ecology, conservation

Linus Blomqvist   Land use, conservation, agricultural economics

Kaili Brande   Landscape ecology, plant ecology, population dynamics, climate change

James Cunningham Ecosystem services, land use, climate change, data science, environmental policy

Sadie Cwikiel Climate change, marine ecology, oceanography, fisheries

Gemma Del Rossi  Ecosystem services, food-energy-water systems, environmental and agricultural economics

Sean Denny   Wildlife ecology and conservation; human-wildlife conflict; illegal wildlife trade; livelihoods; sustainable use

Nakoa Farrant Food security in island communities, integrated agriculture and aquaculture systems, and bioculture resource management

Patricia Faundez Marine conservation and planning

Lesley Figueroa Marine Ecology; Marine Conservation; Resilience

Elliott Finn Investigating interactions between legislators and grassroots ecosystem management organizations through environmental politics, public policy and collaborative management

Kelly Garvey  Groundwater, data science, water law and policy

Louis Graup Climate change, ecohydrology, environmental modeling, wildfire impacts, water resources

Nathan Grimes Ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries

Annette Hilton Groundwater quantity, groundwater quality, water resource management

Liviu Iancu Biogeochemistry, soil microbial ecology, nutrient cycles, climate change, climate change policy

Polycarp Komakech Citizen involvement, coproduction of public service delivery, public administration and democratization in the context of emerging democracies dealing with environmental challenges.

Julia Lawson Data-poor fisheries; multilateral environmental agreements

Brian Lee Spatial ecology, remote sensing, land-use change, deforestation

Cori Lopazanski Marine ecology, fisheries, resource management

Shay Magahey Climate modeling, El Nino/Southern Oscillation, climate change, physical oceanography

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Trace Martin Microbiological water quality, microbial source tracking, water and wastewater treatment, water resources

Jamie Miller Coastal dune and beach ecology, restoration, wildlife conservation

Michelle Mohr forest ecology, dendrochronology, climate change

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Overview of the PhD Program

For specific information on the Environmental Science and Engineering PhD program, see the navigation links to the right. 

What follows on this page is an overview of all Ph.D. programs at the School; additional information and guidance can be found on the  Graduate Policies  pages. 

General Ph.D. Requirements

• 10 semester-long graduate courses, including at least 8 disciplinary.   At least 5 of the 10 should be graduate-level SEAS "technical" courses (or FAS graduate-level technical courses taught by SEAS faculty), not including seminar/reading/project courses.  Undergraduate-level courses cannot be used.  For details on course requirements, see the school's overall PhD course requirements  and the individual program pages linked therein.
• Program Plan (i.e., the set of courses to be used towards the degree) approval by the  Committee on Higher Degrees  (CHD).
• Minimum full-time academic residency of two years .
• Serve as a Teaching Fellow (TF) in one semester of the second year.
• Oral Qualifying Examination Preparation in the major field is evaluated in an oral examination by a qualifying committee. The examination has the dual purpose of verifying the adequacy of the student's preparation for undertaking research in a chosen field and of assessing the student's ability to synthesize knowledge already acquired. For details on arranging your Qualifying Exam, see the exam policies and the individual program pages linked therein.
• Committee Meetings : PhD students' research committees meet according to the guidelines in each area's "Committee Meetings" listing.  For details see the "G3+ Committee Meetings" section of the Policies of the CHD  and the individual program pages linked therein.
• Final Oral Examination (Defense) This public examination devoted to the field of the dissertation is conducted by the student's research committee. It includes, but is not restricted to, a defense of the dissertation itself.  For details of arranging your final oral exam see the  Ph.D. Timeline  page.
• Dissertation Upon successful completion of the qualifying examination, a committee chaired by the research supervisor is constituted to oversee the dissertation research. The dissertation must, in the judgment of the research committee, meet the standards of significant and original research.

Optional additions to the Ph.D. program

Harvard PhD students may choose to pursue these additional aspects:

• a Secondary Field (which is similar to a "minor" subject area).  SEAS offers PhD Secondary Field programs in  Data Science and in  Computational Science and Engineering .   GSAS  lists  secondary fields offered by other programs.
• a Master of Science (S.M.) degree conferred  en route to the Ph.D in one of several of SEAS's subject areas.  For details see here .
• a Teaching Certificate awarded by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning .

SEAS PhD students may apply to participate in the  Health Sciences and Technology graduate program  with Harvard Medical School and MIT.  Please check with the HST program for details on eligibility (e.g., only students in their G1 year may apply) and the application process.

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The Environmental Policy and Management Program combines a background in scientific preparation with training in diverse social science, management, and professional disciplines. A focus of this program will be interdisciplinary training on the roles of science that is directly relevant to real-world environmental policy and management issues. The program is designed so students have a more formal preparation in bridging the differences between scientific academic background and policy and management work, with emphasis on communicating technical information in various management and policy contexts. Students will develop problem-solving skills involving analysis, communication, and negotiation that are needed in policy-making and management positions.

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• Faculty working with students: 31
• Students: 13
• Students receiving Financial Aid: 100%
• Part time study available: No
• Application terms: Fall
• Application deadline: December 14

Erika Weinthal Director of Graduate Studies University Program in Environmental Policy Duke University Box 90328 Durham, NC 27708-0328 Phone: (919) 613-8002

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Website: https://nicholas.duke.edu/academics/doctoral-degrees

Program Description

The University Program in Environmental Policy (UPEP) is a multidisciplinary, research-focused five-year doctoral degree, intended to prepare candidates for positions in applied academic departments and professional schools (e.g., environment and natural resources, public policy, public administration, international affairs), domestic and international public agencies and environmental organizations, research institutes, and policy consulting firms.  Although the program is multidisciplinary, it is designed to ensure that students have strength in a particular social science discipline.  Students designate their concentration when applying and currently may select either environmental economics or environmental politics.

Students interested in doctoral studies at Duke can also study the environment from a social science perspective through the disciplinary PhD program in Economics and PhD program in Political Science, and the interdisciplinary PhD program in Marine Science and Conservation.  Students interested in an applied social science degree without a specific focus on the environment should apply to the PhD program in Public Policy Studies.  Students interested in natural science aspects of the environment should consider the PhD program in Environment, PhD program in Earth and Ocean Sciences, PhD program in Marine Science and Conservation, and PhD program in Ecology.

UPEP is the first and only PhD program in the United States jointly administered by a school of the environment and a school of public policy.  It provides a focal point for faculty and graduate students in the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Sanford School of Public Policy who are interested in environmental policy.  It draws on the intellectual resources of not only the two schools but also related disciplinary departments (Economics, Political Science) and other professional schools (Law School, Fuqua School, Pratt School of Engineering) at Duke.  Faculty in the program conduct research on economic and political aspects of a wide range of topics, including air and water quality, biodiversity conservation, climate change, community resources management, corporate sustainability, ecosystem services, energy, environmental health, fisheries, forests, freshwater, and marine resources, in both U.S. and international contexts.  Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members with related interests to learn more about their current research projects and interest in accepting new doctoral students.

Students in the program:

• A set of common requirements, including courses in the political-economic theory of public policy (PUBPOL 901/902, 6 credits), a series of research workshops leading to the dissertation proposal (ENV 834S, 4.5 credits), and at least one course in environmental/resource economics (3+ credits).
• Disciplinary concentration requirements, including core theory (6+ credits) and research methods (6+ credits) in economics or political science, and corresponding environmental field courses (i.e., environmental economics or environmental politics; (6 credits).
• As needed, appropriate training in natural sciences relevant to the student's research.  The level and content of such training is flexible and is worked out in consultation with the student's advisor and committee.
• Regularly attend and participate in one or more research seminars in which faculty and others present their research.
• Attain dissertation status, including meeting qualifying requirements and passing the preliminary exam, by the end of the third year.
• Pass a final examination, which consists of an oral dissertation defense to an approved supervisory committee.  This is typically completed by the end of the fifth year.  A successful Environmental Policy PhD dissertation must constitute a significant contribution to policy-relevant knowledge, either through innovative application of social science methods to environmental policy problems, or by innovation in theory or methods appropriate for addressing environmental policy problems.

Students normally receive a stipend and a scholarship to cover tuition and fees for up to five years of study if they maintain satisfactory progress toward their degree.  Support during the first 2-3 years is usually in return for service as a teaching assistant, with support during the remainder of the program expected to come from research grants managed by a student's major professor.  Some students also compete successfully for fellowships offered by the Graduate School and other sources at Duke.  Applicants are encouraged to explore external sources of fellowship support (e.g., National Science Foundation) during the application process.

Students in the program can interact with researchers at several centers and institutes at Duke University including the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, the Center on Global Change, the Duke Global Health Institute, the Social Science Research Institute, the Duke Center for International Development, and the Triangle Census Research Data Center.  They can also interact with visiting researchers through two research seminar series supported by UPEP--the Environmental Institutions Seminar Series held at Duke and the regional Triangle Resource and Environmental Economics Seminar Series organized by Duke, North Carolina State University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Research Triangle Institute, along with numerous other seminar series in the Nicholas School, the Sanford School, the Departments of Economics and Political Science, and other Duke schools, departments, institutes, and centers.

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Application Terms Available:  Fall

Application Deadline:  December 14

Graduate School Application Requirements See the Application Instructions page for important details about each Graduate School requirement.

• Transcripts: Unofficial transcripts required with application submission; official transcripts required upon admission
• Letters of Recommendation: 3 Required
• Statement of Purpose: Required
• Résumé: Required
• GRE Scores: GRE General (Optional)
• English Language Exam: TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test required* for applicants whose first language is not English *test waiver may apply for some applicants
• GPA: Undergraduate GPA calculated on 4.0 scale required

Writing Sample None required

Additional Requirements: On no more than one page, please briefly highlight the following:

• Your academic preparation and/or professional experience in quantitative methods and skills (e.g. math, statistics, epidemiology). Provide a bulleted list of relevant academic coursework with final grades, and any relevant research projects, extracurricular engagement, experience with software, and/or professional responsibilities
• Your academic and/or professional writing experiences, as evidenced through research papers, an undergraduate thesis, scientific writing courses, or professional writing.

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Qualification Awarded: Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences and Policy Length of program: 48 months

The Environmental Sciences and Policy Doctoral Program* provides a unique opportunity to pursue fundamental and applied research to address some of the most urgent environmental challenges in the world. Our graduates emerge from the Program with a broad understanding of diverse approaches to environmental problems, extensive practical research experience, professional networks and analytical and practical thinking skills with a commitment and capacity to addressing environmental challenges.

Program aims and objectives

The environment is a quintessentially interdisciplinary field that requires an integrated understanding of complex natural histories; ecological processes; scientific evidence; social and cultural contexts; contemporary political debates; legal and policy frameworks; modeling, technical, and management options; and social justice implications for people and communities.

The CEU Environmental Sciences and Policy PhD program is led by faculty from various disciplines with research experience in diverse thematic and geographic contexts, which fosters an environment conducive to interdisciplinary research. The PhD program aims to combine breadth and depth of interdisciplinary learning about the environment with professional development skills. The program begins with an introduction to a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, which allows students to choose the most appropriate combination for their research, and continues with custom-tailored theory and methods classes to facilitate in-depth research skills for their empirical projects. Teaching and research practica facilitate opportunities to develop teaching, presentation, and publication skills.

Doctoral Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from CEU's PhD program in Environmental Sciences and Policy will:

Possess the  knowledge  to

• Engage the epistemological diversity of natural and social science disciplines in environment-related debates;
• Understand the complex interdisciplinary connections between scientific, ethical, economic, social, cultural, and political aspects of environmental issues at both global and local levels and create new knowledge in their chosen field of in-depth research;
• Learn and apply state-of-the art pedagogical theories to their own teaching and communication.

Apply  skills  to:

• Think critically and analytically to understand environmental issues; identify and formulate a research problem; and design, implement, and manage sophisticated theoretical, policy and field research and data analysis, both as an independent researcher and a team member;
• Communicate scientific results professionally both in writing and orally, and participate in professional networks;
• Practice student-centered teaching and learning approaches.

Uphold  values  that:

• Advance a sustainable and open society, self-reflective critical inquiry, research ethics, and environmental and social care.

*The doctoral program is registered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York (US) for and on behalf of the New York State Education Department.

Grants and stipend supplements

NEW STUDENTS ENTERING A 4-YEAR PROGRAM:

STIPEND SUPPLEMENT (DISCRETIONARY FUND)

To apply by 20th of each month via this   APPLICATION FORM

Eligibility:   Starting from September 2023/24 academic year all new doctoral students ( post-comprehensive ) are automatically eligible. Current post-comprehensive doctoral students (cohort 2022/23), if they opted-in.

Eligible expenses:   For summer or winter schools, conference participation, research trips, fieldwork costs, archival research costs, data or subscription costs, membership fees, travel costs, accommodation costs, registration fees, etc. (All receipts/invoices, etc., should be in the name of the student only).

Please contact Ildiko Torok – Financial Aid Coordinator at  [email protected]  if you have any questions.

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT OPTED-IN TO THE 4-YEAR PROGRAM:

CEU provides several  grants for enrolled students , including  travel or field and archival research grants  with 4 deadlines/academic year and Winter/Summer school participation support. 

Travel grants can contribute to the cost of traveling abroad to attend academic conferences (travel-related costs, conference fees, accommodation and administrative costs) and supplement other travel costs. Research grants may also be used for dissertation related research. 

Please contact the  Department Coordinator  with your grant requests. 

In addition, CEU offers Doctoral Research Support Grant (centrally administered) and write-up grants (through the Pro-Rector's Office, upon recommendation of the supervisor).

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The Career Services Office of CEU offers  tailored career education opportunities, individual advising, and access to relevant vacancies, resources, and events .

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The ESPP concentration encompasses a wide breadth of subjects, allowing you to immerse yourself in your academic interests.

Become well-versed in the broad, interconnected issues of environment and public policy through coursework and seminars

Welcome! The concentration in Environmental Science and Public Policy is designed to provide a multi-disciplinary introduction to current problems of the environment. It is founded on the premise that the ability to form rational judgments concerning many of the complex challenges confronting society today involving the environment requires both an understanding of the underlying scientific and technical issues and an appreciation for the relevant economic, political, legal, historical and ethical dimensions.

Information for Prospective Concentrators

Watch this  video  for a faculty message about choosing ESPP as a concentration. Visit the  Board of Tutors  page to find a list of ESPP faculty which includes their home department, research interests, and email address. ESPP faculty are happy to be contacted via email by prospective students. Interested in declaring ESPP? Please visit  here for instructions.

Please make an appointment (via window on the right) with Lorraine to discuss declaration. Pre-concentrators are encouraged to reach out to us as early as freshman year--you will be added to our email list and learn about events and fields trips. 

Want to Learn More about ESPP? Talk to a Current Student!

ESPP concentrators who have agreed to be contacted by prospective students to answer questions about ESPP and share their stories and interest.

Fred Asare-Konadu ‘ 24

Winthrop House |  He/Him

[email protected]

ESPP Interests: There are few things ESPP related that I don't love to talk and learn about. One of my main focuses as of late has been evaluating the role of the private market in the climate transition, most specifically finding ways to align the interests of companies with what is best for our climate. Through my courses I have also enjoyed discussing sustainability, climate responsibility and overall climate injustice. I would be happy to talk about anything previously mentioned, along with general questions about ESPP and course work and how it balances with other academic / extracurricular interests.  

Robin Greene ‘ 24

Mather House | He/Him

[email protected]

ESPP Interests:  I am interested in everything from nutrient cycling and biogeochemical processes to environmental justice and social ecology! ESPP has given me the resources and support to study these issues from both a scientific and political perspective. Outside of the Harvard sphere, I use ESPP frameworks to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and I am studying abroad this fall in Lisbon, Portugal. Always happy to chat about anything, ESPP-related or otherwise! 

Alexandra Kassinis ‘24 

Pforzheimer House | She/Her

[email protected]

ESPP Interests: I am interested in the intersection of environmental issues and health, especially the impacts of climate change on food security, water resources and migration. Outside of the classroom, I am involved in the Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group and the Harvard Global Health Institute. Happy to talk about all things ESPP, anytime! 

Eliot House | She/Her

[email protected]

ESPP Interests: I am primarily interested in the intersection of environmental science and public health. As an ESPP concentrator and pre-medical student, I frequently encounter the overlap in these subjects and the potential implications for the future of healthcare. Management of natural resources, air pollution, and endocrine disruptors are just a few examples of the subjects I am most interested in studying. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat or have questions about ESPP!  

Quincy House | She/her

[email protected]

ESPP interests: I'm really passionate about a wide range of topics, including concepts like fairness in our surroundings, the interconnectedness of societies and nature, and how our environment and economy interact. ESPP has been an incredible foundation for me, offering the tools, guidance, and flexibility to delve into the crossroads of these subjects. This journey has also led me to explore Global Health and Health Policy as a secondary focus. Through ESPP, I've gained not only a strong belief in the synergy of science and politics but also the courage to tackle them. I even had the amazing experience of teaching physics in southern Vietnam last summer! I'm always up for a chat about ESPP and all the exciting experiences it has brought my way! 

Winthrop House | She/Her

[email protected]

ESPP Interests: I am interested in the interplay between policy and the private market in the context of the clean energy transition. It’s exciting to see how well designed policies can align corporate interests with climate benefits and accelerate solar energy adoption. I would love to talk about policy dynamics, innovative clean energy solutions, and the potential of a climate-conscious private sector. Feel free to reach out – I'm happy to chat about anything and everything! 

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MPhil and PhD Programs in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)

Program objective.

ESPM is an interdisciplinary research and education program covering a wide spectrum of environmental interests. The research programs focus on the dynamics and interconnection of scientific, technological, environmental socio-economic and policy challenges facing the world. Co-supervision on student thesis work is a core feature in the program, an approach that enhances the interdisciplinary education experience for students. Currently, the research concentrations include:

• Air Quality and Built Environment
• Circular Economy and Waste Management
• Climate Adaptation and Resilience
• Energy Transition and Societal Change
• Environmental Economics and Sustainable Finance
• Environmental Health Technology
• Modeling and Assessment for Sustainable Urban Infrastructures
• Physical/Biophysical Oceanography and Ecosystem Modeling
• Smart Sustainable Healthy Cities and Society
• Transdisciplinary Solutions for Carbon Neutrality

For further information please contact Miss Sharon Chong at (852) 2358 8363 or [email protected] .

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Offered jointly by the School of International and Public Affairs and the Columbia Climate School's Earth Institute, this immersive, STEM-designated, one-year program prepares future environmental leaders to address the most serious and complex environmental problems the earth will face. Launched two decades ago, it seamlessly integrates science with environmental policy and management and is the world’s premier program of its kind. Graduates hold key positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors worldwide.

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Students learn directly from leading policy and management practitioners, along with top scientists of the world-class Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

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Alumni employers include Apple, the United Nations, the Sierra Club, the City of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, KPMG, the U.S. Department of State, and The World Bank.

A global alumni network of thousands of School of International and Public Affairs and Earth Institute program graduates, who hold key positions of environmental leadership across sectors.

The M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy program is offered by Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs in partnership with The Columbia Climate School, which includes Columbia’s Earth Institute and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and all their affiliated research centers and educational programs. The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, presenting challenges that are immense and urgent. In response, Columbia has created the Climate School to develop innovative education, support groundbreaking research, and foster essential solutions, from local to planetary in scale.

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Environmental science, policy and management.

The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) is a multidisciplinary program that recognizes the urgency and significance of our current environmental challenges, and the enormous opportunities that will lead to transformative change.

We have award-winning faculty in climate science, biodiversity, environmental policy, land use, and community outreach — all driven by a collective interest in our environmental future.

At Berkeley, ESPM is the campus portal to environmental research and issues. Berkeley is founded on the principle of knowledge for the public good. Our department builds on this promise.

Students and faculty in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management have access to world-class academic and research facilities including libraries, field stations, natural history museums, and many specialized research facilities for work ranging from stable isotope chemistry and high-throughput DNA sequencing to geospatial information and data science. UC Berkeley’s Bay Area location encourages research collaborations, hands-on learning, and outreach opportunities with numerous public and private agencies, including the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California Academy of Sciences, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US National Park Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, California Department of Fish and Game, and California Department of Food and Agriculture, and other major research universities.

Undergraduate Programs

We offer a portfolio of exciting undergraduate majors that lead to diverse career options for students interested in environmental science, ecosystem management, conservation biology, global change science, environmental policy, and/or preparation for the health professions.

Conservation and Resource Studies : BS and Minor Ecosystem Management and Forestry : BS Environmental Sciences : BS Food Systems : Minor Forestry and Natural Resources: Minor Geospatial Information Science and Technology : Minor Molecular Environmental Biology : BS Society and Environment : BS

Graduate Programs

Our top-ranked graduate program consistently serves as a gateway to exciting careers in research, teaching, and public outreach.

Environmental Science, Policy, and Management : PhD Forestry : MF  Range Management : MS

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ESPM 2 The Biosphere 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 An introduction to the unifying principles and fundamental concepts underlying our scientific understanding of the biosphere. Topics covered include the physical life support system on earth; nutrient cycles and factors regulating the chemical composition of water, air, and soil; the architecture and physiology of life; population biology and community ecology; human dependence on the biosphere; and the magnitude and consequences of human interventions in the biosphere. The Biosphere: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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ESPM 5 FROM FARM TO TABLE: FOOD SYSTEMS IN A CHANGING WORLD 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session This course explores the journey of the U.S. food supply from the farm to the family table. The ecology, management, and politics of farming under a global change scenario, the impact of our changing patterns of demand on food processing and retail, the opportunties and costs of exports, and the way different groups access, use, and consume food. FROM FARM TO TABLE: FOOD SYSTEMS IN A CHANGING WORLD: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two and one-half hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructors: Huntinger, Iles, DeMaster

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ESPM 6 Environmental Biology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Basic biological and ecological principles discussed in relation to environmental disruptions. Human interactions with the environment; their meaning for animals and plants. Discussion of basic ecological processes as a basis for understanding environmental problems and formulating strategies for their solution. Environmental Biology: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: One course in introductory college biology is recommended. Intended for nonscience majors

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Chapela

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ESPM C10 Environmental Issues 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Relationship between human society and the natural environment; case studies of ecosystem maintenance and disruption. Issues of economic development, population, energy, resources, technology, and alternative systems. Environmental Issues: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for C10 after taking 10.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture and One and one-half hours of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Welter

Also listed as: L & S C30V

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ESPM C11 Americans and the Global Forest 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 This course challenges students to think about how individual and American consumer decisions affect forest ecosystems around the world. A survey course that highlights the consequences of different ways of thinking about the forest as a global ecosystem and as a source of goods like trees, water, wildlife, food, jobs, and services. The scientific tools and concepts that have guided management of the forest for the last 100 years, and the laws, rules, and informal institutions that have shaped use of the forests, are analyzed. Americans and the Global Forest: Read More [+]

Also listed as: L & S C30U

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ESPM 15 Introduction to Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Introduction to the science underlying biological and physical environmental problems, including water and air quality, global change, energy, ecosystem services, introduced and endangered species, water supply, solid waste, human population, and interaction of technical, social, and political approaches to environmental management. Introduction to Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two and one-half hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructors: Goldstein, Potts, Fung

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ESPM C22AC Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 The course presents a diachronic perspective on human-fire interactions with local ecosystems in California that spans over 10,000 years. The course will provide an historical perspective on human-fire interactions at the landscape scale using a diverse range of data sources drawn from the fields of fire ecology, biology, history, anthropology, and archaeology. An important component includes examining how diverse cultures and ethnicity influenced how people perceived and used fire at the landscape scale in ancient, historical and modern times. The implications of these diverse fire practices and policies will be analyzed and the consequences they have had for transforming habitats and propagating catastrophic fires will be explored. Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Instructors: Stephens, Lightfoot, Nelson

Also listed as: ANTHRO C12AC/NATAMST C22AC

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ESPM 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to fifteen freshman. Freshman Seminar: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Format: One hour of seminar per week.

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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ESPM 40 Insects and Human Society 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 An introduction to the diversity and natural history of insects in natural and human environments. The course examines the wonder of insects, their interactions with the living world, and their contributions to and impacts on human society. Insects and Human Society: Read More [+]

Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 4 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Four hours of lecture and four hours of discussion per week for 8 weeks.

Instructors: Will, Almeida

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ESPM 42 Natural History of Insects 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 An outline of the main facts and principles of biology as illustrated by insects, with special emphasis on their relations to plants and animals, including humans. Natural History of Insects: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Instructor: Will

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ESPM 44 Biological Control 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012 Regulation of populations of organisms, especially insects, through interactions with parasites, predators, pathogens, competitors. Discussion of examples from agricultural, forest, urban, and recreational environments. Biological Control: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Mills

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ESPM C46 Climate Change and the Future of California 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2018 Introduction to California geography, environment, and society, past and future climates, and the potential impacts of 21st-century climate change on ecosystems and human well-being. Topics include fundamentals of climate science and the carbon cycle; relationships between human and natural systems, including water supplies, agriculture, public health, and biodiversity; and the science, law, and politics of possible solutions that can reduce the magnitude and impacts of climate change. Climate Change and the Future of California: Read More [+]

Instructors: Ackerly, Sedlak, Silver, Weissman

Also listed as: L & S C46

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ESPM 50AC Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session An introduction to how culture affects the way we use and manage fire, wildland and urban forests, rangelands, parks and preserves, and croplands in America. The basic concepts and tools for evaluating the role of culture in resource use and management are introduced and used to examine the experience of American cultural groups in the development and management of western natural resources. Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Six hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 8 weeks. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two and one-half hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Formerly known as: 50

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ESPM 52 History of Native American Land, Colonialism, and Heritage Preservation 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022 The purpose of this course is to examine Native American societies, political systems, and human-environment relationships within CA and the U.S. This survey of Native American history will provide context for modern issues in land and resource management and government-to-government relationships between tribes and local, state, and federal agencies. Special attention will be given to the CA region, as there are many aspects of CA that make it an exceptional or unique case within the larger US historical narrative. Recurring themes or core concepts discussed throughout the course will include climate change, cultural and environmental impacts from colonialism,Indigenous persistence, stewardship, cultural landscapes, and tribal sovereignty. History of Native American Land, Colonialism, and Heritage Preservation: Read More [+]

Instructor: Nelson

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ESPM C52 History of Native American Land, Colonialism, and Heritage Preservation 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023 The purpose of this course is to examine Native American societies, political systems, and human-environment relationships within CA and the U.S. This survey of Native American history will provide context for modern issues in land and resource management and government-to-government relationships between tribes and local, state, and federal agencies. Special attention will be given to the CA region, as there are many aspects of CA that make it an exceptional or unique case within the larger US historical narrative. Recurring themes or core concepts discussed throughout the course will include climate change, cultural and environmental impacts from colonialism,Indigenous persistence, stewardship, cultural landscapes, and tribal sovereignty. History of Native American Land, Colonialism, and Heritage Preservation: Read More [+]

Also listed as: NATAMST C52

ESPM 60 Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Introduction to U.S. environmental policy process focuses on history and evolution of political institutions, importance of property, federal and state roles in decision making, and challenges of environmental policy. Emphasis is on use of science in decision making, choices between regulations and incentives, and role of bureaucracy in resource policy. Case studies on natural resource management, risk management, environmental regulation, and environmental justice. Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Eight hours of lecture and three hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

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ESPM 72 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session Introduction to computer systems, data processing software for natural resources studies. Components of geographic information systems; concepts of surveying, mapping, and remote sensing as data sources; various methods of data processing and analysis including classification, map overlay, buffer analysis, topographic modeling, spatial interpolation, and map design with a GIS. Intensive hands-on practices with relevant computer software packages. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Three years of high school math

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 6.5 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Gong

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ESPM 88A Exploring Geospatial Data 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016 From interactive web maps to spatial data analysis, digital geographic data and information are becoming an important part of the data science landscape. Almost everything happens somewhere that can be mapped on the surface of the earth. In many cases the where matters as much to an analysis as the what and the why. Geospatial data analysis allows a researcher to consider location explicitly. This course provides an introduction to working with digital geographic data, or geospatial data. We will explore concepts of geospatial data representation, methods for acquisition, processing and analysis, and techniques for creating compelling geovisualizations. No prior knowledge is assumed or expected. Exploring Geospatial Data: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: This course is meant to be taken concurrently with Computer Science C8/Statistics C8/Information C8: Foundations of Data Science. Students may take more than one 88 (data science connector) course if they wish, ideally concurrent with or after having taken the C8 course

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0.5 hours of lecture, 0.5 hours of discussion, and 1 hour of laboratory per week

Additional Format: One-half hour of lecture and one hour of laboratory and one-half hour of discussion per week.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Instructor: Kelly

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ESPM 88B Data Sciences in Ecology and the Environment 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016 Many of the greatest challenges we face today come from understanding and interacting with the natural world: from global climate change to the sudden collapse of fisheries and forests, from the spread of disease and invasive species to the unknown wealth of medical, cultural, and technological value we derive from nature. Advances in satellites and micro­sensors, computation, informatics and the Internet have made available unprecedented amounts of data about the natural world, and with it, new challenges of sifting, processing and synthesizing large and diverse sources of information. In this course, students will apply methods and understanding they gain in the Foundations course to real­world ecological and environmental data Data Sciences in Ecology and the Environment: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture per week.

Instructor: Boettiger

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ESPM 90 Introduction to Conservation and Resource Studies Major 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Introduction to the major, emphasizing each student's educational goals. Overview of ecological problems and contrasting approaches to solutions through institutional and community-based efforts. Required of all CRS sophomore majors and all entering off-campus transfer students to CRS major. Restricted to CRS majors. One field trip is normally required. Introduction to Conservation and Resource Studies Major: Read More [+]

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructors: Ignacio Chapela, Gordon Frankie

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ESPM 98 Directed Group Study in ESPM 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Study of special topics that are not covered in depth in regular courses in the department. Directed Group Study in ESPM: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Lower division standing; consent of instructor, adviser, and department chair

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of directed group study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of directed group study per week 8 weeks - 1.5-5.5 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: One hour of lecture/discussion per week per unit.

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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ESPM 98BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Berkeley Connect: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week.

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ESPM 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 Supervised independent study or research on topics relevant to department that are not covered in depth by other courses. Open to students in good standing who, in consultation with a faculty sponsor, present a proposal with clearly formulated objectives and means of implementation. Intended for exceptional students. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Lower division standing (3.4 GPA or better), consent of instructor, adviser, and department chair. Usually restricted to ESPM majors

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Individual meetings.

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ESPM 100 Environmental Problem Solving 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Analysis of contrasting approaches to understanding and solving environmental and resource management problems. Case studies and hands-on problem solving that integrate concepts, principles, and practices from physical, biological, social, and economic disciplines. Their use in environmental policies and resource and management plans. Environmental Problem Solving: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One course in ecology; one course in mathematics or statistics; one course in a social science or economics

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion/demonstration per week.

Instructor: Frankie

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ESPM 100ES Introduction to the Methods of Environmental Science 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Introduction to basic methods used in environmental research by biological, physical, and social scientists; designed to teach skills necessary to conduct independent thesis research in the required senior seminar, 196A-196B/196L. Topics include development of research questions, sampling methods, experimental design, statistical analysis, scientific writing and graphics, and introductions to special techniques for characterizing environmental conditions and features. This course is the prerequisite to 196A. Introduction to the Methods of Environmental Science: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Completion of upper division statistics requirement. Open only to declared Environmental Sciences majors

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory and one hour of discussion per week.

Instructor: Battles

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ESPM 101A The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Human societies have significant knowledge about environmental and social problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and chemical pollution, as well as the underlying causes. We have a growing sense of what could be done to make societies more sustainable and just. Yet there appear to be many obstacles and much inertia in progressing towards implementing deeper changes in complex social and economic systems, from the food system to chemical manufacturing to urban transportation. This course explores sustainability transitions as a way to work through the politics and practice of making significant changes in societies, economies, and political institutions. The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions: Read More [+]

Instructor: Iles

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ESPM 102B Natural Resource Sampling 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 This course is designed to introduce students to the major sampling systems used in natural resources and ecology. It also introduces students to important sampling and measurement concepts in grassland, forest, wildlife, insect, soil, and water resources. May be taken without laboratory course 102BL. Natural Resource Sampling: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Statistics 2 or 20

Instructor: Biging

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ESPM 102BL Laboratory in Natural Resource Sampling 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 This laboratory course is designed to introduce students to the major sampling systems used in natural resources and ecology. Field data is collected with various important sampling designs and analyzed. Mean values and confidence intervals are constructed from the data collected in this course. This course must be taken in conjunction with lecture course 102B. Laboratory in Natural Resource Sampling: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Four hours of discussion/laboratory per week.

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ESPM 102C Resource Management 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Presents concept and practical approaches to public and private natural resource management decision making. The focus is on goals, criteria, data, models, and technology for quantifying and communicating the consequences of planning options. A range of contemporary air, soil, wetland, rangeland, forest, social, economic, and ecosystem management problems is addressed. Resource Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Precalculus. 156, 184, and 70 are recommended

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Five hours of lecture and five hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks.

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ESPM 102D Climate and Energy Policy 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This intermediate level course engages with both the politics and the design of climate and clean energy policy, with a focus on the United States. Key themes include political strategies to climate change, the choice of policy instruments, the role of various state actors and interest groups in policy making, the interaction of policy and low-carbon technology markets, and the US and global politics. The course combines the study of analytical concepts with in-depth case studies. Climate and Energy Policy: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One of the following is required: - ESPM 60 Environmental Policy, Administration, and Law - ENVECON C1 Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy, - POL SCI 1 Introduction to American Politics, or - Consent of instructor

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Eight hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Meckling

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ESPM C103 Principles of Conservation Biology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session A survey of the principles and practices of conservation biology. Factors that affect the creation, destruction, and distribution of biological diversity at the level of the gene, species, and ecosystem are examined. Tools and management options derived from ecology and evolutionary biology that can recover or prevent the loss of biological diversity are explored. Principles of Conservation Biology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1A-1B or equivalent

Summer: 6 weeks - 6.5 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and three hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Beissinger

Formerly known as: Integrative Biology C156, Environ Sci, Policy, and Management C103

Also listed as: INTEGBI C156

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ESPM C104 Modeling and Management of Biological Resources 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014 Models of population growth, chaos, life tables, and Leslie matrix theory. Harvesting and exploitation theory. Methods for analyzing population interactions, predation, competition. Fisheries, forest stands, and insect pest management. Genetic aspects of population management. Mathematical theory based on simple difference and ordinary differential equations. Use of simulation packages on microcomputers (previous experience with computers not required). Modeling and Management of Biological Resources: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: A course that includes differential and integral calculus

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 6.5 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Getz

Also listed as: ENVECON C115

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ESPM 105A Sierra Nevada Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session Introduction to silvicultural theory, forest operations, and utilization and manufacture of forest products. Evaluation of silviculture for managing forest stands for multiple objectives including regeneration, stand density control, forest growth, genetic improvement, and prescribed burning. Introduction to harvest and access systems, wood structure and quality, and manufacture of forest product. Field trips and lectures to local areas illustrating different approaches to forest problems. Sierra Nevada Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Eight hours biology

Summer: 8 weeks - 10 hours of lecture and 30 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Ten hours of lecture, 30 hours of field work, and 10 hours of project work for two weeks.

Instructor: McBride

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ESPM 105B Forest Measurements 1 Unit

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session This course teaches students how to use common forestry tools, maps, and various sampling methods to collect information about the forest environment. Thirty percent of the time is spent in the classroom learning about the techniques and working up field data. The remaining time is spent in the field applying these techniques in real world settings. Skills taught will include tree and plot measurement procedures, map reading, and simple field orienteering principles. Forest Measurements: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 105A

Summer: 8 weeks - 12 hours of lecture and 18 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Twelve hours of lecture, 18 hours of field work, and 10 hours of projeTwelve hours of lecture, 18 hours of field work, and 10 hours of project work for one week. ct work for one week.

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ESPM 105C Silviculture and Utilization 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session Introduction to silvicultural theory, forest operations, and utilization and manufacture of forest products. Evaluation of silviculture for managing forest stands for multiple objectives including regeneration, stand density control, forest growth, genetic improvement, and prescribed burning. Introduction to harvest and access systems, wood structure and quality, and manufacture of forest product. Field trips and lectures to local areas illustrating different approaches to forest problems. Silviculture and Utilization: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 105A, 105B

Summer: 8 weeks - 13 hours of lecture and 24 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Fifteen hours of lecture and 30 hours of field work per week for two weeks.

Instructor: O'Hara

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ESPM 105D Forest Management and Assessment 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session Develop skills in evaluating forests and developing management strategies to meet ownership objectives. Develop integrated forest management plan for 160 acre parcel. During first week, inventory and assess ecological condition of the assigned parcel. During second week, develop comprehensive integrated forest resource plan, integrating water, wood, wildlife, range, fisheries, and recreation. Oral reports in both an office and field setting required and written management plan. Forest Management and Assessment: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 105A, 105B, and 105C

Summer: 8 weeks - 34 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Thirty four hours of classroom instruction and 52 hours of field work/Thirty four hours of classroom instruction and 52 hours of field work/laboratory analysis for two weeks. laboratory analysis for two weeks.

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ESPM C105 Natural History Museums and Biodiversity Science 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 (1) survey of museum resources, including strategies for accession, conservation, collecting and acquiring material, administration, and policies; (2) strategies for making collections digitally available (digitization, databasing, georeferencing, mapping); (3) tools and approaches for examining historical specimens (genomics, isotopes, ecology, morphology, etc); and (4) data integration and inference. The final third of the course will involve individual projects within a given museum. Natural History Museums and Biodiversity Science: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.

Instructors: Gillespie, Mishler, Will, Marshall, McGuire

Also listed as: INTEGBI C105

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ESPM 106 American Wildlife: Management and Policy in the 21st Century 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 This course will introduce the history of key wildlife management and policy paradigms, such as parks and protected areas, threatened and endangered species protections, and state wildlife management. We will then explore in depth a number of species case studies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a major laboratory for wildlife science, management and policy. The course will draw on lectures, readings, discussions, and guest perspectives. The course will help students majoring in related fields to prepare for careers in wildlife science and related conservation, management, and policy efforts; but students of any major should come away with a better understanding of key issues facing iconic American wildlife species. American Wildlife: Management and Policy in the 21st Century: Read More [+]

Instructor: Middleton

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ESPM C107 Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands 15 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 In this class, students study the natural history and evolutionary biology of island terrestrial and freshwater organisms and their communities, and of marine organisms in the coral reef and lagoon systems. The students also learn about the geomorphology of volcanic islands, coral reefs, and reef islands. Features of island biogeography are illustrated with topics linked to subsequent field studies on the island of Mo’orea, French Polynesia. The course trains students as independent scientists, as students develop, conduct, and communicate independent research projects on a topic of their choice. Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for INTEGBI C158L after completing INTEGBI C158, or INTEGBI 158L. A deficient grade in INTEGBI C158L may be removed by taking INTEGBI 158L.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 10 hours of lecture and 14 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Ten hours of lecture and fourteen hours of fieldwork per week.

Formerly known as: Integrative Biology 158LF/Environ Sci, Policy, and Management C107

Also listed as: INTEGBI C158L

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ESPM 108A Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 Study of trees and associated woody species including their taxonomy and distribution, modes of shoot growth and diameter growth, and stem structure. Modes of stem structure and growth will be considered in relation to habitat and life cycles, and to suitability for timber value. Instruction in oral communication. Oral presentation required. Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture and Three hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Dodd

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ESPM 108B Environmental Change Genetics 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course will examine the consequences of environmental change on the levels and distribution of genetic diversity within species. Students will be introduced to methods of analysis and their application to organisms from a range of ecosystems. The fate of populations under rapid environmental change will be assessed in the light of dispersal and adaptation (genetic and epigenetic) potential. Students will learn to use population genetics freeware to evaluate molecular data. Environmental Change Genetics: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1A-1B or equivalents

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ESPM 109A Island and Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Services 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 Students will learn the fundamentals of island and reef biology, geology, marine ecology and their inter-connectedness, as well as the physical and biological forces shaping and maintaining these ecosystems. The course will involve a significant amount of time in the field to expose students to the different island habitats and explore the ecosystem services provided by island habitats to local peoples and beyond. Students will interact directly with local people to learn about local perspectives on the value of these systems. Island and Coral Reef Resilience and Ecosystem Services: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: 1. To provide fundamentals of island and reef biology, geology, marine ecology and their inter-connectedness, as well as the physical and biological forces shaping and maintaining these ecosystems. 2. To experience in the field the different island habitats and explore the ecosystem services provided by island habitats to local peoples and beyond. 3. To interact directly with local people to learn about local perspectives on the value of these systems.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to summarize the fundamentals of Sustainability Science in the context of oceanography, geoscience, genetics, ecology, anthropology, economics, statistics and data science. 2. Students will be able to demonstrate a quantitative and qualitative understanding of interactions among individual organisms and between species and their biotic and abiotic environment. 3. Students will be able to design experiments to understand the importance and inter-connectedness of biological and physical forces that shape and maintain island ecosystems. 4. Students will be able to interpret the value of ecosystem services that islands provide. 5. Students will be able to articulate the perspective of local people on the value of island ecosystems based on their first hand experiences. 6. Students will be able to investigate and communicate the connections between the biological and social sciences and humanities as they affect sustainable development.

Fall and/or spring: 3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture and 15 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Fifteen hours of lecture and fifteen hours of fieldwork per week for three weeks.

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ESPM 109B Polynesian Culture and Society 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 This course is based at the Atitia Community Center adjacent to the Gump Station and on Tetiaroa. Students will learn about the history of the peopling of Oceania, and the waves of exploration and interaction that have shaped the Pacific. Students will be immersed into the way in which the first peoples of these islands understand and interact with their island homes, from a traditional to modern perspective, and with insights on human-environment interactions. Students will be presented with necessary historical and cultural context including basic language training, archeological field trips and interactions with local youth and elders at the Atitia Center and beyond to learn about local customs, traditions and attitude. Polynesian Culture and Society: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: 1. To experience Polynesian atoll culture. 2. To provide in immersion in life of first peoples from a traditional to modern perspective, and with insights on human-environment interactions. 3. To present necessary historical and cultural context including basic language training, archeological field trips and interactions with local youth and elders at the Atitia Center and beyond to learn about local customs, traditions and attitude.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will gain an understanding of Oceania as a whole and Tahiti’s place within it. 2. Students will be able to interpret basic languages and legends of Polynesian culture. 3. Students will be able to compare atoll and island culture from both traditional and modern perspectives. 4. Students will be able to articulate challenges to sustainability for island cultures. 5. Students will gain an appreciation of traditional ecological knowledge and how it shapes Tahitian culture.

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ESPM 109C Issues in Biodiversity 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 An overview of the major issues facing biodiversity globally today including habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species and disease, and examine how these issues are affecting island nations with a focus on French Polynesia. This course will make extensive use of the Biocode Project database to examine biodiversity on Moorea, and discuss genetic resilience and conservation technologies. We will then explore local attitudes and perspectives about these issues and examine local biodiversity initiatives. Issues in Biodiversity: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: 1. To review of the major issues facing biodiversity globally today including habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species and disease. 2. To experience how these issues are affecting island nations with a focus on French Polynesia. 3. To use the Biocode Project database to examine biodiversity on Moorea, and discuss genetic resilience and conservation technologies. 4. To explore local attitudes and perspectives about these issues and examine local biodiversity initiatives.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to recognize species within some particular group of organisms and interpret key aspects of their ecology, phylogeny, and conservation needs from both a modern scientific approach as well as that of traditional ecological knowledge. 2. Students will be able to articulate the goals and value of fundamental ecological and genetic observatories for sustainability science. 3. Students will obtain skills of database use and visualization. 4. Students will be able to design and evaluate initiatives with the goal to conserve biodiversity.

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ESPM 109D Environmental Planning, Management, and Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 Students will be given an overview of the state of the field, as well as an understanding of current theory and practice; including western approaches and indigenous environmental management of terrestrial and marine resources. Rahui, a traditional Polynesian marine conservation practice will be examined through interaction with local communities that use it. Students will also learn about EU, Pacific-wide and international funding and conservation management initiatives affecting the lives and environment of Polynesians and people worldwide. Environmental Planning, Management, and Policy: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: 1. To provide overview of the state of environment planning, management, and policy, as well as an understanding of current theory and practice; including western approaches and indigenous environmental management of terrestrial and marine resources. 2. To examine, Rahui, a traditional Polynesian marine conservation practice, through interaction with local communities that use it, and the French Polynesian division of the Pew Charitable Trust. 3.To learn about EU, Pacific-wide and international funding and conservation management initiatives affecting the lives and environment of Polynesians.

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to identify, interpret, and communicate sustainability ideas, needs and programs to others in different cultural contexts and multilingual societies, demonstrating effective scientific communication skills through development and delivery of oral presentations and written reports and case studies. 2. Students will be able to articulate the state of environment planning, management, and policy, as well as an understanding of current theory and practice; including western approaches and indigenous environmental management of terrestrial and marine resources. 3. Students will be able to interpret elements of modern marine conservation practice and how different agencies are necessary for effective action. 4. Students will be able to evaluate effectiveness of EU, Pacific-wide and international funding and conservation management initiatives affecting the lives and environment of local peoples.

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ESPM 109E Data Science, Communication and Professionalism 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 The course will provide the fundamentals of data science across all disciplines and put them into practice on a project relevant to Island Sustainability. Exercises and group projects will hone oral, written, physical, and multimedia communication skills, with an emphasis on communicating for collaboration and outreach. Professional and ethical behavior will be emphasized in the context of Island Sustainability. Instruction will be primarily related to lecture material but will also cover issues related to conducting fieldwork, interacting with local/host communities, etc. Data Science, Communication and Professionalism: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: 1. To understand the fundamentals of data science across all disciplines and put them into practice on a project relevant to Island Sustainability. 2. To develop oral, written, physical, and multimedia communication skills, with an emphasis on communicating for collaboration and outreach. 3. To understand and practice professional and ethical behavior in the context of Island Sustainability.

Fall and/or spring: 3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture and 5 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Fifteen hours of lecture and five hours of fieldwork per week for three weeks.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternate method of final assessment during regularly scheduled final exam group (e.g., presentation, final project, etc.).

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ESPM C110A Ecological Analysis 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This course focuses on natural factors of the environment that are fundamental to ecosystem management, land use planning and landscape design and their relationships to one another in different terrestrial ecosystems, from predominantly natural to predominantly anthropogenic. Lectures explore the key concepts on ecosystem structure, function and dynamics and discuss different types of ecological data, their interpretation and visualization that can aid in landscape research, planning and design workflow. Laboratory sections advance lecture topics by providing hands-on training in common types of ecosystem analyses using quantitative methods and geospatial tools. Ecological Analysis: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: Develop an understanding of natural factors of the environment that are fundamental to ecosystem management, landscape design and land use planning and common approaches for their assessment and analysis of their relationships to one another.

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

Also listed as: LD ARCH C110A

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ESPM 111 Ecosystem Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This course will develop principles of ecosystems ecology, emphasizing terrestrial ecosystems, and will consider how these principles apply to ecosystem recovery and to regional and global fluxes of carbon and nutrients. Ecosystem Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1B

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Fifteen to 20 hours of problem solving exercises per term.

Instructors: Baldocchi, Silver

Formerly known as: C111, Integrative Biology C155

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ESPM 112 Microbial Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021 Introduction to the ecology of microorganisms. Topics include the ecology and evolution of microbes and their relationship with each other and the environment. The role and function of microbes in several ecosystems is also discussed. Microbial Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1A and Biology 1B; Molecular and Cell Biology 102 is recommended

Instructors: Almeida, Banfield

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ESPM 112L Microbial Metagenomic Data Analysis Lab 1 Unit

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021 We will teach students how to perform genome-resolved metagenomics. We will start with raw data in the form of DNA sequencing reads, assemble the data, reconstruct genomes for coexisting organisms, evaluate overall community composition (which organisms are present and at what abundance levels), predict metabolic capacities, calculate growth rates, and investigate changes in the community over time. Working in pairs, the students will analyze real, unpublished data, identify an interesting question and investigate it. Evaluation is based on a final presentation of research findings. Microbial Metagenomic Data Analysis Lab: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Environmental Science Policy and Management 112 will be required for enrollment in Environmental Science Policy and Management 112L. Biology 1A and Biology 1B; Molecular and Cell Biology 102 is recommended

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of laboratory per week.

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ESPM 113 Insect Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Ecology of insects: interactions with the physical environment; structure and functioning of insect populations and communities; behavioral ecology of predator-prey interactions; plant-insect interactions; social insects; pollination biology; applied insect ecology. Insect Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1B or consent of instructor

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ESPM 114 Wildlife Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Introduction to wildlife ecology and its relationship to management programs. Includes population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization, followed by selected case studies. Wildlife Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division or graduate standing

Summer: 6 weeks - 6.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Brashares

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ESPM 115B Coral Reef Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 Coral reefs are biodiverse, productive, valuable ecosystems threatened by global change stressors. Through group activities, lectures, and discussion, we will explore the biotic and abiotic components of coral reefs, and the factors contributing to reef construction and decline over time and space. We will address how symbioses influence reef health and function, and how a given set of species may profoundly benefit or antagonize one another under different circumstances. We will examine the major disturbances and threats to coral reefs and evaluate proposed solutions in terms of their potential benefits, costs, unknowns, and feasibility. Coral Reef Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1A

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ESPM 115C Fish Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 Introduction to fish ecology, with particular emphasis on the identification and ecology of California's inland fishes. This course will expose students to the diversity of fishes found in California, emphasizing the physical (e.g., temperature, flow), biotic (e.g., predation, competition), and human-related (e.g., dams, fisheries) factors that affect the distribution, diversity, and abundance of these fishes. Fish Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Introductory course in biological science; upper division or graduate standing

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture, 1 hour of fieldwork, and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week; one Saturday field trip.

Instructor: Carlson

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ESPM C115A Freshwater Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Lakes, rivers, wetlands, and estuaries are biologically rich, dynamic, and among the most vital and the most vulnerable of Earth’s ecosystems. Lectures will introduce general topics including the natural history of freshwater biota and habitats, ecological interactions, and ecosystem linkages and dynamics. Broad principles will be illustrated with results from selected recent research publications. Factors affecting resilience or vulnerability of freshwater ecosystems to change will be examined. Course requirements: two exams and a short synthesis paper projecting the future states of a freshwater or estuarine ecosystem of the student's choice under plausible scenarios of local, regional, or global change. Freshwater Ecology: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

Instructors: Power, Carlson, Ruhi

Formerly known as: Integrative Biology 171

Also listed as: INTEGBI C171

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ESPM C115C Fish Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Introduction to fish ecology, with particular emphasis on the identification and ecology of California's inland fishes. This course will expose students to the diversity of fishes found in California, emphasizing the physical (e.g., temperature, flow), biotic (e.g., predation, competition), and human-related (e.g., dams, fisheries) factors that affect the distribution, diversity, and abundance of these fishes. Fish Ecology: Read More [+]

Also listed as: INTEGBI C176L

ESPM 116B Grassland and Woodland Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021 An introduction to the ecology of selected grasslands, woodlands, and shrublands in the western U.S. through a biogeographical survey of rangeland ecosystems. Selected plant communities and their response to management, climate, and environmental factors, and the effects of fire, grazing, and direct manipulation on ecological structure and function. Includes an introduction to rangeland plants. Grassland and Woodland Ecology: Read More [+]

Instructor: Huntsinger

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ESPM 116C Tropical Forest Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2009, Spring 2008 Introduction to the ecology of terrestrial tropical ecosystems, with particular emphasis on neotropical forests. Explores unique aspects of tropical ecosystems, especially nutrient cycles, net primary productivity, biological diversity, forest structure and dynamics, disturbance ecology, and the natural history of key forest organisms. Basic ecology is integrated with discussion of human disturbances, restoration of tropical ecosystems, and the global importance of tropical forests. Tropical Forest Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One course in ecology and one course in chemistry or consent of instructor

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Silver

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ESPM 117 Urban Garden Ecosystems 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2018 An ecosystem approach to the study of urban gardens with an organic perspective. Topics include fundamentals of horticulture, soil properties and fertility, pest and disease management, and food perservation. Laboratories include methods in garden design, plant propagation, compost technique, soil preparation, irrigation systems, pest management, individual or group projects, demonstrations, and discussions. Enrollment may be limited. Urban Garden Ecosystems: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Altieri

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ESPM 118 Agricultural Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Examines in a holistic framework fundamental biological, technical, socio-economic, and political processes that govern agroecosystem productivity and stability. Management techniques and farming systems' designs that sustain longterm production are emphasized. One Saturday field trip and one optional field trip. Agricultural Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Instructors: Altieri, Bowles

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ESPM 120 Science of Soils 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This course will introduce students to the study and management of soils as natural bodies, as media for plant growth and as integral components of terrestrial ecosystems. It will present basic concepts of soil science including: soil formation and classification, the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils, the role of soil in supplying water and nutrients to plants and soil organisms, as well as applications of soil concepts in farming or engineering. The course will also introduce the relationships of soils to environmental problems. Science of Soils: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A, 3A

Instructors: Ammundson, Pallud

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ESPM 121 Development and Classification of Soils 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019 Development, morphology, and classification of soils as related to geology, environmental factors, and time. Soils as functioning parts of ecosystems; use of soils in archeological and paleoclimatic studies; anthropogenic effects on soil ecosystems. Development and Classification of Soils: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Earth and Planetary Sciences 100A-100B, and Chemistry 1A, 3A recommended

Instructor: Amundson

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ESPM C124 Gender and Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 This course examines the centrality of gender and intersectionality in understanding nature-society relations across time and space. During the first half of the semester, students will become familiar with key feminist theoretical approaches to studying environmental problems, including ecofeminism, feminist environmentalism, feminist critiques of science, feminist political ecology, and queer and more-than-human ecologies. In the remainder of the semester, students will apply the theories learned to explore contemporary feminist environmental movements and analyze key topics, such as resource politics, pollution and toxins, environmental and reproductive justice, climate change, and the ethics of care. Gender and Environment: Read More [+]

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon taking this course, students will be able to: 1) explain different approaches to theorizing the gender-environment nexus; and 2) apply theoretical and conceptual tools to engage with, reflect on, and critique contemporary local and global environmental issues from an intersectional feminist perspective.

Instructor: Chung

Also listed as: ENE,RES C124

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ESPM C125 Biogeography 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 The course will provide a historical background for the field of biogeography and the ecological foundations needed to understand the distribution and abundance of species and their changes over time. It will also discuss developing technologies (including genomic tools and environmental models) together with the availability of big data and increasingly sophisticated analytical tools to examine the relevance of the field to global change biology , conservation, and invasion biology, as well as sustainable food systems and ecosystem services. Biogeography: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: BIO 1B

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.

Instructor: Gillespie

Also listed as: GEOG C148/INTEGBI C166

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ESPM C126 Animal Behavior 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 An introduction to comparative animal behavior and behavioral physiology in an evolutionary context, including but not limited to analysis of behavior, genetics and development, learning, aggression, reproduction, adaptiveness, and physiological substrates. Animal Behavior: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1A, 1B, or Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 140. Molecular and Cell Biology 140 and C160 recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 144 after taking C144, 145, 146LF, or Psychology C115B.

Instructors: Lacey, Caldwell, Bentley, Elias

Also listed as: INTEGBI C144

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ESPM C128 Chemistry of Soils 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018 Chemical mechanisms of reactions controlling the fate and mobility of nutrients and pollutants in soils. Role of soil minerals and humus in geochemical pathways of nutrient biovailability and pollutant detoxification. Chemical modeling of nutrient and pollutant soil chemistry. Applications to soil acidity and salinity. Chemistry of Soils: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: CIV ENG 111

Also listed as: CIV ENG C116

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ESPM C129 Biometeorology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020 This course describes how the physical environment (light, wind, temperature, humidity) of plants and soil affects the physiological status of plants and how plants affect their physical environment. Using experimental data and theory, it examines physical, biological, and chemical processes affecting transfer of momentum, energy, and material (water, CO2, atmospheric trace gases) between vegetation and the atmosphere. Plant biometeorology instrumentation and measurements are also discussed. Biometeorology: Read More [+]

Instructor: Baldocchi

Also listed as: EPS C129

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ESPM 130 Food Justice 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2000, Fall 1999 This course examines major structural issues in the dominant food system, and movements for food justice, food sovereignty and seed sovereignty organized by food producers, workers, and consumers that have arisen to assert access to healthy food as a human right. Through exploring how we are defining ‘healthy food’, and the spaces and communities which have historically had more constrained access to this food and its means of production, this class will work to familiarize students with food justice activism in the Bay Area and beyond. Food Justice: Read More [+]

Instructor: Hoover

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ESPM 130A Forest Hydrology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 This course introduces the fundamental physical principles that are necessary to understand the distribution and dynamics of water near the Earth's surface. A quantitative approach will provide mathematical descriptions of hydrological phenomena that will be used for a variety of hydrological applications to river flow hydraulics, flood frequency analysis, evapotranspiration from terrestrial ecosystems, groundwater flow , and ecohydrological dynamics. The course will provide an introduction to hydrological processes and data analysis. The purpose of the laboratory is to illustrate in an experimental setting the principles and applications introduced in lecture. Forest Hydrology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A, Mathematics 1A-1B, Physics 7A, or consent of instructor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week.

Instructor: D’Odorico

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ESPM C130 Terrestrial Hydrology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 A quantitative introduction to the hydrology of the terrestrial environment including lower atmosphere, watersheds, lakes, and streams. All aspects of the hydrologic cycle, including precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration, overland flow, streamflow, and groundwater flow. Chemistry and dating of groundwater and surface water. Development of quantitative insights through problem solving and use of simple models. This course requires one field experiment and several group computer lab assignments. Terrestrial Hydrology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A , MATH 1A , MATH 1B , and PHYSICS 7A ; or consent of instructor

Instructor: Larsen

Also listed as: CIV ENG C103N/GEOG C136

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ESPM 131 Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Introduction to the organisms that live in the soil and their activities in the soil ecosystem. Lectures will cover the physical and chemical properties of soils and the soil as a habitat for microorganisms, the diversity and ecology of soil microorganisms, and their activity in the context of biogeochemical cycling, plant-microbe interactions, global environmental change and bioremediation. Goals: To gain fundamental knowledge of the occurrence and activities of soil microorganisms and their influence on soil productivity and environmental quality as well as potential applications of soil microbiology. Soil Microbiology and Biogeochemistry: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: The overall objective of the class is to provide an overview of the soil as a habitat for microorganisms, and to introduce students to the diversity, ecology and activity of soil microorganisms in the context of biogeochemical cycling, plant-microbe interactions, global environmental change and bioremediation.

Prerequisites: Biology 1A-1B

Instructors: Pallud, Brodie

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ESPM 132 Spider Biology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 Covers topics ranging from mythological ideas about spiders and their importance in traditional cultures and folklore, to diversity patterns, ecology, behavior, and general biology of spiders. In the laboratory section, students learn to identify local spiders and to prepare a collection. Spider Biology: Read More [+]

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ESPM C133 Water Resources and the Environment 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2018, Spring 2016 Distribution, dynamics, and use of water resources in the global environment. Water scarcity, water rights, and water wars. The terrestrial hydrologic cycle. Contemporary environmental issues in water resource management, including droughts, floods, saltwater intrusion, water contamination and remediation, river restoration, hydraulic fracturing, dams, and engineering of waterways. The role of water in ecosystem processes and geomorphology. How water resources are measured and monitored. Basic water resource calculations. Effects of climate change on water quantity, quality, and timing. Water Resources and the Environment: Read More [+]

Also listed as: GEOG C135

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ESPM 134 Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Study of the influence of fire, insects, and diseases on species diversity, succession, and the survival of North American forests including the evolution of these interactions due to modern human policies of preservation and management and exploitation. Fire, Insects, and Diseases in Forest Ecosystems: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One course in biology

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture per week and four one- to two-day field trips.

Instructor: Bruns

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ESPM C135A Migration in the Contemporary World: California and Beyond 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2019 This course is designed to allow students to delve into the topic of migration in the contemporary world. Readings, discussions, and assignments will focus on 1) past and present immigration to California and beyond 2) the impact of immigration in relation to labor, health and the environment and 3) contemporary immigrant activism and organizing. A primary goal of the course is to utilize sociocultural theories to describe the experiences of immigrants in the U.S. Students will communicate what they are learning through discussions, weekly reading reflection, academic papers, and an Op-Ed. A variety of teaching methods will be employed including lectures, discussions and guest presentations (authors and indiviudals featured in books). Migration in the Contemporary World: California and Beyond: Read More [+]

Instructors: Ceniza Choy, Holmes

Also listed as: ETH STD C135A

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ESPM 136 Sustainable Industry 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Academics, policy-makers, workers, communities, consumers, and business leaders are increasingly concerned about the environmental and social impacts of industry. A range of fields have emerged to respond to these concerns, seeking to redesign and re-align industrial systems and activities to be more ecologically and socially sound. This course explores internal firm capabilities (core functions, practices, technologies) and external pressures (governments, NGOs) to advance more sustainable industry. The course examines emerging production and consumption systems, introduces several methods for mapping and measuring the environmental and social impacts of industry, and evaluates recent strategies to advance more sustainable production. Sustainable Industry: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM 136 after completing ESPM 136 . A deficient grade in ESPM 136 may be removed by taking ESPM 136 .

Instructor: O'Rourke

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ESPM 137 Landscape Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 This course will cover broad topics in landscape ecology with the goal of answering the core questions of how patterns develop on landscapes, how these patterns relate to biotic and abiotic processes, and how these patterns and processes change through time. Lab exercises will focus on practical aspects of landscape ecological analysis using modern tools like remote sensing, GIS, population modeling, and landscape genetics. Landscape Ecology: Read More [+]

Instructor: Wang

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ESPM C138 Introduction to Comparative Virology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This course will provide a comparative overview of virus life cycles and strategies viruses use to infect and replicate in hosts. We will discuss virus structure and classification and the molecular basis of viral reproduction, evolution, assembly, and virus-host interactions. Common features used during virus replication and host cellular responses to infection will be covered. Topics also included are common and emerging virus diseases , their control, and factors affecting their spread. Introduction to Comparative Virology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Introductory chemistry (Chemistry 1A or 3A-3B or equivalent) and introductory biology (Biology 1A, 1AL, and 1B or equivalent) and general biochemistry (Molecular and Cell Biology C100A or equivalent--preferably completed but may be taken concurrently)

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week.

Instructor: Glaunsinger

Also listed as: MCELLBI C114/PLANTBI C114

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ESPM 139 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SELF: AN ECO PRACTICUM 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017 This course will provide a practical exploration of how to engage effectively with contemporary environmental issues using discussion of scientific and philosophical texts, activities, and group work. We will evaluate how different worldviews influence how humans relate to the natural world and how our own worldview shapes our way of engaging in environmental problem solving. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SELF: AN ECO PRACTICUM: Read More [+]

Instructor: Rosenblum

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ESPM 139A Genetics of Amphibian Declines CURE 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022 The Genetics of Amphibian Declines Lab is a course-based research experience (CURE) where students conduct team-based original research projects. Contemporary loss of amphibian biodiversity is due in large part to the impacts of emerging infectious disease. We will study these pathogens of amphibians in local Bay Area field sites. Students will be guided through all stages of the scientific research process from reading the primary literature and forming hypotheses to designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting results. Students will learn collaborative research skills and contribute new biological knowledge to the field of amphibian disease ecology. Genetics of Amphibian Declines CURE: Read More [+]

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ESPM 140 General Entomology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 A comprehensive course on the biology of terrestrial and aquatic insects, their morphology, physiology, behavior, taxonomy, and ecology. The lab covers the identification and classification of insect orders and common families, insect collecting and sampling methods, and includes a required insect collection project. Course includes an overnight field trip to a research property. General Entomology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Introductory course in a biological science

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture and Six hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

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ESPM 140A General Entomology 2 Units

Terms offered: Not yet offered A comprehensive course on the biology of terrestrial and aquatic insects, their morphology, physiology, behavior, taxonomy, and ecology. Course includes an overnight field trip to a research property. General Entomology: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM 140A after completing ESPM 140 . A deficient grade in ESPM 140A may be removed by taking ESPM 140 .

ESPM 141A Climate Change Solutions 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session Climate Change Solutions course consists of 18 original video lectures from 23 UC researchers and academics. Students watch assigned lectures in advance, then come to class for rich discussions facilitated by the instructor. Content emphasizes both climate knowledge and solutions across a wide range of academic disciplines, and enables students to use showcase their learning in a capstone project. Climate Change Solutions: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 9 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Four hours of discussion per week. Nine hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructors: Silver, Potts

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ESPM 142 Insect Behavior 4 or 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Insects display an incredibly rich array of behaviors, including extravagant displays, rituals, deception, sociality, and slavery. In some cases, these behaviors are innate, but in other cases individual insects can actively learn and modify their future behaviors based on real-life experiences. This course will focus on the development, structure, and function of insect behaviors, using examples from classic and recent publications. We will examine the evolution of insect behavior, how these behaviors play a role in the ecology of the organisms that express them, and explore various modes of communication that allow insects to judge their environment and respond appropriately. Insect Behavior: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: High school biology course or Bio1B,Biology 1A and 1B

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week,15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.,Three hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Tsutsui

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ESPM 144 Insect Physiology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 A survey of the unique physiological mechanisms of insects, including the analysis of physiological systems at the cellular-molecular level. The roles of the nervous and endocrine systems in coordinating physiological processes are emphasized. Insect Physiology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: General biology, zoology, or entomology

Instructor: Tanouye

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ESPM 147 Field Entomology 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This course introduces identification methods and techniques for collection and preparation of specimens and associated biological data, field observation, and recording and interpretation of arthropod behavior, relationships to habitats, and plant-arthropod interactions. Field Entomology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 40, 42, 140, or consent of instructor

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 4 units.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of laboratory per week

Additional Format: One hour of laboratory/lecture per week with a three-day weekend field trip on selected dates.

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Alternative to final exam.

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ESPM C148 Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 Chemical composition of pesticides and related compounds, their mode of action, resistance mechanisms, and methods of evaluating their safety and activity. Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Introductory courses in organic chemistry and biology, or consent of instructor

Instructor: Casida

Also listed as: NUSCTX C114

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ESPM 149 Bodies, Difference, and the Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 This course centers the body as a key analytic to understanding the more-than-human world. The sick, injured, and disabled body is a central and reoccurring theme within environmental scholarship, as is its opposite, the healthy, robust, and fit body. In this class we will explore the sociopolitical and ethical relationships between altered bodily capacity, vulnerability, dependency, and systems of violence to nature and people, while attending to the sometimes troubling ways conversations around ecological health and fitness are informed by social inequality Bodies, Difference, and the Environment: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: 1.) To read critically, carefully, generously, creatively, and playfully; 2.) To develop questions of and from course texts; 3.) To develop an understanding of identity formation, intersectionality, and social inequality 4.) To identify the ways in which cultural beliefs about “nature” have been shaped by categories of human difference 5.) To recognize that perceptions of “nature” have social, political, and economic effects that in turn impact our bodies 6.) To discuss the methods that have been used to critique, resist, and challenge traditional Western understandings of “nature.”

Instructor: Taylor

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ESPM 150 Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Special topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Topics may vary from semester to semester. Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two to three hours of lecture and zero to one hours of discussion per week.

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ESPM 151 Society, Environment, and Culture 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 Society and the natural environment are vitally linked in a number of ways. Environmental problems such as pollution and natural resource depletion are not only problems for society, affecting the way we live our lives; they are also problems of society—the result of patterns of social organization and social practices. In this course we will explore some various issues, concepts, and processes pertaining to the diverse approaches to understanding the relationship between human society, culture, and the environment. Society, Environment, and Culture: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division standing

Instructor: Mascarenhas

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ESPM 152 Global Change Biology 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 8 Week Session, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 The course will focus on understanding how anthropogenic changes to the global environment (e.g., climate change, habitat destruction, global trade) impact organisms. We will evaluate responses to global change in a wide diversity of organisms (from microbes to mammals) and ecosystems (from arctic to temperate to tropical). We will also explore conservation and mitigation strategies in the face of global change. Discussions will draw on recent primary research and case studies. Global Change Biology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: An introductory course in biological science; upper division or graduate standing

Summer: 8 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Four and one-half hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week for 8 weeks.

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ESPM C153 Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Ecology is a scientific discipline that focuses on the interactions between organisms and their environment. This class will provide an overview of core concepts and applications, and will also provide practice with writing, small-group work, critical thinking, and data analysis. The class will specifically cover principles of population ecology, illustrated with examples from marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. It will consider the roles of physical and biological processes in structuring natural communities. Observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches will be discussed. Topics will include quantitative approaches relying on algebra, visual analysis of graphs, and elementary calculus. Ecology: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for INTEGBI C153 after completing ESPM 153, or INTEGBI C153 . A deficient grade in INTEGBI C153 may be removed by taking ESPM 153, or INTEGBI C153 .

Instructors: Blonder, Razafindratsima

Formerly known as: Integrative Biology 153

Also listed as: INTEGBI C153

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ESPM 154 Landscape Genetics 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 1999, Spring 1998 Landscape genetics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates principles from population genetics and landscape ecology to investigate how environmental factors influence genetic variation. This course will examine how landscape heterogeneity affects microevolutionary processes, including gene flow, drift, and selection. We will also explore how landscape genetics can be applied to conservation and land management and the role of genetic diversity in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function. Lab exercises will focus on applying spatial analysis to genomic data to quantify the impacts of landscape features on population dynamics and to gain a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between genetics and the environment. Landscape Genetics: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biolog 1B

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ESPM 155AC Sociology and Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 Sociology and political ecology of agro-food systems; explores the nexus of agriculture, society, the environment; analysis of agro-food systems and social and environmental movements; examination of alternative agricultural initiatives--(i.e. fair trade, food justice/food sovereignty, organic farming, urban agriculture). Sociology and Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems: Read More [+]

Summer: 10 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Six hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 10 weeks.

Instructor: De Master

Formerly known as: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management 155

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ESPM C156 Animal Communication 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020 Communication is central to the lives of most, if not all animals. How and why animals communicate is thus central to understanding the ecology, behavior, neurobiology, and evolution of animal systems. This course will focus on understanding the basic principles driving the communication system of a species, drawing together topics ranging from the physical properties of the environment, physiology of sensory systems, animal behavior and ecology, using examples from classic and recent publications. Animal Communication: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology 1B. Animal Behavior ( ESPM C126 /IB C144) recommended

Instructor: Elias

Formerly known as: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management 156

Also listed as: INTEGBI C145

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ESPM 157 Data Science in Global Change Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Many of the greatest challenges we face today come from understanding and interacting with the natural world: from global climate change to the sudden collapse of fisheries and forests, from the spread of disease and invasive species to the unknown wealth of medical, cultural, and technological value we derive from nature. Advances in satellites and micro-sensors, computation, informatics and the Internet have made available unprecedented amounts of data about the natural world, and with it, new challenges of sifting, processing and synthesizing large and diverse sources of information. In this course, students will learn and apply fundamental computing, statistics and modeling concepts to a series of real-world ecological and environment Data Science in Global Change Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: No prior knowledge is assumed or expected, though prior exposure to programming, particularly from the Foundations of Data Science ( COMPSCI C8 / INFO C8 / STAT C8 ), will be helpful

Additional Format: Four hours of laboratory per week.

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ESPM 158 Biodiversity Conservation in Working Landscapes 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 Most of the world's lands and seas occur outside of protected ares, so this course examines biodiversity conservation in "working landscapes" like farms, ranches, and urban areas. Students will study fundamental concepts in ecology and conservation biology, and evaluate case studies to assess how conservation approaches have evolved and which are working. Students will gain skills in evaluating and summarizing scientific literature , and in-depth knowledge of conservation in practice. Biodiversity Conservation in Working Landscapes: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Biology IB is required; Environmental Science Policy and Management C103/Integrative Biology C156 or other ecology course desired

Instructor: Kremen

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ESPM 160AC American Environmental and Cultural History 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2018 Second 6 Week Session History of the American environment and the ways in which different cultural groups have perceived, used, managed, and conserved it from colonial times to the present. Cultures include American Indians and European and African Americans. Natural resources development includes gathering-hunting-fishing; farming, mining, ranching, forestry, and urbanization. Changes in attitudes and behaviors toward nature and past and present conservation and environmental movements are also examined. Readings are from primary source documents supplemented by recent essays. American Environmental and Cultural History: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Environ Sci, Policy, and Management ESPM 160AC /HIST120AC after taking Envron Sci, Policy and Management ESPM 160AC

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and three hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Worthy

Formerly known as: 160AC

Also listed as: HISTORY 120AC

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ESPM 161 Environmental Philosophy and Ethics 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session A cross-cultural comparison of human environments as physical, socio-economic, and technocultural ecosystems with special emphasis on the role of beliefs, attitudes, ideologies, and behavior. An examination of contemporary environmental literature and the philosophies embodied therein. Environmental Philosophy and Ethics: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Environ Sci, Policy, and Management ESPM 161 after taking Envron Sci, Policy and Management 161, summer session.

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ESPM 161A Thinking With Animals 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022 Animals have long been the subject of human inquiry. As historian Harriet Ritvo writes, “Learned attention to the animal is far from new." However, in recent decades social movements, artists, and scholars have focused more frequently, and perhaps more urgently, on what Derrida called “the question of the animal.” In this course we will look to how centering the animal challenges human exceptionalism, anthropocentrism, and traditional critical discourse. Tracing the ways work in animal studies denaturalizes hierarchical taxonomies, defines key concepts such as human and animal, and articulates boundaries between species, this course will follow the various political, relational, ethical and imaginative implications of thinking with animals. Thinking With Animals: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: To be able to interrogate the taxonomies and hierarchical systems that have traditionally served to divide human from animal To develop an understanding of the key concepts emerging from the field of animal studies To develop questions of and from course texts; To discuss the methods that have been used to critique, resist, and challenge traditional Western understandings of species hierarchy To identify the ways in which cultural beliefs about “animals” are shaped by categories of human difference To read critically, carefully, generously, creatively, and playfully;

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ESPM 162 Bioethics and Society 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 Exploration of the ethical dilemmas arising from recent advances in the biological sciences: genetic engineering, sociobiology, health care delivery, behavior modification, patients'; rights, social or private control of research. Bioethics and Society: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and three hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

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ESPM 162A Health, Medicine, Society and Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 Introduces students to intersections between health, medicine, society, and environment through medical and environmental anthropology, political ecology, medical geography, and the social studies of science, technology and the natural environment. Readings, discussions, and assignments will explore the sociocultural, political economic, and environmental aspects of illness, care, disease, biomedicine, and health (in)equity. Health, Medicine, Society and Environment: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: This course will provide an overview of key theoretical and methodological approaches as well as central arguments to understand the relationships between health, medicine, society and environment. The course will lend context and highlight concepts that are important to understandings of and movements toward social and health equity.

Student Learning Outcomes: Critically assess social and health issues appearing in scholarly publications and the popular press;, Practice communicating ideas and analyses in language that can be generally understood;, Work with classmates from multiple disciplines and backgrounds in order to realize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches for solving social and health inequities;, Apply sociocultural, political economic, and critical theory frameworks for understanding conflicts in the realms of public health, global health, medicine, and public policy., Demonstrate knowledge in major areas of health and society in relation to current debates in medical anthropology and cognate social sciences;, Engage with increasingly popular subfields of the medical social sciences including those on issues of health inequities, care, medical science, sickness, anguish, and resistance.

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ESPM C162A Health, Medicine, Society and Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Introduces students to intersections between health, medicine, society, and environment through medical and environmental anthropology, political ecology, medical geography, and the social studies of science, technology and the natural environment. Readings, discussions, and assignments will explore the sociocultural, political economic, and environmental aspects of illness, care, disease, biomedicine, and health (in)equity. Health, Medicine, Society and Environment: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: Critically assess social and health issues appearing in scholarly publications and the popular press;, Practice communicating ideas and analyses in language that can be generally understood;, Work with classmates from multiple disciplines and backgrounds in order to realize the importance of multidisciplinary approaches for solving social and health inequities;, Apply sociocultural, political economic, and critical theory frameworks for understanding conflicts in the realms of public health, global health, medicine, and public policy., Demonstrate knowledge in major areas of health and society in relation to current debates in medical anthropology and cognate social sciences;, Engage with increasingly popular subfields of the medical social sciences including those on issues of health inequities, care, medical science, sickness, anguish, and resistance. This course will provide an overview of key theoretical and methodological approaches as well as central arguments to understand the relationships between health, medicine, society and environment. The course will lend context and highlight concepts that are important to understandings of and movements toward social and health equity.

Also listed as: ANTHRO C119A

ESPM 163AC Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Overview of the field of environmental justice, analyzing the implications of race, class, labor, and equity on environmental degradation and regulation. Environmental justice movements and struggles within poor and people of color communities in the U.S., including: African Americans, Latino Americans, and Native American Indians. Frameworks and methods for analyzing race, class, and labor. Cases of environmental injustice, community and government responses, and future strategies for achieving environmental and labor justice. Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Six hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Formerly known as: Sociology 128AC

Also listed as: SOCIOL 137AC

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ESPM 164 GIS and Environmental Science 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 The objectives of the course are 1) review the GIS workflow (acquisition, representation, validation, analysis, and output), 2) to understand the issues surrounding, and algorithms used in a particular GIS application, 3) to learn about advanced topics in geospatial science across environmental and social sciences, and 4) to develop an operational GIS project in a chosen area. GIS and Environmental Science: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division status and an introductory course in GIS and a course in programming

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required, with common exam group.

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ESPM 165 International Rural Development Policy 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Comparative analysis of policy systems governing natural resource development in the rural Third World. Emphasis on organization and function of agricultural and mineral development, with particular consideration of rural hunger, resource availability, technology, and patterns of international aid. International Rural Development Policy: Read More [+]

Instructor: Carr

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ESPM C167 Environmental Health and Development 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session The health effects of environmental alterations caused by development programs and other human activities in both developing and developed areas. Case studies will contextualize methodological information and incorporate a global perspective on environmentally mediated diseases in diverse populations. Topics include water management; population change; toxics; energy development; air pollution; climate change; chemical use, etc. Environmental Health and Development: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM C167 after completing ESPM 167.

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Six and one-half hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Morello-Frosch

Also listed as: PB HLTH C160

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ESPM 168 Political Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Analysis of environmental problems in an international context with a focus on political and economic processes, resource access, and representations of nature. Discussion of the ways in which film, literature, and the news media reflect and influence environmental politics. Approaches to policy analysis arising from recent social theory. Political Ecology: Read More [+]

Instructor: Peluso

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ESPM 169 International Environmental Politics 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024, Fall 2021 The dynamics of international politics are examined over the last 25 years. Attention is paid to different perspectives in global environmental politics, the actors involved, how well international agreements address the problems they are supposed to solve, and the main debates in the field, including trade-environmental conflicts, security, and environmental justice issues. Issues covered vary, but may include climate change, biodiversity, population, and toxics. International Environmental Politics: Read More [+]

Instructor: O'Neill

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ESPM W169 International Environmental Politics 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2022 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session The dynamics of international politics are examined over the last 25 years. Attention is paid to different perspectives in global environmental politics, the actors involved, how well international agreements address the problems they are supposed to solve, and the main debates in the field, including trade-environmental conflicts, security, and environmental justice issues. Issues covered vary, but may include climate change, biodiversity, population, and toxics. International Environmental Politics: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM W169 after completing ESPM 169 . A deficient grade in ESPM W169 may be removed by taking ESPM 169 .

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of web-based lecture and 1 hour of web-based discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of web-based lecture and 2.5 hours of web-based discussion per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of web-based lecture and 2 hours of web-based discussion per week

Additional Format: One hour of web-based discussion and three hours of web-based lecture per week. Two hours of web-based discussion and six hours of web-based lecture per week for 8 weeks. Two and one-half hours of web-based discussion and seven and one-half hours of web-based lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Online: This is an online course.

ESPM C170 Carbon Cycle Dynamics 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Spring 2019 The focus is the (unsolved) puzzle of the contemporary carbon cycle. Why is the concentration of atmospheric CO2 changing at the rate observed? What are the terrestrial and oceanic processes that add and remove carbon from the atmosphere? What are the carbon management strategies under discussion? How can emission protocols be verified? Students are encouraged to gain hands-on experience with the available data, and learn modeling skills to evaluate hypotheses of carbon sources and sinks. Carbon Cycle Dynamics: Read More [+]

Instructor: Fung

Also listed as: EPS C183

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ESPM 171A Critical Zone Characterization using Geophysical Methods 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2019 This class provides an introduction to the use of environmental geophysical methods and data integration approaches to quantify critical zone properties and interactions across compartments, from within the bedrock through the vegetative canopy. Critical Zone Characterization using Geophysical Methods: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: One and one-half hours of lecture per week. Two and one-half hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: Hubbard

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ESPM 172 Remote Sensing of the Environment 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2013, Spring 2010 The course will introduce junior/senior undergraduate students to the basic physical concepts of remote sensing as they relate to different earth surface processes. It will introduce students to a variety of recently developed ground, airborne, and satellite instruments and their applications to monitor and analyze environmental processes. These include active (e.g., Lidar), and passive (radiometers) sensors, optical (e.g., Landsat, MODIS) , microwave (e.g., SMAP), and gravitational (e.g., GRACE) satellites. Remote Sensing of the Environment: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM 172 after completing FOREST 102.

Instructor: Girotto

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ESPM C172 Remote Sensing of the Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 The course will introduce junior/senior undergraduate students to the basic physical concepts of remote sensing as they relate to different earth surface processes. It will introduce students to a variety of recently developed ground, airborne, and satellite instruments and their applications to monitor and analyze environmental processes. These include active (e.g., Lidar), and passive (radiometers) sensors, optical (e.g., Landsat, MODIS), microwave (e.g., SMAP), and gravitational (e.g., GRACE) satellites. Remote Sensing of the Environment: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM C172 after completing CIV ENG 172, or ESPM 172 . A deficient grade in ESPM C172 may be removed by taking CIV ENG 172, or ESPM 172 .

Also listed as: CIV ENG C172

ESPM 173 Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 Introduces concepts and methods for practical analysis of data from ecology and related disciplines. Topics include data summaries, distributions, and probability; comparison of data groups using t-tests and analysis of variance; comparison of multi-factor groups using analysis of variance; evaluation of continuous relationships between variables using regression and correlation; and a glimpse at more advanced topics. In computer laboratories, students put concepts into practice and interpret results. Introduction to Ecological Data Analysis: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ESPM 173 after completing STAT 131A. A deficient grade in ESPM 173 may be removed by taking STAT 131A.

Instructor: de Valpine

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ESPM 174 Design and Analysis of Ecological Research 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Fall 2014 Surveys major designs and analyses for biological field and laborabory studies. Topics include data distributions; regression; analysis of variance; fixed and random effects; blocking, split plots, and repeated measures; maximum likelihood; Generalized Linear Models; basic computer programming. Relies on math to interpret and manipulate equations supported by computer simulations. Examples include population, ecosystem, behavioral, and evolutionary ecology. Design and Analysis of Ecological Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One year calculus; one semester statistics or consent of instructor

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of computer laboratory per week.

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ESPM 174A Applied Time Series Analysis for Ecology and Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 In this course we will learn how to analyze time-series data using real-world examples from ecology and environmental sciences. We will study how to mathematically describe a time series, and test hypotheses about the underlying processes generating the observed patterns. We will cover univariate and multivariate state-space models, with an incursion into statistical forecasting and analyses in the frequency domain (e.g., Discrete Fast Fourier Transform). Applied Time Series Analysis for Ecology and Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week.

Instructor: Ruhi

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ESPM 175A Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Students design and conduct a senior thesis project, which requires identifying a testable question or problem, designing and executing a research protocol, analyzing data, deriving conclusions, and presenting the research in a scientific paper and an oral presentation. Lectures and assignments exphasize research design, data analysis, scientific writing, and scientific communication. Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Senior standing in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management major and completion of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 100

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Four hours of seminar per week.

Formerly known as: Environmental Science 196A

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ESPM 175B Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Students design and conduct a senior thesis project, which requires identifying a testable question or problem, designing and executing a research protocol, analyzing data, deriving conclusions, and presenting the research in a scientific paper and an oral presentation. Lectures and assignments exphasize research design, data analysis, scientific writing, and scientific communication. Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Senior standing in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management major and completion of Environmental Science, Policy and Management 100 and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 175A

Formerly known as: Environmental Science 196B

ESPM 175L Senior Research Laboratory in Environmental Sciences 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 Independent laboratory or field research in support of the required senior seminar project. Senior Research Laboratory in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Must be taken concurrently with Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 175A-175B

Additional Format: Three hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

Formerly known as: Environmental Science 196L

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ESPM H175A Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 ESPM H175A and H175B are honors courses that eligible Environmental Sciences students may substitute for ESPM 175A and 175B . Students design and conduct a senior thesis project, which requires identifying a research question or problem, designing and executing a research protocol, analyzing data, deriving conclusions, and presenting the research in a scientific paper and an oral presentation.Lectures and assignments emphasize research design, data analysis, scientific writing, and scientific communication. Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: ESPM 100ES , upper division standing, and minimum GPA. See CNR Honors website for current minimum GPA. http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/honors_program.php

Instructors: Spreyer, Mendez

ESPM H175B Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015 ESPM H175A and H175B are honors courses that eligible Environmental Sciences students may substitute for ESPM 175A and 175B . Students design and conduct a senior thesis project, which requires identifying a research question or problem, designing and executing a research protocol, analyzing data, deriving conclusions, and presenting the research in a scientific paper and an oral presentation. Lectures and assignments emphasize research design, data analysis , scientific writing, and scientific communication. Senior Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

ESPM H175L Senior Research Laboratory in Environmental Sciences 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 ESPM H175L is an honors course that eligible Environmental Sciences students may substitute for ESPM 175L . Independent laboratory or field research in support of the required senior seminar project. Senior Research Laboratory in Environmental Sciences: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Must be taken concurrently with Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 175A-175B or H175A-H175B

ESPM C176 CLIMATE JUSTICE 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Climate change is transforming our world in ways we are only beginning to understand, and in many ways we cannot yet imagine. The emerging theoretical and practical lenses of social and environmental justice (EJ) provide tools with which to examine and understand this new world. Using literature, media, and engaged field experiences, this course brings together the scholarship, scientific and engineering innovation, policy, literature and media, and activism around the interacting themes of climate change and social justice. CLIMATE JUSTICE: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ENE,RES C160 after completing ENE,RES 160, or ARCH 153. A deficient grade in ENE,RES C160 may be removed by taking ENE,RES 160, or ARCH 153.

Instructor: Mills-Novoa

Also listed as: ENE,RES C160

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ESPM 177A Sustainable Water and Food Security 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2019 In this class we will study basic principles of environmental sustainability from the perspective of water and food security, and apply them to human use of land and land based resources. An analysis of major mechanisms of land degradation and of the major technological advances that are expected to burst food production worldwide will be used as the basis for a discussion on the extent to which the Earth can sustainably feed humanity. Sustainable Water and Food Security: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two and one-half hours of laboratory per week for 6 weeks.

Instructor: D'odorico

Formerly known as: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management 177

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ESPM C177 GIS and Environmental Spatial Data Analysis 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 This course offers an introduction to spatial data analysis. It integrates ArcGIS analysis with spatial statistical analysis for the study of pattern and process applicable to a wide variety of fields. Major topics covered include: spatial sampling, processing data with ARC Info, exploratory GIS analysis, spatial decomposition, spatial point patterns and Ripley's K function, spatial autocorrelation, geostatistics, spatially weighted regression , spatial autoregression, generalized linear models and generalized linear mixed models. GIS and Environmental Spatial Data Analysis: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Requirements are course in GIS and a course in probability and statistics. We invite participation of undergraduates and graduate students from: ESPM, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, City and Regional Planning, IB, Civil Engineering, Energy and Resources Group, Public Health, Earth and Planetary Science, and other campus departments or units with students interested in learning and using spatial analysis for the environment- both natural and built

Instructors: Biging, Radke

Also listed as: LD ARCH C177

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ESPM 178B Environmental Science Education Practicum 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2010, Spring 2009 Framed around the topic of sustainability, the course engages students from different science majors to apply the content knowledge from their discipline to build curriculum pieces for presentation in high school classrooms. Students develop pedagogical content knowledge and relate teaching theory to practice. Additional topics covered include classroom management and leadership, lesson planning, presentation skills, and readings in science education. Environmental Science Education Practicum: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, and 3 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture, One hour of Discussion, and Three hours of Fieldwork per week for 15 weeks.

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ESPM C179A GC-Maker Lab I: Skills and Theory 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2016 In the environmental and biological sciences, one of the biggest challenges in transitioning from student to researcher is learning how to measure something without an off-the-shelf device. This course will provide the theoretical background and the practice of building a Gas Chromatograph (GC) system for environmental research. The first semester is for students who seek to develop fundamental skills in instrumental development and design. The second semester (c179b) is only open to those who have taken this first semester course and will entail the construction of a working gas chromatograph system. This class will be especially useful for students who wish to pursue research following graduation. GC-Maker Lab I: Skills and Theory: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Chem 3AL, or instructor permission

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of laboratory per week.

Instructor: Rhew

Also listed as: GEOG C179A

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ESPM C179B GC-Maker Lab II: Instrument development 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017 In the environmental and biological sciences, one of the biggest challenges in transitioning from student to researcher is learning how to measure something without an off-the-shelf device. This course will involve the actual building a gas chromatograph (GC) system for environmental research. In addition, we will provide the option of building a mini datalogging sensor for measuring basic environmental parameters using the Arduino platform. This course offered in the spring semester is only open to those who have taken this first semester course (c179A), which covers the fundamental skills required to undertake this project. This class is designed for upper division undergraduates to early graduate students. GC-Maker Lab II: Instrument development: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Chem 3AL, GC-Maker Lab I (fall semester)

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Six hours of laboratory per week.

Also listed as: GEOG C179B

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ESPM C180 Air Pollution 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This course is an introduction to air pollution and the chemistry of earth's atmosphere. We will focus on the fundamental natural processes controlling trace gas and aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere, and how anthropogenic activity has affected those processes at the local, regional, and global scales. Specific topics include stratospheric ozone depletion, increasing concentrations of green house gasses, smog, and changes in the oxidation capacity of the troposphere. Air Pollution: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A , CHEM 1B , and PHYSICS 8A or consent of instructor

Instructor: Goldstein

Also listed as: CIV ENG C106/EPS C180

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ESPM 181A Fire Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019 Fundamentals of wildland fire including fire behavior modeling, fire history methods, prescribed fire techniques, fire ecology, fire management, fire in the urban-wildland intermix, wildland fire, and ecosystem sustainability. Laboratories on inventory methods, fire history, modeling of fire behavior and risk, and prescribed burning. Fire Ecology: Read More [+]

Instructor: Stephens

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ESPM 182 Forest Operations Management 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020 The purpose of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of how to plan for and conduct forest treatments. It is meant as a companion to silviculture, which is the planning out and scheduling of treatments in order to meet defined objectives in forests. As such, Forest Operations does not focus on the reason for conducting treatments but rather how they are done. Topics include the types of equipment that are used in thinning, harvesting , prescribed fire, and vegetation management. The administrative requirements involved with planning operations (e.g. permit acquisition and contracts) are covered, as are principles of road maintenance and road abandonment. Two weekend field trips are required. A prescribed fire will be planned Forest Operations Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 105A, 105B, 105C, 105D . It is preferred that ESPM 185 is taken prior to or at the same time as ESPM 182

Fall and/or spring: 10 weeks - 1 hour of lecture, 1 hour of discussion, 3.2 hours of fieldwork, and 1.6 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 3 hours of discussion, 6 hours of fieldwork, and 6 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: There will be two required fieldwork trips.

Instructor: York

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ESPM 183 Forest Ecosystem Management and Planning 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Introduces students to concepts and quantitative tools needed for the sustainable management and planning of multi-use forest ecosystems. Topics covered include: forest regulation; estimation of ecological, economic, and social values; construction of dynamic forest models; methods for optimal decision-making; development of forest management plans; and ethics of natural resource management. Application to current issues in temperate and tropical forest management are discussed. Quantitative, analytical, and communication skills are emphasized. Oral presentation required. Forest Ecosystem Management and Planning: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: ESPM 102C or instructor permission

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ESPM C183 Forest Ecosystem Management 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014 Introduces students to concepts and quantitative tools needed for the sustainable management of multi-use forest ecosystems. Topics covered include: estimation of ecological, economic, and social values: construction of dynamic forest models, methods for optimal decision-making, and development of forest management plans. Application to current issues in temperate and tropical forest management are discussed. Quantitative, analytical, and communication skills are emphasized. Oral presentation required. Forest Ecosystem Management: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture and Three hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Potts

Also listed as: ENVECON C183

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ESPM 184 Agroforestry Systems 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008 Agroforestry principles and systems in use worldwide are examined, with emphasis on contemporary temperate agroforestry system design and management. Economic, biologic, social, and political conditions for successful agroforestry systems are analyzed. Some laboratory sessions will be field trips that will extend beyond the scheduled lab time. Agroforestry Systems: Read More [+]

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ESPM 185 Applied Forest Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 Concepts and applications of silviculture for the establishment, growth, composition, and quality of forest trees and stands. Silviculture is presented as a tool to meet multiple resource and ecosystem management objectives related to wildlife habitat, watershed resources, forest health, or timber production. Two weekend field trips will be scheduled in lieu of several laboratories. Applied Forest Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: IB 153, ESPM 102A or course in community ecology

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture and Four hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

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ESPM 186 Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 California’s woodlands, grasslands, and shrublands provide abundant environmental benefits including extensive wildlife habitat. Most is used for ranching and managed through grazing animals. Ecosystem stewardship and ecological dynamics meet in rangeland management, including new institutional arrangements for conservation and restoration, management for carbon sequestration, and Indigenous partnerships. Origins of grazing animals and methods for assessing management outcomes. Grassland and Woodland Management and Conservation: Read More [+]

Instructors: Bartolome, Huntsinger

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ESPM 187 Restoration Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 This course covers ecological theories that inform the practice of ecological restoration, with particular focus on local (Bay Area) restoration and linkages with social, political, and economic factors. Laboratories focus on assessment techniques and cumulate with formulation of a restoration management plan. Laboratories will be based at the Richmond Field Station, served by campus shuttle. Restoration Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One course in ecology; upper division or graduate standing

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of fieldwork, and 3 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week, and one mandatory Saturday field trip.

Instructor: Suding

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ESPM 188 Case Histories in Wildlife Management 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 Seminar format with presentation and discussion by each student, with long term paper requirement. Examination in depth of current issues in wildlife management. Case Histories in Wildlife Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 114

Additional Format: Four hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Barrett

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ESPM 189A Urban Ecology and Evolution 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023 This course examines the complex, coupled and heterogeneous interactions that occur among organisms, humans, and the urban environment. We will emphasize foundational concepts in urban ecology spanning the organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels, with special focus on the role of social-ecological dynamics in shaping the emergent properties of urban biological systems. We will also discuss how such interactions lead to rapid evolutionary change in cities and discuss what that means for urban biodiversity and conservation. Finally, we will address how cities regionally and globally have similar and dissimilar properties, and how we can apply urban ecological principles to urban planning, design, conservation, wildlife manage. Urban Ecology and Evolution: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Introductory Statistics Course

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Four hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

Instructor: Schell

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ESPM 190 Seminar in Environmental Issues 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2017, Fall 2010 Interdisciplinary study of issues for advanced students. Designed to develop skills in critical analysis of specific issues. Different topics will be available each semester reflecting faculty and student interest. Major research project required. Seminar in Environmental Issues: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor

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ESPM C191 The American Forest: Its Ecology, History, and Representation 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2007, Fall 2004 The American forest will be examined in terms of its ecology, history, and representations in paintings, photographs, and literary essays. This examination seeks to understand the American forest in its scientific and economic parameters, as well as the historic, social, and ideological dimensions which have contributed to the evolution of our present attitudes toward the forest. The American Forest: Its Ecology, History, and Representation: Read More [+]

Instructors: Lovell, McBride

Also listed as: AMERSTD C112F/HISTART C189/UGIS C136

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ESPM C192 Molecular Approaches to Environmental Problem Solving 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 Seminar in which students consider how modern biotechnological approaches, including recombinant DNA methods, can be used to recognize and solve problems in the area of conservation, habitat and endangered species preservation, agriculture and environmental pollution. Students will also develop and present case studies of environmental problems solving using modern molecular methods. Molecular Approaches to Environmental Problem Solving: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing in the Genetics and Plant Biology or Microbial Biology major, or consent of instructor

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture/discussion per week.

Instructor: Lindow

Formerly known as: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management 192

Also listed as: PLANTBI C192

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ESPM C193A Environmental Education 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 Theory and practice of translating ecological knowledge, environmental issues, and values into educational forms for all age levels and all facets of society, including schools. Concentrated experience in participatory education. Environmental Education: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture and 6 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: Five and one-half hours of lecture/discussion and six hours of fieldwork per week.

Instructor: Hurst

Also listed as: EDUC C193A

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ESPM 194A Senior Seminar in Conservation and Resource Studies 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Seminar in which students synthesize their knowledge, skills, and interests into a holistic perspective. A one-hour oral presentation in the area of interest and a senior thesis synthesizing the area of interest are required. Required final semester for all CRS majors. Senior Seminar in Conservation and Resource Studies: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Senior standing in CRS major

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

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ESPM 194B Capstone Course in Society and Environment 1 Unit

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019 Senior capstone project in the student's primary area of concentration and presentation to the ESPM Society and Environment faculty and majors. Required of all graduating seniors in the ESPM and Society and Environment major. Students who have completed ESPM 195 , H196 , or 197 may substitute that course for ESPM 194B . Capstone Course in Society and Environment: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Senior standing in ESPM Society and Environment major

Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: One and one-half hours of lecture per week for eight weeks.

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ESPM 195 Senior Thesis 3 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019 Supervised independent research specific to aspects of ESPM, followed by a written report. It is recommended that students conduct 3-4 units of research for at least one semester prior to enrolling in ESPM 195 in their senior year. Senior Thesis: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Senior standing in ESPM major; 3.0 GPA

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5-10 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 6-7.5 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Three to four hours of independent study per week. Six to seven and one-half hours of independent study per week for 8 weeks. Seven and one-half to ten hours of independent study per week for 6 weeks.

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ESPM H196 Honors Research 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016 Supervised independent honors research specific to aspects of environmental science, policy, and management, followed by a written report to department. Submission of no more than 300 words required for approval. Honors Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Open only to upper division Environmental Science, Policy, and Management majors, 3.2 minimum GPA. Eligibility restrictions related to GPA and unit accumulation

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 8 units.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 30 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 22.5 hours of independent study per week 10 weeks - 18 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Individual research or meeting with faculty sponsor(s). Twelve hours of work per week. Eighteen hours per week for 10 weeks; 22. 5 hours per week for eight weeks; 30 hours per week for six weeks.

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ESPM 197 Field Study in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Supervised experience in off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects of environmental science, policy, and management. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written reports required. Field Study in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division standing. Campus and departmental restrictions apply

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of fieldwork per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 1-9 hours of fieldwork per week 8 weeks - 1-7 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: One to four hours of fieldwork per week. One to seven hours of fieldwork per week for 8 weeks. One to nine hours of fieldwork per week for 6 weeks.

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ESPM 197FS Community Engagement in Agri-Food Systems 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 The goal of this class is for you to directly apply the knowledge you have gained through your food and agriculture-related coursework in a real world setting. As such, the primary emphasis of the class is completing a 70-hour community-based internship with a food and agriculture organization, typically (but not exclusively) in the Bay Area. You may elect to participate in internships with an established community partner or an organization of your own choosing. Class time will be devoted to guiding and supporting your internship and will emphasize individual check-ins, group discussion, and activities designed to underscore the basic principles of community engagement. Community Engagement in Agri-Food Systems: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Food Systems Minor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 5 hours of fieldwork per week

Additional Format: One hour of lecture and five hours of fieldwork per week.

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ESPM 198 Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 Group study of special topics in environmental science, policy, and management that are not covered in depth in regular courses in the department. Directed Group Studies for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division standing; consent of instructor; campus and departmental restrictions apply

Additional Format: Three hours of work per week per unit.

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ESPM 198BC Berkeley Connect 1 Unit

Espm 199 supervised independent study and research 1 - 4 units.

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 Enrollment restrictions apply; see the Courses and Curricula section of this catalog. Supervised independent study and research specific to aspects of environmental science, policy, and management. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division standing; campus and departmental restrictions apply

ESPM 199S Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Not yet offered The Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) program helps students get involved in research projects with world renowned faculty and staff researchers in the Rausser College of Natural Resource Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research (SPUR): Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-12 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 12 weeks - 5-18 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Three to twelve hours of independent study per week. Five to eightteen hours of independent study per week for 12 weeks.

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ESPM C200 Principles of Phylogenetics 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2016 The core theory and methodology for comparative biology, beginning with issues in building phylogenetic trees, with emphases on both morphology and molecules, and both living and fossil organisms. Also covers the many applications of phylogenetic trees to systematics, biogeography, speciation, conservation, population genetics, ecology, behavior, development, functional morphology , and macroevolution that have revolutionized those fields. Labs are closely integrated with lectures and cover the major algorithms and computer software used to implement these approaches. Requirements include participation in discussions, two exams, and a term project. Principles of Phylogenetics: Read More [+]

Subject/Course Level: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

Instructors: Ackerly, Mishler, Will

Also listed as: INTEGBI C200

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ESPM 201A Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Research projects and approaches in environmental science, policy, and management. An introduction to the diverse ways environmental problems are researched, comparing the approaches and methods of various disciplines represented among faculty and students. This course is the first of the core course sequence required for all ESPM graduate students. Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in ESPM

Additional Format: Two hours of seminar per week.

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ESPM 201C Environmental Forum 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 Presentation and analysis of current topics in environmental science, policy, and management. This course is required for all ESPM doctoral students. Environmental Forum: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of seminar/discussion per week.

Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.

Formerly known as: 200C

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ESPM 201S Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Colloquium 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 Seminars for the presentation and discussion of original work by faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students. Core course for the ESPM graduate program. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Colloquium: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of colloquium per week

Additional Format: One and one-half hours of colloquium per week.

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ESPM C204 Research Reviews in Animal Behavior: Behavior Review 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 This course will provide a rigorous, critical review of current research in animal behavior. Emphases will include hypothesis testing and experimental design, as well as methods of data collection and analysis. Each week, a student in the course will present original research in the form of a seminar presentation, grant proposal, or manuscript. Through discussion with seminar participants, presenters will gain critical feedback regarding their research. Research Reviews in Animal Behavior: Behavior Review: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, basic course in animal behavior. Instructor approval required

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: One hours of seminar per week.

Formerly known as: Psychology C204, Integrative Biology C204

Also listed as: INTEGBI C204

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ESPM 205 Quantitative Methods for Ecological and Environmental Modeling 3 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007 This course will review the background mathematical and statistical tools necessary for students interested in pursuing ecological and environmental modeling. Topics include linear algebra; difference equation, ordinary differential equation, and partial differential equation models; stochastic processes; parameter estimation; and a number of statistical techniques. This course will be recommended as a prerequisite for advanced modeling courses in Integrative Biology , Energy and Resources Group, and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Quantitative Methods for Ecological and Environmental Modeling: Read More [+]

Instructor: Wayne Getz

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ESPM C205 Quantitative Methods for Ecological and Environmental Modeling 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 This course will review the background mathematical and statistical tools necessary for students interested in pursuing ecological and environmental modeling. Topics include linear algebra; difference equation, ordinary differential equation, and partial differential equation models; stochastic processes; parameter estimation; and a number of statistical techniques. This course will be recommended as a prerequisite for advanced modeling courses in Integrative Biology, Energy and Resources Group, and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Quantitative Methods for Ecological and Environmental Modeling: Read More [+]

Also listed as: ENE,RES C205/INTEGBI C205

ESPM 206 Animal Communication 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 The objective of the course is to explore major topics in animal communication. Topics each year will focus on a different sensory modality and range from visual, acoustic, and chemical senses. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the study of communication, over the course of the semester, we will draw on a variety of disciplines (including cell biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, neurophysiology, and physics) to understand the mechanisms , function, and evolution of communication. Animal Communication: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two hours of discussion per week.

ESPM C211 Modeling Ecological and Meteorological Phenomena 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 Modeling methods in ecology and meteorology; stability analysis; effects of anthropogenic stress on natural systems. Offered alternate years. Modeling Ecological and Meteorological Phenomena: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Integrative Biology 102 or consent of instructor

Instructor: Harte

Also listed as: ENE,RES C202

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ESPM 215 Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Environmental Science 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 Hierarchical statistical models include generalized linear mixed models, generalized additive mixed models, state-space models for time-series data, and random field models for spatial data. Introduction to formulation and analysis of such models with frequentist methods, including maximum likelihood via numerical integration and restricted maximum likelihood, and Bayesian methods, including Markov chain Monte Carlo. Background in relevant probability theory. Hierarchical Statistical Modeling in Environmental Science: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Calculus and experience with common statistical methods such as linear regression, or consent of instructor

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture/computer laboratory per week.

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ESPM C216 Freshwater Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 This graduate course will combine formal lectures and discussion, with the overall goal of exposing students to general concepts in freshwater ecology. We will discuss a broad range of topics including freshwater environments and biota, natural selection and adaptive evolution, food webs and trophic cascades, cross-ecosystem linkages, and social-ecological resilience of freshwater ecosystems under global change. Upper division undergraduates are welcome, with permission of the instructors. Freshwater Ecology: Read More [+]

Instructors: Carlson, Power

Also listed as: INTEGBI C216

ESPM 217 Political Economy of Climate Change 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018 This course examines the comparative and global political economy of climate change, with a focus on the politics of climate change mitigation in the energy sector. Key themes are the choice of policy strategies and policy instruments, industry and climate policy, global institutions and collective action, markets and technological change, and economic and geo-political transformations in response to climate change. The courses combines theoretical readings with in-depth case studies. Political Economy of Climate Change: Read More [+]

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ESPM C220 Stable Isotope Ecology 5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2016 Course focuses on principles and applications of stable isotope chemistry as applied to the broad science of ecology. Lecture topics include principles of isotope behavior and chemistry, and isotope measurements in the context of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecological processes and problems. Students participate in a set of laboratory exercises involving preparation of samples of choice for isotopic analyses, the use of the mass spectrometer and optical analysis systems, and the anlaysis of data. Stable Isotope Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing

Instructors: Amundson, Dawson, Mambelli

Also listed as: EPS C241/INTEGBI C227

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ESPM 222 Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Natural Particles 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2011 Structure and coordination chemistry of natural adsorbent particles in aqueous systems; solute adsorption mechanisms and theoretical models; interparticle forces and colloidal phenomena; applications to biogeochemistry and contaminant hydrology. Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Natural Particles: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 126 or consent of instructor

Instructor: Sposito

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ESPM C223 Agrarian Questions 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 The seminar offers an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of critical agrarian and food studies, which brings together Marxian agrarian political economy, historical and political sociology, postcolonial and subaltern studies, post structural feminist theory, critical development studies, and political ecology. Students should come out of this class with a genealogical understanding of key debates and emergent issues in the field. Our goal is to think theoretically and empirically about the social relations of land, labor, and livelihoods and how these relations articulate with broader political economic processes. Agrarian Questions: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for ENE,RES C223 after completing ESPM 223. A deficient grade in ENE,RES C223 may be removed by taking ESPM 223.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar per week.

Also listed as: ENE,RES C223

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ESPM C225 Isotopics 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This seminar will explore current topics that employ the use of stable isotopes. Discussion topics include the areas of biology, paleontology, biogeochemistry, soil science, and atmospheric science. Students will be required to lead at least one discussion of relevant literature in the topic area. Isotopics: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 10 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar per week for 10 weeks.

Also listed as: INTEGBI C226

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ESPM 226 Interdisciplinary Food and Agriculture Studies 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2015 A graduate seminar exploring the ecological, social, and economic risks inherent in different forms of agriculture, from highly diversified, agroecological farming systems to industrialized agriculture. We will examine how different farm management techniques, government policies, supply chains, R&D, technology, and science may influence various risks and uncertainties, including climate change, agrobiodiversity, farmer livelihoods, food safety, public health, and nutrition. Interdisciplinary Food and Agriculture Studies: Read More [+]

Instructors: Iles, Kremen

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ESPM 227 Science Communication 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2020 Effective communication is an important skill that all scientists should master. There are many different forms of communication, and these require different approaches and techniques. The goal of this course is to provide students with the skills to communicate scientific findings to a wide range of audiences. We will discuss approaches to communicating our findings and those of others to other scientists, the public, and the media. We will then prepare and practice communicating through papers, proposals, presentations, sound bites, and podcasts. Exercises and assignments are designed to give students hands on experience developing their own stories and packaging them to selected audiences. Science Communication: Read More [+]

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ESPM 228 Advanced Topics in Biometeorology and Micrometeorology 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019 Measurement and modeling of trace gases and energy between the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere. Micrometeorological flux measurement methods, including eddy covariance, profile, and eddy accumulation methods. A hierarchy of biophysical models are discussed for interpreting flux measurements. Information and theory on big-leaf, two-layer, and multi-layer models that couple energy, water, and carbon to predict trace gas fluxes are presented. How models integrate information from leaf to canopy to landscape scales is discussed. Advanced Topics in Biometeorology and Micrometeorology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: C129 or consent of instructor

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ESPM 230 Sociology of Agriculture 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 This graduate seminar explores the sociology of agriculture and food systems, addressing key theories and topics in the field. We begin with the antecedents of the sociology of agriculture, including foundation classical agrarian theories and an overview of the field, followed by topics ranging from pesticide drift to agricultural labor injustice to food sovereignty movements and more. This course is most appropriate for students with some background in agri-food and social systems. Sociology of Agriculture: Read More [+]

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ESPM 232 Indigenizing Cultural Heritage Management and Land Stewardship 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022 The purpose of this course is to examine heritage management and the stewardship of cultural and ecological resources. We will discuss cultural and environmental laws, Indigenous knowledge, epistemologies, and frameworks for approaching research and compliance with tribes, agencies, and organizations. Themes include culture-nature interrelationships, intersections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ways of knowing, and building toward futures that are more inclusive of these Indigenous perspectives and practices. How can we decolonize and Indigenize our respective disciplines? At the core of successful research and resource management with Indigenous peoples is the ability to work collaboratively, reflexively, and responsively. Indigenizing Cultural Heritage Management and Land Stewardship: Read More [+]

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ESPM 234 Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Science and Management 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 1996 Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Science and Management: Read More [+]

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ESPM C234 Green Chemistry: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Meeting the challenge of global sustainability will require interdisciplinary approaches to research and education, as well as the integration of this new knowledge into society, policymaking, and business. Green Chemistry is an intellectual framework created to meet these challenges and guide technological development. It encourages the design and production of safer and more sustainable chemicals and products. Green Chemistry: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One year of chemistry, including a semester of organic chemistry, or consent of instructors based on previous experience

Summer: 6 weeks - 20 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. Twenty hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Instructors: Arnold, Bergman, Guth, Iles, Kokai, Mulvihill, Schwarzman, Wilson

Also listed as: CHEM C234/PB HLTH C234

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ESPM 235 Indigenous Environmental Studies 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021 This seminar examines the relationship between Indigenous societies and the environments that shape, and are shaped by them. We will discuss defining and supporting sustainability; what environmental governance has looked like as tribal nations and settler governments have grappled for control over natural resources; issues around developing and utilizing “natural resources” on tribal land; how traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous science can be applied in environmental co-management; the struggle to achieve environmental justice and how Indigenous communities fit into the broader EJ movement; and the broader struggle to protect the waters so vital to the perpetuation of healthy communities. Indigenous Environmental Studies: Read More [+]

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ESPM 244 Spatial Ecology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2018 Spatial heterogeneity is a key feature of many ecological patterns and processes. This course will explore how spatial data and analysis can answer fundamental questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation through discussions of recent research and workshops on performing spatial analysis in R. Topics to be covered include spatial autocorrelation, habitat fragmentation, population dynamics, conservation and landscape genetics, simulation methods , niche modeling, and spatial statistics. Spatial Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate Student Standing

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ESPM 248 Special Topics and Advanced Seminars in Entomology 0.0 Units

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Additional Format: Zero hour of independent study per week.

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ESPM 249 Bioethics, Law, and the Life Sciences 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013 Developments in biotechnology and the life sciences are unsettling legal and policy approaches to intellectual property, reproduction, health care, medical research, and the criminal justice system. Through reading primary materials and relevant secondary sources, this course investigates ethical, legal, and policy problems associated with these developments, and explores possible solutions. Bioethics, Law, and the Life Sciences: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

Instructor: Winickoff

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ESPM 250 Environmental History 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2003, Fall 2001, Fall 1999 A critical survey of classical and recent literature in the field of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics, with special emphasis on the American environment. Topics will include environmental historiography, theories of environmental history, and the relationships between environmental history, philosophy, ethics, ecology, and policy. Environmental History: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division course in history or history of science or a social science

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture/discussion per week.

Instructor: Merchant

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ESPM 251 International Conservation and Development Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2013 Changes in Third World rural economy, ecology, and environment and ways in which these are affected by development policies. Historical dimensions of Third World environmental problems. Changing patterns of rural production (especially food) and resource use; alternative theories of natural resource and socioeconomic development; linkages between socioeconomy and environment in agrarian change and development policy; technology and resource control; conservation and development problems. International Conservation and Development Policy: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: One upper division course in international development

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ESPM C252 Topics in Science and Technology Studies 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2014, Fall 2013 This course provides a strong foundation for graduate work in STS, a multidisciplinary field with a signature capacity to rethink the relationship among science, technology, and political and social life. From climate change to population genomics, access to medicines and the impact of new media, the problems of our time are simultaneously scientific and social, technological and political, ethical and economic. Topics in Science and Technology Studies: Read More [+]

Also listed as: ANTHRO C254/HISTORY C250/STS C200

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ESPM 253 Advanced Readings in Political Ecology 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Critique and comparison of literature in political ecology--an approach to sociological analysis of environmental change focusing on environmental conflict. Initial sessions address the definition of political ecology, its origins, and the politics and discourses of natural resource management. Literature includes domestic and international research involving the combination of social and environmental history, local perspectives, and political economy to discuss accounts of social and environmental change. Advanced Readings in Political Ecology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; significant background in social theory

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ESPM C254 Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Health Status 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013 Focus on ethnic and cultural diversity in health behavior as a basis for public health programs. Consideration of U.S. ethnic minority groups and cultural groups in non-Western societies. Health status and behavior examined in context of relevant social and anthropological theory (social class, acculturation, political economy). Influence of socio-cultural background on concepts of health, illness, and health-seeking behavior. Implications for planning public health programs and policies. Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Health Status: Read More [+]

Also listed as: PB HLTH C202B

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ESPM C255 Seminar in Sociology of Forest and Wildland Resources 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013 Individual projects and group discussions concerning social constraints to, and effects of, natural resource planning and management. Application of sociological theories to problems of managing wildland ecosystems. Students will examine topics of individual interest related to the management of wildland uses. Enrollment limited. Seminar in Sociology of Forest and Wildland Resources: Read More [+]

Instructor: Fortmann

Also listed as: GEOG C250

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ESPM 256 Science, Technology, and the Politics of Nature 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2009 This course will introduce the methods and theories of Science and Technology Studies (STS) in order to explore the relationships among science, technology, law, and politics in the domains of environment and health. The course will focus some attention on the tension between technocracy and democracy in science policy, and on the role of biotechnology in reshaping the natural and political order. The course will equip graduate students in the social sciences, law, life sciences, and public policy with theoretical and practical tools for analyzing complex problems at the science, technology, and society interface. Science, Technology, and the Politics of Nature: Read More [+]

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ESPM 257 Creative Writing in Environmental Science 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2002, Fall 2001 Writing is one of the most compelling skills we learn as environmental scientists and communicators. Yet, the formulaic and monotonous nature of composing scientific peer-reviewed publications can constrain creative and imaginative prose, features of our writing that draw in audiences outside academia. The goal of this graduate seminar is to provide a broad, introductory exploration to creative and environmental science writing. We will explore , discuss, and workshop multiple literary genres – from poetry to creative fiction and nonfiction – as both a means of diversifying our writing craft and improving narrative structure in academic writing. Creative Writing in Environmental Science: Read More [+]

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ESPM 258 Race, Science, and Resource Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014 This course addresses explantation and strategy in natural resource policy with an emphasis on whether, why, and how (a) 'race' distributes access to and control of environmental resources, (b) 'science' creates and arrays perceptions, organization and control of these resources, and (c) public policy shapes racial disparities in natural resource opportunities. Topics are drawn primarily from issues in metropolitan, agricultural, and public resource systems. Race, Science, and Resource Policy: Read More [+]

Instructor: Romm

Formerly known as: 214

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ESPM 259 Transnational Environmental Politics and Movements 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 Contemporary issues in international environmental politics; impacts of globalization on the environment; comparative transnational environmental movements. Study of current and historical texts. Case studies drawn from around the world with a focus on methods and research techniques. Transnational Environmental Politics and Movements: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Upper division course in environmental policy or social science

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ESPM 260 Governance of Global Production 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This course explores critical policy and theoretical questions in the governance of global production. Current trends in the restructuring of industrial production; distributions of environmental, labor, and social impacts from this production; and new strategies for democratic governance are analyzed, including corporate self-regulation, monitoring, certification and labeling, fair trade programs, legal strategies, and international accords and agreements. Governance of Global Production: Read More [+]

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ESPM 261 Sustainability and Society 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2020, Fall 2018 Science-based technologies that are central to the search for sustainability in contemporary societies and their environmental impacts. Theoretical approaches to investigating how science, technology, and environment intersect. How societies move closer to sustainable technological systems. Redesign of existing technologies and the introduction of new technologies. How adverse impacts can be prevented through policy. Case studies of contemporary developments. Sustainability and Society: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor

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ESPM 262 Race, Identity, and the Environment 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 Advanced readings on environment and race. Shifting meanings of "race" and its application and usefulness in theorizing human-environment relationships. Foundations of environmental ideas and attitudes towards the natural environment and their connections to contemporary environmental practices. Construction of environmental narratives and images in defining ideas of racial and place identity. How representations of the natural environment are structurally and culturally racialized within environmental institutions and the media. Post-race possibilities. Race, Identity, and the Environment: Read More [+]

Instructor: Finney

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ESPM 263 Indigenous, Feminist, and Postcolonial Approaches to Science, Technology, and Environment 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 This seminar presents material from indigenous studies; feminist and postcolonial science and technology studies (STS), including animal studies; political ecology; and other fields. It engages non-dominant knowledges while interrogating the role of key technoscientific concepts (modernity, objectivity, universality) in colonizations of both humans and nonhumans. This course highlights the role of critical methods in shifting power relations in research, including students' own research. Indigenous, Feminist, and Postcolonial Approaches to Science, Technology, and Environment: Read More [+]

Instructor: TallBear

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ESPM 264 Silviculture Seminar 1 Unit

Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2010, Fall 2008 A seminar covering various aspects of silviculture and related issues. Silviculture Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 185 or consent of instructor

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ESPM 265 Seminar on Fire as an Ecological Factor 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020 Effect of fire on ecology of forest and rangeland. Seminar on Fire as an Ecological Factor: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture/seminar per week.

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ESPM C266 Political Ecologies of Climate Change Adaptation 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023 As the climate crisis escalates and mitigation efforts stagnate, adaptation has come to the forefront of public debates and funding priorities. This course will explore the varied political ecologies of climate change adaptation. By drawing on political ecology, this course will include both foundational and emerging scholarship that explores how climate change adaptation is shaping and being shaped by the material impacts of climate change, the political economy of climate governance and finance, and the agency of experts, funders, promoters, and the individuals and collectives adapting to climate change. We will examine the history of climate change adaptation concepts and governance while also exploring emerging frontiers in the field. Political Ecologies of Climate Change Adaptation: Read More [+]

Also listed as: ENE,RES C266

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ESPM 268 Seminar in Range Ecology 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 A seminar course dealing with selected topics in ecology of rangelands. Seminar in Range Ecology: Read More [+]

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ESPM 271 Advanced Remote Sensing of Natural Resources 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2014 The course provides a discussion of the advanced topics in remote sensing and image analysis for environmental applications. Topics include airborne and satellite remote sensing data acquisition; spatial, spectral, radiometric, and temporal resolutions; image display systems, classification algorithms; accuracy assessment; and integration in a geospatial context.Students will select either a lab assignment or conduct a project using multispectral , Hyperspectral, RADAR, SAR, LiDAR, etc. data, will write a report and make a presentation to the class; If project option is selected, a working knowledge of ERDAS Imagine or another image processing system is required. The Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF) will be available to all students. Advanced Remote Sensing of Natural Resources: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 172, Statistics 20, or consent of instructor

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture/seminar per week.

Instructor: Khorram

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ESPM C273 Science and Technology Studies Research Seminar 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 This course will cover methods and approaches for students considering professionalizing in the field of STS, including a chance for students to workshop written work. Science and Technology Studies Research Seminar: Read More [+]

Also listed as: ANTHRO C273/HISTORY C251/STS C250

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ESPM 276 Advanced Silviculture 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2018 Advanced topics related to the dynamics and management of forest stands such as competition effects, mixed-species interactions, mutiaged stand silviculture, pruning, thinning regimes, management for old growth features, wood quality effects, and others. Field trips may be included. Advanced Silviculture: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 185 or equivalent

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ESPM 277 Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 A graduate level seminar covering advanced topics in conservation of biodiversity, focused on designing protected area networks. We will first lay the groundwork for the course by exploring the fundamental papers in ecology and conservation biology that led to systematic conservation planning. Then, we will study various issues at the current frontiers of the discipline, such as incorporating threats, costs, evolutionary processes, and ecosystem services into reserve network design. The class will encourage student engagement through discussions, group projects, peer instruction and peer review of essays. Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Undergraduate courses in ecology, population biology, or conservation biology

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ESPM 278 Range Assessment 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Rangeland vegetation sampling techniques with emphasis on comparing the relative efficiency of different techniques of vegetation measurement. Includes weekly lab exercises on artificial sampling boards and/or in the field. Juniors and seniors are encouraged. Range Assessment: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 186 and one semester of statistics

Instructor: Allen-Diaz

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ESPM 279 Seminar on Pastoralism 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 A survey of pastoral animal management and production systems, as they influence and are influenced by the rangeland environment. Review of the evolution of animal management practices; contemporary management systems in California,the West, and worldwide; and production systems with both traditional and nontraditional goals. Examination of agroforestry and nomadic and transhumant grazing systems, sheep and cattle production, game ranching , and organic meat production will be included. Seminar on Pastoralism: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture per week plus four field trips.

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ESPM 280 Seminar in Range Ecosystem Planning and Policy 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2018, Fall 2016 A seminar course dealing with selected current topics in range ecosystem planning and policy. Seminar in Range Ecosystem Planning and Policy: Read More [+]

Instructor: Bartolome

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ESPM 281 Seminar in Wildlife Biology and Management 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2021 Reading, conference, and discussion. Reports and discussion of recent studies in wildlife biology and management. Open to qualified graduate students from other departments. Seminar in Wildlife Biology and Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 114 and 187

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ESPM C282 Health Implications of Climate Change 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 The course will provide a basic foundation in the physical mechanisms of, responses to, and health implications of climate change. We will explore the variety of epidemiologic, risk assessment, and statistical methods used to understand the impacts of climate change on health across diverse demographic groups. The public health implications, positive and negative, of efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be elaborated, including discussions of ethical, political, and economic aspects of these efforts. Students will be responsible for leading class discussions and presenting a poster on their choice of a topic related to climate change and health. Health Implications of Climate Change: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: The material will be presented with minimal expectation of a background in physical science, although some additional reading may be needed for students with no university science courses. A background in epidemiology is also helpful, but not necessary

Instructors: Jerrett, Morello-Frosch

Also listed as: PB HLTH C271G

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ESPM 284 Demographic Methods for Population Viability Analysis 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2002 Application of demographic methods to the management of plant and animal populations. Conservation problems faced by small populations of threatened or exploited species will be emphasized. Implications for life-history theory will also be discussed. Demographic analyses include (1) an understanding of life cycle diagrams, projection matrices, and age- and stage-based approaches; (2) calculation of population growth rate and sensitivity of demographic parameters to perturbation; and (3) advanced tehcniques of stochastic simulation modeling, spatial analyses, and population viability analyses will be learned. Demographic Methods for Population Viability Analysis: Read More [+]

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ESPM 288 Reproducible and Collaborative Data Science 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Introduction to principles and tools for reproducible and collaborative data science, including data curation and cleaning, version control, virtual machines, scripted work flow, hypothesis-driven exploratory data analysis, data visualization, and communication. Students will be introduced to git, Python,R, and LaTeX. The class will navigate a series of problem-driven analyses, focused on case studies and independent projects, leading to reproducible products that allow updated analyses as new data become available. Projects by first year trainees will be presented at the Annual Symposium. Reproducible and Collaborative Data Science: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Previous experience in R programming or equivalent background expected

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ESPM C289 Applied Remote Sensing 3 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This course consists of one lecture and one computer lab per week introducing fundamental principles and methods of environmental remote sensing and their practical applications. We will explore strategies for working with different types of remote sensing data and extracting image-based landscape information for various environmental research and planning objectives. This course focuses largely on local to regional scale applications of remote sensing in ecology, environmental planning and design, civil & environmental engineering and natural resource management. Applied Remote Sensing: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: Learn practical skills and techniques to extracting landscape information from remote sensing data as image interpretation, classification, accuracy assessment, mapping and change analysis. Become familiar with different types of data and instruments in remote sensing and learn how to choose the optimal remote sensing data and procedure for various landscape and environmental analysis applications. Explore traditional and novel remote sensing techniques and their use in landscape planning, environmental studies and natural resource management. Develop the capacity to work with the remote sensing literature and synthesize the relevant knowledge across different studies.

Prerequisites: An introductory GIS course such as LA C188/Geography C188 or equivalent

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for LD ARCH C289 after completing LD ARCH 289 . A deficient grade in LD ARCH C289 may be removed by taking LD ARCH 289 .

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: One and one-half hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of laboratory per week.

Instructor: Dronova

Also listed as: LD ARCH C289

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ESPM 290 Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Study and critical analysis of topics, research, and texts pertinent to environmental science, policy, and management. Different topics will be available each semester reflecting faculty and student interest. Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Additional Format: One hour of seminar per week per unit.

ESPM 296 Individual Study 1 - 7 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 Individual study in consultation with a member of the faculty directed to analysis and synthesis of the literature of a specialized subject area in forestry and resource management. Individual Study: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-7 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Hours to be arranged.

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ESPM 298 Directed Group Study 1 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Advanced study of research topics which vary each semester. Directed Group Study: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-18 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: Three to eightteen hours of directed group study per week.

Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.

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ESPM 299 Individual Research 1 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Individual research under the supervision of a faculty member. Individual Research: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Four hours of laboratory/discussion per week per unit.

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ESPM N299 Individual Research 1 - 8 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session Individual research under the supervision of a faculty member. Individual Research: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-20 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1.5-15 hours of independent study per week 10 weeks - 1.5-12 hours of independent study per week

Formerly known as: Entomological Sciences 299, Forestry and Resource Management 299, Plant Pathology 299, and Soil Science 299

ESPM 300 Supervised Teaching in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 1 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 Teaching methods at the University level; course content; problem set review and development; guidance of laboratory experiments; course development and evaluation; supervised practice teaching. Supervised Teaching in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and appointment as graduate student instructor

Subject/Course Level: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers

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ESPM C302 Effective Scientific Communication 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2007 This course will introduce methods of organizing and delivering oral presentations, initating and organizing manuscripts, and utilizing digital communication methods, such as web-based media. Students will develop effective communication techniques through in-class experience. This class will have an emphasis on the sciences but will be useful and open to graduate students of all disciplines. Effective Scientific Communication: Read More [+]

Instructors: Resh, Rhew

Also listed as: GEOG C302

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ESPM 375 Professional Preparation: Teaching in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This course is designed to better prepare graduate students for their GSI appointments, and to foster graduate student professional development in academia.The disciplinary theme for the course is on interdisciplinary teaching and multiple ways of teaching in the environmental fields. GSIs are introduced to their roles and responsibilities as instructors in these various learning environments, and to resources to enhance teaching. The course facilitates experimentation with different teaching methods, serves as a forum for sharing information on pedagogical practices, and provides feedback on teaching. As requested by students, the course is front-loaded with practical tools for classroom teaching. Professional Preparation: Teaching in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 301

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ESPM 376 PhD as Process: holistic professional way finding 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024 The goal of this course is to provide integrative support for thriving in the PhD. What are strategies for efficiency and effectiveness? What are approaches for balancing personal and professional growth? How can we address anxiety, burn-out, and isolation? How can we prepare for a shifting career landscape? The course will offer strategies for time and energy management, staying grounded during difficult times, overcoming writer’s block , nurturing intrinsic motivation, combating decision fatigue, saying no, addressing fear, preparing for the job market, and supporting broader cultural change in academia. PhD as Process: holistic professional way finding: Read More [+]

Course Objectives: Apply these strategies to a landscape of change. Much is changing in academia and the world, and we can no longer look at our individual success in a vacuum. We will help you reconcile your personal path forward with broader questions in our communities and institutions. Explore general strategies for success. Each PhD is unique, but there are common strategies for success. We will examine approaches (supported by cognitive science and psychology) to help you maximize productivity. Explore specific strategies for fulfilment. While there are shared strategies for success, these must be implemented in a highly individualized way. We will help you develop tools for balancing your personal and professional needs and bringing more authenticity to your career.

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ESPM 400 Professional Training in Research 1 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 Training for students in planning and performing research under the supervision of a faculty member. This course is intended to provide credit for experience obtained. Professional Training in Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and appointment as graduate student researcher

Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements.

Subject/Course Level: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management/Other professional

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ESPM 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Individual study for the comprehensive examination in consultation with the field adviser. Individual Study for Master's Students: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree.

Subject/Course Level: Environ Sci, Policy, and Management/Graduate examination preparation

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ESPM 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018 Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Read More [+]

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Doctoral candidate takes third prize in NJWEA Poster Competition

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Odera Richard Umeh, a PhD student in the Environmental Science and Management program, has recently achieved a noteworthy milestone by securing a third-place award in the prestigious New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA) Student Poster Competition. The event, which took place on May 8, 2024 in Atlantic City, NJ, brought together brilliant minds from across the field to showcase their groundbreaking research.

Odera’s captivating presentation on the statewide occurrence and spatial distribution of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in New Jersey groundwater systems under the supervision of Dr. Duke Ophori left a lasting impression on the judges and his fellow participants. Odera is diligently pursuing cutting-edge research on the silent invasion of PFAS into groundwater systems. His work is driven by a passion for developing sustainable solutions to the challenges posed by PFAS in New Jersey ground- and drinking water systems. The recognition bestowed upon him by the NJWEA is a testament to his exceptional abilities as a researcher and his unwavering commitment to making a positive impact in the field of water resources management.

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Through the research-based doctoral program in Environment and Sustainability, students may choose between a highly specialized course of study or one that broadly addresses complex, interdisciplinary issues.

It is strongly recommended that Ph.D. applicants contact SEAS faculty members prior to submitting an application.  It is important to establish a connection with faculty members to discuss mutual research areas. These interactions are helpful in determining fit with our faculty and SEAS community. Faculty research profiles and their contact information can be found here . 

Each student's course of study is tailored to their scholarly interests and guided by their faculty chair and committee. Broad areas of specialization reflect the expertise and research interests of faculty.

The doctoral program's goal is to develop the creative abilities of exceptional students, thereby training them for independent work that contributes to original research and scholarship at the forefront of their chosen fields. Students will become leaders in research, teaching and training others, and developing the scientific knowledge base needed to formulate policies and practices that help sustain natural resources.

Program Milestones

• Upon admission, you are assigned an advisor and faculty member(s) to serve on your interim Guidance Committee.
• In your first year, you prepare a "course of study" document that will guide your coursework and scholarly development.
• By the end of your second year, you will complete your qualifying exam and advance to doctoral candidacy.
• By the end of your fifth semester, you will submit your full dissertation proposal.
• By the end of your fifth year, you will defend your dissertation.

Your PhD will be granted by the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies . The school's Doctoral Handbook provides key information, such as a timeline and outline of expectations and requirements. For more information, contact [email protected] .

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Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI), University of Nairobi with funding from Netherlands hereby invite applications for two PhD scholarships under the project  Remote Sensing for Community-driven applications: from WA+ to co-learning  (RS-4C). Subject to satisfactory performance and legal requirements, each PhD scholar will obtain a degree from The University of Nairobi.

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The Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Safety (MSCJPS) is a 36 credit hour graduate degree that prepares students with the analytic skills, theoretical understanding, empirical knowledge, and practical applications related to the law enforcement, courts, correctional, and private security environments.

The MSCJPS program enables students to gain advanced research skills needed to prepare them for careers as criminal justice practitioners, as well as continuing their education in doctoral programs in criminology and/or criminal justice. The MSCJPS program also offers a thesis option for students seeking advanced research careers or a doctoral degree.

The MSCJPS leverages the expertise of the O’Neill School faculty that are actively engaged in research with local and national organizations, the urban location of the university, established partnerships with the community and local criminal justice organizations, and the social, demographic and economic trends that are attracting greater numbers of students to study, live, and work in metropolitan areas.

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The MSCJPS curriculum not only positions student for success in these fields, but also provides a gateway for students to pursue further graduate education in the social sciences.

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Completing the MSCJPS requires 24 core hours in criminal justice and public safety systems and law, planning and management, theory, risk analysis, and research methods. Students also choose 12 credit hours in either criminal justice or public safety, with a required 3 credit hour internship or service credit counting toward this requirement.

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Penalties for dropping out of ecosystem services incentive programs should equal lost environmental benefits

Payment for Ecosystem Services programs (PES) are important tools that governments around the world use to improve water quality, protect forests and wildlife habitat, and sequester carbon. Under these programs, landowners -- usually farmers -- are paid to use their land in ways that protect or restore the environment, such as replacing row crops with trees or grassy zones adjacent to waterways. Many PES program contracts last 5 to 20 years, but participant drop out rates have consistently risen over the years.

A recent study by University of Maryland economists showed that PES programs are currently structured in ways that could limit their participation or create incentives to leave the programs early, before the full environmental benefits are realized. The new study identifies a key flaw in the way penalties are assessed for participants who withdraw early and suggests that addressing this flaw would increase program completion rates and result in both higher payments to farm owners and more ecosystem benefits.

The study was published on May 15, 2024, in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

"The current programs are backward looking, so if a participant withdraws early from the contract, they must pay back all the money they received through the program," said David Newburn, an associate professor of agricultural and resource economics at UMD and a co-author of the study. "But in economics, we know that if payments are directly tied to penalties, that's restrictive, and it can't be optimal. So, we said, let's uncouple them and see what solution would happen."

Newburn and his colleagues found that calculating penalties based on the environmental benefits lost by early withdrawal provided the optimal economics for both the participants and the government offering the program.

PES programs make payouts to land owners each year they participate. Which means every year, participants have to decide if the overall benefits of staying in the program exceed what they would expect to earn if the land were converted back to crops. With the current programs, the penalties for quitting early escalate each year along with the total amount of money they have received.

If at any time a farm owner believes they might not stay in the program through the end of the contract -- because the price of crops rises and they risk losing out on a lot of profit, for example -- it makes more fiscal sense to get out early rather than waiting another year or two, when the penalty will only increase.

"There are many studies looking at payment structures, and government agencies have increased payments to landowners to increase participation," Newburn said. "But no other researchers have looked at the effect of penalties in these programs, and they turn out to be significant."

To understand the impacts of uncoupling penalties from payments, the team modeled costs and benefits to the landowners of different program designs as well as the benefits from the ecosystem services gained. They found that the optimal program design charged an early withdrawal penalty tied to the value of ecosystem services and payments remaining in the program. So, if a farmer withdrew from a 10-year conservation contract in year 2, they would have to pay 8 years' worth of lost future ecosystem services. If they withdrew in year 8, they would pay only 2 years' worth of lost ecosystem services.

In this way, the penalty for leaving is greatest early in the program and decreases over time, unlike the current programs in which penalties increase over time as payments accumulate. This design would not only incentivize landowners to stay in the program, but it also returned the highest benefits in ecosystem services, which translates to the highest value to the government agency paying for the program.

Newburn and his colleagues modeled a PES program that pays farmers to convert cropland adjacent to streams into grass buffer zones. These grassy streamside areas absorb nutrients and sediment runoff that would otherwise pollute the local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. In the Chesapeake Bay watershed, such programs are an essential tool that helps Bay states achieve the EPA-designated limits for sediment and nutrients flowing into the watershed.

The team used USDA data on the value of cropland within 100 feet of a stream throughout Maryland to determine the payment structure for their model programs. Then they used commonly accepted formulas from the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model and the Chesapeake Bay Program to estimate the dollar value of the ecosystem services of grass buffers in those same areas. (Broadly, those formulas calculate the amount of nitrogen phosphorus and sediment each acre of grassland would prevent from entering the adjacent stream or waterway, and then put a per-pound price tag on each of those pollutants.)

The result was a dollar figure for the ecosystem services each farm could provide if it was enrolled in a grassland buffer PES program. Newburn said their study could be applied to any PES program, in any country, as they all currently use the same flawed penalty structure.

"In every PES program we found in Costa Rica, the UK, South Korea, Mexico, Australia, the European Union and others, they all have this same flawed structure of tying penalties to payments," he said. "It's easier to track than ecosystem services, which is very complicated to calculate, and may be hard to implement in practice. But the important point is that rather than getting the benefits precisely estimated, the optimal program structure will be forward looking versus backward looking as they are now."

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Story Source:

Materials provided by University of Maryland . Original written by Kimbra Cutlip. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.

Journal Reference :

• Youngho Kim, Erik Lichtenberg, David A. Newburn. Payments and penalties in ecosystem services programs . Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 2024; 102988 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102988

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