Courses
and Programs 1999-2001 Courses
and Programs 1999-2001Env
S 101. Environmental Geology: Earth in Crisis
(Same as Geol 101.) (3-0) Cr. 3 or (3-1) Cr. 4. F.S. Cody,
Seifert. An introduction to geologic processes and the
consequences of human activity from local to global scales.
Discussion of human population growth, resource depletion,
pollution and waste disposal, global warming and ozone depletion,
desertification, and geologic hazards such as earthquakes,
landslides, flooding, and volcanism. Students who enroll for the
4 credit option must register for a one hour discussion section.
Env S 120. Introduction to Renewable
Resources
(Same as A Ecl 120.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Overview of soil, water,
plants, and animals as renewable natural resources in an
ecosystem context. History and organization of resource
management. Concepts of integrated resource management.
Env S 123. Environmental Biology
(Same as Biol 123.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. An introduction to the
structure and function of natural systems at scales from the
individual to the biosphere and the complex interactions between
humans and their environment. Discussions of human population
growth, biodiversity, sustainability, resource use, and
pollution.
Env
S 201. Introduction to Environmental Issues
(4-0) Cr. 2. F.S. First 8 weeks. Prereq: Sophomore
classification. Ecological and human/societal dimensions of
environmental issues; how humans and their institutions interact
with and affect the environment; how societies are affected by
environmental change. Selected issues such as human population
growth, loss of biodiversity, and effects of agriculture on the
environment.
Env S 293. Environmental Planning
(Same as C R P 293.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore
classification. Comprehensive overview of the field of
environmental relationships and the efforts being made to
organize, control, and coordinate environmental, aesthetic, and
cultural characteristics of land, air, and water.
Env
S 303. Great Environmental Writings
(4-0) Cr. 2. F.S. Second 8 weeks. Tanner. Students will read
works by such authors as Thoreau, Muir, Leopold, and Abbey.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 324. Energy and the Environment
(4-0) Cr. 2. F. Second 8 weeks. Prereq: 201. Hodges. Renewable
and non-renewable energy resources. Fossil fuels, nuclear energy,
solar energy, and energy efficiency. Air pollution, acid
precipitation, global climate change; their causes and remedies.
Env S 330. Environmental Systems
(Same as Bot 330, EnSci 330.) (2-4) Cr. 4. F. Prereq: Biol 202 or
Micro 201, Chem 164 or 178, Math 165 or 181. Crumpton. Dynamics
of natural environmental systems. Systems approach to the
analysis of material and energy flows, including physical and
biological aspects of environmental systems and their functional
connections. Laboratory emphasizes environmental modeling and
simulation. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 334. Environmental Ethics
(Same as Phil 334.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Three credits in
philosophy or junior classification. Thorough study of some of
the central moral issues arising in connection with human impact
on the environment, e.g., human overpopulation, species
extinction, forest and wilderness management, pollution. Several
world views of the proper relationship between human beings and
nature will be explored. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 340. Biodiversity
(Same as Bot 340.) (4-0) Cr. 2. S. Second 8 weeks. Prereq: One
course in natural sciences or Environmental Studies. Clark.
Survey of the major groups of organisms and biological systems.
Definition, measurement, and patterns of distribution of
organisms. Sources of information about biodiversity. Not
intended for major credit in the biological sciences.
Env S 345. Population Problems and Society
(Same as Soc 345.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Soc 130 or 134. Human
overpopulation; impact on food, resources, and services;
population growth and development; trends of births, deaths, and
geographic movement; projecting future population; population
control and family planning; population policies and laws;
comparison of the United States with other societies throughout
the world..
Env S 380. Environmental and Resource
Economics
(Same as Econ 380.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Econ 101. Natural
resource availability, use, conservation, and government policy,
including energy issues. Environmental quality and pollution
control policies.
Env S 382. Environmental Sociology
(Same as Soc 382.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Environmental quantity and
quality as social problems; value orientations toward nature;
environmental quality movement; institutional patterns affecting
use of natural resources; resource management issues.
Env S 390. Internship in Environmental
Studies
Cr. var. Prereq: Approval of the Environmental Studies
Coordinator. Practical experience with nature centers, government
agencies, schools, private conservation groups, and other
organizations. Offered on a satisfactory-fail grading basis only.
Env
S 404. Global Change
(Same as Agron 404, EnSci 404, Mteor 404.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: Four courses in physical or biological sciences or
engineering. Takle. Biogeochemical cycles, ozone chemistry,
global energy balance, structure and circulation of the
atmosphere and oceans, climate modeling, climate variability; and
implications for agriculture, water resources, energy use,
sustainable development and public policy. Human dimensions and
ethical issues of global environmental change. Nonmajor graduate
credit.
Env S 407. Watershed Management
(Same as For 407.) (3-3) Cr. 4. S. Prereq: A course in general
biology. Managing human impacts on the hydrologic cycle. Field
and watershed landscape best management practices for modifying
the impacts on water quality, quantity and timing are discussed.
Field project includes developing a management plan using
landscape buffers. Field trip fee. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 415. Environmental Studies Seminar
(1-0) Cr. 1 each time taken. Offered on an irregular basis.
Prereq: Junior classification. Current or historic topics in
Environmental Studies. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 421. Field Seminar
(0-6) Cr. 1 to 2. Offered on an irregular basis. Field trips
during semester or break to varied sites of environmental
interest in or outside of Iowa, preceded by readings, lectures,
and examinations about the areas to be visited. Focus on
development vs. preservation. Field trip fee. Nonmajor graduate
credit.
Env S 424. Sustainable and Environmental
Horticulture Systems
(Same as Hort 424.) (2-0) Cr. 2. S. Inquiry into ethical issues
and environmental consequences of horticultural cropping systems
and production practices. Emphasis on production systems that are
resource efficient, environmentally sound, socially acceptable,
and profitable.
Env S 425. Sociopolitical Analysis of
Environmental Issues
(3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 201 and one other Environmental Studies
course. Institutional behaviors which underlie environmental
problems and controversies here and overseas. The roles of
government, business, citizen activists, the press, international
development banks, and others. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 450. Issues in Sustainable Agriculture
(Same as Agron 450.) (2-0) Cr. 2. F. Salvador. Agricultural
science as a human activity; contemporary agricultural issues
from agroecological perspective. Comparative analysis of intended
and actual consequences of development of industrial agricultural
practices. Field trip fee.
Env S 472. American Environmental History
(Same as Hist 472.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore
classification. Taylor. Conceptual approach to human history in
North America by examining the impact of nature from precontact
through the 20th century. Explores material interactions;
intellectual modes; aesthetic relationships; and management
strategies from aboriginal society through the environmental age.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 480I. Landscape Approaches to
Environmental Planning
(Same as Ia LL 480I.) See Iowa Lakeside Laboratory.
Nonmajor graduate credit.
Env S 482. Environmental Politics and
Policies
(Same as Pol S 482.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 3 credits in
political science or 3 credits in Environmental Studies; junior
classification. Major ideologies relating to conservation and
ecology. Primary emphasis on the policy making process in U.S.
national and state governments, with principal application to
environmental and land-use policies. Major proposals for
improvement in policy content and process. Nonmajor graduate
credit.
Env S 484. Sustainable Communities
(Same as C R P 484.) (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Senior status or
permission of instructor. This course provides the opportunity to
explore both the theoretical construction of sustainability and
its application to physical and social planning of communities.
We will examine environmental ethics as a basis for
sustainability, the history of the idea itself, and the movement
toward indicators as outcome measurements both in the U.S. and
internationally. We then explore how these ideas have been
applied in communities here and abroad.
Env S 490. Independent Study
Cr. var. Prereq: Permission of instructor and approval of
Environmental Studies coordinator.
Env S 491. Environmental Law
(Same as C R P 491.) (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 credits in natural
sciences. Legal precedents and alternative policies for
environmental protection; rights to and regulations for uses of
water, air, and land. Federal environmental control acts and
leading federal court cases. Field trip.