ENV 201. Environmental Issues. (3 h)
Topics include environmental literature, environmental history, human populations, resource management, pollution, global change, environmental activism and environmental ethics. (EI, POR)
ENV 202. Environmental Solutions. (3 h)
Learn how to improve our environment by identifying and exploring innovative environmental solutions. Counts towards Environmental Minor requirements.
ENV 203. Leadership for Sustainability. (3 h)
Develops knowledge and practice for effective change agency. Students articulate their own emerging leadership perspectives, create fundamental elements of a peer education and/or outreach campaign, and identify a range of locally appropriate solutions to systemic problems contributing to global climate change. (EI)
ENV 220. Introduction to Earth Science. (3 h)
Explores Earth’s origin and history as well as the internal and external forces and processes that shape the planet. Emphasis on plate tectonics, natural hazards, Earth materials, the hydrosphere, climate, and deep time. Also listed as BIO 220.
ENV 220L. Introduction to Earth Science Lab. (1 h)
Laboratory complement to ENV 220. Provides an opportunity to work with rock and mineral samples, analyze maps, experiment with models, and collect and synthesize geologic data. Includes local field trips. C-ENV 220.
ENV 250. Methods for Environmental Community Collaboration and Justice. (3 h)
Provides approaches and experiential learning on how to work with communities on socio-environmental issues. Draws from social justice work, participatory action research, citizen science, Indigenous methods, and anticolonial activism to build collaboration with community partners and cultivate a more equitable society.
ENV 301. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 302. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 303. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 304. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 305. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 306. Topics in Environmental Studies. (1-4 h)
Seminar and/or lecture courses in selected topics, some involving laboratory instruction. May be repeated if the course title differs.
ENV 320. Earth’s Dynamic Surface. (3 h)
Investigation into the formation and evolution of Earth’s landscapes. Topics include mountains, rivers, coasts, and glaciers. Course activities include digital and field-based data collection and analysis; weekend field trips may be required. P-ENV 220.
ENV 321. Earth's Dynamic Surface. (3 h)
Investigation into the processes responsible for the formation and subsequent evolution of Earth's landforms. Course activities examine Earth surface features using maps, digital and/or field-based data collection and analysis, and the fundamental geologic constraints on environmental problems. P ENV 220.
ENV 340. Water Resources. (3 h)
Examines the quality and quantity of local, national, and global water resources. Topics include hydrology, flooding, and water scarcity, pollution, usage, policy, and management. Emphasizes Yadkin River basin, including how the region’s history influences local water systems and the communities that depend on them.
ENV 350. Ethnobotany. (3 h)
Surveys the complex interrelationships of people and plants throughout space and time. Uses experiential and embodied approaches to learning about plants in landscapes and labs. (POR, SWC)
ENV 350L. Ethnobotany Lab. (1 h)
C- ENV 350.
ENV 360. Climate Change. (3 h)
Explores the socio-ecology of climate change, pursuing the topic through the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Includes how to affect change and climate justice. (EI)
ENV 379. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (3 h)
Introduces the concepts and use of GIS as a digital mapping and analytical tool with emphasis on environmental applications in modeling, global change, sociodemographic change, site suitability analysis, and restoration. C-ENV 379L. Students may not receive credit for both BIO 379 and ENV 379. (QDA)
ENV 379L. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab. (1 h)
C-ENV 379.
ENV 380. Cultivating Food Justice. (3 h)
Explores how global and local pressures on land and food systems affect local experiences of food access, sovereignty and justice, and impact local agroecosystems. Emphasis on community engagement and experiential learning.
ENV 381. Wilderness, the Anthropocene, and Global Sustainability. (3 h)
Intensive, writing-centered, experiential field course focusing on the relationships between humans and the natural world in the context of sustainability issues. Field components of the course take place in Alaska. P-Prerequisite override required.
ENV 391. Individual Study. (1-4 h)
A field study, internship, project or research investigation carried out under the supervision of a member of the environmental program faculty. Pass/fail or for a grade at the discretion of the instructor. Pass/fail is not an option if used as an elective for the environmental science or environmental studies minor. May be repeated for credit.
ENV 394. Environmental Internship. (1-4 h)
Supervised internships with governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations and businesses. P-Prerequisite override required.
ENV 395. Sustainability Lab/Clinic. (4 h)
Focuses on practical solutions to sustainability problems, and includes the use of makerspace, the fabrication lab, and the visualization lab.
