About TtrinityAcademicsStudent LifeAdmissionLLUG
Trinity A-ZDirectorySearch
<< Back to Environmental Science Home
Select a level: Select a term:
Only show courses available to first-year students.
Environmental Science
Course Schedule for ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE - Spring 2010
Class
No.		 Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
Required		 Dist Qtr
7073 BIOL-463-01 Ecological Concepts & Methods 1.25 LEC Smedley,Scott R. MW: 8:30AM- 9:45AM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 12
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Biology 333L or Biology 222L.
  This advanced course utilizes lectures and student-led seminars to explore a variety of ecological topics, ranging from the level of the individual organism to the biosphere. Readings are drawn predominantly from the primary literature. Laboratories, mostly field-based, introduce methodology and emphasize the design of observational and experimental studies. There will likely be one or two mandatory weekend-long lab sessions at a field station. With special permission, the course may be taken without the prerequisite.
7103 BIOL-463-20 Ecological Concepts & Methods 1.25 LAB Smedley,Scott R. W: 1:15PM- 3:55PM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 12
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Biology 333L or Biology 222L.
  This advanced course utilizes lectures and student-led seminars to explore a variety of ecological topics, ranging from the level of the individual organism to the biosphere. Readings are drawn predominantly from the primary literature. Laboratories, mostly field-based, introduce methodology and emphasize the design of observational and experimental studies. There will likely be one or two mandatory weekend-long lab sessions at a field station. With special permission, the course may be taken without the prerequisite.
7100 CHEM-230-01 Environmental Chemistry 1.25 LEC Lugolobi,Festo TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 16
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Chemistry 111L.
  This course will cover basic chemical concepts, such as polarity, volatility, and solubility, as they relate to chemical behavior in the environment. The ability to predict environmental behavior from chemical structure will be emphasized. Human and environmental toxicology will be discussed, and specific pollutants will be examined. Case studies will be used to illustrate concepts. The laboratory will emphasize techniques used for environmental analysis.
7101 CHEM-230-20 Environmental Chemistry 1.25 LAB Lugolobi,Festo R: 1:30PM- 4:10PM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 16
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Chemistry 111L.
  This course will cover basic chemical concepts, such as polarity, volatility, and solubility, as they relate to chemical behavior in the environment. The ability to predict environmental behavior from chemical structure will be emphasized. Human and environmental toxicology will be discussed, and specific pollutants will be examined. Case studies will be used to illustrate concepts. The laboratory will emphasize techniques used for environmental analysis.
4491 ENVS-149-01 Intro to Environmental Science 1.25 LEC Morrison,Joan TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA GLB3  
  Enrollment limited to 24
  NOTE: Enrollment is limited to 4 seniors, 4 juniors, 8 sophomores, and 8 first-year students, there will be 8 additional seats assigned by the instructor.
  An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area.
4493 ENVS-149-20 Intro to Environmental Science 1.25 LAB Gourley,Jonathan R. T: 1:30PM- 4:10PM TBA GLB3  
  Enrollment limited to 16
  An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area.
4495 ENVS-149-21 Intro to Environmental Science 1.25 LAB Gourley,Jonathan R. R: 1:30PM- 4:10PM TBA GLB3  
  Enrollment limited to 16
  An introduction to interrelationships among the natural environment, humans, and the human environment, including the biological, social, economic, technological, and political aspects of current environmental challenges. This course focuses on building the scientific framework necessary to understand environmental issues. It explores the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems, interactions between living and physical systems, and how human enterprise affects natural systems. It also examines current issues regarding human impacts on environmental quality, including global warming, air and water pollution, agriculture, overpopulation, energy, and urbanization. The laboratory section, which complements lecture material, incorporates laboratory and field exercises that include a focus on Hartford and a nearby rural area.
5877 ENVS-350-01 Field Study Environ Science 0.50 IND Geiss,Christoph
Gourley,Jonathan R.		 TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 10
  This 10-12 day field trip to a particular region of the U.S. introduces Trinity students to field methods in the environmental sciences. Students will study the geology, ecology, and history of human impact on the region visited, which varies from year to year. Students will also gain experience in basic field sampling techniques, observational skills, field note-taking, and methods for data analysis and interpretation. Pre-trip readings and an oral presentation given during the trip are required. Camping throughout. Permission of Instructor required. Not creditable to the environmental science major or minor; does not count toward science distribution.
5865 ENVS-399-01 Independent Study 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
4497 ENVS-401-01 Advanced Sem Environmntl Scien 1.00 SEM Geiss,Christoph T: 1:30PM- 4:00PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 15
  Course is open to senior environmental science majors and others by permission of instructor.
  This capstone seminar will engage students in the interdisciplinary study of a local environmental issue. The course will include interaction with community groups and government agencies, library research, and the collection and analysis of data to explore the connections between science, public policy, and social issues. This course does not meet the natural science distribution requirement.
4499 ENVS-405-01 Internship in Env Science 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 15
  This course allows students to meet the integrating experience requirement for the environmental science major through an approved integrated internship. Students who wish to use an internship toward the major must have their integrated internship contract approved by the Environmental Science Program director before the internship is begun. All students undertaking approved internships will be required to keep a detailed log of their activities, prepare a final written report and make an oral presentation of their work to the Environmental Science Program staff and students in order to complete the internship credit.
5867 ENVS-419-01 Research in Env Science Libr 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Students will conduct library research projects under the direction of an individual staff member. Students electing this type of independent study should plan on a full semester culminating with the completion of a final formal paper. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment.
5869 ENVS-425-01 Research in Env Science Lab 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Students will conduct original laboratory research projects under the direction of an individual staff member. Students electing to pursue independent study of this type should plan on initiating the work no later than the fall of the senior year, and should also plan on no less than two semesters of study with a final formal report to be submitted to the staff. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar's Office, and approval of the instructor are required for enrollment.
5871 ENVS-466-01 Teaching Assistantship 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment.
5859 ENVS-497-01 Honors Research 0.50 IND TBA TBA TBA Y  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  An extended paper on the subject of the student's two-semester research project with a professor in environmental science, to be read by three or more members of the program. This course is open only to those environmental science majors who wish to qualify for honors (See paragraph on honors in environmental science in the description of the major). Simultaneous enrollment in Environmental Science 419 or 425 during the spring semester of senior year, submission of the special registration form available in the Registrar's Office, and approval of the instructor and director are required for enrollment.
6913 GEOS-312-01 Geophysics 1.00 LEC Geiss,Christoph MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA NAT  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Prerequisite: C- or better in Physics 131 and Math 132
  A study of the physical properties of the Earth, how they are measured, and how they can be used to explore the interior of the Earth, inaccessible to direct observation. Topics for discussion include the shape of Earth and gravitational potential, seismology, and Earth's thermal, magnetic, and electrical properties. Prerequisites: Physics 131 and Mathematics 132.