Environmental Studies
[edit] Description
Advisory Committee: Professor Gosselin (chair); Professors Amedeo, Borner, Carr, Dahab, Hage, Hayden, Louda, Riordan, Supalla, Williams; Associate Professors Blum, Harvey, Humes, Ledder, Skopp, Wandsnider, Yuen, Zellmer
Departments Participating (Masters): Agricultural Economics; Agronomy and Horticulture; Anthropology and Geography; Architecture; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Community and Regional Planning; Entomology; Geosciences; Law (MLS Program); Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; Plant Pathology; Political Science; School of Biological Sciences; School of Natural Resources; and Sociology
Departments Participating (Doctoral): Agricultural Economics, Agronomy and Horticulture, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Entomology, Geography, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Plant Pathology, Political Science, School of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Resources, and Sociology
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An Environmental Studies Advisory Committee has been established to coordinate the interdisciplinary aspects of this specialization. One member of the student’s examining committee or supervisory committee, who will represent a discipline participating in the environmental studies program other than the student’s, must be approved by the Environmental Studies Advisory Committee. Approval of the thesis or dissertation topic must have the concurrence of the student’s major department or program and the Environmental Studies Advisory Committee.
Masters-level Specialization Requirements.
An intra-University of Nebraska-Lincoln masters-level specialization in environmental studies is available to any student pursuing a masters degree within any of the participating departments and programs. Successful completion of the requirements will be indicated on the student’s final transcript following the name of the student’s academic discipline, for example, Biological Sciences, with a specialization in Environmental Studies.
Each student will be required to complete:
1. a masters degree in one of the participating departments or programs;
2. 9 credit hours of environmentally-related courses from departments or programs outside the student’s major department. Courses must be taken from at least three of the five categories listed below; and
3. when Option I (thesis) is available in the student’s program, a thesis oriented toward some aspect of the environment.
The masters degree will be granted in one to the basic disciplines and students must be formally admitted to a degree objective in one of the participating departments.
Doctoral-level Specialization Requirements.
An intra-University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral-level specialization in environmental studies is available to any student pursuing a PhD degree within any of the participating departments and programs. Successful completion of the requirements will be indicated on the student’s final transcript in parentheses following the name of the student’s academic discipline, for example, Biological Sciences (Environmental Studies).
Each student will be required to complete:
1. a doctoral degree in one of the participating departments or programs;
2. a program of study that includes a 15-hour interdisciplinary component of environmentally-related courses from departments of programs outside the student’s major department. At least one course must be selected from four of the five categories listed below; and
3. a dissertation dealing with an environmentally-relevant issue.
Environmentally-related courses completed by a student for an Environmental Studies Specialization at the masters level may be counted toward meeting the requirements for an Environmental Studies Specialization at the PhD level.
The PhD degree will be granted in one of the basic disciplines and students must be formally registered in one of the participating departments.
Environmental Studies Courses.
Courses in environmental studies to comprise the interdisciplinary component of the student’s program of study are listed below by category and department. Course descriptions and prerequisites are contained in the appropriate departmental listings. With approval by the Supervisory Committee, a student may take courses cross-listed with an outside department to meet program requirements, if the faculty member teaching the course is not in the student’s home department.
[edit] Course Lists
Physical Sciences
Offered in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Agronomy (AGRO) Courses
861. Soil Physics
877. Great Plains Field Pedology
881. Water Resources Seminar
920. Pesticide Dissipation in Soils & Plants
955. Solute Movement in Soils
Offered in the Department of Chemistry (CHEM)
821. Analytical Chemistry
823. Analytical Chemistry Labratory
824. Survey of Analytical Chemistry
825A. Ionic Equilibria
825B. Electrochemical Methods
825D. Mass Spectrometry
825E. Data Handling
825G. Chromatographic Separations
825J. Optical Methods of Analysis
831. Biochemistry I
832. Biochemistry II
871. Physical Chemistry
Offered in the Department of Civil Engineering (CIVE)
821. Hazardous Waste Management
822. Hazardous Waste Treatment
823. Physical/Chemical Treatment Processes
824. Solid Waste Management Engineering
826. Design of Water Treatment Facilities
827. Design of Wastewater Treatment & Disposal Facilities
828. Quantitative Methods in Environmental Engineering
829. Biological Waste Treatment
830. Fundamentals of Water Quality Modeling 852.Water Resources Development
853. Hydrology
854. Hydraulic Engineering
855. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Engineering (BSEN 855)
856. Surface Water Hydrology
858. Groundwater Engineering
875. Water Quality Strategy (AGRO/CRPL/GEOL/MSYM/POLS 875)
915. Water Resources Engineering 921.Advanced Topics in Hazardous Waste
Treatment & Remediation
926. Advanced Topics in Water Treatment
927.Advanced Topics in Wastewater Treatment
929. Industrial Waste Lab
930.Advanced & Industrial Wastewater Treatment
952. Water Resources Planning
954. Advanced Hydraulics
955. Solute Movement in Soils (AGEN/AGRO 955)
958. Groundwater Mechanics
959. Groundwater Modeling
Offered in the Department of Geosciences
- Geology Courses (GEOL)
816. Isotope Geochemistry
817. Organic Geochemistry
819. Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture & Natural Resources
850. Surficial Processes & Landscape Evolution
881. Environmental & Urban Geology
888. Groundwater Geology
889. Hydrogeology
898. Special Problems in Geology
986. Containment Hydrogeology
988. Introduction to Groundwater Modeling
- Meteorology-Climatology Courses (METR)
851. Severe Storms Meteorology-Climatology
852. Synoptic Meteorology
853. Physical Climatology
854. Regional Climatology
856. Dynamic Meteorology
857. Advanced Synoptic Meteorology/Climatology
858. Dynamic Meteorology II
866. Physical Meteorology
867. Soil Morphology, Classification & Survey
868. Satellite Meteorology
881. Water Resources Seminar
895. Internship in Meteorology-Climatology
898.Advanced Special Problems
953. Seminar in Meteorology & Climatology
954. Seminar in Climatic Change
Offered in the Department of Physics (PHYA)
831. Thermal Physics
Offered in the School of Natural Resources (NRES)
819. Chemistry of Natural Waters
851. Soil Environmental Chemistry
853. Hydrology
868. Wetlands
917. Environmental Isotope Hydrology
Biological Sciences
Offered in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
- Agronomy Courses (AGRO)
840. Great Plains Ecosystems
842. Wildland Plants
860. Soil Microbiology
875.Water Quality Strategy
- Horticulture Courses (HORT)
824. Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management
825. Turf Grass Science and Culture
849. Woody Plant Growth and Development
898.Topics in Landscape Architecture
907. Agricultural Climatology
Offered in the Department of Animal Science (ASCI)
851. Livestock Management on Range & Pasture
Offered in the School of Biological Sciences (BIOS)
806. Insect Ecology
836. Quaternary Ecology & Climate
838. Biogeochemical Cycles
847. Soil Microbiology
850. Biology of Wildlife Population
854. Population & Community Ecology
855. Great Plains Flora
857. Ecosystem Ecology
859. Limnology
862. Animal Behavior
863. Experimental Methods in Animal Behavior
864A. Plant Pathology Epidemiology
864B. Plant Pathology Physiology
867. Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
869. Phytopathogenic Fungi
870. Prairie Ecology
871. Plant Taxonomy
873. Freshwater Algae
876. Mammalogy
882. Field Entomology
887. Field Parasitology
888. Natural History of Invertebrates
891. Ichthyology
892. Fisheries Biology
893. Herpetology
894. Ornithology
901. Ecological Principles
953. Advanced Population Ecology
955. Behavioral Ecology
956. Biochemical Adaptations
957. Zoogeography
958. Genetic Ecology
959. Advanced Community Ecology
960. Biosystematics & Nomenclature
Offered in the Department of Entomology (ENTO)
800. Biology & Classification of Insects
802. Aquatic Insects
806. Insect Ecology
809. Insect Control by Host Plant Resistance
817. Pest Management Systems
820. Insect Toxicology
Offered in the School of Natural Resources (NRES)
810. Landscape Ecology
823. Integrated Resources Management
850. Biology of Wildlife Populations
859. Limnology
862. Conservation Biology
863. Fisheries Science
864. Fisheries Biology
866. Advanced Limnology
Social Sciences
Offered in the Department of Agricultural Economics (AECN)
865. Resource & Environmental Economics II
Offered in the Department of Anthropology and Geography
- Anthropology Courses
835. Introduction to Conservation Archaeology
846. Palynology
851. Contemporary Issues of Indigenous Peoples in North America
873. Ecological Anthropology 874.Applied & Developmental Anthropology
877. Hunters-Gatherers 883.Advanced Field Methods
994. Seminar in Anthropology & Geography Courses
- Geography Courses
806. Spatial & Environmental Influences in Social Systems
847. Political Geography
848. Pro-seminar in International Relations
850. Climate & Society
877. Great Plains Field Pedology
878. Pro-seminar in Latin American Studies
883. Cognitive Processes in Map Comprehension & Use
897. Internship in Geography
898.Advanced Special Problems
903. History & Philosophy of Geography
935. Seminar in Historical Geography
940. Seminar in Human Geography
983. Seminar on Behavioral Processes in Person/Environment Relations
994. Seminar in Anthropology & Geography
Offered in the Department of Architecture (ARCH)
856. Behavior & Social Factors in Environmental Design
866. Community Design Center
Offered in the Department of Community and Regional Planning (CRPL)
800. Introduction to Planning
870. Environmental Planning & Policy
877. Recreation & Park Planning
Offered in the Department of Economics (ECON)
872. Efficiency in Government
Offered in the Department of Political Science (POLS)
826. Topics in American Public Policy
836. Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
Offered in the Department of Sociology (SOCI)
844. Social Demography
845. Sociology of Urban Areas
846. Environmental Sociology
998. Special Topics Seminar (approved topics are Environmental Sociology, Social Demography, & Social Movements)
Environmental Analysis
Offered in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Agronomy Courses (AGRO)
844. Vegetation Analysis
875.Water Quality Strategy
Offered in the Department of Anthropology and Geography
Geography Courses (GEOG)
811. Field Geography
812. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
814. Quantitative Methods in Geography
815. Introduction to Computer Mapping
817. Cartography II: Electronic Atlas Design & Production
818. Introduction to Remote Sensing I
819. Remote Sensing II–Non-photographic Systems
820. Remote Sensing III–Digital Image Analysis
822. Advanced Techniques in Geographic Information Systems
898. Advanced Special Problems
915. Seminar in Cartography
922. Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
Offered in the Department of Architecture (ARCH)
830. Architectural Systems Analysis
836. Building Equipment Integration
860. Environmental Survey & Analysis
861. Studies in Environmental Design
864. Urban Design I
Offered in the Department of Civil Engineering (CIVE)
916. Interdisciplinary Seminar in Engineering: Economic & Legal Aspects of Water Resources Systems
Offered in the Department of Community and Regional Planning (CRPL)
860. Planning & Design in the Built Environment
872. Environmental Survey & Analysis
Offered in the Department of Mathematics (MATH)
824. Intro to Partial Differential Equations
842.Applied Mathematics I
Offered in the Department of Political Science (POLS)
984. Seminar in Research Methods
Offered in the Department of Sociology (SOCI)
862. Advanced Methods of Social Research I
863. Advanced Methods of Social Research II
Environmental Regulation and Law
Offered in the Department of Agricultural Economics (AECN)
841. Environmental Law
857. Water & Natural Resources Law
Offered in the Department of Community and Regional Planning (CRPL)
804. Legal Aspects of Planning
Offered in the Department of Legal Studies (LAW)
609G. Constitutional Law I
633G. Administrative Law
666G. International Environmental Law
677G. Environmental Law
693G. Law & Economics
698G. Public Lands & Natural Resources Law
699G. Land Use Planning
774G. Interdisciplinary Seminar in Engineering: Economic & Legal Aspects of Water Resources Systems
776G. Water Law, Planning & Policy
796G. Native American Law
Offered in the Department of Political Science (POLS)
869. International Law
