ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (ENVS)

Course Number

ENVS 6310 961

Course Code

ENVS6310961

Course Key

87425

Schedule

Thursday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Tuesday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Day(s)

Thursday

Tuesday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

Rohleder, Nicholaus

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Description

The growing field of climate technology requires a multifaceted skill set and a sound understanding of the raw materials value chains that enable modern, low-carbon technologies. This course is designed for students interested in the climate economy seeking to gain functional proficiency in the environmental commodities value chains, the economics associated with production, processing, and refining, and the geopolitical landscape concerning these commodities. This course will cover the basics of commodity supply/demand, the basics of project finance/project development, and all major minerals and materials in the climate economy, including but not limited to lithium, cobalt, rare earths, copper, nickel, chemicals, oil, gas, coal, hydrogen, and carbon markets and pricing. Throughout the course, students will build a short-form commodity price opinion pitch and a long-form commodity price pitch and present their deliverable at the end of the course.

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: July 3 – August 8, 2025

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

lpscps_user — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:35:50 +0000

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

Term

Summer 2025

lpscps_user Wed, 12/18/2024 - 00:35

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 6450 962

Course Code

ENVS6450962

Course Key

86087

Schedule

Day(s)

Monday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

Marshall, Sarene

Primary Program

Course Description

Whether via public blockades or behind-the-scenes boardroom votes activism has been a driving force of change on environmental issues. This course will offer an overview of environmental activism, with an emphasis on business targets, impacts and responses. Reviewing a range of players, strategies and tactics, students will explore different types of activists (e.g., grassroots, NGO, employee, investor) and the relationships between activism aimed at businesses vs. governments. The course will help students understand the evolution of environmental activism, and what influence current demographics, public opinion, and technology have had, including on climate activism and business practices in recent years. Through case studies, news stories, academic readings, and class discussion, students will learn the various roles activists play, how activism impacts public policy and corporate practices, and different ways companies relate to activists. Quizzes, case analyses, and other methods will be used to demonstrate mastery of the material.

Subject Area Vocab

11-Week Session: May 27 – August 8, 2025

Regional Field Ecology

lpscps_user — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:35:50 +0000

Regional Field Ecology

Term

Summer 2025

lpscps_user Wed, 12/18/2024 - 00:35

Session

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 5744 960

Course Code

ENVS5744960

Course Key

86086

Schedule

Wednesday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Day(s)

Wednesday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

WILLIG, SARAH

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Description

Over the course of six Sunday field trips, we will travel from the barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean in southern New Jersey to the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, visiting representative sites of the diverse landscapes in the region along the way. At each site we will study and consider interactions between geology, topography, hydrology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, and disturbance. Students will summarize field trip data in a weekly site report. Evening class meetings will provide the opportunity to review field trips and reports and preview upcoming trips. Six all-day Sunday field trips are required and will run on the following dates: June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22, June 29, July 13.

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: July 3 – August 8, 2024

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

lpscps_user — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:54:01 +0000

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

Term

Summer 2024

lpscps_user Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:54

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 6450 962

Course Code

ENVS6450962

Course Key

83349

Schedule

Day(s)

Monday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

Marshall, Sarene

Primary Program

Course Note

Fulfills MES Concentration in Env Sustainability

Course Description

From Rachel Carlson to Greta Thunberg ¿ and whether via public blockades or behind-the-scenes boardroom votes ¿ activism has been a driving force of change on environmental issues. This course will offer an overview of environmental activism, including players, strategies and tactics, and impacts. Students will explore various types of activists (e.g., grassroots, NGO, employee, investor) and the relationships between activism aimed at businesses vs. governments. The course will help students understand the historical roots of environmental activism, and what influence current demographics, public opinion, and technology have had, including on recent climate activism. Through case studies, news stories, academic readings, and class discussion, students will learn the various roles activists play, how activism impacts business practices and laws, and many of the ways companies relate to activists. Quizzes, case analyses, and other methods will be used to demonstrate mastery of the material.

Subject Area Vocab

11-Week Session: May 27 – August 8, 2024

Regional Field Ecology

lpscps_user — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:54:01 +0000

Regional Field Ecology

Term

Summer 2024

lpscps_user Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:54

Session

Format

On Campus

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 5744 960

Course Code

ENVS5744960

Course Key

83348

Schedule

Wednesday 5:15pm-9:15pm

Day(s)

Wednesday

Time

5:15pm-9:15pm

Instructor

WILLIG, SARAH

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Note

Sunday field trips required. MES Concentration in Env Biology

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session I: May 27 – July 2, 2024

The History and Science of Climate Change

lpscps_user — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:54:01 +0000

The History and Science of Climate Change

Term

Summer 2024

lpscps_user Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:54

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 5310 961

Course Code

ENVS5310961

Course Key

83347

Instructor

WHADCOAT, SIOBHAN

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Note

MES Foundation Env Geology/MSAG Elective|| $150 online course fee in add. to tuition and fee

Course Description

This course will provide an understanding of the Earth's climate system and how and why this has changed through time. The emphasis will be placed on spatial and temporal scales in the modern system while exploring the evidence for past change, possible mechanisms to explain these changes and the implications of these changes to past, present and future global climate. Students will learn to reconstruct the history and scales of climate change through the use of proxies; understand the mechanisms that act to drive climate change; show and understanding of the long-term natural climate variability on a global and regional scale; understand the importance of natural environmental change, against which to assess human impacts, recent climate change and issues of future environmental change.

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2023

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

lpscps_user — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:36:15 +0000

Environmental Activism: Actors, Approaches, and Outcomes

Term

Summer 2023

lpscps_user Wed, 02/01/2023 - 00:36

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 6450 962

Course Code

ENVS6450962

Course Key

81939

Schedule

Day(s)

Monday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

Marshall, Sarene

Primary Program

Course Note

MES Concentration in Sustainability

Course Description

From Rachel Carlson to Greta Thunberg--and whether via public blockades or behind-the-scenes boardroom votes--activism has been a driving force of change on environmental issues. This course will offer an overview of environmental activism, including players, strategies and tactics, and impacts. Students will explore various types of activists (e.g., grassroots, NGO, employee, investor) and the relationships between activism aimed at businesses vs. governments. The course will help students understand the historical roots of environmental activism, and what influence current demographics, public opinion, and technology have had, including on recent climate activism. Through case studies, news stories, academic readings, and class discussion, students will learn the various roles activists play, how activism impacts business practices and laws, and many of the ways companies relate to activists. Quizzes, case analyses, and other methods will be used to demonstrate mastery of the material.

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session I: May 22 – June 28, 2023

The History and Science of Climate Change

lpscps_user — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:36:15 +0000

The History and Science of Climate Change

Term

Summer 2023

lpscps_user Wed, 02/01/2023 - 00:36

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 5310 961

Course Code

ENVS5310961

Course Key

80920

Instructor

BORDEAUX, YVETTE

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Note

MES Foundation Env Geology/MSAG Elective|| $150 online course fee in add. to tuition and fee

Course Description

This asynchronous course will provide an understanding of the Earth's climate system and how and why this has changed through time. The emphasis will be placed on spatial and temporal scales in the modern system while exploring the evidence for past change, possible mechanisms to explain these changes and the implications of these changes to past, present and future global climate. Students will learn to reconstruct the history and scales of climate change through the use of proxies; understand the mechanisms that act to drive climate change; show and understanding of the long-term natural climate variability on a global and regional scale; understand the importance of natural environmental change, against which to assess human impacts, recent climate change and issues of future environmental change.

Subject Area Vocab

11-Week Session: May 22 – August 4, 2023

Regional Field Ecology

lpscps_user — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:10:25 +0000

Regional Field Ecology

Term

Summer 2023

lpscps_user Tue, 12/06/2022 - 11:10

Session

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 5744 960

Course Code

ENVS5744960

Course Key

80921

Schedule

Wednesday 5:15pm-9:15pm

Day(s)

Wednesday

Time

5:15pm-9:15pm

Instructor

WILLIG, SARAH

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Note

Sunday field trips required. MES Concentration in Env Biol/MSAG elective Env Geology

Course Description

Subject Area Vocab

Summer Session I: May 22 – June 28, 2022

Sustainable Estuaries: An Investigation of Resources & Recovery

lpscps_user — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:39:14 +0000

Sustainable Estuaries: An Investigation of Resources & Recovery

Term

Summer 2022

lpscps_user Fri, 01/28/2022 - 09:39

Session

Format

Online

Subject Area

Course Number

ENVS 6520 961

Course Code

ENVS6520961

Course Key

76153

Schedule

Wednesday 5:15pm-9:05pm

Day(s)

Wednesday

Monday

Time

5:15pm-9:05pm

Instructor

PEPINO, RICHARD

Primary Program

Secondary Program

Course Description

This course will evaluate the multiple factors that must function to ensure the sustainability of estuaries of national significance. Since the beginning of the environmental movement in the 1960s, we have attempted to protect and improve our watersheds and estuaries through a series of environmental laws, but we learned over the last three decades that regulatory-based "command & control" approaches may have achieved their limits of success, and we now need to think more holistically in order to achieve the Clean Water Act goal of "fishable and swimmable" waters. In this course we will explore the new collaborative strategies and partnerships, which are available, and how social, economic and cultural factors are equally important as regulation to achieve estuary restoration. The National Estuary Program (NEP) was established in 1987 by amendments to the Clean Water Act (Section 320) to identify, restore and protect estuaries along the coasts of the U.S. Unlike traditional regulatory approaches to environmental protection, the NEP targets a broad range of issues and engages local communities in the process. The program focuses not just on improving water quality in an estuary, but on maintaining the integrity of the whole system - its chemical, physical, and biological properties, as well as its economic, recreational, and aesthetic. This course will examine the twenty estuaries of national significance, including the Chesapeake and the Delaware Bays, in an effort to define the condition of estuaries in the US and what strategies can be utilized to attain water quality and habitat goals while achieving important socioeconomic needs of the estuary's diverse stakeholders. You will examine the history of estuary management, the factors that stress water quality and habitat, and what strategies are commonly used to reduce risks while safeguarding the environment and public health.

Subject Area Vocab