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ENG 568B - Indigenous Lit & Cult Theory
Credits: 4
This graduate seminar familiarizes students with the vibrant and rapidly growing field of Native American and Indigenous Literature and Critical Theory. The course will explore the long history of literature in the Americas with an emphasis on contemporary North America. or fall.
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ENG 571A - Contemp Lit & Cultural Theory
Credits: 4
A survey of selected contemporary literature and cultural theory or fall
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ENG 572A - Studies in Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572B - American Radicalism
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572C - Cultures of the Cold War
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572D - Political&Musical Elaborations
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572F - Studies in Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572N - Studies in Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572P - Studies In Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572R - Studies In Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572V - Studies In Lit Theory & Crit
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572W - Studies In Literary Criticism
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572Y - Studies In Literary Criticism
Credits: 4
Critics, critical approaches or problems that transcend period limitations. Course content and prerequisites determined by instructor. or fall
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ENG 572Z - Poco Theory and Lit Crit
Credits: 4
Studies 20th-century postcolonial literature and theory to examine the makings and meanings of race and desire in the regional Caribbean and its diasporas. Considering the multiple arenas through which race is made: the economy, culture, religion, law, psychology, sexuality and desire, it explores how race intersects with gender and sexuality to produce national and global inequities and the resistances to these efforts from the colonial period to the present. or fall
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ENG 589A - Teaching Of College English
Credits: 4
Introduces the scholarly theories and practices that support contemporary writing pedagogy, and provides an overview of the history of and disciplinary controversies in rhetoric and composition studies. or fall
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ENG 591 - Proseminar
Credits: Variable
Provides an orientation to the intellectual strengths of our department, current trends in the discipline, and research resources at the university. Also provides professional development for graduate students, whether they are seeking full-time academic employment, further graduate studies, or a non-academic career. (Var. 4 CR) or fall.
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ENG 592 - Proseminar II
Credits: Variable
Provides an orientation to the intellectual strengths of our department, current trends in the discipline, and research resources at the university. Also provides professional development for graduate students, whether they are seeking full-time academic employment, further graduate studies, or a non-academic career.
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ENG 593C - Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions
Credits: 4
PROSE - POETRY/SUDDEN FICTIONS or fall
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ENG 593D - Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions
Credits: 4
PROSE - POETRY/SUDDEN FICTIONS or fall
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ENG 593E - Topics in Sound Studies
Credits: 4
Selected topics in sound studies. Focus may vary. or fall.
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ENG 593F - Topics in Sound Studies
Credits: 4
Selected topics in sound studies. Focus may vary. or fall.
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ENG 593M - Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions
Credits: 4
PROSE - POETRY/SUDDEN FICTIONS or fall
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ENG 593N - Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions
Credits: 4
Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions or fall.
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ENG 593W - Prose - Poetry/Sudden Fictions
Credits: 4
PROSE - POETRY/SUDDEN FICTIONS or fall
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ENG 597 - Independent Study - Graded
Credits: Variable
Graded or ungraded study for course credit.
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ENG 597A - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
Graded or ungraded study for course credit.
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ENG 599 - MA Thesis
Credits: Variable
Preparation of MA research thesis or MA creative writing thesis.
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ENG 640 - Poetry Workshop
Credits: 4
Techniques of poetry writing. Critical work on student’s poetry. Restricted to PhD students. May be repeated for credit. or fall.
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ENG 641 - Fiction Workshop
Credits: 4
Techniques of fiction writing. Critical work on student’s novel or other substantive fiction projects. Restricted to PhD students. May be repeated for credit. or fall.
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ENG 698 - Pre-Dissertation Research
Credits: Variable
Independent reading and/or research in preparation for comprehensive examinations for admission to PhD candidacy, and/or preparation of dissertation prospectus. Graded on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis only. (9 cr./sem.) or fall
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ENG 699 - Dissertation
Credits: Variable
Research and preparation of the dissertation. (12 cr./sem) or fall
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ENG 700 - Continuous Registration
Credits: Variable
Required for maintenance of matriculated status in graduate program. No credit toward graduate degree requirements. (1 cr./sem.) or fall
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ENG 707 - Research Skills
Credits: Variable
Development of research skills required within graduate programs. May not be applied toward course credits for any graduate degree. Prerequisites: approval of relevant program directors or department chairs.
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Entrepreneurship |
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ENT 280A - Innovation Scholars
Credits: 1
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ENT 280B - Innovation Scholars II
Credits: 1
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ENT 280C - Intro to Entrepreneurship I
Credits: 2
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ENT 280D - Intro to Entrepreneurship I
Credits: 2
ENT280D is an Entrepreneurship 101 course. You will be taught key fundamental entrepreneurial concepts to take a venture idea from 0 to 1. The course is a hands-on, project-based course where you will work on a venture idea that you are personally interested in, to explore a problem, test demand, and build low fidelity solutions, culminating with a final pitch at the end of the course. You will become an entrepreneur. The course provides a valuable resume-buliding opportunity to build, test, and innovate a product or service in your professional area of interest. You will learn from alum and startup Founder/CEO Rachel Serwetz, who has bootstrapped her business for 4+ years.
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ENT 380B - Innovation Scholars III
Credits: 1
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ENT 460 - Entrepreneurship
Credits: 4
The focus of this class is on recognizing opportunities and creating new ventures. We will investigate the “mindset” of an entrepreneur, as well as the components, tools, and best practices of entrepreneurship. We will use the most up to date practices of the startup ecosystem to evaluate the viability of your new venture; write a business plan; build an “E-team” that possesses the attributes necessary for success; financing; starting and operating a business, and creating liquidity for shareholders.
Traditionally and spring semesters
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ENT 465 - Entrepreneurial Finance
Credits: 4
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ENT 480A - Innovation Scholars IV
Credits: 1
GROWING A BUSINESS
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ENT 480B - Innovation Scholars IV
Credits: 1
Continuation of ENT 460 where students inplement business plans created in 460. Traditionally semster.
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ENT 560 - Entrepreneurship
Credits: 4
The focus of this class is on creating a new venture. The class will focus on the following: Identifying new venture opportunities; evaluating the viability of a new venture; writing a business plan; building an E-team that possesses the attributes necessary for success; financing, starting and operating a business; and creating liquidity for shareholders. Students will also be identifying and exercising entrepreneurial skills through classroom debate and assignments. The main project of this course will be to develop a business plan for a business idea developed by a group of students. The course will culminate in a business plan competition with prizes awarded to the winners. Traditionally and spring semesters.
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ENT 580A - Entrepreneurial Finance
Credits: 4
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ENT 580F - Entrepreneurial Marketing
Credits: 4
This course is designed to introduce students to the marketing challenges and issues in an entrepreneurial environment specifically on the marketing theories, strategies and tactics that can be applied in the early stages of new ventures to maximize the chances of success.
Students will become familiar with some of the key characteristics of new ventures: 1: Operating in rapidly changing, often chaotic, environments 2. Innovating new products, services or processes 3. Creating new markets 4. Extensively customer-centric and opportunity-driven.
Students learn to identify target market segments, position their products, estimate demand, set prices, gain access to channels, manage the issues of rapid growth and learn the necessary skills and tools entrepreneurs need for marketing in their start-up ventures.
This course will be useful for students planning to work in start-up ventures or entrepreneurial organizations.
PRE-REQ: MKTG 311
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ENVI 101 - Humans & Ecological Environ
Credits: 4
First 40 percent of course covers major principles of ecology, including food-chain relationships, material cycling, community structure, population regulation and ecological succession. Following this are population, agriculture, nutrition, forestry and wildlife. Concludes with a consideration of policy, economic and ethical concerns. Required of all environmental studies majors. Format: Lecture with discussions and a few field trips in nature preserve to illustrate facets of course material; grade based on three examinations, a final and discussion grade. Offered regularly. No seniors.
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ENVI 105 - People, Politics & Environ I
Credits: 4
People live in places and imprint meaning on their environment. This can be a local process but is also inescapably tied to global dynamics. In our present time characterized by high mobility, how do we learn about a new place, and how does this understanding shape our ability to sustain ourselves and our environment? We will develop an approach to studying the place you are as a college student–Binghamton. You will practice a variety of research methods from environmental studies to demonstrate the need to integrate perspectives and approaches when studying the relationship among people, places, and the environment.
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ENVI 140 - Intro Environmental Chemistry
Credits: 4
Understanding air and water pollution, soil contamination, climate change, and other important sustainability issues requires a basic understanding of the environmental chemistry at work. This course introduces basic chemistry principles including atomic and molecular structure, stoichiometry, reactions, thermodynamics, acid/base, equilibrium and oxidation/reduction and applies these concepts to the field of environmental studies and contemporary environmental challenges, such as contaminated drinking water, nuclear plant accidents, environmental justice, etc. Corequisite: CHEM 106. only.
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ENVI 149 - Environmental Ethics
Credits: 4
Examination of the major philosophical issues surrounding the environment and nature. Topics may include the value of nature; human obligations to the land, endangered species, non-human animals, ecosystems and future generations; vegetarianism; aesthetics and the environment; environmental racism; global warming; resource depletion; implications of environmental issues for ethical theory. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 170 - Environmental Geology
Credits: 4
Scientific examination of important environmental issues through investigation of Earth’s atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. Topics include environmentally relevant problems such as global warming predictions and their accuracy, acid rain, groundwater / soil / water pollution on local and global scales, sea level rise and impacts on coastlines, and global climate change in the past as a model for the future. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 181A - Environmental Studies Topics
Credits: 4
Environmental Studies Topics. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ENVI 201 - Humans & Physical Environment
Credits: 4
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of how humans interact with their environment, emphasizing environmental geology and environmental chemistry. Topics include: 1) human use of energy: sources, environmental consequences (including air pollution), socio-economic aspects; 2) natural hazards and their impact on human activities; 3) use of water, its contamination and waste disposal; 4) introduction to land use and environmental planning. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 205 - People, Politics & Environ II
Credits: 4
This course explores the interplay between the social, natural, and symbolic aspects of the places in which people inhabit. Students will be guided to design and conduct an independent research project, focusing on questions relevant to a specific locale, such as within the greater Binghamton area. The projects will be conducted using methods fundamental to social science research, with opportunity to use archival materials from the University’s Special Collections. Projects are intended for dissemination on public-facing platforms. This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence. Prerequisite ENVI 105. only.
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ENVI 206 - Geospatial Sensing - Part I
Credits: 4
This is the first of two lecture/lab courses of a two-semester sequence of research stream Geospatial Remote Sensing for FRI students. Students will be introduced to the theory, methods and techniques in geospatial remote sensing research while gaining an understanding of research problems in particular areas of environmental studies, geology, and anthropology. Pre-requisite: HARP 170. Offered every spring. This course satisfies the requirement of CHEM 106 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 225 - International Environ Policy
Credits: 4
Environmental problems do not respect national borders. Governments and other stakeholders must work together to address issues. This course explores how stakeholders govern natural resources and manage shared environmental challenges. Through lectures and case studies we will seek to understand the emergence of global policies, explore tradeoffs among local and global approaches, highlight environmental justice implications of past environmental regimes, and assess the effectiveness of policies seeking to address problems. Students will articulate how and why existing environmental governance systems develop, how effective they are, how equitably costs and benefits are distributed, and what future policies might address ongoing challenges. only.
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ENVI 230 - Intro to Environmental Policy
Credits: 4
This course introduces the policy processes that have created the current system of environmental laws and regulations in the United States. In particular, the course identifies the key issues that necessitate environmental regulation, identifies the key actors involved in environmental policymaking, and examines various political-economic rationales for why some policies are implemented and others are not. The course primarily focuses on a positive examination of the policymaking process; however, it will necessarily also include discussion of important normative dilemmas including environmental justice and the role of science in the policymaking process. Each of the four areas of environmental policy-air, water, waste, and natural resources-will be discussed within the broader context of American federalism and the separation of powers. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 234 - Biogeochemistry FRI - Part I
Credits: 4
This is the first of two lecture/lab courses of a two-semester sequence research stream in Biogeochemistry for FRI students. Students will be introduced to the theory, methods and techniques in biogeochemistry research while gaining an understanding of research problems in overlapping areas within the environmental science, geology, and biology disciplines. Pre-requisite: Admittance to the FRI Program, HARP 170. Offered every spring semester. This course satisfies the requirement of CHEM 106 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 239 - Environmental Planning/Policy
Credits: 4
Introduction to environmental management and planning processes as they are addressed in public policy, with an emphasis on factors that influence decision-making, including politics, economics, public interest and legal requirements. Focus on difficulties associated with defining goals, with uncertainty in environmental impacts and with the balance between qualitative and quantitative factors in decision-making, using case studies. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 250 - Farm-to-Table Food
Credits: 4
Farm-to-table introduces students to the process by which food is produced, harvested and prepared. The course includes lectures but also frequent trips to the Binghamton University Acres site with hands-on training. The activities of the course will incorporate the planning and preparation of the Garden-to-Grill event held at Binghamton University Acres. Course topics include: seed starting, direct seeding, composting, harvesting, event preparation and planning, and garden winterization. only.
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ENVI 260 - Intro GIS/Spatial Analysis
Credits: 4
This course uses hands-on exercise to address practical environmental and urban problems as it introduces students to the concepts and techniques at the heart of Geographic Information System (GIS). A central tool in such areas as environmental assessment, urban planning, health-care provision and population analysis. GI is a tool utilized through the social sciences and several of the physical sciences. The hands-on exercises encourage students to apply GIS techniques to address real-world issues. Offered regularly.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 280A - Topics
Credits: 4
TOPICS
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ENVI 280B - Topics
Credits: 4
TOPICS
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ENVI 280J - Topics
Credits: 4
TOPICS
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 281E - Topics In Envirnm Studies
Credits: 4
Topics In Envirnm Studies
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ENVI 281V - Topics In Envirnm Studies
Credits: 4
TOPICS IN ENVIRNM STUDIES
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 282A - Topics in ENVI
Credits: 2
Topics in ENVI. Subject matter varies by semester.
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ENVI 303 - Environmental Health
Credits: 4
This course introduces students to environmental and occupational health, one of the five core areas of global public health (biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health systems & policy, and social & behavioral sciences). Students will learn how humans’ relationship to their environment and the characteristics and hazards present in that environment, affect disease risk, and how the field of public health works to prevent injury and illness from exposures to hazards in our environments. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 304 - Intro to Envi Geochemistry
Credits: 4
Formerly ENVI 370. Examination of important environmental issues through geochemical investigation of Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Discussion of past and present control on the chemical composition of the atmosphere, freshwater, oceans and groundwaters. Prerequisites: CHEM 107 or CHEM 104 and 106 or consent of instructor and either GEOL 211 or 311 or ENVI 201. only.
Please note: students that have taken ENVI 370 will not receive credit for ENVI 304.
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ENVI 306 - Geospatial Sensing - Part 2
Credits: 4
This is the second of two lecture/lab courses of a two-semester sequence research stream in Geospatial Remote Sensing for FRI students. Students will apply the theory and methods in geospatial remote sensing to a research problem in a particular area of environmental studies, geology, and anthropology. Pre-requisite: ENVI/GEOL 206. Offered every fall semester.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 312 - Environmental Law & Policy
Credits: 4
Environmental laws as perceived and dealt with by various judicial, legislative and administrative units. Pollution case law. Impact of economics and technology on environmental laws (as fashioned by legislatures and interpreted by the courts). Policy as well as legal doctrine. Prerequisite: ENVI 101 and ENVI 201. only.
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ENVI 315 - Sustainability & Urban Policy
Credits: 4
The modern American urban environment is undergoing rapid transformation as people
reevaluate their relationship with both natural and manmade environments. Living buildings and green rooftops are beginning to appear on the skylines of many major cities, and once-abandoned urban lots are being transformed into vibrant urban gardens. The phenomenon can be found in large cities, as well as smaller urban communities like Binghamton. This course presents an interdisciplinary examination of the ever-evolving concept of sustainable living as it applies to modern urban rejuvenation and revitalization. Concepts explored include urban gardening, sustainable development, brownfield redevelopment, and the relationship between a city and its natural resources. As part of the course, students will participate in a group project on an aspect of local sustainable development in the Binghamton region. Prerequsite: Introductory policy course, such as ENVI 230 or ENVI/PHIL 149 or ENVI/GEOG 239. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 322 - Plants and People
Credits: 2
Plants and plant products are essential parts of human societies. For example, on a daily basis we rely on plants for food, medicine, textiles, building materials, and other aspects of our lives. Using the campus greenhouse as our classroom, this course provides an introduction to the science and history plants. As part of activities in the greenhouse, we will investigate the cultural ways in which humans use and interact with these and other plants. No prior knowledge about plants or botany is expected. Offered in the spring.
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ENVI 324 - Urban Ecology
Credits: 4
Urban ecology, which focuses on interactions between organisms and their environments in urban or urbanizing communities, is an emerging discipline. Urban ecosystems are becoming more commonplace worldwide, as over 50% of the human population now lives in urbanized areas. In this course, students will learn basic ecological principles, and how these apply to organisms adapting to life in human-modified landscapes. Students will also develop their own independent projects studying the impacts of urbanization on natural communities in the Greater Binghamton Area. Prerequisites: ENVI 101 and 201 Offered regularly.
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ENVI 325 - Ecological Agriculture
Credits: 4
Agricultural systems in Western and non-Western societies in relationship to ecological principles; factors affecting long-term stability. Plant-soil relationships as dynamic system. Ecologically based agricultural techniques in garden situation. Prerequisite: ENVI 101. Spring,
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ENVI 327 - N’Tl Hist Of Nature Preserve
Credits: 4
Outdoor class taught mainly in the Nature Preserve, rain or shine excepting extreme storm conditions. Students will learn specific features, such as flora, fauna and land-use history of the Binghamton University Nature Preserve and then participate in guiding Nature Preserve educational hikes for community and school groups. Some classroom discussion with guest speakers in education and/or life science fields. This is a front-loaded course with the course meeting more hours early in the semester, but less hours by mid-November. Each student will guide at least one visiting group through the preserve. Format: Grading based on participation in discussions and guiding as well as two written exams Prerequisite: ENVI 101 and BIOL 117. only.
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ENVI 329 - Ecology of Northeastern US
Credits: 4
This field-based course will focus on the ecology of the northeastern, U.S. examining the interrelationships between animals (including humans), plants, and the abiotic environment, taking an elevational tour of ecosystems in the northeast, from low-lying wetlands to alpine summits. Using the Binghamton University campus and surrounding area as our living laboratory, we will explore the local landscapes to study the dynamic interactions between living organisms and their environment. The impacts of human activity on ecosystems including climate change, invasive species dispersal, and insect-borne pathogen spread such as Lyme disease, will be explored, including adaption and management strategies. Prerequisites: ENVI 101 and ENVI 201 and BIOL 114. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 334 - Biogeochemistry FRI - Part II
Credits: 4
This is the second of two lecture/lab courses of a two-semester sequence research stream in Biogeochemistry for FRI students. Students will apply the theory and methods in biogeochemistry to a research problem in overlapping areas within the environmental science, geology, and biology disciplines. Pre-requisite: Admittance to the FRI Program, ENVI 234. Offered every fall semester.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 336 - Sweet Harvest: Bees and Maple
Credits: 4
Beekeeping and maple syrup production are two forms of specialized agricultural production that are growing in popularity across the U.S., and particularly in the Northeast. Building upon primary research conducted in the state of Maine, this course will explore these two practices across the Northeast, with particular focus in New York State. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, studying the history of production, the biological and ecological components, the embedded social and cultural meanings, and specifically climate change’s impacts on the present and future for beekeeping and maple syrup production. Course will include guest lectures and field trips. Prerequisite: ENVI 101 and 201. only.
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ENVI 338 - Food Policy: Health & Security
Credits: 4
What types of policies oversee the complexity of our food system? What are the effects? This course will explore the political debates, policy tools and agencies addressing issues of food safety, public health and food security across different scales with particular focus in the U.S. We will discuss problems that arise in our modern agricultural system and if/how U.S. policies attempt to address and alleviate these problems, including food-borne disease outbreaks, the My Plate dietary guidelines, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Students will work with food security organizations in Binghamton to understand these issues at the local scale. Prerequisite: ENVI 101, ENVI 201 and an Introductory policy course such as ENVI/PHIL 149, ENVI 230, or ENVI/GEOG 239. Offered regularly.
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ENVI 341 - Intl Conservation & Developmnt
Credits: 4
This course focuses on conservation and development worldwide. The course begins with and builds upon a critical issue in conservation: the tension between protected areas of international value and local people’s livelihoods since most biodiversity persists in areas where humans live. We will examine the complex issues entailed in conserving these areas and use prominent case studies to discuss and explore issues pertaining to biodiversity conservation, international protected areas, human rights, environmental history and politics, global economic inequities, and sustainable development. We will learn about the linkages between social, political, and economic inequality and implications for resource use and access. Prerequisites: ENVI 201 or ENVI 225. only.
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ENVI 342 - Environmental Hydrology
Credits: 4
Introduction to environmental hydrology. Topics include global and local hydrologic budgets; the process by which water moves through the environment; an introduction to the chemistry of natural and polluted waters; and field-based studies of surface and subsurface water. Prerequisites: ENVI 101 and 201. only.
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ENVI 343 - Nonrenewable Natural Resources
Credits: 4
Nonrenewable Natural Resources examines the geologic occurrence, extraction and processing methods, and environmental impacts of ore deposits such as those that provide industrial metals such as Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn; those that provide precious metals such as Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd; those that provide high-tech metals such as Nb, Ta, Zr, REEs, and U; and those that provide bulk materials such as Iron, Aluminum, Cement, Plaster, and Fossil Fuels. The uses, supply, demand, cost, and replacement alternatives of natural resources. as well as the geopolitical implications of natural resource distributions are considered. Prerequisite: one four-credit 100-level geology course, or ENVI 201, or one of ENVI 206, ENVI 234, or GEOL 234. only.
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ENVI 346 - Envi Chem Community Water Syst
Credits: 4
The course connects environmental chemistry with our community’s drinking water and wastewater treatment systems. Lectures focus on chemical processes occurring during treatment and how regulations protect water quality. To understand water chemistry and quality, students will collect water samples from Binghamton University’s Nature Preserve as well as visits to local wastewater and drinking water treatment plants. students will measure water quality in the field and conduct organic analysis on the water in the laboratory and will compare your water quality analyses to water regulations and make conclusions of the effectiveness of the regulations and areas for improvement. Prerequisite: ENVI 140, or one semester of college chemistry with a lab, or ENVI 201. only.
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ENVI 347 - Environ Pollution:Sci & Policy
Credits: 4
Air, water, and soil pollution sit at the intersection of science and policy. Understanding the ways that pollutants impact natural and human systems makes for better policymaking. Class topics include environmental problem identification, basic environmental chemistry and pollution analysis, and policy implications. The lectures will discuss concepts, problems and science related to the assessment and management of natural resources with an emphasis on the science and law. Team projects will provide experience in problem solving, teamwork, scientific ethics, and professional communications. Prerequisite: At least one semester of college chemistry with a lab, or ENVI 140, or ENVI 201. only.
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ENVI 357 - Biology&Conservation of Birds
Credits: 4
Basic biology of birds, focusing on characteristics affecting their ecological role. Conservation issues involving birds. Six to eight field trips and two field projects emphasizing identification, behavior and ecology. Two of the field trips are on weekends. Prerequisite: BIOL 114.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 360 - Intro to ENVI GIS Applications
Credits: 4
This introductory course for GIS emphasizes demographic data analyses as it applies to environmental challenges, especially environmental justice in the United States. Students will use ArcGIS to analyze spatial relationships, set map projections, build spatial databases, edit data, and create map layouts to help answer important questions in natural sciences and environmental studies. Course employs lectures and hands-on activities to address practical environmental problems and apply GIS as well as techniques used in data visualization, (importing, tidying, and transforming data to visualization) all critical for environmental data, analysis, and communication. Prerequisites: ENVI 101 or ENVI 201. Offered fall only.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 361 - Freshwater Wetlands Ecology
Credits: 2
Structure and function of various freshwater wetland types, including swamps, marshes, fens and bogs. Use of indicator plants to identify wetland types. Laboratory time will involve field trips to different wetland types, learning to identify wetland plants and making a collection. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: BIOL 114. Fall, Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 380A - Special Topics in ENVI
Credits: 4
Environmental Studies Topics. Subject matter varies by offering.
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ENVI 381A - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 2
Special Topics in Environmental Studies. Topics vary by offering.
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ENVI 381T - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 2
Special Topics in Environmental Studies. Topics vary by offering.
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ENVI 382A - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382B - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382D - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382E - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382F - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 382G - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382H - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
Course Fees Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 382J - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing.
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ENVI 382U - Spec Top In Environmental Stds
Credits: 4
Intensive study of a particular topic determined in advance. May be repeated for credit if different topic is offered. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing. Course fee applies. Refer to the Schedule of Classes.
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ENVI 397 - Independent Study
Credits: Variable
Independent study under guidance of faculty member. Prior to registration, student must consult with the faculty supervisor and receive approval of problem to be studied and amount of credit to be received.
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