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511
Ecological Foundations for Environmental Managers (Fall-2 10/23-12/08)

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Schmitz
TBA - TBA
512
Microeconomic Foundations for Environmental Managers (Fall 1 08/30-10/13)

Kotchen
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA
521
Physical Science Foundations for Environmental Managers

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA
522
Human Science Foundations for Environmental Managers

Doolittle
TBA - TBA

Doolittle
TBA - TBA
550
Natural Science Research Methods

Lauenroth
TBA - TBA

Lauenroth
TBA - TBA
551
Qualitative Inquiry for the Human Sciences

Doolittle
TBA - TBA

Doolittle
TBA - TBA
552
Master's Student Research Colloquium

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA
553
Perspectives: Environmental Leadership

Zimmerman
TBA - TBA

Zimmerman
TBA - TBA
561
Energy Justice Seminar

Torres
TBA - TBA

Torres
Tentative
568
Overshoot: The Environmental and Policy Implications of Exceeding 1.5°C (Fall -1 August 30-October 11)

Faculty
TBA - TBA
   
573
Urban Ecology for Local and Regional Decision Making

Grove
TBA - TBA

Grove
Tentative
584
Application of Industrial Ecology

Lifset
TBA - TBA
   
586
Topics in Applied Aquatic Ecology

Freidenburg
TBA - TBA

Freidenburg
TBA - TBA
592
Documentary Film Workshop

Musser
TBA - TBA

Musser
Tentative
595
Yale Environment Review

Kotchen
TBA - TBA

Kotchen
TBA - TBA

Kotchen
TBA - TBA

Kotchen
TBA - TBA
598
Documentary and the Environment

Musser
TBA - TBA

Musser
Tentative
602
Ecosystems and Landscapes

Bradford
TBA - TBA

Bradford
TBA - TBA
603
Environmental Data Visualization for Communication

Queenborough
TBA - TBA

Queenborough
TBA - TBA
605
Environmental Risk Communication

Schwarz
TBA - TBA

Schwarz
Tentative
608
Our Air, Our Health
    Tentative (No Semester)
610
Managing Ecosystems for Climate Change Solutions

Brando
TBA - TBA

Brando
TBA - TBA
613
Writing as a Public Scholar

Wilson
Tentative

Wilson
Tentative
617
Real World Environmental Data Science

Grewal
TBA - TBA

Grewal
Tentative
618
Anthropology of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries

Carpenter
TBA - TBA

Carpenter
TBA - TBA
619
Philosophical Environmental Ethics

Latham
TBA - TBA

Latham
Tentative
621
The Ministry for the Future—Imagining the Potential for Global Climate Cooperation
    Tentative (No Semester)
622
Decarbonizing Pathways to Limit Climate Change
    Tentative (No Semester)
623
The Role of Methane in Global Climate Disruption: The Search for Solutions

Malone
TBA - TBA

Malone
TBA - TBA
624
The Science, Policy, and Management of GHG Removal Strategies

Saiers
TBA - TBA

Saiers
TBA - TBA
625
Writing Workshop (half semester class TBD)

Cohn
TBA - TBA

Cohn
Tentative
626
Writing for Publication in the Natural Sciences

Queenborough
TBA - TBA

Queenborough
TBA - TBA
628
Global Aspects of Food and Nutrition
    Tentative (No Semester)
629
North American Drylands: Ecology and Land Use
   
Lauenroth
TBA - TBA
630
The Physical Science of Climate Change

Raymond
TBA - TBA

Raymond
TBA - TBA
631
Poverty, Environment and Inequality

Taylor
TBA - TBA

Taylor
Tentative
632
Intro to Social Entrepreneurship

Chahine
Tentative

Chahine
Tentative
633
Critical Race Theory

Torres
TBA - TBA

Torres
Tentative
635
Renewable Energy Project Finance

Gross
Tentative

Gross
Tentative
640
Ethical Consumption: Promoting Workers’ Rights, Fair Prices, and Sustainability

Robinson
Tentative

Robinson
Tentative
641
Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management
Online
Kruse
TBA - TBA
Online
Kruse
Tentative
642
Environmental Justice/Climate Justice

Torres
TBA - TBA

Torres
Tentative
645
Urbanization, Global Change and Sustainability

Seto
TBA - TBA

Seto
Tentative
646
Foundations of Agriculture and Environment

Wood
TBA - TBA

Wood
Tentative
648
Organizing: People, Power, and Change

Robinson
Tentative

Robinson
Tentative
649
Food Systems: The Implications of Unequal Access

Taylor
TBA - TBA

Taylor
Tentative
650
Fire Ecology and Management of the US West
   
Faculty
TBA - TBA
652
Wood: Structure and Function
   
Brodersen
TBA - TBA
653
Maple: From Tree to Table

Orefice
TBA - TBA

Orefice
TBA - TBA
654
Structure, Function, and Development of Trees

Berlyn
TBA - TBA

Berlyn
Tentative
656
Physiology of Trees and Forests

Berlyn
TBA - TBA

Berlyn
Tentative
659
The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips)

Ashton
TBA - TBA

Ashton
TBA - TBA
660
Forest Ecology & Dynamics

Duguid
TBA - TBA

Duguid
TBA - TBA
668
Field Trips in Forest Resource Management and Silviculture

Ashton
Tentative

Ashton
Tentative
669
Forest Ecosystem Management and Operations (Friday field trips)
    Tentative (No Semester)
670
Southern Forest and Forestry Field Trip

Faculty
Tentative

Faculty
Tentative
671
Temperate Woody Plant Taxonomy and Dendrology

Duguid
TBA - TBA

Duguid
TBA - TBA
674
Forest Ecosystem Health

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
677
Ecological Restoration

Duguid
TBA - TBA

Duguid
Tentative
679
Plant Ecophysiology

Brodersen
TBA - TBA

Brodersen
TBA - TBA
683
Seminar in Tropical Forest Restoration

Ashton
TBA - TBA

Ashton
Tentative
684
Forest Finance

Spalding
TBA - TBA

Spalding
Tentative
685
Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes

Garen
Tentative

Garen
Tentative
688
Forest Management and Operations

Orefice
TBA - TBA

Orefice
TBA - TBA
692
Science and Practice of Temperate Agroforestry

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA
693
Advanced Readings: Social Science of Development and Conservation
    Tentative (No Semester)
694
Invasive Species: Ecology, Policy, and Management
   
Duguid
TBA - TBA
698
Carbon Containment

O’Rourke
TBA - TBA

O’Rourke
Tentative
701
Seminar on Climate Change Policy and Economics
   
Mendelsohn
TBA - TBA
704
Workshop on Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry with Drones

Lee
TBA - TBA

Lee
TBA - TBA
706
Organic Pollutants in the Environment
    Tentative (No Semester)
707
Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
   
Benoit
TBA - TBA
708
Aquatic Chemistry

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
709
Lectures, Discussions and Applications of Soil Science

Bradford
TBA - TBA

Bradford
TBA - TBA
712
Water Management

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA
713
Coastal Ecosystems

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA

Anisfeld
Tentative
716
Renewable Energy

Oristaglio
Tentative

Oristaglio
Tentative
717
Tropical Field Ecology

Comita
TBA - TBA

Comita
TBA - TBA
718
Climate Change Seminar
    Tentative (No Semester)
720
Introduction to R
   
Queenborough
TBA - TBA
722
Boundary Layer Meteorology (First Organizational Meeting, TBD)
    Tentative (No Semester)
723
Wetlands Ecology, Conservation & Management

Freidenburg
TBA - TBA

Freidenburg
TBA - TBA
725
Water, Energy, and Food Interconnections in a Changing Climate
   
Saiers
TBA - TBA
726
Observing Earth from Space

Lee
TBA - TBA

Lee
Tentative
727
Global Food Challenges
    Tentative (No Semester)
728
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences

Reuning-Scherer
TBA - TBA

Reuning-Scherer
Tentative
730
Environmental Data Science in R: Understanding Methane Dynamics

Malone
TBA - TBA

Malone
TBA - TBA
731
Tropical Field Botany
    Tentative (No Semester)
734
Biological Oceanography

Decker
Tentative

Decker
Tentative
735
Hydrologic Science for Environmental Managers
    Tentative (No Semester)
736
Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
738
Wildlife Movement Ecology

Harris
TBA - TBA

Harris
TBA - TBA
742
Fundamentals of Working with People

DeCew
TBA - TBA

DeCew
Tentative
744
Conservation Science and Landscape Planning

Schmitz
TBA - TBA

Schmitz
TBA - TBA
745
Global Human-Wildlife Interactions

Harris
TBA - TBA

Harris
TBA - TBA
750
Writing the World

Klinkenborg
TBA - TBA

Klinkenborg
Tentative
751
Sampling Methodology and Practice

Gregoire
TBA - TBA

Gregoire
TBA - TBA
752
Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Forests
    Tentative (No Semester)
753
Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data

Gregoire
TBA - TBA

Gregoire
TBA - TBA
754
Geospatial Software Design
    Tentative (No Semester)
755
Modeling Geographic Space

Tomlin
TBA - TBA

Tomlin
Tentative
756
Modeling Geographic Objects

Tomlin
TBA - TBA

Tomlin
Tentative
757
Data Exploration and Analysis

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA
758
Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences

Reuning-Scherer
TBA - TBA

Reuning-Scherer
TBA - TBA
759
Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science

Dove
TBA - TBA

Dove
TBA - TBA
760
Conservation in Practice: An International Perspective

Vedder
TBA - TBA

Vedder
Tentative
761
Negotiating International Agreements: The Case of Climate Change

Biniaz
TBA - TBA

Biniaz
Tentative
762
Applied Math for Environmental Studies (AMES):Foundations for Measuring and Modeling Environmental and Socio-environmental Systems

Fenichel
TBA - TBA

Fenichel
Tentative
764
Sociology of Sacred Values: Modernity, Ecology, and Policy
   
Farrell
TBA - TBA
767
Building a Conservation Toolkit: From Project Design to Evaluation

Vedder
TBA - TBA

Vedder
Tentative
771
Fundamentals of Green Engineering and Green Chemistry

Faculty
Tentative

Anastas
TBA - TBA
773
Air Pollution Control (APC)

Gentner
TBA - TBA

Gentner
Tentative
774
Agriculture: Origins, Evolution, Crises
    Tentative (No Semester)
775
Federal Indian Law

Torres
TBA - TBA

Torres
Tentative
781
Applied Spatial Statistics

Gregoire
TBA - TBA

Gregoire
TBA - TBA
782
Globalization Space: International Infrastructure and Extrastatecraft

Easterling
TBA - TBA

Easterling
Tentative
785
Material Flow Analysis for the Circular Economy

Miatto
Tentative

Miatto
Tentative
789
Energy and Development

Rao
TBA - TBA

Rao
TBA - TBA
793
Abrupt Climate Change and Societal Collapse
    Tentative (No Semester)
795
Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models

Fenichel
Tentative

Fenichel
Tentative
796
Biopolitics of Human-Nonhuman Relations
   
Dove
TBA - TBA
799
Sustainable Development Goals and Implementation
    Tentative (No Semester)
800
Energy Economics and Policy Analysis

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
TBA - TBA
804
Economics of Environmental & Natural Resource Management
    Tentative (No Semester)
805
Seminar on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Gillingham
TBA - TBA

Gillingham
TBA - TBA

Gillingham
TBA - TBA

Gillingham
TBA - TBA
807
Corporate Environmental Management and Strategy

Esty
TBA - TBA

Esty
Tentative
811
Metrics, Tools and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility

Cort
Tentative

Cort
Tentative
814
Energy Systems Analysis (First Class Begins Sept 6)

Rao
TBA - TBA

Rao
TBA - TBA
816
Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition
    Tentative (No Semester)
817
Urban, Suburban, and Regional Planning Practice

Kooris
TBA - TBA

Kooris
Tentative
820
Land Use Law and Environmental Planning

Shansky
TBA - TBA
   
821
Environmental Policymaking: From Local to Global

Sanford
TBA - TBA

Sanford
TBA - TBA
822
Strategic Communication: Delivering Effective Presentations(see description for section times and dates)

Reich
Tentative

Reich
Tentative
823
Energy Law and Policy (Follows Law School Calendar)

Elliott
TBA - TBA

Elliott
Tentative
824
Environmental Law and Policy

Klee
TBA - TBA

Klee
TBA - TBA
831
Society and Natural Resources Seminar: A “Reflexive Conversation"
    Tentative (No Semester)
834
Environmental Economics and Policy

Kotchen
TBA - TBA

Kotchen
TBA - TBA
835
Seminar on Land Use Planning

Bacher
TBA - TBA

Bacher
Tentative
835E
Seminar on Land Use Planning (Online)

Bacher
TBA - TBA

Bacher
Tentative
836
Agrarian Societies: Culture, Society, History, and Development

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
838
Life Cycle Assessment

Yao
TBA - TBA

Yao
Tentative
839
Power in Conservation

Carpenter
TBA - TBA

Carpenter
TBA - TBA
840
Climate Change Policy and Perspectives

Klee
TBA - TBA

Klee
TBA - TBA
850
International Organizations and Conferences

Boyd
TBA - TBA

Boyd
Tentative
855
Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas (Dates TBD)
    Tentative (No Semester)
857
Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

Faculty
TBA - TBA
   
860
Developing Environmental Policies and Winning Campaigns

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
873
Global Environmental History
    Tentative (No Semester)
877
Anthropology of the Global Economy for Conservation and Development
    Tentative (No Semester)
878
Climate and Society: Past to Present

Dove
TBA - TBA

Dove
TBA - TBA
884
Industrial Ecology

Faculty
Tentative

Yao
TBA - TBA
893
Principles of Risk Assessment

Vasiliou
Tentative

Vasiliou
Tentative
894
Green Building: Issues and Perspectives

Kops
TBA - TBA

Kops
Tentative
896
Public Health Toxicology

Vasiliou
Tentative

Vasiliou
Tentative
898
Environment and Human Health

Bell
TBA - TBA

Bell
TBA - TBA
900
Doctoral Student Seminar and Responsible Conduct of Research

Raymond
TBA - TBA

Raymond
TBA - TBA
902
Environmental Anthropology Colloquy

Dove
TBA - TBA

Dove
TBA - TBA
905
Doctoral Seminar in Environmental and Energy Economics
   
Gillingham
TBA - TBA
908
Urban and Environmental Economics

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
910
Survival Skills for Doctoral Students
    Tentative (No Semester)
951
Strategic Environmental Communication

Leiserowitz
TBA - TBA

Leiserowitz
TBA - TBA
952
Political Ecology of Conservation and Restoration of Tropical Forest Landscapes
    Tentative (No Semester)
953
Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting

Boyd
TBA - TBA

Boyd
Tentative
954
Management Plans for Protected Areas (includes Friday and Saturday Field trips)

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
955
Seminar in Research Analysis, Writing and Communication in Forest Ecology

Ashton
TBA - TBA

Ashton
TBA - TBA

Ashton
Tentative

Ashton
Tentative
956
Strategies for Land Conservation

Gentry
TBA - TBA

Gentry
TBA - TBA
957
Field Skills in Land Stewardship

Faculty
TBA - TBA

Faculty
Tentative
958
Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting Clinic- Entrepreneurs
    Tentative (No Semester)
959
Clinic in Climate Justice, Climate Policy, the Law, and Public Health

Bozzi
TBA - TBA

Bozzi
TBA - TBA

Bozzi
Tentative

Bozzi
Tentative
960
Climate Solutions Capstone: Nature Based Solutions Clinic
    Tentative (No Semester)
961
Environmental Law and Politics: Research and Advanced Topics Seminar
    Tentative (No Semester)
962
Tribal Resources and Sovereignty-Clinic

Gonzalez-Rogers
TBA - TBA

Gonzalez-Rogers
TBA - TBA
   
963
Case Studies in Water Management: Conflict and Cooperation

Anisfeld
TBA - TBA

Anisfeld
Tentative
970
Environmental Protection Clinic Policy and Advocacy (Follows Law School Calendar)

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
Tentative

Kysar
Tentative
971
Land Use Clinic

Bacher
TBA - TBA

Bacher
Tentative
972
Advanced Environmental Protection Clinic (Follows Law School Calendar)

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
Tentative

Kysar
Tentative
973
Capstone on Waste in the Urban Environment: Technology, Policy, and Management
    Tentative (No Semester)
974
Social Innovation Starter

Chahine
TBA - TBA

Chahine
Tentative
975
Western Lands and Communities Field Clinic: Research to Practice

Farrell
TBA - TBA

Farrell
TBA - TBA
979
Climate Solutions Capstone: Sub-National Actors

Klee
TBA - TBA

Klee
Tentative
982
Green Engineering and Sustainable Design

Zimmerman
TBA - TBA

Zimmerman
TBA - TBA
983
Water Resource Science & Management Capstone
    Tentative (No Semester)
985
Capstone: Neighborhood Planning Workshop

Kooris
TBA - TBA

Kooris
Tentative
990
Climate, Animals, Food, and Environment Law & Policy Lab — Pre-Registration Deadline: TBD

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
TBA - TBA

Kysar
Tentative

Kysar
Tentative
991
Advanced Climate, Animals, Food, and Environment Law and Policy Lab
    Tentative (No Semester)