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Environmental Sampling and Reporting

Suzanne Smith — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:06:38 +0000

Environmental Sampling and Reporting is a hands-on, practical course that equips students with the skills and knowledge to collect, analyze, and report environmental data effectively. This course focuses on the methodologies and techniques used in environmental monitoring, including sampling air, water, soil, and animal populations. Students learn how to follow standard operating procedures, ensure quality control, and follow regulatory standards for environmental data collection. Through laboratory and field exercises, students gain practical experience in various sampling techniques, such as grab sampling, composite sampling, and passive sampling. The course emphasizes the tools and technologies used in modern environmental sampling, including sensors, GPS, and data loggers. In addition to technical skills, the course covers the essentials of data analysis and interpretation, ensuring students can present their findings in clear, comprehensive reports. Students learn to communicate technical data to diverse audiences, from scientists and regulators to the general public, while understanding the ethical considerations in environmental reporting. (Prerequisites: BIOL111W, ENVS110W)

Geology and Soils

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:01:11 +0000

Geology and Soils, like GEOL111W, covers the nature of geologic materials, structures, and processes. It likewise covers the processes that help shape the earth’s crust (such as mountain building; volcanism; continental drift; and the work of ice, wind, and running water). Unlike GEOL111W, it introduces students to minerals and rocks and includes topics such as soil genesis, the physical properties of soils, the role of water, inorganic and organic nutrients, and some aspects of soil management. This course involves laboratory work.

Forestry Resources

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:54:10 +0000

Forestry Resources introduces students to a wide range of issues that forests face in a changing climate with a growing human population. These interactions between humans and forests are extensive. Humans place significant pressures on forest resources, expecting many services in return. This course explores these interactions and other forestry-related topics, including distribution and forest ecology, silvics and forest management, and ecosystem services. This course also addresses alternative uses for forests and solutions to forestry-related issues. (Prerequisite:  FRST101W Recommended)

Dendrology and Introduction to Tree & Shrub Identification

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:53:26 +0000

Dendrology is the study of trees and other woody plants. In Dendrology and Introduction to Tree and Shrub Identification, students learn the taxonomy, geographic range, natural history, ecological relationships, and uses of major tree and shrub families found in New England. Laboratory work focuses on the morphology and classification of common New England trees and shrubs. In the field, the emphasis is on identification.

Environmental Project

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:49:26 +0000

A student-directed capstone course, Environmental Project asks students to apply the knowledge and skills they learned while fulfilling their Environmental Science degree requirements. In cooperation with their faculty advisor, students design and complete a comprehensive project related to their area of interest. (Prerequisite: CHEM113W, ENVS110W, GIS112W)

Conservation Biology

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:47:58 +0000

Conservation Biology takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the loss of biodiversity. Students examine the importance of biodiversity and the loss of it from a genetic perspective to an ecosystem perspective. In addition to studying the challenges for species management, students explore endangered ecosystems, the eventual cause of extinctions, and the roles of economic and social factors in environmental conservation. (Prerequisites: BIOL111W, ENVS110W)

Water Resources and Hydrology

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:46:47 +0000

Water is essential to life and many of the processes that occur on Earth. Water Resources and Hydrology takes a detailed look at the occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the Earth’s surface. This course covers the basics of limnology, water as a critical resource, threats to the resource, water treatment resources, and basic water-flow calculations. Laboratory work consists of field visits to both lotic and lentic systems, as well as the collection and analysis of rainfall and runoff data. (Prerequisites: BIOL111W, CHEM111W, ENVS110W)

Introduction to Environmental Science

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:43:52 +0000

Introduction to Environmental Science is an introductory course in environmental science involving an interdisciplinary study of how entities in nature are interconnected. It provides an integrated study of environmental problems, connections, and solutions.

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