Environmental Studies Winter 2017 Courses
Registration begins today for our Winter Courses.
Environmental Studies Courses
ENVIR 100: Introduction to Environmental Studies – Great course for exploring environmental majors. Learn about environmental issues in a local and global context.
MWF 9:30a -10:20a | Elizabeth Wheat and Kristi Straus | 5 credits
ENVIR 200: Communication for Environmental Studies – Develop the skills necessary to engage, analyze, write, and speak about complex environmental issues in a variety of disciplinary contexts with particular values and emphases. Course restricted to Environmental Studies majors.
MW 9:30a – 11:20a, F 9:30a – 11:20a | Ned Schaumberg | 5 credits
ENVIR 239: Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts – Explore how food, energy and policy movements are moving our society towards a more sustainable future. Open to all majors.
MWF 12:30p -1:20p | Kristi Straus | 3 credits or 5 credits (service learning)
ENVIR 250: Research Methods for Environmental Studies – Get experience with data collection and apply it to an environmental lens.
MWF 8:30a – 9:20a | Yen-Chu Weng | 5 credits
ENVIR 295: Special Topics – Orientation to Environmental Studies for students new to the major. Contact enviradv@uw.edu for more info.
MWF 8:30a – 9:20a | Yen-Chu Weng | 5 credits
ENVIR 439: Attaining a Sustainable Society – Develop the tools for teaching environmental topics while learning the culture of teaching in immersive settings.
MWF 8:30a – 9:20a | Elizabeth Wheat | 5 credits
ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio – Work with UW Dept. of Landscape Architecture and the City of Auburn on sustainable infrastructure projects.
TTH 11:30a – 1:20p | TBD | 5 credits
ENVIR 495 D: Environmental Education Field Practicum – Design and deliver an environmental education curriculum for one of Washington’s most diverse middle schools.
TTH 9:30a – 11:20a | Tim Billo | 5 credits
ENVIR 495 F: Media and Messaging for Environmental Communication – Learn the importance of effective communication and explore the variety of media and methods for conveying environmental information in the digital age.
TTH 3:30p – 4:50p | P. Sean McDonald | 3 credits
Courses shared with other departments
ENVIR 243/PHIL 243: Environmental Ethics
ENVIR 313/ESS 315: Environmental Earth Sciences
ENVIR 431/ESRM 431/PSYCH 431: Ecopsychology
ENVIR 478/BIOL 478/FSH 478: Topics in Sustainable Fisheries
ENVIR 495 A/GERMAN 298A: Literature, Culture and Environment: Diversity in the Anthropocene