Undergraduate- (Sustainability Courses= 63, Courses that include Sustainability= 121)
● Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
○ ALEC 340- Marketing and Public Strategies for Global Sectors- Examines how agricultural organizations communicate their mission, vision and goals for their company both in the United States and internationally. Students will examine agricultural companies in all sectors and analyze how they respond to global change.
● Anthropology
○ ANTH 415- Environmental Anthropology- Overview of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of human/environmental interactions. Impacts of environmental change on society and culture; human impacts on environmental change.
○ ANTH 432- Anthropology of Warfare and Violence- Origins and tactics of warfare; overview of cultural foundations of warfare and structural violence; and effects on communities, social institutions, environments, and social organization.
● Architecture
○ ARCH 232- Introduction to Architectural Technology- The place of building technology in architectural design. Introduces concepts and theory of structures; building materials and construction; as well as principles of sustainability, ecological literacy and environmental controls.
○ ARCH 341- Environmental Control Systems I- Principles of active and passive indoor climate control systems, including energy considerations, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, solar cycles, codes, life-cycle costs, and sustainability, integrated with the building design and envelope. Potable, waste and stormwater systems. Life safety related to fire protection systems and codes. Impact of environmental systems on human behavior, comfort, and the environment.
○ ARCH 342- Environmental Control Systems II- Building service systems and lighting design, including principles of electricity, wiring, daylighting, acoustics, and relevant codes, integrated with building envelope materials and assemblies. Principles of sustainability and the impact of environmental systems on human behavior, comfort, and the environment.
○ ARCH 372- Architectural Design IV- Design synthesis. Integration of design determinants emphasizing structure, sustainability, materials and construction.
○ ARCH 412- Non-Western and Indigenous Architecture- Building responsive to climate, material availability, and economic level, as designed by anonymous builders. Examples from prehistoric times to the present including the fertile crescent; the Indus Valley; Hindu, Buddhist, and Mughal architecture of India, China, and Japan.
○ ARCH 452 Special Topics in Sustainable Design- Faculty initiated professional elective involving sustainability and progressive environmental design.
○ ARCH 471- Integration Design Studio- Design project from conceptual through design development phase. Specification of component building systems including structures, mechanical, lighting, and construction details. Demonstration of principles of sustainability in design and building performance.
○ ARCH 486- Advanced Architectural Design: Sustainable Architecture- Architectural design studio emphasizing concern for the environment, consideration of energy conservation techniques, and use of renewable resources.
● Agricultural and Resource Economics
○ AREC 315- Agricultural and Environmental Law- Survey of legal topics related to agriculture and the natural environment. Topics include introduction to legal system, real property, civil liabilities, contracts, commercial transactions, environmental and natural resource regulation, farm and business organization, estate planning, and effective utilization of legal counsel.
○ AREC 445- Economics of Biomass for Renewable Energy- Overview of the economics of renewable energy and the potential role for biomass. Assessment of the economic, environmental, and policy forces that are shaping the bioenergy industry. Exploration of methods for evaluating the economic feasibility of bioenergy feedstock production, logistics, and conversion.
○ AREC 470: Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management- Application of a policy analysis framework to conflicts and issues associated with natural resource use and related environmental quality impacts. Design of institutional changes to improve economic efficiency and equity, with emphasis on the potential applicability of market-type and incentive-based policy mechanisms.
○ AREC 472 - Natural Resource Economics- Economic analysis of natural resource use and conservation with emphasis on land, water and other renewable resources. Principles for benefit-cost analyses of natural resource projects and policies. Methods for valuation of non-market impacts associated with natural resource use. Sustainability as an economic concept.
● Biology
○ BIOL 102 Introduction to Biology II- For non-biology majors, introduction to the principles of biology as they relate to biodiversity and ecological processes. Topics include a survey of evolutionary theory, an analysis of major representative organisms in the Tree of Life, and ecosystem dynamics including human impact on the environment.
○ BIOL 112- General Botany- Topics include development of the plant body, anatomy, hormonal and environmental growth regulation, plant nutrition, regulation of water and nutrients, origin of life and mechanisms of evolution, speciation, and population genetics, ecology including dynamics of communities and ecosystems, the interaction of plants and people including origin of agriculture, the Green Revolution, and plants as medicines, a survey of current environmental issues related to plant biology and tree identification.
○ BIOL 150- Organismal and Ecological Biology- Intended for science majors, an introduction to the major biological concepts emphasizing the organismal and ecological aspects of life. Organized along themes of evolution, structure and function, information flow, exchange and storage, pathways of energy and matter, and systems.
○ BIOL 158- Honors Organismal and Ecological Biology- Intended for science majors, an introduction to the major biological concepts emphasizing the organismal and ecological aspects of life. Organized along themes of evolution, structure and function, information flow, exchange and storage, pathways of energy and matter, and systems.
○ BIOL 260- Ecology- Relations between organisms and their environment, including human environmental problems. Topics include populations, communities, and ecosystems.
○ BIOL 269- Ecology Field-Based Laboratory- Field-based activities that illustrate the relations between organisms and their environment, including human environmental problems.
● Biosystems Engineering
○ BSE 221- Mass and Energy in Biosystems- Introduction to thermodynamic concepts for biological systems (energy, mass and energy balances, processes and cycles); psychrometrics and psychrometric processes; biological systems and the biosphere (bioenergetics, hydrologic cycle, global energy cycle).
○ BSE 416 - Environmental Hydrology- An introduction to hydrology and associated environmental implications including: the hydrologic cycle, evapotranspiration, runoff, erosion, unit hydrograph operations, routing, open channel flow, groundwater, infiltration, and urban stormwater.
● Biosystems Engineering Technology
○ BSET 125- Fundamentals of Building Systems and Materials- Introduction to construction organization, building systems and construction materials. Emphasis on the building process including codes, zoning, material standards, standard practice, and sustainability.
○ BSET 326- GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science- Introduction to the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in agriculture and in environmental science. Topics covered will include GIS software and concepts, GPS receivers, data acquisition, and spatial analysis of data to solve problems. Case studies in agricultural demographics, precision agriculture, pasture management, water quality, watershed management, and waste pollution will be used to provide hands-on experience with these emerging technologies.
○ BSET 345- Green Construction and Construction Safety- Considerations for energy efficient and environmentally sustainable buildings and development practices, practical and measurable aspects of building elements and corresponding building certification systems; construction safety, including the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of construction safety and health hazards.
○ BSET 414- CAD Applications to Biosystems Engineering Technology- Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) applications in agriculture and environmental science. Essentials of CAD software to create drawings of components, systems, flow charts, and process diagrams. Applications in mechanical, structural, and biosystems. 2-D applications with limited exposure to 3-D applications. Computer intensive course. Hands-on experience.
○ BSET 474- Environmental Instrumentation and Monitoring- Equipment and techniques commonly used to measure all aspects of hydrologic cycle ― precipitation, runoff, streamflow, and subsurface water movement. Sampling of all flows for contaminants. Design of monitoring systems. Analysis of data.
● Business Administration
○ BUAD 208- Honors: Business Ethics- Honors course designed for students seeking advanced professional orientation and experience in the application of ethics to the business environment. This course provides an in-depth focus on business ethics that combines philosophical theory, empirical social science, business ethics research perspectives, and service learning to course content. Examines the process of identifying, understanding, and effectively addressing contemporary ethical issues in the business enterprise. Perspectives from individual, organizational, societal and international levels are considered.
● Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
○ CBE 455- Elements of Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering- Cross-disciplinary course combining synergistic approaches of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to design complex cellular metabolisms to solve challenging problems related to health, energy, and environment with integration of state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques.
○ CBE 475- Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering- Cross-disciplinary course combining basic concepts in microbiology, biochemistry, reaction kinetics, and biochemical and environmental engineering. Commercial processes, biodegradation/wastewater treatment, analysis of basic bioreactor systems, biosensors, and immobilization methods.
○ CBE 481- Green Engineering- Principles and practical aspects of the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products for determining their feasibility and economic potential while minimizing the generation of pollution at the source and risk to human health and environment.
● Civil Engineering
○ CE 310- Civil and Environmental Engineering Lab- Introduction to laboratory report writing, design of experimental/testing programs, and fundamental lab and field testing for civil and environmental engineers.
○ CE 381- Environmental Engineering I- Introduction to drinking water treatment and distribution systems, wastewater treatment and collection systems, air pollution, solid/hazardous waste, and environmental regulations.
○ CE 391- Water Resources Engineering I- Introductory coverage of water resources engineering including fluid properties; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; hydraulics (flow measurement, pressure pipe, and open channels); and hydrology (climate and the hydrologic cycle, water budgets, groundwater flow, and rainfall-runoff estimation).
○ CE 401 Review of Engineering Fundamentals- Review of selected topics covered on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Emphasis is on those topics relating to civil and environmental engineering. Must be taken during either of the final two terms prior to graduation.
○ CE 409- Special Topics- Recent developments and current practice in civil and environmental engineering through field internship and/or self-study.
○ CE 440- Civil Engineering Systems Design and Management- Methods of data analysis and modeling of civil engineering systems to enhance resource allocation for specific application to problems of transportation, environmental, water resources, structural analysis materials. Emphasis on microcomputer applications.
○ CE 447- Honors Civil Engineering Systems Design and Management- Methods of data analysis and modeling of civil engineering systems to enhance resource allocation for specific application to problems of transportation, environmental, water resources, structural analysis materials. Emphasis on microcomputer applications. With additional honors project.
○ CE 481- Environmental Engineering II- Theory and design of drinking water treatment and distribution systems, and wastewater treatment and collection systems.
○ CE 482- Environmental Engineering Laboratory- Laboratory methods and interpretation of results for physical, chemical and biological analysis of water and wastewater.
○ CE 487- Honors Environmental Engineering II- Theory and design of drinking water treatment and distribution systems, and wastewater treatment and collection systems with additional honors project.
○ CE 494- Water Resources Engineering II- Advanced topics in water resources engineering with an emphasis on system analysis and design. Topics include: water distribution and pump analysis, hydropower generation, computer modeling for rainfall-runoff analysis and reservoir/stream flow routing, probability and risk/uncertainty analysis for design, flood control, and stormwater controls and drainage design.
○ CE 496- Water Resources Engineering Laboratory- Design and analysis of hydraulic and hydrologic experiments including laboratory exercises on basic fluid properties, hydrostatic pressure, flow behavior in porous media, pipe flow headlosses, open channel flow, fluid flow measurement in pressurized pipe and open channels, and pump analysis.
○ CE 497- Honors: Water Resources Engineering II- Advanced topics in water resources engineering with an emphasis on system analysis and design. Topics include: water distribution and pump analysis, hydropower generation, computer modeling for rainfall-runoff analysis and reservoir/stream flow routing, probability and risk/uncertainty analysis for design, flood control, and stormwater controls and drainage design with additional honors project.
● Chemistry
○ CHEM 150- Chemistry and Society- Food and agricultural chemistry, chemistry of life, chemistry in medicine, air and water pollution, energy and fuels.
○ CHEM 405- Topics in the Development of Chemistry- Historical development of topics such as the atomic theory; chemical industry; interrelationship of population, energy, and food. Subject matter may vary from one offering to another. Assignments include readings from older original literature (Dalton, Faraday, Kekule) and from current journals and monographs. Includes the use and misuse of evidence, the impact of chemistry on society, how scientists reach conclusions, and the nature of scientific controversy. Written reports are required. Writing-emphasis course.
● Economics
○ ECON 362 Environmental and Natural Resource Policy- Application of introductory microeconomic principles to contemporary environmental and natural resource policy issues such as air pollution, global climate change, population growth, forest management, and endangered species protection. Writing-emphasis course
○ ECON 463- Environmental Economics- Economic foundations for public decision-making about environmental resources utilizing tools from intermediate microeconomic theory. Emphasis on the welfare economic approach for the provision of public goods with specific emphasis on market failure, externalities, benefit-cost analysis, and methods for valuing environmental resources and human health.
● Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
○ EEB 304- Socio-Economic Impact of Plants- Significance of plants in origin and development of human cultures, evolution of cultivated plants, and role of plants in present civilization.
○ EEB 306- Ecology and Society- Issues and controversies in ecology and their biological, social, and economic significance.
○ EEB 309- Biology of Human Affairs- Current topics in biology and their public relevance, especially the interaction between biology and government. Issues include conservation, health, agriculture, national parks, population, etc.
○ EEB 330- Field Botany- Principles of taxonomy, basic ecological concepts and identification, recognition, collection and preservation of local, native and naturalized plants.