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ENST 101 - THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT: THE LITERATURE OF PLACE Credits: 3 This course is intended as an introduction to environmental studies and will have a humanistic focus this semester on "The Literature of Place," primarily nonfiction prose and personal essays which describe the writer's connection with a particular place and the accompanying interaction of humans and the natural environment in that place and more generally. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 102 - EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH Credits: 3 Study of earth's systems over the past 4.6 billion years. Topics include evolution of life, continents, ocean basins and climate. Cross-list: ESCI 102. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 113 - ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS SEMINAR Credits: 1 Discussion of environmental crises. Topics vary annually. Cross-list: BIOS 113, ESCI 113. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 114 - NATURAL DISASTER SEMINAR Credits: 1 Seminar topics vary by term. Cross-list: ESCI 114. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 204 - ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: THE DESIGN & PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE Credits: 1 The course introduces the fundamentals of community garden design and practice. Responsibilities will center on developing and improving the Rice Community Garden. The semester will begin with a short series of lectures by successful growers from the Houston community. a strong emphasis will be on learning and applying ecological principles to the practice of community agriculture. Cross-list: BIOS 204. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 281 - ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Credits: 3 Course URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~che//undergraduate/CHBE_281 Students will work in teams to develop sustainable solutions for energy or environmental problems affecting our Houston and Rice communities. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of engineering fundamentals with societal issues, environmental and safety considerations, sustainability and professional communications. Prerequisities: introductory engineering courses, or permission of instructor. Cross-list: CHBE 281. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 301 - INTRODUCTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE Credits: 3 This course is intended as an introduction to environmental studies from all divisions of the campus. The course focuses on attitudes and values relating to the environment as represented in environmental history and environmental literature. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 302 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: RICE INTO THE FUTURE Credits: 3 Students use the campus as a laboratory for learning about sustainability through group projects to reduce Rice's environmental impact or resolve environmental problems. In doing so, they learn about the science, technology, policy elements of environmental issues. Cross-list: SOCI 304. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 307 - ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Credits: 3 This course explores the physical principles of energy use and its impacts on Earth's environment and climate. Topics will include energy mechanics, climate change, and the environmental impacts and future prospects of various fossil fuel and alternative energy sources. Cross-list: CEVE 307, ESCI 307. Recommended Prerequisite(s): MATH 101 and PHYS 101 or PHYS 111. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 312 - ENVIRONMENTAL BATTLES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: HOUSTON AS MICROCOSM Credits: 3 This course will examine Houston (and neighboring areas) as a vivid case study in a broad array of environmental issues that engage policymakers, business leaders, scientists and other researchers, environmentalists, and citizens, not just in Houston but also across the United States and in other nations. There will be a particularly strong focus on air pollution, given Houston's well-known air quality problems and the especially complicated challenges they present. As with other topics covered in the course, air quality will be addressed in a multi-faceted manner, with discussion of its scientific, political, economic, sociological and historical dimensions. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 313 - SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Credits: 3 This course will explore sustainable design from initial sustainable facility concepts and team organizations, to enlisting community support and process assessment. The course will develop into details about sustainable design, lessons learned, processes and outcomes. Cross-list: ARCH 313. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 314 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Credits: 3 An overview of environmental health issues including discussion of epidemiologic methods; illnesses caused or exacerbated by environmental exposures; and the role of research in driving effective policies to protect and promote public health. The class will include visits by area researchers, physicians, promotores de salud and policy makers; a bus tour featuring disproportionately affected neighborhoods as well as cutting-edge "green" initiatives; an original student research on topical environmental health issues. The dynamic between research and action, i.e., "making a difference," will be stressed. Cross-list: SOSC 314. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 316 - ENVIRONMENTAL FILM Credits: 3 Explores the ways film represents the environment and environmental issues (food, water, energy, waste, environmental justice, sustainability), and both expresses and shapes environmental values. We will view and analyze a variety of genres, as well as reading supplementary material. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 323 - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY Credits: 3 Course URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bios323 The course is designed to give students a broad overview of conservation biology. Lecture and discussions will focus on conservation issues such as biodiversity, extinction, management, sustained yield, invasive species and preserve design. Cross-list: BIOS 323. Instructor permission required College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY Credits: 3 The course considers the major issues in the increasingly important public policy area of the environment. It emphasizes the American experience, but also considers certain international aspects of these issues. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 340 - GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES Credits: 3 This course introduces students to the coupled nature of the biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere using as focal points elemental cycles such as those of carbon and nitrogen. Cross-list: BIOS 340, ESCI 340. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 350 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP Credits: Hours Variable Provides enrollment credit for approved internships with environmental organizations or agencies. Students must seek approval prior to beginning the internship. Weekly progress reports and a final paper are required. Instructor permission required College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 367 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credits: 3 Applications of research and theory in the social sciences to an understanding of the attitudes and behaviors that contribute both to environmental problems and to their remediation; examination of the interactions between population pressures and human appetites, technological developments and ecological constraints as they combine to shape the human prospect. Cross-list: SOCI 367. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 368 - LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Credits: 3 How does literature express or shape environmental values? In this class we will read American fiction and nonfiction exploring the relationship between human and nonhuman nature. Cross-list: ENGL 368. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 400 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits: Hours Variable Instructor permission required College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 401 - COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES Credits: 3 Common Property Resources (CPRs), such as fisheries, aquifiers, and the internet, appear in many quises and pose a fundamental problem for governing. Exploration of theoretical under pinnings fo CPRs, their growing literature, and the political and economic institutions mediating CPR dilemmas. Included is an original research project in conjunction with the instructor. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 406 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Credits: 3 Legal techniques by societies to plan and regulate the use of environmental resources. Cross-list: CEVE 406. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 415 - THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT Credits: 3 Examines the environmental movement in the U.S. and globally. After a historical overview, we will use a social movement perspective to examine mobilization, organizations and tactics, ideologies and identities, as well as exploring aspects of contemporary environmentalism (e.g. green building and slow flood, wildlife management/biodiversity, sustainable development, environmental justice). Cross-list: SOCI 415. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 425 - ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY Credits: 3 This course covers the organic geochemistry of the natural environment. Topics include: production, transport, decomposition, and storage of organic matter in the marine and terrestrial environments, use of isotopes to track biogeochemical processes and natural and perturbed carbon cycle issues, including past and recent climate shifts. Cross-list: CHEM 425, ESCI 425. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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ENST 437 - ENERGY ECONOMICS Credits: 3 Discussion of key aspects in the supply and demand of energy. Topics include optimal extraction of depletable resources, transportation, storage, end-use and efficiency, and the relationship between economic activity, energy, and the environment. Cross-list: ECON 437. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Environment Studies
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