SNES CORE COURSES
Program objective: to provide an integrated understanding of the environment, broadly defined. This core recognizes that knowledge of the environment encompasses physical and biological sciences, social sciences and human behavior
Core courses provide:
- Integration among areas, disciplines, methodologies, topics and issues;
- Systems emphasis;
- Basic rigorous presentation of core materials;
- Root competencies for understanding the environment;
- A framework for further advanced coursework; and
- A new way of thinking that enables innovative solutions to complex problems.
The environmental core consists of five courses:
- Biotic Systems - BIOEE 2610: Ecology and the Environment
- Colloquium Series - SNES 200 - Environmental Sciences Colloquium
- Earth Systems - CSS 3650: Environmental Chemistry: Soil, Air and Water
- Economic Systems - AEM 2500: Environmental and Resource Economics
- Social Systems - DSOC/STS/SOC 3204: Environment and Society