Environmental Sciences 375
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11:375:101
Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3)
The impact of physical, chemical, and biological assaults on man and environment in air, water, wastewater, streams, noise, occupational health, and solid wastes.
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11:375:103
Introduction to Environmental Health (3)
Effects of environment on public health: disease causation by chemical, physical, and biological agents; agent sources/reservoirs, modes of transmission, and methods of control; chemical/biological warfare agents and preparedness; disease surveillance and disease-causing agent monitoring systems.
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11:375:201
Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
Hazardous agents, pollution, population interactions and dynamics; biogeochemical cycles in damaged and remediated ecosystems; environmental risk, management, and remediation; human health impacts.
Prerequisites: 01:119:101-102, 01:160:161.
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11:375:202
Chemical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
Biogeochemical cycles: mass balances within and among environmental reservoirs; importance of water; chemical properties of water and aquatic chemistry.
Pre- or corequisite: 01:160:209 or 307.
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11:375:203
Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)
Physical properties of water, air, and soils; energy and water in the earth system; kinetic and potential energy; and soil/plant/atmosphere relations.
Pre- or corequisites: 01:750:194 or 202 or 204.
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11:375:266
Soils and Their Management (4)
Formation; physical and chemical properties; classification; conservation and management; uses of organic matter, limestone, and fertilizers; suitability for land application of sludge, septage, and hazardous wastes.
Lec./lab. Prerequisites: 01:160:161-162, 171; 01:460:101; or equivalent.
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11:375:301
Environment and Health (3)
Examination of the relationship between human health and environmental disease agents; exposure and risk assessment of health hazards; origin, evaluation, and control of environmental health problems common to modern societies, such as pesticide use, environmental cancer, indoor air pollution, toxic wastes.
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11:375:302
Elements of Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)
Introduction to unit operations that constitute the state of the art of water and wastewater treatment.
Prerequisites: Two semesters each of general chemistry and calculus.
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11:375:303
Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3)
Formulation and solution of environmental science problems by applying analytical and numerical techniques. Principles of data analysis. Generation and solution of mass and energy balances.
(Formerly 11:375:437) Prerequisite: 01:640:135 or 151.
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11:375:307
Elements of Solid Waste Management and Treatment (3)
The generation, storage, transport, processing, ultimate disposal, and regulation of municipal solid wastes, including discussion of agricultural and hazardous wastes and recovery of resources.
Prerequisite: 11:375:203. Pre- or corequisite: 11:375:303.
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11:375:310
Analytical Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (2)
Analysis of environmental samples; environmental sampling procedures; experimental ethics; data analysis; HPLC; GC; and atomic adsorption spectroscopic analysis of organic and inorganic substances.
Prerequisites: 01:160:162, 11:375:202.
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11:375:312
Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (2)
Hands-on introduction to microbiological techniques related to environmental issues. Bacterial growth and nutrition, nutrient cycles, waste treatment, and water quality testing.
Pre- or corequisites: 11:375:201,202.
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11:375:322
Energy Technology and Environment (3)
Critical consideration of energy technology acceptable in a world faced with global warming, environmental pollution, and declining supplies of oil. Examines traditional (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear), renewable (solar, wind, biomass), and reduced carbon emission sources (co-generation, fuel cells).
Prerequisite: 01:640:135 or 137 or 151.
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11:375:333
Environmental Law I (3)
Theory and practice of environmental law in the context of common law remedies, constitutional environmental rights, and the public trust doctrine. Emphasis on constitutional "takings" and "preemption" issues, and on public policy and science interactions.
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11:375:334
Environmental Law II (3)
Administrative agencies and legislatures as sources of environmental law, with emphasis on pollution control law. Topics include judicial review; the National Environmental Policy Act; federal and state statutory control of hazardous substances; and air, water, and land pollution.
Prerequisite: 11:375:333.
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11:375:340
Environmental Applications of Organic Chemistry (3)
Concepts from organic chemistry applied to environmental systems: physico-chemical properties; acid-base, nucleophilic substitution, and redox reactions; prediction of lifetimes of organic chemicals in the environment; whether chiral compounds (PCBs, pesticides) have undergone biotransformation.
Prerequisite: 01:160:209 or 01:160:308.
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11:375:345
Environmental Transport Phenomena (3)
Vectoral and Einstein notation and rules; conservation principles; scaling; vorticity, circulation, and flow lines; turbulence; diffusion/conduction; and radiative transfer.
Prerequisites: 11:375:203, 01:640:252.
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11:375:346
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3)
Principles of atmospheric chemistry. Issues include the Antarctic ozone hole, ozone smog, acid rain, air toxics, greenhouse gases, and aerosols. Environmental implications of changing atmospheric composition.
Prerequisites: 01:160:161, Calculus I, and two semesters of physics.
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11:375:360
Soils and Water (4)
Physical and chemical properties of soils, soil-water interactions, erosion, etc. Soil properties important to environmental planning. Soil survey interpretation and use.
Lec. 3 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Prerequisite: 01:460:101 or 01:160:161 or equivalent.
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11:375:399
Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response (1.5)
Classroom instruction and hands-on learning of general skills required for working safely at a hazardous waste site. Meets the 40-hour OSHA requirement for hazardous waste site access certification.
Offered in the winter session. Prerequisite: Open to junior or senior majors, or by permission.
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11:375:403
Principles of Epidemiology (3)
Study of environmental disease patterns in human populations; emphasis on the association between environmental exposures and disease occurrence; analysis of causal relationships and risk estimates.
Prerequisite: 11:375:301.
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11:375:405
Fundamentals of Water and Wastewater Analysis (4)
Principles of quantitative and qualitative determinations of pollutants in waters, with special emphasis on modern techniques.
Lec./rec. 3 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Prerequisites: 01:160:161-162 or equivalent.
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11:375:406
Public Health Practice and Administration (3)
Identification and control of community health problems. Organization and functions of public health agencies discussed in conjunction with utilization of law in implementing health programs.
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11:375:407
Environmental Toxicology (3)
Basic principles and applications of toxicology to environmental problems.
Prerequisite: An organic chemistry course.
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11:375:408
Treatment Plant and Receiving Water Surveys (4)
Wastewater treatment plant and receiving water surveys, sampling technology, data interpretation. Field trips to treatment plants and polluted streams with the required chemical, physical, and biological analyses.
Prerequisite: 11:375:405.
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11:375:409
Environmental Statement and Impact (3)
Methods, procedures, and regulations involved with preparation of environmental impact and assessment statements. Critical review of currently issued statements and evaluation of construction impacts.
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11:375:410
Workshop in Environmental Assessment and Impact (3)
Firsthand experience in research, preparation, writing, and presentation of an environmental impact statement.
Prerequisite: 11:375:409.
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11:375:411
Environmental Microbiology (3)
Microorganisms in carbon, nitrogen, sulfur cycling, biogeochemical processes, and water and wastewater treatment systems; biodegradation strategies and pathways; and bioremediation of toxic contaminants in the environment.
Prerequisite: One semester of introductory microbiology or bacteriology.
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11:375:416
Chemical Reactions in the Environment (3)
Transformation of toxic environmental chemicals by plants, animals, sunlight, and microorganisms; mechanisms involved in the formation of cancer-causing materials; analysis and identification of environmental metabolites.
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11:375:421
Air Pollution (3)
Fundamental factors of atmospheric contamination; effect of pollution on man and environment; principles of measurement and survey; methods of control; air cleaning; legal aspects.
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11:375:422
Air Sampling and Analysis (3)
Methods for collection and analysis of particulate and gaseous pollutants. Stack sampling techniques.
Prerequisite: 11:375:421 or equivalent.
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11:375:423
Environmental Fate and Transport (3)
The fate and transport of chemicals to determine chemical exposures in aquatic systems and predict future conditions. Emphasis on water quality problems introduced by addition of nutrients, metals, and toxic organic chemicals to water, soil, and air.
Pre- or corequisites: 11:375:444 and 451.
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11:375:424
Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques (3)
Theory and laboratory experience in ambient and indoor air sampling. Calibration, classical air sampling, direct-reading instrumentation. Measurement and analysis of airborne nanoparticles and biological agents.
Prerequisite: 11:375:421 or equivalent or permission.
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11:375:430
Hazardous Wastes (3)
Hazardous waste management: case studies, RCRA and other legislation and regulations, treatment and disposal technology, sampling and analysis, fate in the environment, site cleanup.
Pre- or corequisite: 11:375:307.
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11:375:431,432
Special Problems in Environmental Science/Studies (BA,BA)
Conferences; library and laboratory work on assigned topics.
Prerequisites: Permission of adviser and program director of environmental sciences.
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11:375:434
Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)
Identification, evaluation, and control of chemical and physical stresses of industrial environment. Gases, aerosols, nonionizing radiation, noise, lighting, ergonomics, industrial ventilation, heat, and health standards.
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11:375:435
Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health (3)
Systems safety, accident causation and investigation, hazard analysis,
and loss control. Safety and risk management, including Worker's
Compensation and safety regulations.
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11:375:444
Water Chemistry (3)
Chemistry of natural and polluted waters; water quality; equilibrium models for several chemical systems in natural waters; stability of organic compounds.
Prerequisites: 01:160:161-162 and 01:640:135, 138, or equivalent.
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11:375:445
Problems in Aquatic Environments (3)
Effects of chemical and biological pollutants on marine and estuarine environments; demographic stresses.
Prerequisites: 01:119:101-102, 01:160:161-162.
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11:375:451
Soil Chemistry (3)
Chemical behavior in soils as it relates to their preservation, maintenance, and improvement for use by man.
Prerequisite: 11:375:266. Offered odd-numbered years.
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11:375:453
Soil Ecology (3)
Soil microbial contribution to ecosystem function, microbial diversity, nutrient cycling, soil enzymes, fate of soil amendments, soil flora and fauna, energy cycling, quantification of soil biological processes.
Prerequisites: 01:119:101-102.
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11:375:454
Soil Biological Processes (3)
Analysis of the properties defining the nature, function, and sustainability of the soil biological community, including soil chemical, biological, and physical properties; microbial metabolic processes and their rates in the soil; and limitations to bioremediation.
Prerequisites: 01:119:101-102, a semester of organic chemistry.
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11:375:487,488
Internship Experience (BA,BA)
Supervised internship in environmental science.
Prerequisites: Permission of adviser and program director of environmental sciences.
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11:375:497,498
Research in Environmental Science (BA,BA)
Supervised research experience in environmental science.
Prerequisites: Permission of adviser and program director of environmental sciences.
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