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Social Vulnerability to Climate Change

July 15, 2022

How does climate change affect vulnerable human populations? We will attempt to answer a shared research question on this topic by reading the peer-reviewed literature and by conducting a semester-long data analysis project incorporating social and climate data from around … Read more

Senior Capstone Course

July 15, 2022

This capstone course covers a range of issues in public health ethics, particularly focused on environmental health. Students will work on a team-based project over the course of the semester. The projects will be focused on topics that have ethical … Read more

Undergraduate Research

July 15, 2022

Directed readings or laboratory study. Written reports are required. May be taken more than once for credit. Three to nine hours per week.

Capstone: Analysis and Solution of Environmental Problems

July 15, 2022

Interdisciplinary, team-based analyses of environmental phenomena are performed and applied to problems of the selection of effective environmental strategies. Students may select from a wide range of examples and venues.

Social Science Research Methods

July 15, 2022

Students learn quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research skills and their application to public policies and management of natural resources.

Restoration Ecology

July 15, 2022

Explores ecological theory and its application to the restoration of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Requires 30 hours of service to a local restoration project in which students will collect ecological data for a final case study project.