Integrated Program in the Environment
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements ENVSUSTBA
Requirements
The major requires at least 30 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introduction to Sustainability Studies. One (1) course:
- ANTH-E 101 Sustainability and Society
- EAS-E 116 Our Planet and Its Future
- GEOG-G 185 Environmental Change: The End of the World as We Know It?
- GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
- SPEA-E 183 Environment and People
ANTH-E 101 Sustainability and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How do humans relate to the environment? Addresses this question from cross-cultural, historical, scientific, and ethical perspectives. Considers current problems; examines how technical, socioeconomic and political changes transform people's use of natural resources. Students evaluate how societies vary in perceptions of nature and explore implications for behavior, decision making, and environmental change.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
EAS-E 116 Our Planet and Its Future
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The interaction between geologic and environmental processes in the earth. Special emphasis on how these processes affect public policies and laws. Multimedia exercises and videotape presentations (made specifically for this course) are included. Two lectures and one discussion section/laboratory per week.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 116 or GEOL-G 116.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 185 Environmental Change: The End of the World as We Know It?
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How has the global environment changed? How are we influencing Earth's natural processes, now and in the future? Learn about climate change, resource consumption, and land use change.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Just as we shape the environment, the environment shapes us. From globalization to food production to climate change, learn how humans and environments interact.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
SPEA-E 183 Environment and People
- Description
- Environment and people is an introductory course that examines how humans interact with their environment. This course covers multiple topics, centered-around human-environment dimensions of environmental change. The overarching objective is to develop an understanding of our impact on the planet and possible solutions to environmental degradation.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Human-Environment Systems. One (1) course:
- ANTH-B 343 Evolution of Human Ecological Footprint
- ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
- ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (Approved topics: "LANGUAGE HOTSPOTS AND BIODIVERSITY" (TPC 29))
- GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
- GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics
- GEOG-G 343 Perspectives on Environmental Decisions
- GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest
- GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
- GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
- GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (Approved topics: "ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY" (TPC 151))
- HIST-W 215 Natural Disasters in World Environmental History
- HIST-W 215 Natural Disasters in World Environmental History
- INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment (Approved topics: "ARCTIC ENCOUNTERS: ANIMALS, PEOPLE AND SHIPS" (TPC 7))
- POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
- SOAD-D 303 Green Building Concepts and Technologies
- SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
- SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology
- SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience
- SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics
- SPH-O 305 Integrated Resource Management
- SPH-O 360 Human Health and Natural Environments
- SPH-V 422 Issues in Global Environmental Health: Investigations and Interventions
ANTH-B 343 Evolution of Human Ecological Footprint
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The current environmental crisis did not begin overnight and likely has roots deep in our evolutionary history. Although the scale of our effects on the biosphere has only recently shown exponential growth, it is worth examining how we got to this point today. This course explores a series of threshold moments in the history of our species that had great implications for the environment.
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- When we think of nature, what images come to mind? How are ideas of nature influenced by culture, history, and politics? By the end of the semester, students will recognize how environments represent a collection, not only of plants and animals, but also of meanings and relationships.
ANTH-E 418 Globalization and Consumer Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines processes of globalization and economic and cultural integration, including the origin and spread of mass-consumer society. Topics include the theories of consumption, mass media and advertising, and the relationship between modernity and consumerism. Includes examples from societies around the world.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar course that explores major theories and approaches to conservation, from "fortress conservation" to community-based and participatory strategies. Considers the implications of protected areas for local human populations and cultural diversity. Evaluates outcomes and unintended consequences of protected areas, and controversies over the "best" way to protect natural resources.
- Spring 2025CASE DUScourseFall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Spring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the environmental impact of global population growth, natural resources utilization, and pollution. Examines current problems relating to energy consumption, farming practices, water use, resource development and deforestation from geologic and ecological perspectives. Strategies designed to avert predicted global catastrophe will be examined to determine success potential.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourse
GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Can humans restore ecosystems and undo the environmental harm they have caused? To what state/extent should ecosystems be restored? What drives the ecological restoration movement? Investigates the deeply interconnected history, philosophy, ecology, geomorphology, and political economy of restoration through readings, discussions, and fieldwork.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 343 Perspectives on Environmental Decisions
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Reviews social science theoretical frameworks to explain environmental behavior and decisions, and implications for effective environmental management policies and methodologies. Topics include global changes in land/climate systems; sustainable development; property regimes; vulnerability and adaptation; integrative-interdisciplinary methods for environmental management; equity and participatory decision-making, etc.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the science, politics, and ethics of water in the Midwest from the Bloomington campus to the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins. Critically examines such water issues as pollution, environmental justice, flooding, invasive species, agricultural and urban water demand, and effective regulation.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing climate to change at an unprecedented rate. This course will explain how and why anthropogenic activity is causing climate to change, how this impacts society and options for adaptation and mitigation, plus the potential to reduce climate change through geoengineering.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How has nature been appropriated, reworked, and produced under capitalism; conversely, how does the materiality of nature shape the conditions of capitalism? In this seminar, we will investigate how relations between capitalism and nature have evolved from the end of feudalism through the current neoliberal era.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourse
GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to political ecology, an approach which focuses on the political-economic context of natural resource conflicts with particular attention to issues of equity, justice, and power. Covers the theoretical lineage of political ecology, its development over the last twenty years, and current hot topics in the field.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 453 Water and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Do we control water, or does it control us? Introduces geographic perspectives on the interaction of water and society. Takes the holistic view and asks the big questions about how water shapes, and is shaped by, social, political, and cultural dynamics.
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 478 Global Change, Food, and Farming Systems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to food production and consumption systems, emphasizing linkages to land use and social change on food/farming system sustainability. Topics include urbanization, population growth, and economic liberalization; farming livelihoods, gender, and poverty; biotechnology; agro-ecology, global health.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
- Description
- Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-W 215 Natural Disasters in World Environmental History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the stories that people tell about the relations between humans and the natural world and the ways that natural disasters operate as both reality and idea. Considers issues drawn from world historical cases and how environmental history and catastrophes transcend political boundaries.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-W 215 Natural Disasters in World Environmental History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the stories that people tell about the relations between humans and the natural world and the ways that natural disasters operate as both reality and idea. Considers issues drawn from world historical cases and how environmental history and catastrophes transcend political boundaries.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining pressing health and environmental challenges around the world. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the processes of social decision reconciling human demands on the natural world with the ability of nature to sustain life and living standards. Analyzes the implications for public policies in complex sequential interactions among technical, economic, social, and political systems and considers the consequences of alternative courses of action.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
SOAD-D 303 Green Building Concepts and Technologies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines topics related to green building design and technologies, including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and LEED Exam preparation.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
- Description
- None
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology
- Description
- Ecological principles associated with rare species and with biodiversity, laws and statutes used to conserve biodiversity, and land and species management practices. The aim is to understand scientific and political complexities of conservation biology, and to study different methods used to conserve living resources and resolve conflicts associated with conservation.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-V 413 Food Systems and Community Resilience
- Description
- This course provides an overview of the food system in the U.S., focusing on the system shaping the food we eat, and the resilience of people, communities, and the environment. It explores community food system development in relation to food security and food sovereignty as catalysts to resilient communities.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-V 424 Environmental Law, Justice, and Politics
- Description
- An introduction to U.S. environmental politics and policy, focusing on the institutions and political actors involved in environmental protection. It emphasizes the difficult political, economic, and social justice questions that arise in the context of managing current and future public health and ecological risks.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-O 305 Integrated Resource Management
- Description
- Provides a managerial understanding of ecological concepts, resource management practices, and resource policies related to natural resource/land management. Focus on allocation of resources, carrying capacity, resource protection, and environmental impacts of uses on natural resources.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-O 360 Human Health and Natural Environments
- Description
- Examination of the relationships among human health, quality of life, and natural environments from the perspective of cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and related domains. Experiential learning in local natural settings.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-V 422 Issues in Global Environmental Health: Investigations and Interventions
- Description
- This course is designed to provide undergraduate students an overview of the most important environmental health challenges across the world. Many public health students may plan to seek employment opportunities in various environmental programs and projects of the United Nations other international agencies and some other international NGOs. This course will provide knowledge of global environmental health problems from toxicological, risk management and epidemiological perspectives. Additionally, region-specific intervention studies will be discussed for deeper understanding of mitigation options. Lectures will address issues in the areas of air, water and soil pollutions, global warming and climate change, infectious diseases, genetically modified foods etc. Strategies and programs that have successfully minimized the risks of environmental exposures and associated outcomes will be mapped.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Communication and Creative Expression. One (1) course:
- ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
- ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction
- ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing
- ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing
- FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences (Approved topics: "MUSIC & DISASTER" (TPC 22); "MUSIC, COMMUNITY, SUSTAINBLTY" (TPC 23))
- FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields (Approved topics: "FOLKLORE & THE ENVIRONMENT" (TPC 11))
- MSCH-C 250 Story Lab I
- MSCH-J 363 Web and Mobile Design
- MSCH-P 351 Advanced Video Field and Post Production
- MSCH-P 435 Advanced Documentary Workshop
- MSCH-S 452 Communicating Climate Change
- CSCI-A 348 Mastering the World Wide Web
- SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
- SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication
- SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (Approved topics: "GRANT WRITING" (TPC 528))
- SPH-O 340 Interpretation and Tour Guiding
- SPH-O 341 Field Techniques in Envir Educ
ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This class is grounded in the perspective that symbolic and natural systems are mutually constituted and therefore, the ways we communicate about and with the environment are vital to examine for a sustainable and just future. The focus of the class may vary to engage topics such as environmental tourism or environmental disasters.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 348 or ENG-R 348.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
ENG-W 311 Writing Creative Nonfiction
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ENG-W 203
- Description
- Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, and documentary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit.
ENG-W 321 Advanced Technical Writing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ENG-W 231
- Description
- Offers instruction in preparing technical proposals and reports, with an introduction to the use of graphics.
ENG-W 350 Advanced Expository Writing
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Completion of the English composition requirement
- Description
- Advanced writing course focuses on the interconnected activities of writing and reading, especially the kinds of responding, analyzing, and evaluating that characterize work in many fields in the university. Topics vary from semester to semester.
FOLK-F 253 Folklore and the Social Sciences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other social science disciplines such as semiotics and anthropology.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
FOLK-F 330 Folk Culture and Related Fields
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies of folk culture in relationship to other fields. Focuses on such interdisciplinary topics as folk culture in relationship to language, literature, psychology, history, religion, sociology, musicology, or anthropology.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
MSCH-C 250 Story Lab I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive, hands-on course introduces storytelling skills, techniques and tools for effective media creation in a digital, multi-platform environment and provides the knowledge and skills needed for success in higher-level, more specialized courses of study across the Media School curriculum, including advertising, digital media, journalism, and public relations.
- Grading
- Students are able to earn credit for only one of the following: MSCH-C 250; JOUR-J 210; MSCH-C 226; MSCH-C 21001
MSCH-J 363 Web and Mobile Design
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- C- in MSCH-C 250, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Introduction to the design, creation, and maintenance of websites and mobile platforms. Students learn design standards and how to apply them in the design of messages using multiple media. Course progresses from introductory work on web design to a culminating project employing responsive design.
MSCH-P 351 Advanced Video Field and Post Production
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- C- or higher in MSCH-C 223 and MSCH-C 228, or consent of instructor
- Notes
- Lab fee required
- Description
- Teaches advanced technical skills and creative principles to produce content for broadcast, commercial, informational, and artistic television. Topics covered include technology, production design, content and structure, composition, lighting, portraiture, audio, editing, color correction, and television broadcast delivery requirements. Opportunities to create projects for external clients may be available through the Office of Service Learning.
MSCH-P 435 Advanced Documentary Workshop
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- C- or higher in MSCH-P 335 or MSCH-P 344 or MSCH-P 360; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Focuses on collaborative production of a substantial documentary. Employs advanced, specialized procedures, theories, and skills involved in professional production, including research, investigative techniques, production design, cinematography, sound, post-production, writing, and rights clearance.
MSCH-S 452 Communicating Climate Change
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides an overview of public opinion on climate change, introduces different theoretical perspectives on the barriers to public engagement with the topic, and examines the effectiveness of different methods of climate change communication designed to foster public engagement.
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
CSCI-A 348 Mastering the World Wide Web
- Description
- Project-oriented course leading to ability to maintain a fully functional web site. Topics include internet network protocols and web programming, server administration, protocols, site design, and searching and indexing technologies.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-E 311 Introduction to Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
- Description
- This course will cover basic human health and risk assessment procedures, as outlined by the various regulatory agencies (especially EPA) and standards setting groups. As risk communication is an integral part of any risk management process, risk communication techniques and applications will be integrated into the course material.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-E 412 Risk Communication
- Description
- Risk communication is the means by which technical information is communicated to others (the public included), especially in the context of making decisions about environmentally-related policy (such as siting of a landfill). The course emphasizes both theory (in lectures) and practical experience through developing and acting in role-play scenarios.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs
- Description
- Extensive analysis of selected contemporary issues in public affairs. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-O 340 Interpretation and Tour Guiding
- Description
- Introduction to personal-heritage interpretation and tour guiding. Exploration of the tenets and principles from various fields of study that encompass the body of knowledge used in the interpretation/tour guiding profession.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-O 341 Field Techniques in Envir Educ
- Description
- This is an intensive one-week course that uses the outdoors as a laboratory to share strategies, methodologies, and techniques to teach environmental education concept to others. The course offers training and subsequent certification in the three environmental education curriculums-Project Wild, Project Wet, and Project Learning Tree.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Data Collection and Analysis. One (1) course:
- Qualitative Methods
- ANTH-E 302
- INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
- GEOG-G 388 Qualitative Methods in Geography
- Geospatial Data Analysis
- GEOG-G 237 Mapping our World: From Mercator to Mashups
- GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing
- GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
- SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based Gis
- Statistical and Computational Techniques
- CJUS-K 300 Techniques of Data Analysis
- EAS-E 314 Data Analysis for Earth Science
- ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
- ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
- GEOG-G 250 Computing in the Geospatial Sciences
- GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
- POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
- PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
- SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
- SPEA-K 300 Statistical Techniques
- SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems
- SPH-Q 381 Introduction to Biostatistics
- SPH-R 314 Data-Based Decision-Making Methods
- SPH-V 341 Environmental Health Management and Policy
- STAT-S 301 Applied Statistical Methods for Business
- STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
- Field Methods
- ANTH-X 480 Fieldwork in Archaeology
- BIOL-L 307
- BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology
- EAS-X 377 Field Geology and Paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge
- EAS-X 479 Geology, Hydrology and Geochemistry in the Rocky Mountains
- GEOG-G 350
- SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis-Aquatic
- SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science
- SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science
- SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (Approved topics: "PLANTS AND PLANT COMMUNITIES" (TPC 138))
- SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis-Terrestrial
- SPH-O 244 Natural History and Field Ecology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- International Studies major or minor; and at least sophomore standing
- Notes
- Completion before the major's overseas/international experience is strongly recommended. This course is required for all International Studies majors.
- Description
- Introduction to research design and methodology used in international studies in preparation for undertaking research abroad and completing the INTL-I 400/INTL-I 406 Capstone Seminar.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on and provides practice in the various qualitative methods employed by geographers to solve problems within the geographic landscape. Each methodology is practiced in the field or within the laboratory so that students develop competency using these methods and can then apply them to a research project.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Mapping lets us visualize our world and see how patterns change across places. For example, we can analyze how a bike-share program changes commuting patterns, or how urban farming emerges in a transforming city. Students learn how to develop digital maps and interpret spatial processes while gaining valuable experience with GIS software.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Principles of remote sensing of the earth and its atmosphere, emphasizing satellite data in visible, infrared, and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Emphasis on practical applications and digital image analysis.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Overview of the principles and practices of geographic information systems (GIS). The course will deal with issues of spatial data models, database design, introductory and intermediate GIS operations, and case studies of real-world GIS applications. Laboratory exercises will provide significant hands-on experience. Lecture and laboratory.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Applications of geographic information science principles in the collection and analysis of spatial data. Integration of GIS, remote sensing, and/or GPS technologies. Review of current literature on techniques, theory, technology, and applications with an emphasis on environmental issues. Discussions, laboratory, and research project.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Description
- Introduction to geographic information systems using vector data structure Vector GIS capabilities and uses. Data structure and file management of spatial data. Laboratory exercises using ARC/INFO software.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: To be successful in this course, students should have an understanding of basic algebra.
- Description
- CJUS-K 300 covers the properties of single variables, the measurement of association between pairs of variables, and statistical inference. Additional topics, such as the analyses of qualitative and aggregated data, address specific criminal justice concerns.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 211 or MATH-S 211
- Description
- Introduction to processing, visualizing, and interpreting data using scientific computing techniques used in Earth science fields. Includes univariate and multivariate statistics, time-series analysis, signal processing and filtering, spatial data analysis, and computational methods such as regression, Taylor series truncation, accumulating error, interpolation, differentiation, and integration.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 314 or GEOL-G 314.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 118, MATH-S 118, or MATH-V 118
- Notes
- R: ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252 and MATH-M 119
- Description
- Lectures emphasize the use of basic probability concepts and statistical theory in the estimation and testing of single parameter and multivariate relationships. In computer labs, using Microsoft Excel, each student calculates descriptive statistics, probabilities, and least squares regression coefficients in situations based on current business and economic events.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- MATH-M 118, MATH-S 118, or MATH-V 118; and Hutton Honors student
- Notes
- R: MATH-M 119 and ECON-E 252 or ECON-B 252
- Description
- Honors course. Designed for students of superior ability. Covers same core material as ECON-E 370.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A first course in scientific computing that emphasizes practical applications in the geospatial and environmental sciences. Requires high-level programming using MATLAB for visualization, data analysis, and modeling. Teaches problem solving through analysis and interpretation of a wide range of environmental and geographic data.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- 6 credit hours of geography or consent of instructor
- Description
- Extension of traditional statistical analysis to spatial data. Spatial means and spatial variances, the examination of differences in samples over space, spatial autocorrelation, nearest neighbor analysis, map comparison techniques. Emphasis is on practical applications.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to methods and statistics used in political inquiry, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, sampling, statistical inference and hypothesis testing, measures of association, analysis of variance, and regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- One of MATH-M 106, MATH-M 118, MATH-M 119, MATH-M 211, MATH-M 212, MATH-S 211, MATH-S 212, MATH-V 118, or, MATH-V 119
- Description
- Introduction to statistics; nature of statistical data; ordering and manipulation of data; measures of central tendency and dispersion; elementary probability. Concepts of statistical inference and decision: estimation and hypothesis testing. Special topics include regression and correlation, analysis of variance, non-parametric methods.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the logic of statistical inference. Students will learn how to use sample data to reach conclusions about a population of interest by calculating confidence intervals and significance tests. Estimating the effects of multiple independent variables using cross-tabulations and/or regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Description
- Nature of statistical data. Ordering and manipulation of data. Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Elementary probability. Concepts of statistical inference decision: estimation and hypothesis testing. Special topics discussed may include regression and correlation, analysis of variance, nonparametric methods.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- Students learn contemporary theories and methodologies regarding design, use, and management of database systems among public-sector organizations. The course provides hands-on experience with tools such as entity-relationship diagrams, query languages, database management software, and an understanding of critical database management issues such as security, backup, and recovery.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- A conceptual approach is utilized to introduce students to sources of public health data. Basic concepts and models are available to understand and analyze data and information related to prevention of diseases and promotion of health and determinants of health behavior.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- Overview of the processes of research and evaluation as encountered in leisure services. Development of inquiry skills useful for planning and management, and various methods of effective information collection and synthesis. Practice using factual evidence to support programming or planning decisions and to document the outcomes of programs being implemented.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- Environmental health management and policy issues in public health using case-based approaches. Study of environmental health management and policy making at the local, county, state, federal and global scales.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Math-M 118 or equivalent
- Description
- Introduction to methods for analyzing data arising in business, designed to prepare business students for the Kelley School\'s Integrative Core. Graphical and numerical descriptions of data, probability models, fundamental principles of estimation and hypothesis testing, applications to linear regression and quality control. Microsoft Excel used to perform analyses.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: Mastery of high school algebra; or MATH-M 014
- Description
- Introduction to methods for analyzing data arising in the life sciences, designed for biology, human biology, and pre-medical students. Graphical and numerical descriptions of data, probability models, fundamental principles of estimation and hypothesis testing, inferences about means, correlation, linear regression.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 306, CJUS-K 300, ECON-E 370, ECON-S 370, MATH-K 300, MATH-K 310, POLS-Y 395, PSY-K 300, PSY-K 310, SOC-S 371, SPEA-K 300, SPH-Q 381, STAT-K 310, STAT-S 300, STAT-S 301, or STAT-S 303.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 1–8 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Archaeological work directed toward field techniques: excavation and preservation of materials, surveying, photography, and cataloging. 1 credit hour per full week of fieldwork.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-P 405 or ANTH-X 480.
- Credits
- 2–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- BIOL-L 111
- Notes
- R: Previous or concurrent enrollment in BIOL-L 473
- Description
- Introduction to research problems and techniques in the ecology of individuals, populations, and ecosystems.
- Credits
- 6
- Prerequisites
- Minimum 3.000 GPA and at least one course in geology, anthropology, physical geography, or related field of study; and department consent
- Description
- Interdisciplinary field course in geo-paleoanthropology in the Olduvai Gorge. Develops skills in the application of innovative theory and techniques in human evolutionary research. Promotes understanding of evolutionary processes, such as tectonics and climate episodes, and how these processes influence the development of savanna environments in the East African Rift Valley.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-X 377, GEOL-G 349, or GEOL-X 377.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 6
- Prerequisites
- At least 22 credit hours of coursework in earth science or consent of instructor
- Description
- Surface and near-surface environmental processes are examined within the geologic setting of the IU Judson Mead Geologic Field Station. Components of the Willow Creek Demonstration Watershed are studied within the same general field areas to illustrate their interconnectedness. Includes trips in and around Yellowstone National Park and Butte, Montana.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-X 479, GEOL-G 433, or GEOL-X 479.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Description
- This is an experiential field methods course. Students work in teams collecting field data to test hypotheses about aquatic habitats. Students will learn new methods and field skills in local creeks, lakes, and wetlands, then prepare scientific reports that incorporate statistical analysis to be presented in a class symposium.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- SPEA Abroad Program: study of selected topics in environmental science. Topics vary from semester to semester.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- None
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- An interdisciplinary consideration of specific environmental topics.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- This is an experiential field methods course. Students work as teams collecting field data to test hypotheses about forest habitats. Students will learn new methods and field skills in local parks and forests, then prepare scientific reports that incorporate statistical analysis, to be presented in a class symposium.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Description
- This course will review general concepts related to ecology and natural history. The course is based on individual exploration and investigations. Concepts pertaining to ecology and natural history will be presented through lecture / discussion and reinforced through fieldwork. In other words, you will get dirty.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Environmental Science. One (1) course:
- BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
- COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences (Approved topics: "RECORDS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE" (TPC 16))
- EAS-E 105 Earth: Our Habitable Planet
- EAS-E 118 Sustainability in Water Resources
- EAS-E 122 Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere
- EAS-E 131 Oceans and Our Global Environment
- EAS-E 171 Environmental Geology in the Twenty-first Century
- EAS-E 226 Earth Processes
- EAS-E 227 Earth Climate and History
- GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment
- GEOG-G 109 Weather and Climate
- GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life
- SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
- SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
- SPH-O 244 Natural History and Field Ecology
BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Not open to biology majors
- Description
- Interactions of human beings with other elements of the biosphere with emphasis on population, community, and ecosystem levels of ecology.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 105 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the natural and mathematical sciences Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 105 or COLL-S 105.
- Spring 2025CASE CAPPcourseFall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
EAS-E 105 Earth: Our Habitable Planet
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to planet Earth as a dynamic and complex global system. Course materials will demonstrate physical and chemical linkages between biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere that directly impact lifestyles of human populations at time scales of years to centuries. Lecture and lab.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 105 or GEOL-G 105.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
EAS-E 118 Sustainability in Water Resources
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- We can live without gold or oil but can we live without water? A dependable supply of fresh water is the ultimate limit of sustainability but this resource is increasingly at risk. Explores the Earth's hydrological cycle and the relationships between water and health and water and wars.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 118 or GEOL-G 118.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
EAS-E 122 Earth's Dynamic Atmosphere
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explore Earth's dynamic weather and climate and the driving forces behind them. Students will gain an understanding of various atmospheric phenomena. Why is it hot one day and cold the next? What causes Earth's climate to change? Two lectures and one laboratory per week.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 122, GEOG-G 109, or GEOL-G 122.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
EAS-E 131 Oceans and Our Global Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to oceanography, with emphasis on ocean-atmospheric interaction and global climate, plate tectonics and morphology of the ocean basins, marine geology, energy resources, environmental problems due to sea-level rise, coastal erosion, oil spills, and life in the sea. Two lectures and one laboratory each week.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 131 or GEOL-G 131.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
EAS-E 171 Environmental Geology in the Twenty-first Century
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration and examination of such natural and human-induced geologic hazards as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, coastal erosion and subsidence. Study of the management and disposal of solid, chemical waste including acid-mine drainage and its environmental impact on resources in today's world.
- Repeatability
- Credit only given for only one of EAS-E 171 or GEOL-G 171.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
EAS-E 226 Earth Processes
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the processes that shape our planet, the composition and structure of Earth, and the erosion and deposition of sediments at the surface. Study of processes ranging from forces driving plate motion, fluid flow in and on the earth, crustal deformation and mountain building, erosion of source terrain, the transport system, and the depositional record.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 226 or GEOL-G 226.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
EAS-E 227 Earth Climate and History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Earth's climate is linked to geological processes and life on our planet. Covers climate systems in the context of changes in continents, atmospheric composition, and life on land and in the oceans. Focuses on interactions between humans and climate and how climate and its variability are tied to Earth systems.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 227 or GEOL-G 227.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the physical processes of the Earth—its weather, climate, landforms, oceans and ecosystems—and analyzes a range of environmental issues.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 109 Weather and Climate
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- What causes tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme weather? What is climate change and why is it occurring? Learn about weather, climate, and how they interact.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-E 122, GEOG-G 109, or GEOL-G 122.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the present and past distributions of the world's plants and animals, emphasizing ecological explanation of species distributions. Topics include evolution and distribution of major plant and animal groups, world vegetation, plant and animal domestication, introduction of plant and animal pests, destruction of natural communities, and extinction.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
- Description
- Application of principles from life and physical sciences to the understanding and management of the environment. Emphasis will be placed on (1) the physical and biological restraints on resource availability and use, and (2) the technological and scientific options to solving environmental problems.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
- Description
- None
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPH-O 244 Natural History and Field Ecology
- Description
- This course will review general concepts related to ecology and natural history. The course is based on individual exploration and investigations. Concepts pertaining to ecology and natural history will be presented through lecture / discussion and reinforced through fieldwork. In other words, you will get dirty.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Economics. One (1) course:
- ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- BUS-G 316 Sustainable Enterprise
- BUS-G 456 Non-Market Risk Consulting
- BUS-L 302
- BUS-L 318 Business & Poverty Alleviation
- BUS-P 316 Sustainable Operations
- ECON-B 251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I
- ECON-E 251
- ECON-E 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- ECON-E 364 Environment and Resource Economics
- GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance
- SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs
- SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis
ANTH-E 366 Commodities and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Considers the complex connections between commodities, \"sustainable\" trade, and culture, especially for agricultural commodities. Drawing from work in anthropology and real-world case studies, asks: What makes something a commodity? What is the \"right\" way to farm, to trade, and to eat? Who decides, and why?
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourseFall 2024CASE SLcourse
BUS-G 316 Sustainable Enterprise
- Description
- To investigate the challenges of implementing sustainability in a variety of contexts and under often divergent perspectives, giving the tools to identify and explain how sustainability creates new opportunities for, and constraints on, enterprise value creation.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
BUS-G 456 Non-Market Risk Consulting
- Description
- Firms traditionally focus on outcomes: product quality, delivery time, cost and pricing. Less attention is given to process: environmental impacts, worker conditions and governance, leading to non-market risks (boycotts and negative information campaigns). Non-market risk consulting is aimed at spotting, mitigating, or eliminating these risks to drive log-run business value.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
BUS-L 318 Business & Poverty Alleviation
- Description
- Addresses potential for business to create poverty solutions by accessing the market of the world's poorest five billion (i.e., developing products and services that are high-volume, low-margin profitable, and engage the poor as consumers and producers) and investigates causes of poverty, including influence of corporations in perpetuating root causes.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
BUS-P 316 Sustainable Operations
- Description
- This course focuses on operational sustainability and employs case studies to cover topics such as lean, take-back legislation, environmental management systems and ISO 14001 certification, green buildings/LEED certification, lifecycle assessment, reducing an organization's carbon footprint, renewable energy, design for environment, leasing and servicizing, remanufacturing, recycling, reuse, and sustainable sourcing.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
ECON-B 251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- First course in a two-course sequence that introduces business students to essential economic concepts. Examines the economic notions of cost and gains from trade, determinants of economic growth, consumer and firm behavior in competitive and non-competitive environments, the effects of taxation, externalities, moral hazard and adverse selection, and basic game theory.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-B 251 or ECON-E 251.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
ECON-E 321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-B 251 or ECON-E 251; and MATH-J 113, MATH-M 119, MATH-V 119, MATH-M 211, or MATH-S 211
- Description
- Develops economic models of both consumer and firm behavior, including non-strategic and strategic interactions. Models of market structure and behavior focus on price and output determination and include circumstances in which markets may succeed or fail to deliver socially beneficial outcomes.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
ECON-E 364 Environment and Resource Economics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ECON-E 321 or ECON-S 321
- Description
- Basic theory of common property resources applied to environment and resource conservation problems. Topics include economic efficiency, equity, measurement problems, and policy formulation.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How has nature been appropriated, reworked, and produced under capitalism; conversely, how does the materiality of nature shape the conditions of capitalism? In this seminar, we will investigate how relations between capitalism and nature have evolved from the end of feudalism through the current neoliberal era.
- Spring 2025CASE SHcourseFall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE SLcourse
SPEA-E 340 Environmental Economics and Finance
- Description
- This course familiarized students with the principles of environmental economics, finance, and cost-benefit analysis. The incentive effects of environmental policy design are assessed. Policy instruments include tradable permits, emissions taxes, deposit-refund systems, pollution prevention programs, and voluntary agreements. Project appraisal techniques are then developed, and applied to specific case evaluations.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-V 202 Contemporary Economic Issues in Public Affairs
- Description
- This course reinforces and deepens economic skills by applying basic economic concepts and models to a variety of areas, including tax, social, health, regulatory, environmental, and macroeconomic policy. Issues examined include the motivation for intervention in the economy, the types of intervention, and the predicted effects of policies.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
SPEA-V 401 Financial and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Description
- This course familiarizes students with the principles of financial analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and Kaldor/Hicks accounting. Topics include net present value calculation; net annual worth; public and private decision criteria; and market data adjustment for taxes, rents, and other market distortions.
- Additional information
- Credit hour, prerequisite, and other information cannot be displayed for this course. If this is a course outside of the College of Arts and Sciences, please see the appropriate school's bulletin for additional information.
- Concentration. One (1) of the following:
- One (1) of the concentrations listed below.
- 12 credit hours selected in consultation with the ESS Academic Advisor and approved by the Director of the program. This option is a way for students to study new and innovative sustainability dimensions that do not fit the existing concentration areas.
- Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to major requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
INTL-I 315 Research Design in International Studies
GEOG-G 388 Qualitative Methods in Geography
GEOG-G 237 Mapping our World: From Mercator to Mashups
GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing
GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Systems
GEOG-G 439 GIS and Environmental Analysis
SPEA-E 418 Vector-Based Gis
CJUS-K 300 Techniques of Data Analysis
EAS-E 314 Data Analysis for Earth Science
ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
ECON-S 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics: Honors
GEOG-G 250 Computing in the Geospatial Sciences
GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics
POLS-Y 395 Quantitative Political Analysis
PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
SPEA-K 300 Statistical Techniques
SPEA-V 475 Database Management Systems
SPH-Q 381 Introduction to Biostatistics
SPH-R 314 Data-Based Decision-Making Methods
SPH-V 341 Environmental Health Management and Policy
STAT-S 301 Applied Statistical Methods for Business
STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
ANTH-X 480 Fieldwork in Archaeology
BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology
EAS-X 377 Field Geology and Paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge
EAS-X 479 Geology, Hydrology and Geochemistry in the Rocky Mountains
SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis-Aquatic
SPEA-E 482 Overseas Topics in Environmental Science
SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science
SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies
SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis-Terrestrial
SPH-O 244 Natural History and Field Ecology
The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:
- College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
- Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
- College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- College GPA. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required for all courses taken at Indiana University.
- CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
- CASE Foundations
- CASE Breadth of Inquiry
- CASE Culture Studies
- CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
- CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
- CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
- CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
- Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.
Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.