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Course Descriptions

 

Environmental Studies
  

  • ENVS 1 - Introduction to Environmental Issues

    3 units
    What effects are human activities having on the natural environment and our quality of life? Discover the technical and social causes of environmental degradation; learn how your personal and career choices can protect the environment for current and future generations.

    Satisfies D1: Human Behavior

    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 10 - Life on a Changing Planet

    3 units
    An introduction to basic knowledge and theory in the life sciences, focusing on the theme of environmental change. Examines challenging issues in biology and methods for evaluating conflicting data and claims. Develops students’ analytical and writing skills.

    Satisfies B2: Life Science

    Prerequisite(s): As required for Core GE courses in B2.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 92 - International Program Studies

    1-12 units
    Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.

    Grading: Mixed Grading


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  • ENVS 100W - Environmental Research and Writing

    3 units
    Advanced research and writing skills for future environmental professionals. Focus on issues, literature and challenges associated with environmental writing. Emphasis on writing for technical and general audiences. GE Area: Z.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies Z: Written Communication II.

    Prerequisite(s): A3 or equivalent second semester composition course (with a grade of C- or better); completion of core GE; satisfaction of Writing Skills Test or completion of ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with C or better; and upper division standing. Or Graduate or Postbaccalaureate level. 
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): Must be passed with C or better to satisfy the CSU Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR).


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  • ENVS 105 - Environmental Change and Problems, San Francisco Bay Area

    3 units
    Systematic inquiry into physical environments of the San Francisco Bay Area, with emphasis on impacts and changes to those systems by human action. Analysis of public action and policies regarding regional environmental issues.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  and ENVS 100W .
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): Offered only occasionally.


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  • ENVS 106 - Exploring Ocean Environments

    3 units
    Understand human interactions with marine environments by exploring the ocean as a place of socio-ecological encounter. Students learn and employ interdisciplinary approaches to conceptualizing, knowing, exploiting, and managing ocean environment.

    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 107 - Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy

    3 units
    Analysis of basic economic and political factors related to the environmental crisis. Surveys policy approaches to the problem: regulation, taxes, subsidies, cost benefit analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 1B  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with ECON 107 . Environment Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 108 - Cost-Benefit Analysis

    4 units
    Theory and practice of cost-benefit analysis applied to various topics including public projects and environment. Welfare foundations of CBA, valuation of goods (such as clean air, wilderness, and sports arenas), discounting future values and cost.

    Prerequisite(s): ECON 1B  and ECON 3  or STAT 95 , or instructor consent
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with ECON 108 . Economics is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 110 - Resource Analysis

    4 units
    Quantitative analysis of Earth’s natural resources. Topics typically include the status and trends of resources such as topsoil, agriculture, water, energy, wildlife and the impacts of human population growth on these resources. Emphasis is on problem solving and computational methods applied to resource management problems.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hours/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , ENVS 10 , STAT 95 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 111 - Geology and the Environment

    3 units
    The effect of Earth processes on humans and their structures. Environmental problems related to earthquakes, landslides, minerals, energy, water and urban growth.

    Lecture 3 hours/field trips.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies R: Earth & Environment.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with GEOL 111 . Geology is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 112 - Hazardous Waste

    3 units
    Familiarization with major environmental problems through study of federal, state and regional regulation of hazardous waste management. Methods of treatment, disposal and destruction.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, two semesters chemistry and biological science or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 113 - Atmospheric Pollution

    3 units
    Descriptive discussion of the sources, effects and fates of pollutants in the atmosphere. Interaction of pollutants and weather systems, including acid precipitation, ozone destruction; air pollution policy and regulations.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies R: Earth & Environment.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with METR 113 . Meteorology and Climate Science is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 116 - Solar Energy Analysis

    3 units
    Provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable solar energy resources, economics, and policy. Includes a review of basic solar energy physics and interdisciplinary analysis of economic, social justice and environmental strategies for a solar powered civilization.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 119 , PHYS 2A , and PHYS 2B  or instructor consent
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with DSIT 116 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 117 - Human Ecology

    3 units
    Diversity and similarity of human adaptation, cultural evolution, cultural change and environmental modification in African, Asiatic, Oceanic and Latin American cultural groups. Emphasis: traditional non-Western conservation practices and their lessons for the modern-day resource manager.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , ENVS 10  and ENVS 100W , or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 118 - Sustainable Home Gardens

    4 units
    Techniques for designing landscape gardens which are sustainable in the various biomes of California. Students first research, explore, and photograph California native plant communities. Then, they design a California native home garden based on their field investigations and principles of ecology.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours / Activity 2 hours

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 119 - Energy and the Environment

    3 units
    Introduces students to the sources of energy that fuel industrial civilization and the environmental impacts of energy extraction, distribution, and consumption. Explores a range of approaches to moving society toward a more sustainable energy future.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies R: Earth & Environment.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with ENGR 119 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 121 - Population and Global Change

    3 units
    Impact of population changes on countries, regions, and their environments. Demographic comparisons of developed and developing societies from perspectives of land use, economics and politics.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with GEOG 121 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 122 - Borderlands and the Environment

    3 units
    Comparative study of environmental issues in borderland regions, which encompass environmental, economic, cultural, political and social processes surrounding a geopolitical border. Investigation of historical, cultural, and political causes and responses to environmental problems. Analysis of understandings of territory, nation-states, and exclusion based on theories in border studies, environmental studies, and the study of social movements.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 124 - Introduction to Environmental Law

    3 units
    Development, interpretation, application and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and legal policies by legislatures, courts, administrative agencies and citizens. Examination of air and water quality, hazardous materials, workplace, land use and wetlands regulation, international, ethical and efficacy issues.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or Instructor Consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with POLS 124 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 125 - Advanced Environmental Law

    3 units
    Detailed evaluation of practical environmental law problems. Students use an interdisciplinary approach, combining evaluation of technical data with review and application of law and policy. Extensive legal analysis and writing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  and ENVS 124 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 126 - Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

    3 units
    Extensions and applications of Kantian, Lockean, consequentialist and other philosophical theories of value to problems of the environment such as pollution, global warming, species depletion and overpopulation.

    Prerequisite(s): 3 units of philosophy or upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with PHIL 126 . Philosophy is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 127 - Community-Based Participatory Research

    3 units
    This course integrates interdisciplinary theory and practice in developing a situated understanding of community-based participatory research (CBPR) toward redressing environmental inequities. Students will apply these theories and practices in their own environmental research and advocacy projects regarding local environmental issues.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with SOCI 127 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 128 - Water Resource Management

    3 units
    Water uses and supplies; water resource measurement methods; hydrology; erosional processes; sediment production and transport particularly on Northern California coastal watershed; flood hazards and methods of control; groundwater and groundwater aquifers; water quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 129  and STAT 95  or appropriate math course; or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 129 - Water Policy in the Western U.S.

    3 units
    Water resource development; federal reclamation policy; water law and water rights; interbasin transfers; Colorado River, Central Valley Project and State Water Project; groundwater overdrafting; agricultural water and water pricing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or Instructor Consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 130 - Energy Policy Analysis

    3 units
    Energy policy questions and examination of choices including energy pricing, options for controlling oil imports, incentives for reducing consumption, allocation and end use controls, synthetic fuel production, offshore oil development.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 131 - Air Pollution Meteorology

    3 units
    Quantitative description of contaminants in the atmosphere: sources, dispersion and sinks; their effects on atmospheric energy balance and condensation.

    Prerequisite(s): METR 121B  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with CHE 131  / METR 131 . Meteorology and Climate Science is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 132 - Solar Home Design

    3 units
    Techniques for designing environmentally-sensitive, healthy, passive solar homes via site selection, energy conservation, lighting, non-hazardous natural building materials. Residential passive solar heating and cooling approaches for retrofits and new construction. For homeowners, teachers, professional designers and architects.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with DSIT 132 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 133 - Sustainable Energy Strategies

    3 units
    Challenges and opportunities facing sustainable energy pathways for heat, fuel, and electricity with a focus on energy efficiency, solar, wind, geothermal, bioenergy, alternative modes of transportation and other energy consuming infrastructures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 119 , PHYS 2A , and PHYS 2B  or instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 135 - U.S. Environmental Policy

    3 units
    Inquiry focuses on state of the environment, public attitudes toward the problem, interest groups involved in formulation of policy, the response of government leaders to the problem and what the future outlook is for addressing the agenda.

    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with POLS 135 . Political Science is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 136 - Intro to Land Use and Urban Planning

    4 units
    Land use and facilities planning practices in the context of American cities, emphasizing interrelationships between various land uses and public facilities and service requirements. Study of the role of public law in addressing urban growth and environmental change issues.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 136 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 137 - Green Building Design Issues

    3 units
    Provides an overview of green building design strategies based on renewable energy, water conservation, healthy interior design, beneficial building orientation, native landscaping, sustainable building materials; includes economics, policy, and green building auditing and certifications.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 140 - Politics and the Environment

    3 units
    Application of different political strategies to local issues examined through examples from specific environmental challenges facing the Bay Area. Considers relative contributions of the public, elected officials, government employees and interest groups in environmental decision-making.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , ENVS 107  and ENVS 124  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 142 - Introduction to Environmental Planning

    4 units
    Environmental sustainability and its application to local planning. Review of regulatory tools and legislation that underlie most environmental planning and current environmental planning topics. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 142 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 144 - California Wetland Controversies

    4 units
    Impact of agriculture, urbanization and other human land uses upon the California coastal wetlands with emphasis on current environmental problems and controversies. State public agencies concerned with vital environmental problems and analysis of current environmental legislation. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hours/lab 4 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 146F - Communication and the Environment

    4 units
    Examination of communication in environmental issues, especially conflicting values and modes of discourse that assume different meanings of human-nature relationship. Emphasis on environmentalism as popular movement, rhetoric of radical ecology and the technical discourse of environmental policy administration.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with COMM 146F . Communication Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 148 - Sustainable Materials Management

    4 units
    Focuses on practical understanding and approaches to managing discarded materials for sustainability. An interdisciplinary perspective that includes politics, business, economics, marketing, science, and environmental principles. Provides direct experience through field trips and service learning.

    Misc/Lab: 3 hours lecture/ 2 hours lab

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 150 - Introduction to Environmental Thought

    3 units
    An introduction to significant works in the field of environmental studies. Topics covered include preservation, conservation, biocentrism, environmental justice, eco-feminism, deep ecology, and environmental activism.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies S: Self, Society & Equality in US

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W  is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 151 - Race, Class and the Environment

    3 units
    Analysis of the relationship between the environmental crisis and people of color and poor communities in the U.S., emphasizing the interplay among race/ethnicity, class and politics in the struggle for environmental justice and survival by communities of color and poor people.

    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with AFAM 151 . African American Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 152 - Globalization and the Environment

    3 units
    Scientific approach to goods distribution worldwide, and environmental consequences of shipping materials and packaging, which when discarded become waste. Mutual interests of commerce and environment.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies R: Earth & Environment.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with PKG 152 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 154 - Sustainable Agriculture

    4 units
    Analysis of and practicum in environmentally sustainable methods of food production, emphasizing biological diversity, water conservation, air quality, social equity and economic justice. Special focus on primary research in natural and social sciences for sustainable agriculture. Field trips and labs.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  and GE B2 course, or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 156 - Introduction to Local Transportation Planning

    4 units
    Examination of transportation planning issues addressed at the neighborhood and municipal level such as bicycle and pedestrian planning, traffic calming, and parking policy.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 156 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 158 - Environmental Education

    3 units
    Education of individuals can make a difference in protecting the environment. Comprehensive overview from the perspective of schools, American culture and law. Interdisciplinary approaches for correcting conditions created by modern living, energy and environmental demands.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1A  and ENGL 2 ; upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 159 - Nature and World Cultures

    3 units
    The influence of industrialization and globalization on earth and the environment as seen through culture.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies V: Culture, Civil & Global Understanding.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A   with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education, and upper-division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper-division standing.

    Cross-listed with AMS 159  / HUM 159 . Humanities is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 160 - Topics in Environmental Planning

    4 units
    In-depth examination of selected topics specifically related to environmental planning. Consult department for current offerings. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 160 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 161 - California Wildlands

    4 units
    Discussion and field analysis of California’s wildlands, including the range of biodiversity, associated agencies, environmental issues, policy choices and management approaches to protect different types of open space.

    Misc/Lab: 3 hours lecture/ 2 hours lab

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  and ENVS 100W 
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 165 - National Parks

    3 units
    An exploration of the history, philosophy, and science of park and wilderness preservation. Includes site visits to selected parks and wilderness areas.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with GEOG 165 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 166 - Nature and Conservation Photography

    4 units
    Still photography of nature and illustrative conservation subjects in both color and black and white. Theory critique sessions supplemented with field experience. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hours/activity 4 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Photo experience or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 167 - Managing Environmental Issues

    3 units
    The management of environmental issues, including the relationship of business to the natural environment; the public policy context of management decision-making; and the greening of the corporation and implications for strategic management, operations, human resources, marketing and accounting.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with BUS5 167 . Global Innovation & Leadership is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 168A - Global Climate Change I

    6 units
    Scientific and social scientific approaches to the process and effects of global climate change: Climate changes in the Earth’s past, interactions between climate and life, anthropogenic climate change, socioeconomic contexts of environmental effects, cultural influences on climate change mitigation strategies.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with COMM 168A  / GEOL 168A  / HUM 168A  / METR 168A . Communication Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 168B - Global Climate Change II

    3 units
    Scientific and social scientific approaches to the process and effects of global climate change: Climate changes in the Earth’s past, interactions between climate and life, anthropogenic climate change, socioeconomic contexts of environmental effects, cultural influences on climate change mitigation strategies.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies R+S+V: Earth & Environment + Self, Society & Equality in the U.S. + Culture, Civilization & Global Understanding

    Prerequisite(s): COMM 168A  / ENVS 168A  / GEOL 168A  / HUM 168A  / METR 168A ; Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.

    Cross-listed with COMM 168B  / GEOL 168B  / HUM 168B  / METR 168B . Communication Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 169 - Introduction to Social Media in Planning

    1-4 units
    An introduction to social media tools and their use in urban planning, with a particular emphasis on public participation.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division standing.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 169 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 170 - Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety

    3 units
    An overview of environmental health and safety issues that affect industry and government, including regulatory framework and basic technical elements; course covers historical and legislative background, risk management and training required in the field.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 100W .
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 173 - Forest Ecology and Conservation

    4 units
    A field based course designed to provide students with the conceptual framework and practical tools necessary for understanding the ecology and conservation of local forest ecosystems. Topics covered include forest restoration, succession, wildlife, diversity, natural and human disturbance, and the history of forest management.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lecture 2 hour/lab.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , ENVS 10 , or upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 178 - Intro to Regional Transport Planning

    4 units
    Principles and concepts relevant to transportation planning and policy at the regional level, such as historical and current regional transportation planning processes, the relationship between regional travel demand and transportation infrastructure, and travel demand modeling practices.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 178 . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 179A - Fundamentals of GIS for Urban Planning

    4 units
    Exploration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) area analysis techniques for spatial information management in local government: planning support systems, needs analysis, envisioning neighborhoods utilizing multiple maps, charts, photos and the Internet. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 179A . Urban and Regional Planning is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 181 - Environmental Resource Center

    1-3 units
    Supervised projects that support the Environmental Resource Center, a source of sustainability information and activities for the campus and community; projects help students take personal action toward achieving a sustainable lifestyle.

    Misc/Lab: Activity 2-6 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 184 - Directed Reading

    1-4 units
    Directed reading in an environmental subject to gain broader knowledge. Repeatable: Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Specific proposal to or need defined by department, with consent of faculty.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 185 - Environmental Impact Analysis

    4 units
    Current environmental impact reports subjected to critical review; determination of alternative procedures and mitigating opportunities; extensive field analysis and practice.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , ENVS 124  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 185 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 187 - Environmental Restoration

    4 units
    Interdisciplinary art and science of restoring destroyed or degraded habitats. Emphasis on the interplay of ecological principles, policy, public involvement and economics in the planning, implementation and monitoring of restoration plans. Field work and independent research required.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 , GE B2 course and any 100W, or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 189 - Coastal Field Studies

    4 units
    Introduction to coastal processes, resources, policy, and conservation. Course emphasizes environmental issues, human impact, and protection efforts focusing on adapting to coastal change. Students conduct research and participate in local field trips along the California coast.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hours/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 1 .
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 190 - Advanced Environmental Impact Assessment

    4 units
    Advanced work in the field of environmental impact assessment. Analysis of EIA documents for regulatory adequacy, consistency with local planning documents and technical accuracy.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 185  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with URBP 190 . Environmental Studies is responsible for scheduling.


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  • ENVS 191 - Advanced Environmental Restoration

    4 units
    Advanced restoration research and applications. Emphasis on independent literature research and field data collection. Participation in on-going restoration project. Fieldwork and grasp of restoration principles required.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 187 .
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): Offered only occasionally.


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  • ENVS 192 - International Program Studies

    1-6 units
    Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.

    Grading: Mixed Grading


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  • ENVS 193 - Supervised Projects and Research

    1-15 units
    Projects and/or research to build practical environmental skills. Work on or off campus on projects with direct social value.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 15 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 194 - Environmental Internship

    1-9 units
    Service in a local, city, county, state or federal environmental/sustainability agency, school or in environmental/sustainability industry; or with a worthwhile environmental education or protection organization or center.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in Environmental Studies.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 195 - Instructor Assistant in Environmental Studies

    1-3 units
    Experience as a tutor assistant in classroom demonstrations, field techniques and discussion. May be repeated for a 4 unit maximum, but not for same course or instructor.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, ENGL 1A , instructor consent and appropriate academic background.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 198 - Senior Seminar

    4 units
    Culmination of interdisciplinary curriculum in environmental studies through integration and critical assessment of the field. Primary research, fieldwork, and project presentation supports transition from undergraduate experience to full professionalism.

    Prerequisite(s): Filed for graduation, completion of Environmental Studies core, including ENVS 100W .
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 199 - Senior Thesis

    3 units
    Thesis demonstrating grasp of environmental subjects and principles, ability to research in depth particular environmental problems and facility at recommending practical solutions.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing in Environmental Studies, completion of all Environmental Studies core requirements and university 100W writing requirement.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 200 - Seminar: Environmental Methods

    3 units
    Rigorous analysis of methods used by social, physical and natural scientists in assessing a region’s natural resources and quality of environment. Environmental application of such techniques as field methods, maps, social surveys and project evaluation. Critique of individual research proposals.

    Prerequisite(s): ENVS 297  and consent of graduate advisor.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 210 - Current Topics in Environmental Studies

    1-3 units
    An investigation of current research topics in the field of Environmental Studies. lectures by faculty, visiting scholars, and Master’s student candidates are accompanied by class discussions and analysis of academic journal articles.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Student Standing or instructor consent
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 227 - Advanced Community Based Participatory Research

    3 units
    Integrates interdisciplinary theory and practice in developing a situated understanding of community-based participatory research (CBPR) toward redressing environmental inequities. Course explores the epistemological, environmental and movement-building imperatives for creating effective and responsible community-researcher partnerships for social, health and environmental justice.   

    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 230 - Seminar: Environmental Theory

    3 units
    Intensive probe into interdisciplinary research and theories related to natural resources and environmental management. Applications of these theories to the present-day concerns of the resource manager and environmental professional. Oral critiques of various theories; advanced individual research paper and presentation.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Environmental Studies or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 250 - Seminar: Environmental Thought and Philosophy

    3 units
    An in-depth critical analysis of significant works in the field of environmental studies. Topics covered include preservation versus conservation, biocentrism, environmental justice, eco-feminism, deep ecology, and environmental activism. Individual student research is presented with oral and written reports.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Environmental Studies or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 260 - Computer Applications in Environmental Analysis

    3 units
    Overview of environmental simulation software used by professionals to investigate design alternatives and decision-making in the social and life sciences. Application of model designs to individual projects.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 3 hours/lab 3 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Environmental Studies or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 270 - Field Studies in Water Resource Management

    4 units
    An intensive field investigation of water resource agencies and projects to acquaint resource managers, environmental quality specialists and other interested students with projects and philosophies unique to particular geographic areas.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hours/lab 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and ENVS 128  or ENVS 129 , or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 284 - Directed Reading for Graduate Students

    3 units
    Directed reading on an environmental subject to assist graduate-level research thesis development. Analysis of peer-reviewed and grey literature; development of a literature review.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate student standing or instructor consent
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 285 - Graduate Internship

    3-9 units
    Advanced service in a local, city, county, state agency, federal agency or environmental industry.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Environmental Studies or instructor consent.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 291 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Restoration

    4 units
    High-level restoration research and applications for advanced students. Emphasis on independent literature research and field data collection/analysis. Participation in ongoing restoration project and/or thesis research. Fieldwork and grasp of restoration principles required. Repeatable for up to 8 units of credit

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 4 hours/Activity 2 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 8 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and ENVS 187  or equivalent, or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • ENVS 292 - International Program Studies

    1-6 units
    Study Abroad and Away transfer credit course. Study Abroad and Away provides students the opportunity to study abroad on long term programs (Exchange Programs, CSU International Programs, and International Student Exchange Programs) and short-term programs (Faculty-Led Programs and Summer School Abroad Programs) for academic credit, offering Alternative Break Programs for cultural immersion, and designing other globally focused opportunities. This course is designated as a placeholder course for Study Abroad and Away programs.

    Grading: Mixed Grading


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  • ENVS 295 - Graduate Teaching Assistant

    3 units
    Teaching experience in environmental studies at the college level. Does not meet requirements for California Certification in Elementary or Secondary Education. May be repeated for maximum of 6 units, but not for same course or instructor.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in Environmental Studies or instructor consent.
    Grading: Credit/No Credit


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  • ENVS 297 - Research and Proposal Development

    3 units
    Students develop their thesis topic through extensive literature research. The product will be a draft thesis proposal to be circulated among potential committee members.

    Satisfies GWAR: Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement.

    Repeatable for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing in Environmental Studies or consent of instructor. 
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): This course satisfies graduate-level GWAR in this master’s program. 


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  • ENVS 1290R - Culminating Experience Supervision

    1 units
    Continued work on dissertation, thesis, or project or in preparation for comprehensive exams beyond the minimum required units for cases in which final deliverables are still in progress and all other degree requirements except the culminating experience have been fulfilled.

    Prerequisite(s): Outstanding RP grade in a preceding semester in a project or thesis class
    Grading: CR/NC, No Degree Credit

    Note(s): No Degree Credit.


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