Hoyle and Raich. Biological, chemical, and physical phenomena controlling material, energy, and elemental fluxes in the environment. Nonmajor graduate credit. Burras, Schultz, Simpkins. Examination of watersheds as systems wherein biological and physical factors control hydrology, soil formation, and nutrient transport.
Laboratory emphasizes field investigation of watershed-scale processes.
Nonmajor graduate credit. Four courses in physical or biological sciences or engineering, concurrent enrollment in EnSci 404L. Takle. Human dimensions and ethical issues of global environmental change. Nonmajor graduate credit. Laboratory develops quantitative applications and examples of lecture topics using global data sets, models, and budgets of energy, mass, and chemical constituents.