Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Dean: Jeff Dozier
UC Santa Barbara's new Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management is a professional school aimed at training graduate students in rigorous interdisciplinary approaches to environmental problem solving. The Bren School offers the Master's of Environmental Science and Management (M.E.S.M.), a professional degree, and the Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management, a research-oriented degree.
Environmental issues are typically complex, multi-dimensional, and systemic in nature. Consequently, understanding, managing, and solving environmental problems requires pooling expertise from multiple disciplines and diverse professional backgrounds. Effective environmental management demands constructive dialogue between managers, scientists, governmental regulators, lawyers, environmental groups, and stakeholders. In the past, the diverse disciplines addressing environmental issues in various ways have developed independently. Now, teaching and research have reached the point where any progress will require weaving together elements from formerly disparate disciplines and blurring traditional boundaries. The Bren School incorporates this new view of environmental science and management into its programs and equips students with the knowledge and tools necessary to assess and meet growing environmental challenges in business and governmental settings.
The School's mission is to produce a cadre of professionals with unrivaled training in environmental science and management who will devote their unique skills to the diagnosis, assessment, mitigation, prevention, and remedy of the environmental problems of today and the future. A guiding principle of the School is that the analysis of environmental problems requires highly analytical and quantitative training in more than one discipline and an awareness of the physical, biological, social, political, and economic consequences that arise from scientific or technological decisions. Our aim as an interdisciplinary program is to integrate work of high quality recognized by the component disciplines. The Bren School's program is built on solid disciplinary "pillars:" hydrology and climate, ecology and biogeochemistry, and environmental and natural resource economics. The pillars are held together with integrating "mortar" that includes policy studies, management of people and money, acquisition and management of information, and techniques and methods of analysis.
Built into the Bren School's program is resource-sharing with expertise in the College of Letters and Science and the College of Engineering. A significant share of a student's coursework may include courses from other departments. The Bren School draws upon the skills and expertise of many UC Santa Barbara faculty of national and international stature who are on the forefront of integrated environmental study. The Bren School faculty will continue to grow until year 2001.
As a result of a major gift from the Bren Foundation, the Bren School will integrate into its programs expertise in environmental law from the School of Law at UC Berkeley and expertise in business management that exists at UC Business Schools. As such, Dennis Aigner, professor and former dean of the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine, was appointed the Bren School's Associate Dean for Business Management and John P. Dwyer, professor of law at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall, was appointed as the Bren School's Associated Dean for Law and Public Policy. Beginning in Fall 1999, faculty experts from different UC campuses will teach unique, intercampus courses at UCSB.
Frank Davis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (biogeography, plant ecology, remote sensing, information systems, conservation planning)
Magali Delmas, Ph.D., HEC Graduate School of Management, Paris, Assistant Professor (impact of environmental and regulatory uncertainties on industry innovation strategies)
Jeff Dozier, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (snow science, remote sensing, information systems, environmental optics, earth system science)
Tom Dunne, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (geomorphology and hydrology: field and theoretical studies of drainage basin and hillslope evolution; sediment transportation and floodplain sedimentation; sediment budgets of drainage basins)
James Frew, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor (systems for managing environmental information, information management, digital libraries)
Trish Holden, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (microbiology, transformations of pollutants in unsaturated systems)
Profiled Faculty: Arturo Keller, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (environmental biogeochemistry, climate modeling, ground water contamination)
Bruce Kendall, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Assistant Professor (quantitative ecology with a focus on animal and plant population dynamics)
Charles Kolstad, Ph.D., Stanford University, Professor (environmental economics, environmental regulation, valuing environmental goods and services)
Natalie Mahowald, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor (atmospheric cycles of trace gases and aerosols and their potential impacts on the climate)
John Melack, Ph.D., Duke University, Professor (limnology of tropical, saline, and alpine lakes, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, wetland ecology, remote sensing)
Dave Siegel, Ph.D., University of Southern California,
Professor (optical oceanography and ocean color remote sensing, coupling of
physical processes in ocean biogeochemical fluxes, role of radiative exchanges
in air-sea interaction processes, data information systems)
Application materials are available from the Bren School and are accepted for fall quarter only. The application deadline is February 1 for primary consideration and for consideration for School-based financial support. Applications will be accepted until May 1, space permitting. Ph.D. applicants who want to be considered in the campuswide fellowship competition must apply no later than December 15. Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited institution of higher education and have achieved at least a B average (3.0 on a 4-point scale) since their junior year. All applicants are required to submit verbal, quantitative, and analytical Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, taken within five years of their application to UCSB. Applicants whose native language is not English must receive a score of least 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), taken within two years of their application to UCSB. Students who have earned a bachelor's or master's degree from a U.S. college or university are exempt from this requirement.
Because of its interdisciplinary emphasis and lack of an equivalent undergraduate degree, the Bren School will admit students from varied undergraduate majors. Appropriate undergraduate preparation includes one year of college-level math, one course each in intermediate statistics and microeconomics, computer programming in one high-level language, and substantive coursework in natural science. Students may be admitted with a small number of deficiencies that can be made up in the first year.
Admission to the Ph.D. program is dependent upon acceptance by a faculty sponsor with compatible research interests. Each faculty sponsor will have entrance requirements beyond the requirements listed above depending upon his or her research foci. A Master's degree or equivalent is not required for admission to the Ph.D. program.
In addition to departmental requirements, program applicants and candidates for graduate degrees must fulfill University requirements described in the chapter "Graduate Education at UCSB."
The Bren School offers a two-year program leading to a professional master's degree, the Master's of Environmental Science and Management (M.E.S.M.). It is intended for students who are going to enter or re-enter the workforce when they finish. This degree is designed to serve the needs of California and the nation for working professionals with training beyond the master's degree. The M.E.S.M. is not designed as an intermediate degree leading to the Ph.D., though some students will be well prepared to apply to a Ph.D. program in the Bren School or elsewhere.
The program combines a scientific, problem-oriented curriculum with policy and management. The curriculum is rigorous in its quantitative and analytical approach and challenges students to become complex problem solvers.
Each student in the M.E.S.M. program must complete a minimum of 74 units as well as an acceptable Group Project that serves as the equivalent of a master's thesis. Students lacking some of the required undergraduate preparation may need to take more courses than the minimum 74-unit requirement in order to fulfill course prerequisites. The two-year master's program is composed of the following curricular elements:
· Core lecture courses in environmental science, economics, management, law/policy, computation, and quantitative and statistical methods that provide a common background for all students.
· A three-quarter capstone Group Project (ESM 401A-B-C) in which 5-7 students work as a team to address a current problem in environmental policy or management for which an effective solution requires the application of rigorous scientific research and analysis in a policy or management context. Projects involving partnerships or links with the public sector, business community, or non-profit organizations are particularly encouraged as are projects that will result in a tangible, useful product. The Group Project, initiated in response to input from prospective employers, provides a unique and innovative method for training students to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team and develop "real world" skills.
· A program of program of study of typically 30-40 units. Students identify an area in which to specialize and create, with guidance from faculty advisors, an individual program of study appropriate for that specialization. The program of study must include a coherent set of classes that builds depth in the student's area of specialization, trains the student adequately in technology and applications, and provides some cross-disciplinary perspective to the area of specialization.
The Bren School's interdisciplinary Ph.D. program provides an innovative solution to clearly defined and emerging needs. It preserves the mission of training high-caliber future research professors while simultaneously meeting the urgent need for trained personnel in the public and private sectors. The cornerstone of the doctoral degree is an original piece of research presented as a dissertation on the diagnosis, assessment, mitigation, remedy, and prevention of environmental problems of today and in the future. All Ph.D. students are required to develop expertise and to conduct high level research in a particular area of specialization within one of the disciplinary pillars. The program is designed to accommodate a wide range of Ph.D. students and research, from those highly focused in a particular discipline to those that are strongly interdisciplinary and whose research integrates the component disciplines. As a result, the Ph.D. program course requirements are highly individualized.
Ph.D. students must complete a program of study designed in
conjunction with an advisory committee initially and later with their doctoral
committee. Normally, by the end of the second year, a Ph.D. student must pass
a written examination prepared by his/her doctoral committee that tests the
student's knowledge of his/her specialization in the context of Environmental
Science and Management. Normally, a few months following successful completion
of the written examination, the student prepares a dissertation proposal and
applies for admission to Ph.D. candidacy. The doctoral committee conducts an
oral examination on the student's dissertation proposal, the student's readiness
to undertake the required research, and the student's preparation and aptitude
for completion of the Ph.D. On completion of the doctoral dissertation to the
satisfaction of the student's Ph.D. committee, the student gives a public lecture
in defense of the dissertation. This is expected to occur no later than the
end of the sixth year in the program.
120. Microbiology for Engineers
(3) Holden
Prerequisite: upper-division standing in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering,
or ESM 202, or consent of instructor.
Introduction to microbiology and microbial ecology with emphasis on quantitatively
describing microbial processes in natural and engineered systems. Applications
of microbiology to environmental engineering will be emphasized.
200. Colloquium in Environmental Science and Management
(1) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM. May be repeated for credit.
Ongoing colloquium on special topics and case studies in environmental science
and management.
201. Ecological Principles
(4) Kendall
Prerequisites: MCDB 4A, and MCDB 4B or EEMB 4B, or equivalent. Graduate standing
in ESM or consent of instructor.
Principles of population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and
ecological theory.
202. Biogeochemical Principles
(4) Keller, Melack
Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A-B-C or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or
consent of instructor.
Introduction to biogeochemical processes in the environment that are involved
in the cycling of nutrients and pollutants, at the local, regional and global
scales. Assessment of human impact on biogeochemical cycles. Case studies and
applications in lakes, groundwater, watersheds, oceans, terrestrial systems
and the atmosphere.
203. Earth System Science
(4) Dunne, Dozier
Prerequisites: Geography 3 or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Energy and mass transport as applied to the atmosphere, oceans, and land and
models of the Earth's climate and hydrology.
204. Economics of Environmental Management
(4) Kolstad
Prerequisites: Economics 1 or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Basic principles of economic analysis, decision making, policy formation, and
environmental regulation under uncertainty in static and dynamic contexts. Introduction
to regulatory assessment.
205. Computing and Simulation in Environmental Science
and Management
(4) siegel, Mahowald
Prerequisite: Geography 210 or equivalent. Knowledge of one high-level programming
language. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Numerical modeling of the physical and human environment. Structured programming,
software design and documentation. Use of packages, Simulation, statistical
methods, and operations research.
207. Environmental Law and Policy
(4) Dwyer
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Basic elements of the legal system as it specifically relates to environmental
issues. Study of the different stages and different institutions involved in
environmental policy making.
208. Environmental Regulation
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
The administrative law system as applied to environmental problems using specific
examples such as the Administrative Procedure Act, NEPA (and state versions),
Clean Air Act, and others. Administrative rule making, implementation, enforcement,
and judicial review.
209. Environmental Accounting and Financial Management
(4) Nisbet
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Environmental accounting and its role in the financial management of corporations.
Corporate financial reporting and assessing an entity's risk and return. Management
and control of enterprises. Long-term investment decisions. Amendment of techniques
to include environmental impacts and cash flows.
210. Management of People, Money, and Projects
(3) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Life cycle approach to the organization, implementation, control, and termination
of projects. Topics include project initiation and leadership, setting an agenda,
proposal writing, planning, activity scheduling and delegation, time management,
budget preparation, project and cost control, and oral presentation.
211. Management of Populations and Ecosystems
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: ESM 201; graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Population dynamics and management of fish, terrestrial wild animals (including
rare and endangered species), and plant communities and forests, including the
influence of soil and atmosphere processes. Maintenance of biodiversity, preservation
of genetic diversity within populations.
212. Biodiversity Inventory and Ecological Assessment
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: ESM 201; graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Principles, criteria, and methods used to evaluate the ecological value of an
area. Selection of evaluation criteria (e.g., species rarity, richness, and
ecological representativeness) and spatial scales; as well as design, implementation
and analysis of inventory and assessment projects.
213. Ecological Effects of Pollutants
(4) Holden
Prerequisites: ESM 201 and 202; graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Case study-oriented course examining the effects of pollutants in natural and
human-dominated ecosystems. Topics include identification and quantification
methods, contaminant sources and effects, predictive methods and restoration.
214. Principles of Biological Mitigation and Remediation
(4) Holden
Prerequisites: ESM 218 and graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Concepts and approaches to correct and alleviate the effects of environmental
pollution using biological processes. Biochemical, ecological and physicochemical
aspects of remediation and mitigation. Assessing and monitoring applicability/efficacy
of biological treatment. Natural and engineered methods.
215. Landscape Ecology
(4) Davis
Prerequisites: ESM 201. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Relationships between spatial patterns in landscape structure (physical, biological,
and cultural) and ecological processes. Role of ecosystem pattern in mass and
energy transfers, disturbance regimes, and species' persistence, and applications
of remote sensing and GIS for landscape characterization and modeling.
216. Conservation Biology
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: ESM 201 or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Application of ecological principles to conserving biological diversity. Overview
of extinction processes, the ecology of rarity, factors affecting the distribution
of biological diversity, and ecosystem loss and fragmentation.
218. Environmental Biotechnology: Science, Economics, and
Policy
(4) Holden
Prerequisites: ESM 201, 202, 204 and graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Current and future roles of biotechnology from scientific, economic and policy
perspectives. Overview of science and common applications of biotechnology.
Use of biotechnology in environmental preservation and restoration. Economic
drivers and societal implications of biotechnology.
219. Environmental Microbiology
(4) Holden
Prerequisite: Chemistry 1A, Mathematics 34A or 3A, MCDB 4A, or equivalents;
graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Diversity, habitat, distribution, and processes of microbes in the environment.
221. Management of Air Quality
(4) Keller
Prerequisite: ESM 222 recommended. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of
instructor.
Processes involved in the generation, transport, and degradation of air pollutants.
Application of numerical models to predict and manage air pollutant concentrations.
Review of control devices for major processes that generate air pollutants.
222. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in the Environment
(4) Keller
Prerequisite: Geography 116 recommended. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Transport and biogeochemical transformation of pollutants in the environment.
Review of pollutant properties and media characteristics that affect transport,
accumulation, and degradation of pollutants. Basic tools for managing pollutants
in the environment, including prevention, detection, and remediation.
223. Management of Soil and Water Quality
(4) Keller
Prerequisite: ESM 222. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Characterization of contaminated sites. Detection and sampling techniques. Risk
assessment. Remediation and site management strategies: monitoring, containment,
in-situ remediation, ex-situ treatment. Commercial software is used to evaluate
sites and determine probable course of action based on risk analysis.
230. Atmospheric Chemistry
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisite: ESM 202, graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Chemistry of the natural and human-modified atmosphere. Highlighting the chemistry
of polluted urban areas, regional acid rain problems, and stratospheric ozone.
Removal process, such as dry and wet deposition. Model simulation. Discussion
of management approaches.
231. Global Climate and Climate Change: Science and Simulation
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Physics of the Earth's climate including radiation, atmospheric and ocean dynamics,
and the hydrologic cycle. Interaction between subsystems. Climate simulation.
Recent results from GCMs. Strengths and weaknesses of GCMs as a policy tool.
232. Transport Processes
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisites: ESM 205; graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Transport of pollutants and other substances in air and water, with emphasis
on mathematical description and prediction using numerical models. Advection,
diffusion, and turbulence in fluid media. Parameterization of transport in large-scale
models.
234. River Systems
(4) Dunne
Prerequisites: one year of calculus and one quarter of mechanics. Geography
112, Geology 117, or equivalent recommended. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor. Not open for credit to students who have completed ESM 233A-B.
Hydrologic and geomorphic basis of environmental management problems concerning
large river systems. Analysis of the processes of flooding, sedimentation, and
morphological change in channels, floodplains, deltas, and alluvial fans. Effects
of climate, land use, and engineering.
235. Watershed Analysis
(4) Dunne
Prerequisites: one year of calculus, one quarter of mechanics. Geology 117,
or equivalent recommended. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Hydrologic and geomorphic basis of environmental management problems concerning
land surfaces and channels in small drainage basins, including the effects of
land use and engineering. Emphasis placed on the use of theory and field methods.
236. The Mountain Snowpack
(3) Dozier
Prerequisites: ESM 203, intermediate skiing ability, and consent of instructor.
Intensive field, laboratory and classroom study of physical processes in the
mountain snow pack. Snow accumulation and ablation, metamorphism, physical and
chemical properties, and remote sensing. Role of snow in watershed hydrology,
water resources and recreation. Normally offered spring break.
241. Political Economy of the Environment
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Critical examination of institutional advantages and disadvantages of current
and alternative approaches to environmental regulatory policy and decision making.
Conditions that led to current regulations as well as problems of forging new
regulations.
242. Natural Resource Economics and Policy
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 204 or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Economic principles and policy issues of the use of exhaustible and renewable
resources including fossil fuels, water, minerals, fisheries, forests, and biodiversity.
Management of resource markets on regional and international scale.
243. Environmental Policy Analysis
(4) Kolstad
Prerequisites: ESM 204 and 245. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Assumptions, goals, content, and consequences of domestic and international
policy related to the environment. Oriented toward quantitative analysis of
policy.
244. Valuing Environmental Quality
(4) Kolstad
Prerequisites: ESM 204 and PSTAT 233B. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Methods for valuing a variety of types of environmental goods, including pollution
and natural environments. Approaches covered include hedonic prices, averting/defensive
expenditure methods, travel cost, contingent valuation, and experimental markets.
245. Cost-Benefit Analysis
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 204. Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Complement to ESM 244 by comparing values for environmental costs and benefits
of projects and policies. Case studies of ecosystem protection, pollution control,
and other topics are used to illustrate analytical tools and address distributional
aspects, discounting, uncertainty and other issues.
250. Analytical Methods
(4) Michaelsen, Siegel
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor. Same course
as Geography 210.
Introduction to analytical methods used to solve geographic and environmental
problems. Topics include: calculus, linear algebra, vector analysis, differential
equations, Fourier transforms, least-squares estimation, and map projections.
252. Communicating Science
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing, MESM, or consent of instructor.
How to render scientific findings into prose accounts that can be understood
by non-experts, adapt science writing to the genres of professional prose, and
engage in media relations to report findings and to promote or advocate on behalf
of a point of view.
257. Ocean Resource Management
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 201, 204, and PSTAT 233A (or equivalent), or consent of
instructor.
A broadly based review of both living and mineral ocean resource management.
Historic and developing state, federal and international management laws and
regulations, principles of sustainability, and adaptive ecosystem management.
Integrates human uses with case studies.
258. Marine Resources
(4) Siegel
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Introduction to marine resources with emphasis on those off the California coast.
The interplay of oceanographic, climatic, biogeochemical and geologic factors
and their influences of humankind. Topics include: climate, circulation, biogeography,
fisheries, marine mammals, petroleum, pollution, and exploration history.
261. Management of Scientific Data
(4) Frew
Prerequisite: basic computer literacy. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Theory, techniques, and tools for managing heterogenous scientific information.
Database architectures and data models. Metadata standards and data characterization.
Design and use of relational databases. Aspects of the science data life cycle:
collection, storage, search, retrieval, analysis, presentation.
262. Distributed Scientific Information Systems
(4) Frew
Prerequisites: ESM 261 and graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Impacts of computer networks, both local and global, on scientific information.
Architecture and implications of the World Wide Web. Electronic publishing and
digital libraries. Theory, techniques, and tools for networked information discovery
and retrieval.
263. Geographic Information Systems
(4) Frew
Prerequisites: ESM 261 and graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Advanced introduction to geographic information system (GIS) theory and technology,
emphasizing spatial analysis and cartographic presentation. Typical algorithms
and data structures. Role of GIS in environmental information management. Integration
of GIS with other analytical tools.
270. Habitat Conservation Planning
(4) Davis
Prerequisite: ESM 201 or equivalent. Graduate standing in ESM or consent
of instructor.
Review and synthesis of available information on existing HCP's. Analysis of
representative HCP's. Ecological theory and methods applicable to the design,
management, and monitoring of HCP areas.
280. Business Strategy
(4) Delmas
Prerequisite: ESM 204 and graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Strategic management of firms in turbulent environments. Strategic management
requires understanding the forces influencing companies and developing appropriate
strategies for sustainability. It involves setting goals, formulating strategies,
and managing the full range of firm resources.
281. Corporate Environmental Management
(4) Delmas
Prerequisite: ESM 280 or consent of instructor.
This course prepares students to use creatively conceptual tools and management
strategies to improve the environmental performances of firms. Corporate, societal,
and political barriers to implementing these innovative strategies will be analyzed
and methods for overcoming these constraints discussed.
285. Risk Management and Risk Perceptions
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: microeconomics and basic knowledge of probability and statistics.
Graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
Economic and psychological foundations of behavior toward risks to the environment,
health and safety. Normative models of risk taking, insurance as a risk management
tool, design of insurance programs, allocation of risk in modern economies,
and failure in risk markets.
290. Theoretical Hydrology
(4) Dunne
Prerequisite: Ph.D. standing in ESM or consent of instructor.
A review of the main theoretical principles that describe the current understanding
of the hydrologic cycle.
291. Fluvial Geomorphology
(4) Dunne
Prerequisites: Ph.D. standing in ESM or consent of instructor. One year of
calculus, one quarter of physics (mechanics), Environmental Studies 144.
Review of theoretical and empirical studies of landscape evolution by stream
erosion and deposition. Hydraulic, sedimentological, and morphological characteristics
of streams and valley floors.
292. Hillslope Geomorphology
(4) Dunne
Prerequisites: Ph.D. standing in ESM or consent of instructor. Geology 117
(or equivalent), one year of calculus, one quarter of physics (mechanics).
Review of theoretical and empirical studies of hillslope evolution. Hydrologic
and geotechnical aspects of hillslope erosion.
401A. Group Project in Environmental Science and Management
(3) Staff
Group study of environmental problems with scientific and management challenges.
401B. Group Project in Environmental Science and Management
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 201-205 and PSTAT 233A.
Group study of environmental problems with scientific and management challenges.
401C. Group Project in Environmental Science and Management
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 201-205 and PSTAT 233A.
Group study of environmental problems with scientific and management challenges.
595AA-ZZ. Group Studies
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM or consent of instructor. May be repeated
for credit provided letter designations are different.
A critical review of research in selected fields of environmental science and
management.
A. Hydrology and Geomorphology: Dozier; Dunne; Melack
B. Snow Science: Dozier
C. The Carbon Cycle: Denning
D. Sustainable Development: Fernandez
E. Environmental Problems-Science and
Solutions: Denning
F. Advanced Topics in Pollution Prevention: Keller
G. Advanced Topics in Applied Ecology: Davis
H. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Melack
I. El Niño and its Implications: Siegel
J. Microbiology: Holden
K. Information Networks: Frew
596. Directed Readings and Research
(2-12) Staff
Individualized reading and research. A written proposal for each tutorial must
be approved by the school.
597. Individual Study for Ph.D. Examinations
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Consent of instructor and graduate advisor.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
Individual study for Ph.D. examinations. Instructor should be student's major
professor or chair of the doctoral committee.
599. Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
(1-12) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Consent of instructor and graduate advisor.
No credit allowed toward advanced degrees.
Research toward and writing of dissertation. Instructor should be chair of student's
doctoral committee.
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