Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Physical Sciences North 4670;
Telephone (805) 893-7611
Web site: http://www.bren.ucsb.edu (will open in a new browser window)
Dean: Jeff Dozier
UC Santa Barbara's 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. The Bren School's mission is to play a leading role in researching environmental issues, training research scientists and environmental management professionals, and identifying and solving environmental problems.
In the past, the diverse disciplines addressing environmental issues have developed independently. Now, research and teaching have reached the point where significant progress requires weaving together elements of formerly disparate disciplines and blurring traditional boundaries. The School brings together a range of natural and social scientists to research important environmental questions. Moreover, because environmental issues arise in legal, political, and business contexts, the School's faculty also brings together law and business professors who provide perspectives from professional arenas. The Bren School continues to engage in a campaign of faculty recruitment and will appoint several new faculty members over the next couple of years.
A guiding principle of the School is that the analysis of environmental problems requires quantitative training in more than one discipline and an awareness of the physical, biological, social, political, and economic decisions that arise from scientific or technological decisions. The Bren School incorporates this new view of environmental science and management into its programs and equips students with the scientific knowledge and managerial skills necessary to meet growing environmental challenges. The Bren School strives to provide a truly interdisciplinary program that goes beyond mere coursework in several disciplines to form a coherently integrated program blending teaching, research, and real-world problems.
Built into the Bren School's program is resource-sharing with the College of Letters and Science and the College of Engineering. A significant amount of a student's coursework may include courses from other departments. Moreover, the School fosters collaborative research and teaching among the University of California campuses. To facilitate the Bren School's intercampus endeavors, Dennis Aigner of the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine was appointed the Bren School's Associate Dean for Business Management and John Dwyer of Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley was appointed the Bren School's Associate Dean for Law and Policy.
One outcome of the intercampus program is that the Bren School administers a new emphasis in Corporate Environmental Management available to UC MBA students at other UC campuses. Students and instructors involved in the program convene at UCSB for intensive courses. Master's and Ph.D. students in the Bren School also have access to these courses. There is a crucial need for effective interaction among natural and social scientists, policy makers, and members of the business community. Mixing students from these different academic cultures enriches the learning experience and provides an important mechanism for stimulating this interaction.
Dennis Aigner, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (econometrics, corporate environmental management)
Sandy Andelman, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor (conservation biology, population ecology, conservation planning, experimental design and statistics)
Antonio Bento, Ph.D., UC Berkeley (expected June 2000), Assistant Professor (environmental economics, public finance, microeconomic theory, applied general equilibrium and development economics)
Christopher Costello, Ph.D., UC Berkeley (expected May 2000), Assistant Professor (environmental and resource economics, dynamic optimization, quantitative ecology, stochastic modeling)
Frank Davis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (plant ecology, quantitative biogeography, vegetation remote sensing, ecological applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems, conservation planning, fire ecology)
Magali Delmas, Ph.D., HEC Graduate School of Management, Paris, Assistant Professor (corporate environmental mangement, impact of technological and regulatory uncertainties on industry choices)
Jeff Dozier, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (snow, earth system science, remote sensing and information systems)
Tom Dunne, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Professor (drainage basin and hillslope evolution, hydrology and floodplain sedimentation, applications of hydrology and geomorphology in environmental management)
John P. Dywer, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Professor (environmental law and policy, property law)
James Frew, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor (applications of computing and information science to large-scale problems in environmental science, including algorithm and component development, information system specification and integration, data management, and digital libraries)
Trish Holden, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (pathogens in the environment, microbial ecology of pollutant degradation, soil microbiology)
Arturo Keller, Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor (fate and transport of pollutants, development of technologies for containment, remediation, and monitoring)
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 (industry organization and environmental/resource economics, environmental policy, structure of energy markets and environmental regulations)
Natalie Mahowald, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor (atmospheric cycles of water vapor, trace gases and aerosols and their potential impacts on the climate and hydrology)
Carol McAusland, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Assistant Professor (trade and environment)
John Melack, Ph.D., Duke University, Professor (limnology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing with active, long-term studies in tropical Brazil and alpine and saline lakes in California)
Walt Sadinksi, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor (ecological effects of chemical toxicants, ultraviolet radition, and other abiotic stresses, amphibian and wetland ecology)
Dave Siegel, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Professor (ocean color remote sensing and optical oceanography, coupling of physical and optical processes in ocean biogeochemical fluxes, marine resources)
Application materials are available from the Bren School and are normally accepted for Fall quarter only. The application deadline is February 1 for primary consideration and for consideration for School-based support. Applications will be accepted until May 1, space permitting. Ph.D. applicants who want to be considered for the campus-wide 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. Applicants whose native language is not English must receive a score of at least 550 on the Test of English Language 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.
The Bren School welcomes applications to its professional master's program from prospective students from varied undergraduate majors who seek an intellectually challenging education designed to prepare them for leadership in a variety of careers in environmental problem solving. Applicants should be interested in obtaining broad and balanced training in natural and social science and management and participating in a program that emphasizes quantitative and analytical approaches to assessing and solving environmental problems.
Necessary background for the Master's program includes one year of college-level mathematics, one year of college-level science, a course in microeconomics, and an introductory statistics course. Students lacking some of this preparation may be accepted for admission, but it is expected that deficiencies will be made up prior to entrance by means of formal course work or other arrangements agreed upon by the applicant and the School. A small number of deficiencies may be made up during the first year in residence, but these courses will not count toward the unit requirements for the MESM.
Admission to the Ph.D. program is highly competitive and dependent upon acceptance by a faculty sponsor with compatible research interests. To be considered for the Ph.D. program, applicants must meet the entrance requirements for the Master's degree, have a high upper-division/graduate GPA, and excellent GRE scores. Each faculty sponsor's entrance criteria beyond these minimum requirements will depend upon his or her research focus. A Master's degree or equivalent is not required for admission.
The Master's of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) is a professional degree intended for students who will enter or re-enter the work force after graduation. It is not designed as an intermediate degree for the Ph.D., although MESM graduates will be well prepared for Ph.D. study. Students are trained to work in government agencies, corporations, non-profit organizations, and consulting firms. Bren MESM graduates have a suite of qualities, including clear and critical thinking, leadership skills, professionalism, and creativity, that allow them to be leaders in solving the environmental problems of the 21st century.
The coursework for the Master's degree is multi-disciplinary, incorporating courses in natural sciences, social sciences, law, and business. The courses emphasize quantitative and analytic thinking, while they also train students to identify environmental problems, formulate the proper questions, and design and execute appropriate solutions, taking into account scientific knowledge (and its limits), legal constraints, and the particular business and social context of the problem. The School also brings in environmental professionals from government, business, and non-profit organizations to ensure that students' professional development reflects the integration of rigorous academic training with a sound understanding of real-world environmental problems and the needs of clients. The training not only teaches students to tackle current environmental problems, but also fosters their capacity for long-range thinking and prepares them to meet new challenges as they arise.
Degree Requirements
Each student in the MESM program must complete a minimum of 74 units distributed among three curricular components. In most cases, students take more courses than necessary to meet the 74-unit requirement either to make up for deficiencies in preparation, fulfill course prerequisites, or build greater depth in an area of study.
Core Courses: All students in the Master's program take a set of core courses to build an essential broad background. These are normally taken in the first year and currently include the following: Ecological Principles, Environmental Biogeochemistry, Earth System Science, Economics of Environmental Management, Environmental Law and Policy, Management of Business Organizations, Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis.
Specialization: The broad understanding provided by the core classes is complemented by an in-depth specialization in an area of environmental science and management. Students choose from one of the following specializations: Water Resource Management, Pollution and Waste Management, Marine Resource Management, Population and Ecosystem Management, Government & Corporate Environmental Management, Management of Public Environmental Resources, Environmental Information Management. With guidance from their faculty advisors, students design an individual program of study (POS) of at least 34 units that is appropriate for the chosen specialization and their particular backgrounds and goals. The POS should prepare students to knowledgeably approach a particular set of environmental issues from all of the relevant perspectives. Students are encouraged to include courses from other departments in their POS as appropriate.
Master's Group Project: All students pursuing the Master's of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) must successfully complete a three-quarter capstone Group Project that serves as the master's thesis. Students obtain 11 units for their Group Project by enrolling in ESM 401 A, B, & C. Students begin the sequence in spring quarter of their first year. Students work as a team in groups of 4-7 to conduct a comprehensive analysis of an environmental problem that contains both scientific and management challenges to produce a tangible and useful product. Written and oral quarterly progress reports are required. At the end of the final quarter, each group must submit a report acceptable for archiving in the UCSB library and give a formal, public presentation on their project. Projects involving partnerships or links with the public sectors, business community, or non-profit organizations are particularly desirable.
Doctor of Philosophy--Environmental Science
and Management
The Bren School's Ph.D. program, initiated in fall 1998, aims to preserve the School's mission of training high-caliber future research professors while simultaneously meeting the urgent need for trained personnel in the public and private sector to solve the world's growing environmental problems. The cornerstone of the doctoral degree is an original work of research presented as a dissertation that focuses on the diagnosis, assessment, mitigation, remediation, and/or prevention of environmental problems of today and in the future. The program is designed to accommodate a wide range of research interests, from those highly focused in a particular discipline to those that are strongly interdisciplinary.
Degree Requirements
The Ph.D. program requirements are highly individualized. Upon entering the program students form an initial advisory committee of at least two Bren faculty members. The student prepares a program of study during the first quarter to be reviewed by the advisory committee. The committee may recommend additional courses to cover expected research needs, specific technical subjects needed for the research topic, increased depth in a particular area, or to provide additional breadth. Additional courses may include some of the core courses for the Master's program as deemed necessary for the research focus, as well as advanced Bren courses or courses from other departments in the particular area(s) of specialization. There is no specific unit requirement for the Ph.D. and no foreign language will be required except for students focusing on the international arena or a non-English speaking country.
Ph.D. students must form a Ph.D. committee by the end of the spring quarter of the first year of study. This committee is composed of at least three members of the University of California Academic Senate. The committee must include at least two members from the Bren School faculty; at least one member must have a greater than 0% appointment. The committee chair must be a member of the Bren School faculty. The committee may include more than three members, and it may include member(s) outside the UC Academic Senate knowledgeable in the research subject matter. The Bren School faculty as a whole approve the composition of the Ph.D. committee and review each Ph.D. student's progress during each Fall quarter.
Normally, at the end of the second year of study, and under no circumstances later than June of the third year, the Ph.D. committee prepares a written examination that tests the student's knowledge of his/her specialization in the context of the field of Environmental Science and Management. No later than six months after passing the written examination, the student prepares a written dissertation proposal and applies for admission to Ph.D. candidacy. The Ph.D. committee conducts an oral examination on the dissertation proposal, the student's readiness to do research, and the student's preparation and aptitude for completion of the Ph.D. Upon completion of the doctoral dissertation to the satisfaction of the student's Ph.D. committee, the student gives a public lecture on the dissertation followed by a closed-door defense of the dissertation before the Ph.D. committee. Students are expected to complete their dissertation defense no later than the end of their sixth year in the program.
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Environmental Science and Management Courses
120. Microbiology for Engineers
(3) Holden
Prerequisite: ESM 202 or upper-division standing in Mechanical or Chemical
Engineering.
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.
151. Microeconomic Principles for Environmental Management
(3) staff
Prerequisites: Mathematics 3A-B-C.
Theory of the producer and consumer, demand and supply, choice under uncertainty,
market equilibrium, welfare theorems and Pareto optimality, produce and consumer
surplus and deadweight loss, welfare consequences of regulations, public goods
and externalities, monopoly.
200. Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Environmental Problem Solving
(1) staff
Examination of case studies illustrating that understanding, solving, and preventing
environmental problems requires pooling expertise from multiple disciplines
and constructive dialogue between diverse groups.
201. Ecological Principles
(4) Kendall, davis
Prerequisites: MCDB 4A; and, MCDB 4B or EEMB 4B.
Principles of individual ecology, population ecology, community ecology, and
ecosystem ecology. Emphasis on applications (conservation, resource management,
ecological effects of pollution and habitat fragmentation, etc.).
202. Environmental Biogeochemistry
(4) Keller, Melack
Prerequisites: Chemistry 1A-B-C; graduate standing in ESM.
Biogeochemical processes as applied to the earth's atmosphere, oceans, land
and inland waters, and applications to environmental issues such as eutrophication,
toxic pollution, carbon sequestration and acidification.
203. Earth System Science
(4) Dunne, Dozier
Prerequisite: Geography 3.
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, costello
Prerequisite: ESM 151.
Environmental regulation (incentives and command control), asymmetric information
(cost revelation and auditing), regulatory incidence, dynamics and discounting,
exhaustible and renewable resources, valuation, environmental macroeconomics,
trade and the environment, comparative regulatory analysis.
205. Environmental Modeling
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisite: ESM 250.
Recommended preparation: knowledge of one high-level programming language.
Introduction to the development, use, and interpretation of models as applied
to environmental problems.
206. Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: ESM 250.
Exploratory data analysis, multivariate inferential statistics, hypothesis testing,
and experimental design.
207. Environmental Law and Policy
(4) Staff
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.
209. Financial Management
(4) Nisbet
An introduction to corporate financial management and reporting. Topics include
the function of stock markets, discounted cash flows, investment appraisal,
valuation of bonds and stocks, the capital structure decision, the accounting
model, financial reporting to stockholders, and financial statement analysis.
210. Management of Business Organizations
(4) DELMAS
Focuses on the management of business organizations. Corporations face environmental
and technological challenges of unprecedented proportions. Effective business
management requires the understanding of environmental forces influencing companies
as well as firm's internal organizational structure and processes.
211. Applied Population Ecology
(4) kendall
Prerequisite: ESM 201.
Examination of the application of population ecology to conservation of rare
species and management of harvested populations. Topics include population regulation,
population viability analysis, fisheries management, metapopulation dynamics,
and population monitoring.
212. Biodiversity Inventory and Ecological Assessment
(4) Davis
Prerequisite: ESM 201.
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) Sadinksi
Prerequisites: ESM 201 and 202.
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
Prerequisite: ESM 219.
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
Prerequisite: ESM 201.
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) andelman
Prerequisite: ESM 201.
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, and 204.
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; and MCDB 4A.
Diversity, habitat, distribution, and processes of microbes in the environment.
221. Management of Air Quality
(4) Keller
Prerequisite: ESM 222.
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: ESM 202.
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.
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.
229. Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Same course as Geography 266.
Fundamentals in atmospheric processes that are important for understanding the
role of the atmosphere in earth's climate and biogeochemistry. Graduate-level
introduction to radiation, dynamics, clouds, chemistry, and how they interact.
230. Atmospheric Chemistry
(4) Mahowald
Prerequisite: ESM 202.
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.
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.
234. River Systems
(4) Dunne
Prerequisite: ESM 203.
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
Prerequisite: ESM 203.
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
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) Costello
Prerequisite: ESM 204.
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.
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) staff
Prerequisite: ESM 204.
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) Bento
Prerequisite: ESM 204.
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.
246. International Environmental Economics
(4) McAusland
Prerequisite: ESM 204.
Efficiency of government policies aimed at trans-jurisdictional environmental
problems; links between environmental quality and patterns of international
trade and investment; arguments for and against international harmonization
of environmental policy: limitations placed on local environmental policy by
World Trade Organization rules.
247. Environmental Politics and Policy in the Global Economy
(4) staff
Comparative and international dimensions of environmental politics and policy.
National responses to environmental issues in both developed and developing
nations, international environmental agreements, the globalization of environmental
policies and politics and the relationship between trade policy and environmental
policy.
248. Political Institutions and Environmental Policy
(4) Staff
The relationship between major American political institutions and environmental
regulatory policy. Politics associated with the origins of environmental regulatory
policy, congressional and executive oversight, judicial review, administrative
decisionmaking and rulemaking, and federalism.
249. Alternative Approaches to Environmental Policy
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: ESM 248.
Alternative regulatory policies according to their cost effectiveness and fairness,
demands on government, assurance of meeting goals, potential for pollution prevention
and technological innovation, adaptability to change, and differential impact
upon groups within society.
250. Analytical Methods for Environmental Problem Solving
(4) Siegel
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM.
Same course as Geography 210.
Introduction to analytical methods used to solve environmental problems. Topics
include: calculus, linear algebra, vector analysis, and differential equations.
Emphasis on proper documentation of problem statements and solutions.
256. Forested Land Management
(4) Staff
Use of economic tools for managing forest land. Production of timber, production
of market and non-market goods, issues of biodiversity/habitat conservation,
carbon storage, and provision of recreation and amenity values. Policy applicability
in developing countries. Case studies.
257. Ocean Resource Management
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: ESM 201, 204, and 206.
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 Processes and Resources
(4) Siegel
Introduction to marine resources with emphasis on the oceanographic, climatic,
biogeochemical, geological, and anthropogenic processes regulating marine resources
off the California coast. Climate, ocean circulation, marine food web dynamics,
and biogeography, fisheries, marine mammals, petroleum extraction, and marine
population.
261. Management of Scientific Data
(4) Frew
Recommended preparation: basic computer literacy.
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
Prerequisite: ESM 261.
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.
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.
266. Remote Sensing of the Environment
(4) Dozier
Prerequisites: ESM 203.
Advanced introduction to remote sensing theory, technology, and applications
in environmental science and management. Survey of principles and analytical
methods throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. Integration of remote sensing
with other tools.
270. Conservation Planning
(4) Davis
Prerequisite: ESM 201.
Critical examination of the ecological and sociological dimensions of conservation
planning both in the U.S. and abroad. Topis include land use planning, gap analysis,
and reserve system design. Case studies will be used to illustrate recent developments
in the use of mitigation land banks and Habitat Conservation Plans for conserving
endangered species.
281. Corporate Environmental Management
(4) Delmas
Prerequisite: ESM 210.
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.
282. Industrial Ecology
(4) Staff
Methods for evaluating the environmental performance of businesses, products,
and processes are examined through case studies, including analyses of industrial
material flows, energy flows, environmental performance metrics, life cycle
assessments and design for environmental methodologies.
286. Environmental Risk: Assessment, Valuation, and Management
(4) AIGNER
Prerequisites: ESM 151, 206, and 210.
Recommended prepartation: Probability and statistics, microeconomics, finance,
and accounting.
Fundamentals of statistical and organizational risk assessment, risk valuation,
and risk management with a focus on environmental risk. Equips business managers
with the tools required to bridge the gap between environmental compliance and
environment as a strategic business issue.
290. Theoretical Hydrology
(4) Dunne
Prerequisite: Ph.D. standing in ESM.
A review of the main theoretical principles that describe the current understanding
of the hydrologic cycle.
291. Fluvial Geomorphology
(4) Dunne
Prerequisite: Ph.D. standing in ESM.
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
Prerequisite: Ph.D. standing in ESM .
Review of theoretical and empirical studies of hillslope evolution. Hydrologic
and geotechnical aspects of hillslope erosion.
297. Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Policy
(2-4) staff
Advanced topics in environmental policy.
298. Case Studies in Environmental Science and Management
(4) Davis
Introduces MBA students to selected current environmental issues, the science
behind them, and possible solutions. The format consists of three extended weekend
sessions, each focusing on a different topical area of environmental science
and management.
299. Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Science
(2-4) STAFF
May be repeated for credit for different topics.
Advanced topics in environmental science.
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
Group study of environmental problems with scientific and management challenges.
401C. Group Project in Environmental Science and Management
(4) Staff
Group study of environmental problems with scientific and management challenges.
595AA-ZZ. Group Studies
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: graduate standing in ESM.
May be repeated for credit provided letter designations are different.
A. Hydrology/Geomorphology: Dozier; Dunne; Melack
B. Snow Science: Dozier
C. Environmental Biogeochemistry: Staff
D. Sustainable Development: Staff
E. Environmental Problems-Science and Solutions: Staff
F. Advances in Pollution Prevention: Keller
G. Advances in Applied Ecology: Davis, Kendall
H. Human Dominated Ecosystems: Melack
I. Oceanography: Siegel
J. Environmental Microbiology: Holden
K. Environmental Information: Frew
AA. Hydrology/Geomophology (PhD Level): Dunne
BB. Snow Science (PhD Level): Dozier
DD. Watershed Quality Management (PhD Level): Keller
JJ. Environmental Microbiology (PhD Level): Holden
MM. Environmental Management (PhD Level): Delmas
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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