| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Design and the Environment |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1001 |
Description:
An introduction to the complex and contingent relationship between architects and the environments in which they intervene. Using... read more Department: Architecture |
| Architecture and the Environment | Undergraduate | 2151 |
Description:
Introduction to behavioral, environmental and technological factors in relation to the building design process. Basic exploration of... read more Department: Architecture |
| Art and Environment in American Culture |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2753 |
Description:
Does our present global environmental crisis demand a new way of thinking about art and its history? What role has art played in... read more Department: Art History |
| Sustainability and Architecture | Undergraduate | 3354 |
Description:
Design of buildings to minimize energy consumption, effect of total climate on building design, solar energy applications, wind energy... read more Department: Architecture |
| Architecture Design II | Undergraduate | 2132 |
Description:
Studio with environmental sustainability focus - energy and resource use, hydrology, sustainable materials, infrastructure and building... read more Department: Architecture |
| Architecture Design III | Undergraduate | 3231 |
Description:
Sustainable urban design studio, at a neighborhood scale; development of a variety of techniques to analyze, map, represent and generate... read more Department: Architecture |
| Architecture Design V | Undergraduate | 4331 |
Description:
Comprehensive design studio: the integration of structural and environmental systems, programming, tectonics and detailing into... read more Department: Architecture |
| Site Planning and Landscape Architecture | Undergraduate | 3174 |
Description:
The course focuses on the discourse on urban form, the environment and design process that has emerged since the middle of the 20th... read more Department: Architecture |
| Special Topic: The Art of Environmental Film | Undergraduate | 2300 |
Description:
Refer to department. read more Department: Art History |
| Alternative Materials | Undergraduate | 3312 |
Description:
This course involves the exploration of alternative materials not primarily intended or used by fiber artists. Products such as Tyvek,... read more Department: Crafts |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Sustainability: People, Planet and Profits |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2511 |
Description:
Scientists worldwide are now nearly unanimous in their agreement that the earth’s climate and ecosystems are in great danger.... read more Department: Human Resource Management |
| Marketing for the Sustainable Enterprise |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2511 |
Description:
Sustainable marketing is a paradigm which extends the boundaries of traditional marketing. This course focuses on how both for-profit and... read more Department: Marketing and Supply Chain Management |
| Environmental Law, Sustainability and Public Policy |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3511 |
Description:
Few things have peaked the public's interest more recently than going "green" or being environmentally friendly. This,... read more Department: Legal Studies |
| Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship | Undergraduate | 3511 |
Description:
Private enterprise is a powerful tool for stimulating innovation and investment – but often neglects (externalizes) community,... read more Department: Strategic Management |
| Environmental Law and Corporate Responsibility | Graduate | 5131 |
Description:
Contact Department for Description read more Department: Legal Studies |
| Special Topics MSOM | Graduate | 5190 |
Description:
Energy Industries, Markets, Institutions & Policies read more Department: Marketing and Supply Chain Management |
| Business, Society & Ethics | Undergraduate | 3102 |
Description:
1. To increase your awareness of the mutual ethical responsibilities existing between the contemporary business organization and its... read more Department: BA |
| Sustainable Business Practices | Graduate | 5132 |
Description:
Contact Department for Description read more Department: Strategic Management |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media and the Environment |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3473 |
Description:
This course provides students with an understanding of how people's relationship with the environment is shaped by media... read more Department: Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Environment |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0845 / 0945 |
Description:
You can extend your longevity and improve your health by identifying and avoiding the top 10 environmental toxins that enter and... read more Department: Environmental Engineering Technology and Civil Engineering |
| Hydrology & Hydraulic Engineering | Undergraduate | 3611 |
Description:
The course deals with the design of hydraulic systems based on various flow regimes (laminar and turbulent). Students will learn to... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Environmental Engineering |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3711 |
Description:
Sources, effect, and control of environmental pollution. Topics include air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste, noise,... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Life Cycle Analysis & Carbon Footprinting |
Undergraduate Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
4531 |
Description:
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) examines the environmental impacts of products, processes and policies beyond their direct production. Cradle... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Renewable Alternative Energy |
Undergraduate Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
4575 / 5575 |
Description:
Current state of renewable and alternative energy; different scenarios of producing energy. read more Department: Mechanical Engineering |
| Photovoltaic System Design |
Undergraduate Graduate |
4576 / 5576 |
Description:
The course will introduce students to the photovoltaic system design. It will begin by providing a basic understanding of the properties... read more Department: Mechanical Engineering |
| Environmental Hydrology |
Undergraduate Graduate |
4631 / 5631 |
Description:
Topics include the physics of surface and subsurface circulation; storage of water; the transport of contaminants in watersheds, soils,... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Urban Streams and Stormwater Management |
Undergraduate Graduate |
4641 / 5641 |
Description:
Stormwater management has become a significant issue in recent years. In the past, the typical thinking was 'get it out of my town... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Air Pollution Control |
Undergraduate Graduate |
4711 / 5711 |
Description:
Principles of design and operation of the major categories of air pollution control equipment. Theory and principles are presented to... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Water & Wastewater Systems Design |
Undergraduate Graduate |
4721 / 8751 |
Description:
Unit operations in water treatment, design objectives and parameters of water treatment; coagulation and flocculation; filtration plant... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Engineering Hydrology | Graduate | 5621 |
Description:
Quantifying water flow in watersheds is a crucial step in the design of environmental facilities, such as drinking water treatment plants... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Contaminant Transport in Urban Streams | Graduate | 5623 |
Description:
This course will focus on environmental systems near the air:water and water:sediment interfaces. These systems are by definition... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Environmental Safety Aspects of Construction | Undergraduate | 2396 |
Description:
Construction-related environmental issues, erosion control, wetland areas, habitat protection. Issues which relate to protective... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering | Undergraduate | 4731 |
Description:
Covers solid waste engineering principles designed to address the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Physical Principles of Environmental Systems | Graduate | 5701 |
Description:
Basic principles of process engineering as they relate to pollution control are studied, including heat and mass transfer; mixing,... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Biological Principles of Environmental Systems | Graduate | 5792 |
Description:
Identify the biological principles essential for the understanding and designing of biological processes used for environmental... read more Department: Civil Engineering |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| People, Places and Environment (fall and spring) |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0807 |
Description:
Have you ever thought about the relationship people have to their place-home, neighborhood, town, or city? How about to the environment?... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainable Design |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0841 |
Description:
What's the big deal about global warming and how should we respond to it? Explore the issues and underlying causes. See how... read more Department: Landscape Architecture (LA-HORT) |
| Green vs. Grey Urban Ecology |
Undergraduate General Education |
0852 |
Description:
Using Philadelphia as Living Laboratory, Learning about urban ecology, work required to planting, explore park infrastructure, vacant lot... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Fundamentals of Horticulture | Undergraduate | 1001 |
Description:
Principles of horticultural science; basic techniques of horticulture, including soil management, plant propagation, selection and... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Natural and the Built Environment |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1013 |
Description:
An introduction to the interrelated disciplines of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Planning, and Architecture. Explores existing... read more Department: Landscape Architecture (LA-HORT) |
| Intro To Community & Regional Planning |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1017 |
Description:
Theory and practice of urban planning in the United States. Discussion of planning policy, methodology, and implementation in such areas... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Plant Ecology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1112 |
Description:
The structure and function of plants are studied in relationship to their fit into the environment. The interaction of plants with each... read more Department: Botany (LA-HORT) |
| Urban Form & Design |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2114 |
Description:
Basic design principles, techniques, and practices of sustainable urban form and design. The topics for most readings, projects, and... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Land Use Planning |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2166 |
Description:
At the heart and soul of community and regional planning is land use. How we use land and the institutional and legal basis by which we... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Environmental Planning |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2213 |
Description:
A comprehensive overview of physical and environmental systems, including land, air, and water, and how planning can be conducted to... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainable Food Systems Planning |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2251 |
Description:
Planners are paying attention to the notion of food system planning: farm land preservation and environmental stewardship; economic... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Food Crops I |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2334 |
Description:
An introductory hands-on course in sustainable food production, handling, and distribution of crops. Food tasting is an integral part of... read more Department: Horticulture (LA-HORT) |
| Water Design in the City | Undergraduate | 2754 |
Description:
Cities throughout history have thrived or failed because of water. Every society's ability to secure its water supply, clean... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Summer Field Ecology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2758 |
Description:
Students learn to "read" the landscape through the exploration of the landscape provinces of the Delaware River Basin. Through... read more Department: Landscape Architecture (LA-HORT) |
| Ecological Planning and Development |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3155 |
Description:
The fundamentals of the ecological planning method developed by landscape architect and regional planner, Ian McHarg, establish a basis... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainability in Suburban Communities |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3255 |
Description:
The physical forms of suburban communities and the social and economic patterns that shape residents' lives make achieving... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainable Community Design and Development |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3256 |
Description:
Introduces students to the concept of sustainable development and how it has been applied to the design and development of communities.... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Landscape Restoration | Undergraduate | 3514 |
Description:
Develops an ecologically based understanding of how to establish, restore, and manage meadows, forest, and wetland systems. Emphasizes... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Invasive Speicies Management | Graduate | 8753 |
Description:
Students learn to identify and assess eradication strategies for local invasive plant species. Traditional chemical/biological methods... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Special Topics in Water Resources Planning and Management | Graduate | -- |
Description:
Water management is complicated and highly contentious. This course evaluates various aspects of water resources including quality,... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Geographic Information Systems | Undergraduate | 2524 |
Description:
Basic principles and techniques of GIS, a computer-based system that uses spatial (geographic) data to analyze and solve real-world... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Internet and Digital Technologies for Community Engagement | Undergraduate | 3555 |
Description:
Emerging technologies are directly influencing the planning and management of our urban areas in very profound and pervasive ways.... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Intro to Emergency Planning | Undergraduate | 3755 |
Description:
Provides a fundamental understanding of the emergency planning process, the phases of emergency management, and the roles and... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainable Community Design and Development | Graduate | 5256 |
Description:
Introduction to the evolution, theory, and practice of planning for sustainable communities. Students evaluate recent conceptions of... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Planning Theory | Graduate | 8013 |
Description:
Provides the base knowledge of planning theory that serves as a springboard into more advanced courses in this degree program. Explores... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Urban Form & Design | Graduate | 8114 |
Description:
Basic design principles, techniques, and practices of sustainable urban form and design. The topics for most readings, projects, and... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Environmental Planning | Graduate | 8213 |
Description:
Environmental issues and concepts faced by planners and the methods used to address them. Applying principles of natural science... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Sustainability in Suburban Communities | Graduate | 8255 |
Description:
The physical forms of suburban communities and the social and economic patterns that shape residents' lives make achieving... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Environmental Policy | Graduate | 8257 |
Description:
This course identifies the complexities associated with environmental politics and management from both national and international... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Environmental Infrastructure Planning and Management | Graduate | 8355 |
Description:
Introduces students to the practice of planning and managing municipal and regional environmental infrastructure programs that typically... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Collaborative Planning | Graduate | 8476 |
Description:
Students examine the theories, principles, and practices of collaborative planning with a special emphasis on resolving conflicts over... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Transportation Planning | Graduate | 8655 |
Description:
Presents an overview of the history of transportation in the United States and the fundamentals of present day transportation planning... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Integrated Transportation and Land Use Planning | Graduate | 8656 |
Description:
Context-sensitive design seeks to blend transportation functions with other human activities and land-use characteristics. Often... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Non-motorized Transportation Planning | Graduate | 8657 |
Description:
Transportation planning in the United States has long focused on improving conditions for motorized travel, primarily by personal cars... read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Topics in Community and Regional Planning | Graduate | 8870 |
Description:
Ecological planning and development. read more Department: Community & Regional Planning |
| Landscape Architecture Design Studio I - VI | Undergraduate | -- |
Description:
Refer to department. read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Landscape Engineering I - III | Undergraduate | 2241, 2242, 3243 |
Description:
Emphasizes the basic concepts, ideas, and techniques that deal with the visual, functional, and ecological aspects of grading and... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Planting Design | Undergraduate | 3345 |
Description:
Considers the integration of plants into the design process and emphasizes scale, development density, natural site characteristics,... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Native Woody Plant Identification | Graduate | 8141 |
Description:
Students learn the identification, horticultural and ecological requirements of native woody plants. read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Woodland Design Studio | Graduate | 8151 |
Description:
Students apply the knowledge and methodologies presented in LARC 8751: Northeastern Woodland Ecosystems. Projects, varying in size and... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Public Lands Studio | Graduate | 8153 |
Description:
Material presented in LARC 8352: Policies of Public Design Seminar is addressed in this design studio, which focuses on a public project... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Aesthetics Ecology Design Seminar | Graduate | 8351 |
Description:
Students learn about the emerging aesthetic associated with ecological design. Form and psychological experience of design are presented... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| NE Woodland Ecosystem | Graduate | 8751 |
Description:
The course presents terrestrial forest ecosystems and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect them. Students learn the components of... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Wetland Ecology | Graduate | 8752 |
Description:
Refer to department. read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Native Plant Communities | Graduate | 8755 |
Description:
This course examines native and naturalized tree, shrub and/or herbaceous plant community structure. An examination of restoration... read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Restoration Monitoring Workshop | Graduate | 8889 |
Description:
-- read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Capstone Restoration Design Project | Graduate | 9995 |
Description:
Refer to department. read more Department: Landscape Architecture |
| Woody Plants I | Undergraduate | 1211 |
Description:
The study of native and introduced trees, shrubs, and vines that are the foundation of our natural and designed landscapes with emphasis... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Woody Plants II | Undergraduate | 1212 |
Description:
Continuation of the study of native and introduced trees, shrubs, and vines that are the foundation of our natural and designed... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Herbaceous Plants I | Undergraduate | 2221 |
Description:
The identification, culture, and appropriate designs for native and cultivated annuals, perennials, bulbs, and wildflowers; collaboration... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Herbaceous Plants II | Undergraduate | 2222 |
Description:
Topics include: identification, culture, and creation of environmentally appropriate designs for native and cultivated annuals,... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Food Crops II | Undergraduate | 2335 |
Description:
Hands - on course in organic food production, emphasis is on managing and harvesting crops. Students cultivate, manage and harvest their... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Applied Entomology | Undergraduate | 3423 |
Description:
In lecture and laboratory, students learn the basic diagnostic skills for identifying pest problems. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Applied Plant Pathology | Undergraduate | 3424 |
Description:
Explores plant pathological theories and practices. The causes of plant diseases, such as fungi, bacteria, virus, nematodes, plant... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Landscape Management | Undergraduate | 3523 |
Description:
Develops an understanding of issues of professional, innovative, and appropriate landscape management. Major focus is given to site... read more Department: Horticulture |
| Applied Plant Physiology | Undergraduate | 3122 |
Description:
Highlights the major environmental factors that affect plant growth and development and explores ecologically sound approaches to solving... read more Department: Botany |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Health |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2102 |
Description:
An introductory course incorporating not only the common concepts associated with environmental health (population dynamics, air... read more Department: Public Health |
| Environmental Health | Graduate | 5103 |
Description:
This course explores the effects of interactions between the environment and human health, and the ways that adverse effects may be... read more Department: Public Health |
| Environmental Toxicology | Graduate | 5305 |
Description:
This course offers a review of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of environmental toxicants. Methods used to... read more Department: Public Health |
| Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology | Graduate | 8207 |
Description:
This course covers selected topics in occupational and environmental epidemiology through a focus on specific recent events of note, e.g... read more Department: Public Health |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Mapping |
Undergraduate General Education |
0821 |
Description:
From web-based applications like Google Maps, to automobile navigation systems, to satellite pictures of hurricanes, digital maps are... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Global Cities |
Undergraduate General Education |
0831 |
Description:
As globalization accelerates, the world becomes smaller and is transformed to an extended urban network. Even though there are places and... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Sustainable Environments |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0842 |
Description:
Americans account for over a quarter of all fossil fuel consumption, own more cars than there are licensed drivers, and build new homes... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Development and Globalization |
Undergraduate General Education |
0862 |
Description:
Use historical and case study methods to study the differences between rich and poor nations and the varied strategies available for... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| World Regions & Cultures |
Undergraduate General Education |
0867 |
Description:
How does the process of globalization impact people in different culture regions? Explore this central question through readings,... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Environment and Society |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1051 |
Description:
This course emphasizes the human dimensions of the relationship between societies and their natural environments. Students will be... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Intro to Physical Environment |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
1052 |
Description:
An environmental approach to the study of earth as a globe, earth-sun relations, weather, climate, vegetation, soils, and the hydrosphere... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Urban Affairs | Undergraduate | 1171, 1173, 1174, 1177 |
Description:
A special topic of current interest in American cities frequently taught by a special lecturer from outside Temple University. Emphasis... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Urban Environments |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2051 |
Description:
This course examines the interactions between theory, policy, and the urban environment. Students have the opportunity to study the urban... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Environmental Ethics |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2157 |
Description:
A study of the ethical dimensions of several contemporary environmental controversies. The course examines the major theoretical... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Philosophy |
| Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2596 |
Description:
Views both historical and modern on our relationship to the natural world around (and in) us, and the terms in which we can best think... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Philosophy |
| Environmental Law and Regulation |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3025 |
Description:
This course analyzes how our society protects (or fails to protect) the environment through land regulation. Students will examine and... read more Department: Environmental Studies |
| Environmental Policy Issues |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3051 |
Description:
How are environmental policies formulated and implemented in the U.S.? Topics include the role of citizen participation in decision-... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Environment / Development |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3097 |
Description:
This course looks at the interaction between human and ecological systems and economic development. We begin with a historical overview... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| International Environmental Policy |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3265 |
Description:
International negotiations and agreements on environmental problems, and comparisons of domestic environmental policy-making among... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Political Science |
| The Geographic Basis of Land Use Planning | Undergraduate | 4015 |
Description:
An examination of the forces that influence land use planning in and around American metropolitan regions. Considers economic... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Geography of Hazards | Undergraduate | 4051 |
Description:
This course provides a synthesis of the social and natural dimensions of disasters. Students become familiar with the concept that... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Political Ecology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
4056 |
Description:
This course addresses the broad themes of political ecology as an academic discipline as well as a set of theoretical and methodological... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Heritage Management in Archeology | Undergraduate | 3175 |
Description:
The United States and other governments of the world have legal mandates to manage cultural resources on behalf of the public. This... read more Department: Anthropology, Environmental Studies |
| Political Ecology | Graduate | 5056 |
Description:
Political ecology is an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of human-nature relations. This course examines resource use... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Sustainable Cities | Graduate | 8055 |
Description:
This course introduces the concept of sustainability and explores environmental problems linked to urbanization, drawing on historical... read more Department: Geography and Urban Studies |
| Anthropology of Food | Undergraduate | 1079 |
Description:
This class will examine the interrelationship of biological, cultural, and historical influences on what we eat and how we eat it. Topics... read more Department: Anthropology, Environmental Studies |
| US Environmental Policy | Undergraduate | 3152 |
Description:
An analytical examination of the development and execution of governmental policies in such areas as air and water pollution control,... read more Department: Environmental Studies, Political Science |
| Environmental Physiology | Undergraduate | 4896 |
Description:
A survey of physiological and biochemical variability in human populations examined as a function of environmental adaptation. Emphasis... read more Department: Anthropology, Environmental Studies |
| Human Ecology |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0814 |
Description:
Human hunters may have contributed to animal extinctions as early as 10,000 years ago; civilizations in the ancient Near East developed... read more Department: Anthropology, Geography and Urban Studies |
| North American Evironmental History |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3214 |
Description:
This seminar examines the interactions between human societies and the natural world in North America from the sixteenth century to the... read more Department: Environmental Studies, History |
| North American Environmental History | Graduate | 8212 |
Description:
This seminar examines the interactions between human societies and the natural world in North America from the sixteenth century to the... read more Department: History |
| Earth Ethics |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3001 / 3904 |
Description:
What is, or should be, our relation to the natural world? Especially since we are presently living in a modern urban environment, have we... read more Department: Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Religion |
| Environmental Problems in Asia |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3052 |
Description:
Japan is used as an introduction and model for examining environmental issues in several east and southeast Asian countries. Emphasis is... read more Department: Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Geography and Urban Studies |
| Energy, Ecology, and Economy |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3596 |
Description:
After surveying the elements of energy and ecology, and reviewing the basics of economics, this course investigates the interaction of... read more Department: Economics, Environmental Studies |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution & Extinction |
Undergraduate General Education |
0837 |
Description:
Basic geologic principles and the fundamentals of evolutionary thought combine to bring to life the 4.5 billion year story of our planet... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Powering the Future |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0839 / 0939 |
Description:
How can we provide inexpensive, safe, environmentally clean energy supplies for the United States and the world as a whole despite rising... read more Department: Physics |
| Sustainable Environments |
Undergraduate General Education Interdisciplinary Certificate |
0842 |
Description:
Americans account for over a quarter of all fossil fuel consumption, own more cars than there are licensed drivers, and build... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Climate Change: Oceans to Atmosphere |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2096 |
Description:
The major topics in Oceanography will be covered in addition to introducing students to meteorology through the study of the Atmospheric... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Principles of Ecology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
2227 |
Description:
This course provides an overview of ecology from the level of the individual organism to populations, communities and ecosystems. It... read more Department: Biology |
| Introduction to Hydrology | Undergraduate | 3021 |
Description:
This course provides an introduction to the science of hydrogeology. Topics include how geology influences groundwater flow and... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Coastal Processes | Undergraduate | 3042 |
Description:
The course will apply a process geomorphological approach to understanding coastal behavior. Subjects will include the global... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Conservation Biology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3307 |
Description:
The Earth harbors an incredible diversity of species and communities, most still poorly understood by science. This biodiversity is... read more Department: Biology |
| Tropical Marine Biology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3316 |
Description:
A survey of marine biology focusing on coral reefs of the Atlantic Ocean. Course lectures given at Temple University include regular... read more Department: Biology |
| Plant Community Ecology |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
3321 |
Description:
This class focuses on fundamental principles in community ecology as they relate to plant systems. The scope of the class ranges from... read more Department: Biology |
| Bio Impact Climate Change |
Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Certificate |
4327 |
Description:
This course will use primary research articles to examine the biological impacts of climate change, often mentioned as the greatest... read more Department: Biology |
| Marine Environments | Undergraduate | 2238 |
Description:
A survey of marine habitats, including the flora and fauna associated with estuaries, coastal and open oceans, the deep sea, and coral... read more Department: Biology |
| Marine Ecology | Undergraduate | 3245 |
Description:
A survey of the concepts of aquatic ecology in estuarine and marine ecosystems, emphasizing the organization and maintenance of the major... read more Department: Biology |
| Freshwater Ecology | Undergraduate | 3336 |
Description:
The interrelationships between biological, chemical, and physical factors in freshwater environments. Lectures and laboratories address... read more Department: Biology |
| Conservation Biology | Graduate | 5307 |
Description:
The Earth harbors an incredible diversity of species and communities, most still poorly understood by science. This biodiversity is... read more Department: Biology |
| Plant Community Ecology | Graduate | 5321 |
Description:
This class focuses on fundamental principles in community ecology as they relate to plant systems. The scope of the class ranges from... read more Department: Biology |
| Tropical Marine Biology | Graduate | 5416 |
Description:
An introduction to the largest coral barrier reef in the Atlantic Ocean. Course lectures begin at Temple (Approximately Dec 29- Jan 31;... read more Department: Biology |
| Freshwater Ecology | Graduate | 5436 |
Description:
This course investigates the ecology of plants and animals in lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands. General ecological principles are... read more Department: Biology |
| Introductory Geology | Undergraduate | 1001 |
Description:
An introduction to the basic principles and processes of geology. Wide range of topics, including rocks and minerals, surface processes,... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Catastrophic Geology | Undergraduate | 1021 |
Description:
Substantial description and theory of plate tectonics as related to the geographical catastrophes; earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Physical Geology | Undergraduate | 2001 |
Description:
Introductory geology course designed for geology and environmental studies majors and focused on theory and concepts needed for advanced... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Intro to Geochemisty | Undergraduate | 2061 |
Description:
Application of chemical principles and quantitative methods to understand and solve various geological problems. Field trips and... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Remote Sensing and GIS | Undergraduate | 3011 |
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The focus of this class is on remote sensing technologies and geographic information systems. Remote sensing is a dynamic field; new,... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Senior Seminar in Environmental Sciences | Undergraduate | 4098 |
Description: read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Environmental Seminar | Undergraduate | 4197 |
Description:
In this class you will study the environmental controversies that are in the news, specifically focusing on global warming and the energy... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Honors Environmental Seminar | Undergraduate | 4997 |
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In this class you will study the environmental controversies that are in the news, from ozone depletion to Superfund reauthorization to... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Remote Sensing & GIS | Graduate | 5011 |
Description:
The focus of this class is on remote sensing technologies and geographic information systems. Remote sensing is a dynamic field; new,... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Costal Processes | Graduate | 5042 |
Description:
The course will apply a process geomorphological approach to understanding coastal behavior. Subjects will include the global... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Advanced Hydrogeology | Graduate | 8411 |
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An introduction to water resources and management. The hydraulic characteristics of rocks and aquifers, transmissibility, storage, and... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Groundwater Modeling | Graduate | 8421 |
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This course offers students a chance to construct models using well known codes such as MODFLOW and other practical tools. The goals of... read more Department: Earth & Environmental Science |
| Title | Category | Course Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Event Management | Undergraduate | 3425 |
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The overall goal of the course is to better educate students about environmentally friendly initiatives in the industries of Tourism,... read more Department: Tourism and Hospitality Management |
