ENVR Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
10655	ENVR 135 - 002 Environment-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with communities through environmental research for Public Health	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Amanda Northcross	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2308	Seats filled (22 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Students join the Environment-ECUIPP Lab to research pressing environmental health issues with local communities. The ECUIPP Lab (Environmentally-Engaged Communities and Undergraduate students Investigating for Public health Protection), organized by the Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, is a creative learning community of students, faculty members, and practice partners. 3 units.
11599	ENVR 230 - 001 Environmental Health Issues	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Amanda Northcross	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2301	Seats filled (40 total)	39/40	0/999
Description: Examines key events that have shaped our understanding of the impacts of environmental agents on human health and uses them to introduce basic concepts in environmental health. 3 units.
8995	ENVR 240 - 001 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Training	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	REBECCA FRY	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2304	13/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: The purpose of this course is to provide structured research training among undergraduate students participating in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Formal acceptance into Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) required. 1 units.
8866	ENVR 275 - 001 Global Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Tu 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Jason West	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	24/60 (60 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This class addresses the complexity and importance of global climate change from several disciplines. A top expert from a different discipline will lecture each week, addressing several themes including the science of human influences on climate, impacts and adaptation, global energy technology, communication, and economics and policy. Pass/Fail only. Course previously offered as ENVR 475. 1 units.
10296	ENVR 335 - 002 Adv Environ-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with Communities Through Environmental Research for PH Protection	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Amanda Northcross	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2308	1/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, ENVR 89 or ENVR 135. Students join the Environment-ECUIPP Lab to research pressing environmental health issues with local communities. The ECUIPP Lab (Environmentally-Engaged Communities and Undergraduate students Investigating for Public health Protection), organized by the Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, is a creative learning community of students, faculty members and practice partners. Students in the Advanced ECUIPP lab continue to develop research skills focusing on data analysis, data visualization and risk communication. 3 units.
8360	ENVR 400 - 001 Seminar Series	We 12:20PM - 1:10PM	REBECCA FRY	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1301	Seats filled (100 total)	18/100	0/999
Description: Presents results of ongoing research projects in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. Topics and presenters are selected from among departmental graduate students and faculty. Student presenters learn how to present their research to a lay audience while students taking the class for credit learn how to critique a presentation as well as forge professional collaborations across disciplines. Undergraduates may not enroll without first discussing their participation, and obtaining approval from the instructor. 0.5 - 1 units.
8402	ENVR 403 - 001 Environmental Chemistry Processes	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	JASON SURRATT	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2301	Seats filled (50 total)	Seats filled
Description: Required preparation, a background in chemistry and mathematics, including ordinary differential equations. Chemical processes occurring in natural and engineered systems: chemical cycles; transport and transformation processes of chemicals in air, water, and multimedia environments; chemical dynamics; thermodynamics; structure/activity relationships. 3 units.
8363	ENVR 417 - 001 Oceanography	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	ANDREAS TESKE	Murray Hall-Rm G201	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Required preparation, major in a natural science or two courses in natural sciences. Studies origin of ocean basins, seawater chemistry and dynamics, biological communities, sedimentary record, and oceanographic history. Term paper. Students lacking science background should see EMES 103. Students may not receive credit for both EMES 103 and EMES 401. Course previously offered as GEOL 403/MASC 401. 3 units.
10299	ENVR 421 - 001 Environmental Health Microbiology	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Joe Brown	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1305	13/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Required preparation: introductory course in microbiology or permission of the instructor. This course covers microbes of public health importance in water, wastewater, and other environmental matrices, including detection, quantification, transport, and survival in environmental media; control measures to reduce exposures; quantitative microbial risk assessment; and the epidemiology of infectious diseases transmitted via the environment. 3 units.
11603	ENVR 425 - 001 Introduction to Health Physics: Radiation and Radiation Protection	Th 2:00PM - 4:30PM	ROGER SIT	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 2005	5/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course concentrates on fundamentals of radiation and protection, including types of radiation, radioactive decay, interaction with matter, biological effects, detection and measurement, protection methods/techniques, external and internal dose, etc. Lectures include hazards in categories of environmental radiation, nuclear energy, medical applications, industrial uses, etc. 3 units.
13659	ENVR 500 - 001 Environmental Processes, Exposure, and Risk Assessment	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Julia Rager	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2301	22/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, CHEM 261. Environmental chemical and biological transport and transformation, exposure to environmental contaminants, and environmental risk assessment. 3 units.
8419	ENVR 505 - 001 Chemical Oceanography	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	MARC ALPERIN	Dey Hall-Rm 0210	0/6 (6 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Graduate students only; undergraduates must have permission of the instructor. Overview of chemical processes in the ocean. Topics include physical chemistry of seawater, major element cycles, hydrothermal vents, geochemical tracers, air-sea gas exchange, particle transport, sedimentary processes, and marine organic geochemistry. Three lecture and two recitation hours per week. Course previously offered as GEOL 505/MASC 505. 4 units.
14654	ENVR 505 - 601 Chemical Oceanography	Th 5:00PM - 6:15PM	MARC ALPERIN	Dey Hall-Rm 0210	0/6 (6 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Graduate students only; undergraduates must have permission of the instructor. Overview of chemical processes in the ocean. Topics include physical chemistry of seawater, major element cycles, hydrothermal vents, geochemical tracers, air-sea gas exchange, particle transport, sedimentary processes, and marine organic geochemistry. Three lecture and two recitation hours per week. Course previously offered as GEOL 505/MASC 505. 0 units.
8366	ENVR 520 - 001 Biological Oceanography	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	ADRIAN MARCHETTI	Murray Hall-Rm G201	0/3 (3 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: For graduate students; undergraduates need permission of the instructor. Marine ecosystem processes pertaining to the structure, function, and ecological interactions of biological communities; management of biological resources; taxonomy and natural history of pelagic and benthic marine organisms. Three lecture and one recitation hours per week. Two mandatory weekend fieldtrips. Course previously offered as MASC 504. 4 units.
8864	ENVR 580 - 001 Policy Design for Environment, Climate, and Health	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	DALE WHITTINGTON	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	18/35 (35 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Students will be introduced to the types of policy instruments that can be used to solve environmental health problems. The course provides a framework for understanding the tasks involved, the main institutions responsible, and an in-depth description of the policy instruments used to tackle environmental health problems. 3 units.
8432	ENVR 601 - 001 Epidemiology for Environmental Scientists	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Karin Yeatts, Joe Brown	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	22/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: An introduction to relevant epidemiologic concepts that inform environmental science research. Learning objectives include discussing basic epidemiologic concepts and measures of disease occurrence in populations, explaining epidemiological study designs for studying associations between risk factors or exposures in populations, evaluating epidemiologic evidence, and comprehending basic ethical principles. 3 units.
10300	ENVR 635 - 001 Energy Modeling for Environment and Public Health	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Noah Kittner, Amanda Ullman	Stone Center-Rm 0210	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Recommended preparation, MATH 231. This course will equip students with an overview of contemporary issues in energy modeling and energy systems analysis, with a focus on environmental and public health impacts of energy systems. Students will gain exposure to a variety of research methodologies, analytical tools, and applications of energy modeling applied to environmental and public health related problems such as climate change, air pollution, and water footprints of energy systems. 3 units.
8401	ENVR 650 - 001 Principles of Chemical Carcinogenesis	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	AVRAM GOLD	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1302	4/10 (10 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Required preparation, organic chemistry. Bioactivation of carcinogens, interaction of activated metabolites with DNA, and their effects on DNA structure, replication, repair, and the control of these processes during development of chemically induced carcinogenesis. Two lecture hours per week. 2 units.
8364	ENVR 662 - 001 Scientific Computation II	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Shahar Kovalsky	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	0/3 (3 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 661. Theory and practical issues arising in linear algebra problems derived from physical applications, e.g., discretization of ODEs and PDEs. Linear systems, linear least squares, eigenvalue problems, singular value decomposition. 3 units.
8403	ENVR 669 - 001 Methods of Applied Mathematics II	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Pedro Sáenz	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	0/3 (3 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 668. Perturbation methods for ODEs and PDEs, WKBJ method, averaging and modulation theory for linear and nonlinear wave equations, long-time asymptotics of Fourier integral representations of PDEs, Green's functions, dynamical systems tools. 3 units.
8994	ENVR 685 - 001 Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Less Developed Countries	Fr 9:05AM - 11:45AM	DALE WHITTINGTON	Murphey Hall-Rm 0105	8/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Permission of the instructor. Seminar on policy and planning approaches for providing improved community water and sanitation services in developed countries. Topics include the choice of appropriate technology and level of service, pricing, metering, and connection charges; cost recovery and targeting subsidies to the poor; water venting; community participation in the management and operation of water systems; and rent-seeking behavior in the provision of water supplies. 3 units.
8412	ENVR 698 - 001 Senior Capstone Course	MoWe 3:35PM - 5:35PM	Musa Manga	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	5/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This capstone course covers a range of issues in public health ethics, particularly focused on environmental health. Students will work on a team-based project over the course of the semester. The projects will be focused on topics that have ethical relevance and will integrate students' knowledge in environmental health. 3 units.
9285	ENVR 703 - 001 Proposal Writing for Environmental Research	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Cass Miller	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1302	11/16 (16 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course is intended for PhD students to become familiar with the methods for writing a research proposal, grant application or response to a request for proposal/application (RFP/RFA). The course will provide orientation in conception, planning and implementation of writing a grant. 3 units.
11610	ENVR 704 - 001 Critical Analysis of Environmental Research	Mo 2:30PM - 3:45PM	Barbara Turpin	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0123	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This 1 credit course is intended for PhD students. Students will learn how to conduct formal peer reviews for environmental health, science and engineering journals. In so doing, they will develop skills needed to critically evaluate environmental research. 1 units.
8362	ENVR 707 - 001 Advanced Toxicology	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	KUN LU	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1304	4/15 (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHCO 702; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Cellular and physiological basis of toxicity of environmental chemicals, with emphasis on inhalation toxicology, developmental toxicology, immunotoxicology, radiation toxicology, renal toxicology, and neurotoxicology. Three lecture hours per week. 3 units.
8361	ENVR 722 - 001 Toxicology Seminar III	Mo 3:35PM - 4:35PM	ILONA JASPERS	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1301	0/15 (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Presentations by outside invited speakers, local faculty, advanced graduate students, and postdoctoral trainees. Topics will cover all areas of research in toxicology. One hour per week. 1 units.
13682	ENVR 756 - 001 Physical/Chemical Treatment Processes	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Orlando Coronell	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2302	6/10 (10 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, ENVR 419 and 451. Principles of disinfection, oxidation, coagulation, precipitation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, ion exchange, and membrane processes; applications to water and wastewater treatment. Three lecture hours per week. 3 units.
9286	ENVR 762 - 001 Numerical ODE/PDE, II	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Caroline Moosmueller	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	0/3 (3 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 761. Elliptic equation methods (finite differences, elements, integral equations); hyperbolic conservation law methods (Lax-Fiedrich, characteristics, entropy condition, shock tracking/capturing); spectral, pseudo-spectral methods; particle methods, fast summation, fast multipole/vortex methods. 3 units.
8411	ENVR 764 - 001 Mathematical Modeling II	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Karin Leiderman	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	0/3 (3 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 661, 662, 668, and 669. Current models in science and technology: topics ranging from material science applications (e.g., flow of polymers and LCPs); geophysical applications (e.g., ocean circulation, quasi-geostrophic models, atmospheric vortices). 3 units.
11611	ENVR 765 - 001 Space Time Exposure Mapping and Risk Assessment	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Marc Serre	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2304	10/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Theory and MATLAB numerical implementation of linear geostatistics (simple/ordinary/universal kriging) and modern geostatistics (Bayesian Maximum Entropy) to map environmental and health processes varying across space and time. Applications in exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, medical geography, and risk assessment. 3 units.
13683	ENVR 770 - 001 Biological Monitoring	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:25AM	LEENA NYLANDER-FRENCH	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2303	8/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, ENVR 430. This course provides both practical and theoretical information on biological monitoring of chemical exposures and how to evaluate and interpret exposure data. Three lecture hours per week and a term paper (three credit hours). 3 units.
8865	ENVR 775 - 001 Global Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Tu 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Jason West	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	28/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This class addresses the complexity and importance of global climate change from several disciplines. A top expert will lecture each week, addressing these themes: the science of human influences on climate; impacts and adaptation; global energy and technology; communication; and economics and international solutions. 1 units.
8799	ENVR 777 - 001 Air Quality and Atmospheric Sciences Seminar	Mo 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Jason West	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	2/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course gives students practice organizing a scientific presentation and speaking in front of an audience and promoting interdisciplinary interaction. Students will research topics and organize presentations for faculty and other students. The topics may be any aspect of air quality and atmospheric sciences. 1 units.
8985	ENVR 784 - 001 Community-Driven Research and Environmental Justice	We 1:25PM - 3:15PM	Courtney Woods	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2308	20/35 (35 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: In this course, students will learn from community residents who challenge public health scientists to conduct research on environmental and occupational hazards that impact their health. 2 units.
8449	ENVR 787 - 001 Applied Environmental Finance: How to Pay for Environmental Services	MoWe 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Austin Thompson-Spain	Knapp-Sanders Bldg-Rm 1300	Seats filled (10 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: How can governments, communities, organizations, and businesses fund environmental services? This applied course reviews the diverse tools and strategies that environmental service providers use to pay for programs. The course will focus on environmental services related to: drinking Water, wastewater, storm-water, watershed protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainability, and wetlands. 3 units.
10302	ENVR 788 - 001 Managing Environmental Financial Risk	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:25AM	Greg Characklis	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2305	11/15 (15 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: As society's exposure to environmental risks grows, it has become increasingly important to find innovative tools for mitigating these risks. This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of financial risk management within an environmental context, with an emphasis on developing coupled environmental-financial systems models. 3 units.
8863	ENVR 989 - 001 Environmental Crisis Management	Mo 2:30PM - 5:00PM	Aaron Salzberg, WILLIAM VIZUETE, Jill Stewart, Joe Brown	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	6/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: This course will focus on practical solutions to public health related disasters where students extend, critique, and apply knowledge gained in the classroom. This experience-based course will have flexibility to allow for substantive contributions from students of all backgrounds enrolled in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. 3 units.
8891	ENVR 992 - 001 Master's Technical Report	Mo 2:30PM - 5:00PM	WILLIAM VIZUETE, Aaron Salzberg, Jill Stewart, Joe Brown	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	16/20 (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: The technical report requirement for M.S.P.H., M.P.H., and M.S.E.E. candidates is satisfied by the extensive study of a problem in environmental sciences and engineering. 3 units.
8964	ENVR 992 - 002 Master's Technical Report	Mo 2:30PM - 5:00PM	WILLIAM VIZUETE, Aaron Salzberg, Jill Stewart, Joe Brown	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	22/50 (50 total)	Seats filled
Description: The technical report requirement for M.S.P.H., M.P.H., and M.S.E.E. candidates is satisfied by the extensive study of a problem in environmental sciences and engineering. 3 units.
8965	ENVR 992 - 003 Master's Technical Report	Mo 2:30PM - 5:00PM	WILLIAM VIZUETE, Joe Brown, Jill Stewart, Aaron Salzberg	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	3/5 (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: The technical report requirement for M.S.P.H., M.P.H., and M.S.E.E. candidates is satisfied by the extensive study of a problem in environmental sciences and engineering. 3 units.