ENVR Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
13497	ENVR 89 - 002 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Amanda Northcross	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	Seats filled	6/18	20/32
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
10382	ENVR 230 - 001 Environmental Health Issues	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Amanda Northcross	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1301	1/5	39/40	40/45	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.
8355	ENVR 240 - 001 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Training	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	REBECCA FRY	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2304	13/25	Seats filled	13/25	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.
8239	ENVR 275 - 001 Global Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Tu 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Jason West	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0133	23/60	Seats filled	23/60	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.
9431	ENVR 335 - 002 Adv Environ-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with Communities Through Environmental Research for PH Protection	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Amanda Northcross	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	0/5	Seats filled	0/5	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.
7802	ENVR 400 - 001 Seminar Series	We 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Lauren Eaves	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	Seats filled	6/100	6/100	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.
7843	ENVR 403 - 001 Environmental Chemistry Processes	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	JASON SURRATT	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1301	15/38	14/15	29/53	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, CHEM 261. 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.
7805	ENVR 417 - 001 Oceanography	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	ANDREAS TESKE	Murray Hall-Rm G201	0/5	Seats filled	0/5	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.
9433	ENVR 421 - 001 Environmental Health Microbiology	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Kevin Zhu	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	13/30	Seats filled	13/30	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.
13502	ENVR 452 - 001 Fluid Dynamics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	John Bane	Peabody Hall-Rm 2094	0/5	Seats filled	0/5	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 401; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. The physical properties of fluids, kinematics, governing equations, viscous incompressible flow, vorticity dynamics, boundary layers, irrotational incompressible flow. Course previously offered as GEOL 560/MASC 560. 3 units.
11677	ENVR 500 - 001 Environmental Processes, Exposure, and Risk Assessment	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Julia Rager	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0133	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, CHEM 261. Environmental chemical and biological transport and transformation, exposure to environmental contaminants, and environmental risk assessment. 3 units.
7808	ENVR 520 - 001 Biological Oceanography	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	ADRIAN MARCHETTI	Murray Hall-Rm G201	0/4	Seats filled	0/4	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 recitation hours per week. One mandatory weekend fieldtrip. Course previously offered as MASC 504. 4 units.
15303	ENVR 540 - 001 Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Rachel Baum	Peabody Hall-Rm 3050	15/16	Seats filled	15/16	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, Two or more of the following classes (or permission of the instructor): MATH 231, MATH 232, STOR 151, STOR 155, BIOS 511, BIOS 512, BIOS 600, ECON 400, BIOL/ENEC 562 . Introduces the motivations, objectives, and principles of financial risk management through the lens of insurance, reinsurance and financial institutions. Students will become familiar with key concepts that shape these industries so they can effectively communicate using industry vocabulary, metrics, and tools. Standards governing financial risk management are introduced as are the different types of risks that financial institutions, insurers and reinsurers analyze when conducting business. Students will make use of software and tools to characterize and price risk in various activities, carry out basic quantitative risk assessments, and learn what drives success and failure in financial risk management. 3 units.
15312	ENVR 541 - 001 Natural Hazards and Financial Risk	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:25AM	Greg Characklis	Murphey Hall-Rm 0204	8/9	Seats filled	8/9	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, At least 2 of the following courses in mathematics or statistics (or permission of instructor): MATH 231, MATH 232, STOR 151, STOR 155, BIOS 511, BIOS 512, BIOS 600, ECON 400, BIOL/ENEC 562. Some programming experience (e.g., COMP 110, COMP 116, or BIOS 511) helpful, but not required. Society's growing exposure to the financial risks associated with natural hazards (e.g., flood, drought, extreme temperatures) has made it increasingly important to both accurately quantify these risks and develop innovative strategies for managing them. This course provides exposure to the fundamentals of financial risk management with application to natural hazards an emphasis on developing coupled models that consider natural variability, engineered/managed structures and financial/economic factors. Students will learn to (i) model the financial risk posed by extreme events; (ii) understand the merits of various risk management tools; and (iii) develop effective strategies for managing natural hazard-based financial risk. 3 units.
15327	ENVR 542 - 001 Insurance: Balancing Risk and Return	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Greg Characklis, Harrison Zeff	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0317	2/8	Seats filled	2/8	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, At least 2 of the following courses in mathematics or statistics (or permission of instructor): MATH 231, MATH 232, STOR 151, STOR 155, BIOS 511, BIOS 512, BIOS 600, ECON 400, BIOL/ENEC 562. Some programming experience (e.g., COMP 110, COMP 116, or BIOS 511) is helpful, but not required. Students will develop a quantitative understanding of concepts underlying actuarial science, including discounted cash flows, net present value and the uncertainties related to liabilities/claims, inflation and interest/discount rates. Asset/premium investment strategies will also be covered, with an introduction to the properties of different asset classes, consideration of uncertainty, and methods by which assets can be assembled into portfolios that balance profitability with the risk. The course will develop students' analytical skills and awareness of the benefits and challenges of quantitative risk analysis, and they will analyze situations in which risk management failed and describe the underlying causes of failure. 1.5 units.
15295	ENVR 543 - 001 Risk, Data Science and AI	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Youzuo Lin, Harrison Zeff	Gardner Hall-Rm 0001	9/10	Seats filled	9/10	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, At least 2 of the following courses in mathematics or statistics (or permission of instructor): MATH 231, MATH 232, STOR 151, STOR 155, BIOS 511, BIOS 512, BIOS 600, ECON 400, BIOL/ENEC 562. Some programming experience (e.g., COMP 110, COMP 116, or BIOS 511) is helpful, but not required. Students are introduced to advanced techniques in data sciences, machine learning, and artificial intelligence and their application to the management of financial risks. Students will learn to discover, process, and visualize natural hazard and financial data, and will be taught to quantify various financial risks (e.g., natural hazards) and design management strategies to mitigate negative outcomes. Students will learn basic programming methods and apply data analysis and machine learning techniques to model the complex systems that give rise to risk. Structured case studies and in-class assignments will help students build expertise to be used in longer group projects. 3 units.
8237	ENVR 580 - 001 Policy Design for Environment, Climate, and Health	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	DALE WHITTINGTON	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1305	34/35	Seats filled	34/35	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.
7873	ENVR 601 - 001 Epidemiology for Environmental Scientists	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Karin Yeatts, Joe Brown	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1305	23/30	Seats filled	23/30	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.
9434	ENVR 635 - 001 Energy Modeling for Environment and Public Health	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Noah Kittner	Stone Center-Rm 0210	12/15	Seats filled	12/15	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.
7842	ENVR 650 - 001 Principles of Chemical Carcinogenesis	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	AVRAM GOLD	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2302	4/10	Seats filled	4/10	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.
7806	ENVR 662 - 001 Scientific Computation II	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Caroline Moosmueller	Hanes Hall-Rm 0125	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	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.
7844	ENVR 669 - 001 Methods of Applied Mathematics II	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Pedro SÃ¡enz	Dey Hall-Rm 0401	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	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.
8354	ENVR 685 - 001 Water and Sanitation Planning and Policy in Less Developed Countries	Fr 9:05AM - 11:45AM	DALE WHITTINGTON	Peabody Hall-Rm 2080	4/25	Seats filled	4/25	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.
7853	ENVR 698 - 001 Senior Capstone Course	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Musa Manga	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2304	6/25	Seats filled	6/25	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.
8605	ENVR 703 - 001 Proposal Writing for Environmental Research	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Cass Miller	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2303	12/16	Seats filled	12/16	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.
10384	ENVR 704 - 001 Critical Analysis of Environmental Research	Mo 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Barbara Turpin	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	Seats filled	Seats filled	24/24	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.
7804	ENVR 707 - 001 Advanced Toxicology	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	KUN LU	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0001	2/15	Seats filled	2/15	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.
7803	ENVR 722 - 001 Toxicology Seminar III	Mo 3:00PM - 4:00PM	ILONA JASPERS	Mary Ellen Jones-Rm 3116	0/15	Seats filled	0/15	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.
11691	ENVR 756 - 001 Physical/Chemical Treatment Processes	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Orlando Coronell	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2302	8/10	Seats filled	8/10	0/999
Description: 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.
8606	ENVR 762 - 001 Numerical ODE/PDE, II	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Yifei Lou	Phillips Hall-Rm 0228	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	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.
7852	ENVR 764 - 001 Mathematical Modeling II	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	ROBERTO CAMASSA	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	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.
10385	ENVR 765 - 001 Space Time Exposure Mapping and Risk Assessment	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Marc Serre	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	8/25	Seats filled	8/25	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.
8238	ENVR 775 - 001 Global Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Tu 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Jason West	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0133	28/40	Seats filled	28/40	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.
8182	ENVR 777 - 001 Air Quality and Atmospheric Sciences Seminar	Mo 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Jason West	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 1305	0/25	Seats filled	0/25	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.
14963	ENVR 779 - 001 Project Management and Implementation	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	John Tomaro	Hooker Research Cen-Rm 0003	Seats filled	Seats filled	35/35	0/999
Description: This course presents program/project management and implementation concepts, tools and methods applicable to global public health projects. Students will learn and practice the skills necessary to successfully plan, implement and evaluate a project including how to organize and lead successful project teams in complex environments. This course is designed to give students the skills to successfully develop, engage and support global public health projects. 3 units.
8345	ENVR 784 - 001 Community-Driven Research and Environmental Justice	We 1:25PM - 3:15PM	Courtney Woods	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0235	10/35	Seats filled	10/35	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.
7888	ENVR 787 - 001 Applied Environmental Finance: How to Pay for Environmental Services	MoWe 4:30PM - 5:45PM	Austin Thompson-Spain	Knapp-Sanders Bldg-Rm 1300	7/10	Seats filled	7/10	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.
9130	ENVR 890 - 001 Problems in Environmental Sciences and Engineering	MoWe 2:30PM - 3:45PM	Ryan Cronk, Lauren Eaves	Global Education, F-Rm 3024	28/30	Seats filled	28/30	0/999
Description: For students who wish to undertake individual or special topics study of a specific problem in environmental sciences and engineering. The subject and requirements of the project are arranged with the faculty in each individual instance. One or more hours per week. Permission of the department. 1 - 21 units.
14935	ENVR 992 - 001 Master's Technical Report	Mo 2:30PM - 5:00PM	Courtney Woods	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2303	11/15	Seats filled	11/15	0/999
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.
15309	ENVR 992 - 002 Master's Technical Report	Tu 12:30PM - 3:30PM	Ryan Cronk	McGavran-Greenberg -Rm 2306	16/20	Seats filled	16/20	0/999
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.
14964	ENVR 992 - 003 Master's Technical Report	We 2:30PM - 5:00PM	WILLIAM VIZUETE, Joe Brown	Rosenau Hall-Rm 0230	7/15	Seats filled	7/15	0/999
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.